Word: froilan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...record. As the temperature soared to 104° in the shade, drivers wilted like limp lettuce, and some dropped out to recuperate from heat 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...
...Mans, France, this summer, the 24-hour Grand Prix sports-car race was hardly finished when Winner José Froilan Gonzalez, 33, a strapping, ruddy Argentine, climbed from his Italian Ferrari and announced to all within earshot: "Fangio never won this...
...Silverstone, England, Argentina's Froilan Gonzales pushed his Italian Ferrari into an early lead, raced for 270 miles around a twisting, rain-soaked course to win the British Grand Prix with an average speed of 89.69 m.p.h. In second place in another Ferrari was England's Mike Hawthrone, who clocked 89.10 m.p.h. In fourth place in a Mercedes-Benz came Argentine Star Juan Manuel Fangio, leading driver of the year, Gonzales' onetime mentor and now his archrival...
...Mans, France, a sturdy Italian Ferrari sports car, driven by Argentina's Jose Froilan Gonzalez and France's Maurice Trintignant, clocked an impressive 2,523.4 miles in the grinding, 24-hour Le Mans Grand Prix Endurance Race to finish a slim 2.4 miles ahead of last year's winners, Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton in their English Jaguar. In third place, with a total of 2,355 miles: an American Cunningham Special driven by Sherwood Johnston and William Spear. In fifth: Briggs Cunningham himself in another Cunningham Special...