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Doug Stokes
Former Editor-At-Large @ LACar
Doug has a long and wide-ranging history in the motoring business. He served five years as the Executive Director of the International Kart Federation, and was the PR guy for the Mickey Thompson's Off-Road Championship Gran Prix. He worked racing PR for both Honda and Suzuki and was a senior PR person on the first Los Angeles (Vintage) Grand Prix. He was also the first PR Manager for Perris Auto Speedway, and spent over 20 years as the VP of Communications at Irwindale Speedway. Stokes is the recipient of the American Autowriters and Broadcaster’s 2005 Chapman Award for Excellence in Public Relations and was honored in 2015 by the Motor Press Guild with their Dean Batchelor Lifetime Achievement Award. “… I’ve also been reviewing automobiles and books for over 20 years, and really enjoy my LA Car assignments.” he added.
Articles by Doug Stokes
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![image of the top part of the cover of the book being reviewed](https://res.cloudinary.com/localautomotivemedia/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_crop/c_fit,w_300,dpr_auto,f_auto,q_auto,d_fallback.jpg/v1673264914/car-reviews/vintage-speed-parts-cover_o5oivj)
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![image of a car at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show](https://res.cloudinary.com/localautomotivemedia/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_crop/c_fit,w_300,dpr_auto,f_auto,q_auto,d_fallback.jpg/v1667639735/automotive-reports/LAAS2018Maripsa_qt4h87)
![bottom half of the cover of the book The Nextgen Guide To Car Collecting](https://res.cloudinary.com/localautomotivemedia/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_crop/c_fit,w_300,dpr_auto,f_auto,q_auto,d_fallback.jpg/v1667014542/car-reviews/COVER_NextGenGuide_dh4sgj)
![image of a cookie that looks like the book Shelby America, laying on the book itself.](https://res.cloudinary.com/localautomotivemedia/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_crop/c_fit,w_300,dpr_auto,f_auto,q_auto,d_fallback.jpg/v1662873416/lacar/local-los-angeles/shelby-american-cookie_mgqqt2)