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...action," said Driver Bill Alsup at Smiley's funeral. "Gordon didn't know anything but 'fast,' " said Derek Mower, Smiley's crew chief. "If you hit wrong, I don't care if you're in a Sherman tank," said A.J. Foyt. "It's all over." Then Dennis Firestone, Smiley's close friend, dried his tears and went out and qualified for this Sunday's race. "I know Gordon would have wanted me to," he said...
...bizarre world of Man" are MORE AMAZING THAN EVER! Actually the book is at least seven months out of date--not only is Aaron relegated to a footnote, but Mario Andretti is still credited with the highest average speed lap on a closed circuit track, even though A.J. Foyt broke his record at Talladega, Ala., last August. But anyway, the McWhirters themselves--they are Oxford men, after all--are more restrained. In their more modest opinion, the annually revised Guinness Book maintains a fairly constant level of amazement. "We worked out the categories for the first edition." Ross says proudly...
Perhaps hedging against another gas shortage, Race Car Driver AJ. Foyt has been quietly putting his winnings into a lower octane brand of racing. Last week the three-time Indianapolis 500 champion laid down $21,500 for two thoroughbred colts at the Keeneland, Ky., fall yearling sale. The new additions to Foyt's stable of quarter and show horses in Magnolia, Texas, will be out on the tracks next year sporting A.J.'s red and white colors. "I can't race all my life," says Foyt. "Probably I'll race another three or four years...
...build the $33,000 space-age racing machines have reached a point where many drivers think they are sacrificing safety to attain speeds of 200 m.p.h. and more. Britain's David Hobbs described driving on the ancient, windswept Indy track as "the art of low-level aviation." A.J. Foyt, three-time Indy winner, does not share the peculiar machismo that causes some drivers to resist safety changes. "The speed in big-time racing today," Foyt says, "is so fast it scares...
Eddie Kasko's half-brother Charlie Glotzbach of Georgetown, Ind. drove a super-charged Dodge to a second place finish and $14,200 in the Daytona 500. Glotzbach was just edged out in Saturday's race by cagey veteran A.J. Foyt...