Word: hansgen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Walter Hansgen, 46, veteran U.S. driver (45 major races won) who made his reputation in Jaguars for Sportsman Briggs Cunningham before switching, in 1963, mostly to Ford, whose rakish Mark II he drove to second place in last month's twelve-hour Sebring endurance race; of massive brain damage five days after his Mark II aquaplaned across the wet track at 120 m.p.h., flipped end over end and crashed into a sand bank during a practice run for the 24 hours of Le Mans this June; in Orléans, France...
...capacity. Europeans are grooming their Formula Junior cars with Grand Prix care and cash. When New York's grand old Vanderbilt Cup was revived in June after a 22-year lapse, the promoters shrewdly chose the Formula Junior as the competition class, drew such top drivers as Walt Hansgen, Carroll Shelby, George Constantine and Jim Rath-mann, winner of this year's rugged Indianapolis...
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