Word: fangio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buenos Aires, 300 Argentines gathered at a ceremonial dinner to honor the greatest racing driver of his day. At an age (47) when most drivers are dead or retired, balding, round-faced Juan Manuel Fangio was still the best there was. But the occasion was a sad one, for the champion was leaving the track for good. Announced Fangio firmly: "I will never race again in the rest of my years. Champions, actors and dictators should always retire when they...
...Italian immigrant to Argentina, sometime bus mechanic, Fangio was 28 before he attracted international attention by finishing fifth in the Gran Premio Extraordinario Argentino. Not until he was 38 did a manufacturer (Alfa Romeo) sign him up to race full time. In his second year under contract (1951), the phlegmatic Fangio won the world driving championship. He won it again four times in the next six years, driving for Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati and Mercedes-Benz. Twice he narrowly escaped death. In 1948 his car went off the road in the Grand Prix of South America, killing his partner...
...year-old blond giant, at the wheel of a Ferrari, had to come from behind in the second half of the 402.906 kilometer race to edge Moss by a single point for the throne abdicated by Argentina's famed Juan Manuel Fangio...
...power axis is shifting. For years, daring, lead-footed Italians bestrode the field until fiery death picked them off one by one, from Ascari to Musso. Spain's dashing Alfonso de Portago was killed in 1957, and Argentina's five-time world champion, aging (47) Juan Manuel Fangio, announced this summer that he is retiring. Today, dominance in racing belongs to the British, especially to flaxen-haired, temperamental Mike Hawthorn, 29, and balding, easygoing Stirling Moss, 28. The two are battling head-to-head for the world driving championship...
...management of Maserati. No bankruptcy petition was ever instituted against Maserati or us; none of the company's assets have been impounded, and the Argentine and Spanish governments have lived up to their engagements towards Maserati. We have never offered an interest in Maserati to Juan Manuel Fangio, the famous Argentine driver, and we continue in active control of the company...