Lane Changes 06.2008

Andrew Stoy, ex wrench and ad suit but always a hands-on enthusiast is the new senior editor of Jalopnik. . . .  Mark Glover, auto editor of The Sacramento Bee from November 2000 until the paper’s two weekly WHEELS sections were turned over to The Bee’s advertising department in April this year, is now reviewing motor vehicles in the Northern/Central California Cruisin’ News, published monthly out of Folsom, California.  While Glover is no longer reviewing motor vehicles in The Bee, he is doing stories on the business and alternative-fuel vehicle aspects of the auto industry for the newspaper’s daily business section. . . . Joe Volpe has been named director of Motorsports Activities and Tim Hannen Kart Manager at New Jersey Motorsports Park.  Volpe can be reached at: jvolpeXXNJMotorsportsParkXXcom.

After eight years at www.AutobyTel.com, Brian Chee is now freelancing and can be reached at brianXXthecheesXXcom . . . Mark Ellias has migrated from Automotive Traveler to www.LeftLaneNews.com  where he is responsible for US auto reviews and photography.  He says LeftLaneNews.com is updated throughout the day with automotive industry and vehicle news, new car research, future vehicle information, and reviews.  He can be reached at: melias99XXbellsouthXXnet . . . Donna Alexander has replaced Ray Petevis as Auto Manager at the Wilmington News Journal (Del.). . . . Eric Kaminsky replaced Denise Rounds as managing editor of Amos Automotive’s Pontiac Enthusiast. . . . .R.Chandler succeeds Eric Eckard as auto editor at the Rocky Mount Telegram (North Carolina). . . Christopher Boyce is the automotive and auto manufacturers business editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.