Word: crews
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...owner of Yarborough's car is Junior Johnson, one of the roughriding pioneers of the sport, and their sponsors are Busch beer and Citicorp. Campaigning a stock car today costs as much as $1.2 million a year. Yarborough is supported by a 17-man staff, including a pit crew of seven. They not only tune the 560-plus horsepower engine of his Oldsmobile to howling perfection, but perform miracles in the pits. They have changed two tires and filled the gas tank in 12.5 seconds, and have actually replaced an engine in mid-race in less than 13 minutes...
...doubts of whether this year's Harvard heavyweight crew deserves membership in the pantheon of great Harvard crews vanished Saturday when the undefeated varsity bolted past Princeton and MIT for its 17th straight Compton Cup and a new Charles River record...
Despite conditions of no sailboats interfering, no frosty temperatures, and no wind, the Radcliffe lightweight crew finished six seconds behind arch-rival Boston University early Saturday morning on the Charles...
Grabbing a two-seat advantage off the start, the B.U. lights settled down to a 35-stroke-per-minute cadence sooner than the already trailing Radcliffe crew. Cox Susie Peterson called for a silent power ten on the settle, moving the Crimson back within striking distance. However, B.U. pulled out to a length bulge in the second 500; and the Radcliffe team could not recover, although it moved up on the leaders in the final 250 meters, upping the cadence to 38 and sprinting the last 40 strokes...
After moving out quickly to a length-and-a-half lead with a 36 stroke-per-minute cadence, the crew settled at 34, then finished with a burst to seal the two-and-a-quarter-length win and the record...