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Keith Colburn turned in the seceond-fastest mile ever run by a Harvard student when he tried once again Saturday in Philadelphia to beat Marty Liquori in the IC4A's, but after pushing Liquori under four minutes, he fell back to fourth place...
...fastest mile in Harvard history was run by Jim Baker in this meet two years ago. Baker fought for the lead during most of the race, but despite his time of 4:00.2, he finished sixth. Villanova's Dave Patrick...
...races with him. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1963, and he owns the car that Al Unser put on the pole this year. He is a fairly wealthy man now, and he races only when and where he wants to. Jones is still probably one of the ten fastest drivers in the world, despite his partial retirement. The only driving he still does is the NASCAR road race at Riverside in January, and the Trans Am series for Bud Moore's Ford Mustang team. He is very fast in the school bus yellow racer, and has won the first...
...last of his record five national championships, Foyt has sharply curtailed his racing activities. He races when he feels like it, and at thirty-five he doesn't stick his neck out the same way that he did ten years ago. But he can still charge with the fastest of them. In March he won an exceptionally hard fought race in the Astrodome Midget race, where no quarter was asked, none given, and a lot of officials almost got run over by enthusiastic racers...
Foyt always runs well at Indianapolis. Last year he had the fastest cars at the track for himself and Roger McCluskey. Foyt sat on the pole for the second time in his career, and led the race until his engine came apart. There's no reason to suspect that his engine will come apart tomorrow. A. J. Foyt would like to retire, and it has been rumored that he will when he wins the 500 again. With so many really competitive teams entered in a relatively long race, there can be no odds-on favorite. But there's a good...