Word: follmer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...foreign car dealer/racing driver from Jacksonville, Florida will have to wait at least until next year to fulfill his ultimate racing ambition, but Monday he took a big step toward his goal for this year, that of wining a Trans Am race, when he finished second to George Follmer in the Bryar 200 at London...
Although unable to best his Bud Moore Mustang teammate, Follmer, Gregg did beat by a comfortable margin third place Javelin mounted Peter Revson, who earlier in the weekend finished second at the Indianapolis 500. In fourth position when the checkered flag fell was veteran sports car driver Bob Tullius in a 1964 Pontiac GTO. This amazing vehicle had 80,000 miles on it as a street car, before being converted to racing...
Gregg ran fifth in the early stages of the race, behind Revision, and the three-way first place duel between Follmer and Javelin drivers Mark Donohue and Tony Adamowicz. Gregg moved up to second when Donohue spun out of the lead and stalled. Adamowicz broke down, and Revson made a long pit stop. Driving a smooth, steady race, Gregg never relinquished second place to his pursuers, and took over the lead briefly when teammate Follmer pitted for fuel...
Right up until race time last week at California's new $25.5 million Ontario Motor Speedway, the drivers were doing their rhetorical best to build the gate for the "dream race." The U.S.'s George Follmer, extolling the superior acceleration of the Formula A's 5-liter engine, hinted of "fantastic refinements." Britain's Graham Hill, noting the agility and quickness of the Formula One with its 3-liter motor, dismissed the U.S. cars as "second rate." Actually, the drivers knew the answer to the burning question all along-and so, after two 100-mile heats...
Other top U.S. drivers suffered different misfortunes. Al Unser, winner of last year's Indianapolis 500, had to drop out when his Lola-Chevrolet developed oil pressure problems. A.J. Foyt drove a McLaren-Chevrolet until the motor quit. Follmer's Lotus-Ford suffered a broken rocker arm. British Driver Derek Bell, for one, regarded the U.S. cars as so much clutter. "It's frustrating," he groused, "for a Formula One driver to wait...