Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where Germany's daring Count Wolfgang von Trips flipped off the road last year, killing himself and 15 spectators. No accidents marred this year's race. Blasting his dark-green B.R.M. (for British Racing Motors) into the lead on the very first lap, Hill poured it on for 86 laps, hitting 180 m.p.h. on the straightaway, taking the corners with precision. At the finish, he was 30 seconds ahead of the No. 2 man, the U.S.'s Richie Ginther, in another B.R.M. Hill's average speed for 307 miles: a whistling...
...underdog, by a sentimental horror of violence, by a hysterical temptation to escape from his miserable self. What's more, an admirable act has not made him admirable; he is still silly and incompetent, and when he isn't barking at her mechanically he still wriggles with lap-dogged devotion for the bitch he is tied...
Igloi plans every race in minute detail. Last week's plan at Helsinki: Seaman was to lead the first quarter-mile, run it in 55.5 sec.; Grelle was to take over for the second quarter, do a 61-sec. lap; Beatty was to set a 2-min. 56-sec. pace through three quarters. After that, said Igloi, all three runners were on their own. Igloi's target: a 3-min. 54-sec. mile. Seaman broke fast-perhaps too fast; Grelle and Beatty took turns leading the parade through three quarters; then Beatty turned on his blistering kick...
...peak ever," he says, "but I hope to keep on building. I'm not restricted to being a follower or a leader. I can do a fast early pace. I can maintain sustained drive well. I have instantaneous acceleration. But I need an adrenalin shock on the last lap-somebody to make the adrenalin come." The man Beatty hopes will provide the shock he needs to smash Peter Snell's world record: Snell himself. "If I met Snell right now," he says, "I think it would be a very good race. I'm mentally ready for anything...
...Ladies, take your marks!" The starter's gun barked, and six of the U.S.'s fastest women swimmers slammed into the water of Chicago's Portage Park pool, arms flailing and legs churning. On the fourth lap, the freckle-faced blonde in Lane 4 began to pull away-increasing her lead with each powerful stroke, while her competitors strained vainly to match her pace. At the finish of the 1,500-meter freestyle, Carolyn House was a full 30 meters ahead. Her time: 18 min. 44 sec.-smashing the world record by 18.8 sec. During the next...