Word: carred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...down," gasped that grand old daredevil Ray Harroun, as he clambered from his Marmon Wasp after winning the first Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 74.59 m.p.h. Not finding any place else to sit, Harroun climbed back into his car and nearly fainted dead away...
...Queen of Prince Rupert accommodates 282 persons in staterooms for $30 apiece one-way, another 148 passengers in berths ranging from $4.50 to $11.50 in price, and 80 cars ($60 one-way, $114 round-trip). The man most responsible for her is William Andrew Cecil Bennett, 65, the ebullient premier of British Columbia, who has opened up his province with roads, bridges and railways. Bennett got into the ferry business six years ago, has since then built B.C. Ferries into the world's largest car-ferry system, with 23 ships, 19 terminals and annual revenues of $15 million. With...
...requires only a student license to fly, and many beginners start by "kiting"-being dragged behind a car on a long cable while they gently try takeoffs and maneuvering. "There's almost no danger in this sport," maintains Ken Brock, founder of the Southern California chapter. "Most airplane crashes occur on takeoff or landing. But with gyrocopters you go only 20 to 30 m.p.h. on takeoff, and land at about zero to 5 m.p.h...
That was half a century ago. Today the posted speed limit on the Kansas Turnpike is 80 m.p.h. "Comet," "Tempest" and "Fury" are synonyms for "car." Legislators in Washington are worried about too much speed and too little safety, and the U.S. Automobile is praised more faintly than the Teen-Ager and the Pill. All of which is likely to make this year's 500, coming when it does, the most controversial ever...
Anybody Can Do 150. It will certainly be the fastest. A few years ago, an average speed of 150 m.p.h. on the poorly banked 21-mile oval seemed the ultimate. Last week, at the qualifying trials, the slowest car screamed around the "Brickyard" at 157.9 m.p.h., and one driver sighed, "Heck, anybody can get in a car and go 150 m.p.h." The problem is avoiding a sudden stop...