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That was the tribute of Briggs Cunningham. No. 1 man in U.S. sports-car racing, to the Italian Lancias last week, after a practice spin against them in his Chrysler-engined Cunningham Special...
...Cunningham was not as resigned as he sounded. On the eve of the International Twelve-Hour Endurance race at Sebring...
...three of the greatest names in racing-Italy's Alberto Ascari, Argentina's Juan Manuel Fangio and Italy's Pierro Taruffi-were leading 1-2-3 after two hours. The fourth Lancia, driven by Dominican Playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, was well back in the pack. The Cunningham Special, driven by Briggs himself, was fifth...
...field roared into the last hour, only 28 cars were left. A Cunningham-owned Ferrari was out with a bad oil line; Cunningham's Cunningham drove up for a pit stop, and when water was poured into the radiator, it came out the exhaust pipe: the engine had blown a gasket. Cunningham looked at the steaming water from the exhaust and walked away, laughing. ("What else can you do but laugh when that happens...
Discussing private schools, Cunningham stressed the "variety" and "adventure" which a good teacher can inject into secondary school learning through class-work, athletics and public relations. "Teaching is essentialy an act of faith," he said...