John Stein

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Updated: July 7, 2011 1:32PM

John Stein grew up in an extended family that valued the art of going fast. Spending plenty of weekends at U.S. 30 Drag Strip and Sante Fe Speedway, he fondly remembers the screaming machines and the flying mud that made those long-gone racing havens such special memories.

With plenty of late nights spent ‘tinkering' with cars throughout high school, he never anticipated his interest in cars and his love for writing might find a common ground.
After graduating from Eastern Illinois University in 1988, John started writing for the weekly Southtown Economist. So, when the Economist went to a daily in 1994, and needed an auto editor, John took the proverbial steering wheel.
Featured weekly in the Sun-Times and its 17 suburban publications, as well as ELITE Magazine, John balances being the Automotive Editor for Sun-Time Media with being a husband and dad in Plainfield, Illinois.

Favorites:
Make: Audi
Model: A1-1970 Dodge Challenger (gotta be purple)
A2-1972 Chevy Nova: My first love, and car, love the straight-6, applied my first (and last) applications of Bondo.