Word: fangio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...field of 58 starters, the Lancias got off fast. Three of them, driven by 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...
...fastest sustained road-race averages ever recorded. But it was not enough to overcome the leads that the Lancias had built up back in the hairpin-turn country. At the finish, the Lancias were 1-2-3, with first place going to Argentina's famed Juan Manuel Fangio, whose average for the 1,912 miles was 105.1 m.p.h...
...third slammed into him, and both cars hurtled off the track. The crowd raised a long, audible sigh when the two cars came to a stop and both drivers scrambled from the wreckage unhurt. The rest of the field swept on, and Ascari's arch rival Juan Fangio won in a Maserati...
...mile-long funeral procession at Mantua, Nuvolari's bier rested on a flag-draped car chassis, pushed by some of modern racing's greatest names-Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi, Juan Fangio. They buried II Maestro's scarred body, its bones marred by countless fractures, in his gay racing togs, his favorite detachable steering wheel at his side...
Sanesi's Alfa Romeo conked out be tween Aquila and Rome. From then on, the race settled down to a finish fight between German Driver Karl Kling, winner of last November's Pan American road race, and Argentina's Fangio-both in Alfa Romeos-and Gianni Marzotto in his Ferrari. At the end of 950 miles, it was Marzotto's Ferrari, smaller and easier to handle than the huge Alfas, which crossed the finish line first in new record time: 10 hr. 37 min. 19 sec., for an average speed of better than 88 m.p.h...