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...exhaustion every few laps on the burning 2.4-mile track. Cars changed hands so often that a partisan crowd, rooting for Argentine Favorite José Froilan González in his Italian Ferrari, often found itself cheering his teammates, France's Maurice Trintignant or Italy's Giuseppe Farina...
...model alone. Simca showed off its new convertible. Other major attractions: a custom-built racing Jaguar with the famed 160-h.p. XK-120 engine; an $8,000 road-racing Porsche with a 70-h.p. engine and top speed of about 115 m.p.h.; a $10,000 Fiat designed by Pinin Farina with a top speed of around 120 m.p.h...
...Ferrari entry, which dominated the race in recent years, suffered a crippling blow when its No.¹ driver, Giuseppe ("Nino") Farina, in one of its hot, new 4.9-liter cars, cracked up-and out. Farina escaped with a broken arm and nose. With the top opposition out of the way, World Champion Alberto Ascari, driving a Lancia over the rain-slick course, roared home first, half an hour ahead of the field. Average speed: 86.6 m.p.h. It was the first Lancia victory in seven years. It was also the first time that World Champion Ascari had ever managed to finish...
...Brescia crowd, was of records being smashed again & again at every checkpoint. Ferrari Driver Gianni Marzotto, the 1950 winner, reached Verona at an average clip of 106 m.p.h. Minutes later, Verona clocked Argentina's Juan Fangio, in an Alfa Romeo, at 106.6. Former World Champion Nino Farina, of Turin, also in a Ferrari, raised it to 109.7. The crowd gasped when it heard about Italy's Consalvo Sanesi and his Alfa Romeo. His speed: 112.8 m.p.h...
Nash's Le Mans. To its Nash-Healey sports-car line, Nash Motors added a coupé, the Le Mans. Designed by Pinin Farina, it is low-slung (55 in. high) and racy, has a six-cylinder 140 h.p. engine (up from last year's 125 h.p.). Price: about...