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...three in February's Daytona Continental, Sebring demands more than mere speed; it is a claw-shaped, 5.2-mile maze of airport run ways and interchanges that has 13 corners (including seven 90° turns, a hairpin and a double S) and 25 gear changes per lap. "Our cars are too heavy for this track," complained Ford's No. 1 driver, Ken Miles. "The Chaparrals have the advantage over us -they're lighter, and they should go the distance with less strain...
...transcends his gutter, recalling ancient nights. A fat little lady on the subway, purse and packages piled in her lap, eyes shut like a kitten, is holy in her thoughts...
...Baker, the favorite in two-mile, was a disappointing second behind Navy's Greg Williams. Baker ran on Williams' shoulder until the final lap but he didn't have his patented kick at the finish. Williams was clocked in 9:15.3, Baker in 9:17. Harvard's Dave Allen placed fourth...
...Richard Petty, 28: the $112,000 Daytona 500 stock-car race; at Florida's 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway. Driving a 1966 Plymouth with a special 550-h.p. "hemi-head" engine, Petty overtook Cale Yarborough's Ford on the 113th lap, led the rest of the way at an average 160.6 m.p.h...
...breaststroke leg of the 200-yard individual medley to defeat Princeton's previously invincible Kris Brown. Corris's time, 2:04.6 was 2.4 seconds faster than he and ever swum the distance before. Brown was luckier in then 500-yard freestyle, his specialty. He moved out in the last lap and won in 5:07.7, pulling Harvard's Pete Adams to a 5:08 time, the fast-improving sophomore's best time to date...