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...seems throughout my career," he says, "that it hasn't been meant for me to run 500 miles." This year Johncock managed to hold on for a full-length victory, though the jaws of defeat were snapping close behind. With 13 laps left, Johncock's STP Wildcat-Cosworth was 12 sec. ahead of the second-place car, a Penske-Ford driven by Rick Wears, 30. Then Mears began closing in, gaining almost a second a lap. Johncock kept thinking desperately, "Is it going to stay together? Is it going to stay together...
...65th running of the Indianapolis 500 may turn out to be the most singular race in speedway history. First, Bobby Unser hoisted the Indy trophy after his Penske-Cosworth received the checkered flag. The next morning, race stewards stripped Unser of his third Indianapolis title and gave it to Mario Andretti, who had finished second. Unser passed eight or nine cars, violating a rule that bans drivers from improving their positions while a yellow caution flag is in effect. Unser was penalized one lap, moving Andretti up from second money ($168,674) to first ($262,424). Unser appealed the decision...
Auto racing's famed Jimmy Clark died yesterday in a high speed crash at Hockenheim, Germay. Clark was killed instantly when his Lotus-Cosworth Formula II racer flipped off the rain-soaked course and crashed into a tree...
...British Designer Colin Chapman that have made such proud marques as Ferrari and Maserati alsorans on the Grand Prix circuit. In place of the familiar old Coventry Climax engine (originally designed to power a fire-engine water pump), the Lotus 49 boasts a brand-new V-8 Ford-Cosworth engine that may well give Ford a Grand Prix championship to go with the victories it has already won at Indianapolis, Le Mans and on the stock-car circuit. Constructed mainly of aluminum, with a single-plane crankshaft (instead of the usual V-8 two-plane shaft) that permits a simplified...
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