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Anybody Can Do 150. It will certainly be the fastest. A few years ago, an average speed of 150 m.p.h. on the poorly banked 21-mile oval seemed the ultimate. Last week, at the qualifying trials, the slowest car screamed around the "Brickyard" at 157.9 m.p.h., and one driver sighed, "Heck, anybody can get in a car and go 150 m.p.h." The problem is avoiding a sudden stop...
...entered the homestretch did Kauai King start to come on. Responding to the sting of Brumfield's bat, his tongue lolling out of his mouth, he finished with a fantastic burst that carried him to a 1¾-length victory. Time: 1 min. 55 2/5 sec., second-fastest clocking since the Preakness was lengthened to 1 3/16...
...Right Rev. James A. Pike, Episcopal Bishop of California, has been in charge of one of his church's fastest-growing dioceses for eight years, during which time he has also become absorbed in exploring the frontiers of modern theology. Deciding that he could not adequately do both, the yeasty and iconoclastic prelate last week announced that he will resign his see and become a member of the resident staff of Robert Hutchins' Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. MIND OVER MITER, headlined the New York Daily News...
Other than the Mustang, the best performers this year are sporty intermediate-size models and some luxury cars. The fastest risers-Chevelle, Chevy II, Tempest, Riviera, Fairlane, Lincoln, Belvedere, Coronet-were all restyled for '66. The largest numerical declines have been among some of Detroit's big, bread-and-butter cars-the Plymouth Fury, the standard Ford and G.M.'s Chevrolet. All of them had simply been face-lifted for '66, but they will be completely restyled for '67, thus may fare better...
Dave Davis of Kirkland House and Washington, D.C., follows Dan Calderwood as the lacrosse captain. Big Dave, at 6-3 and 225 pounds, is the team's largest performer, and one of the fastest. He is a defenseman during the spring and a first string defensive tackle during the fall...