Word: downshifted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Downshift Slip. Naturally, everyone else worried about the Fords-and why not? There were 13 of them in the race...
...Ford dealer from Vancouver, B.C., was gearing down for the hairpin when his Canadian-owned Ford GT 40 careened into a phone pole and burst into flames. McLean died in the fire, but worse was to come. On the 200th lap, Pennsylvania's Mario Andretti tried to downshift his non-factory Ferrari from fourth to third, slammed the lever into first instead. The Ferrari spun, slewed into a speeding Porsche, and drove it off the track into a group of spectators-killing four of them...
...their tiny British-built Lotuses. Now Foyt was out to return the favor-by beating the sports-car boys at their own silly game. "Sports cars are easy to drive," he sneered. "You get more time to think. Sure, you have to study the course, and you have to downshift, and you have to learn how to brake. But I've always liked shifting gears." The 37-car field included everything from Falcons and Corvettes to a pair of hot new Porsches. But from the moment the time trials started, it was strictly a two-car race. Clark...
Frightening Situation. Moss is at his best in the tire-tearing duels on the corners, where drivers must rapidly downshift from speeds of 160 m.p.h. to 60 m.p.h. and below, then shift up again. Says Moss: "The thing to remember is that it is the speed with which you come out of the corner that matters. If you come out of a corner five miles an hour faster than any other man, you've got a big advantage going into the straight...