Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mile race, a filler on the program, Lash took the lead in the first lap, set a blistering pace of 62.9 for the quarter. When he turned the mile in 4:26.9, faster than Nurmi's first mile in either of his records, the crowd glued its eyes to the huge seconds clock at the end of the stadium. After five laps, Norman Bright, accepted U. S. record holder, last of the field to try to keep up with the leader, dropped back and it was a race between Lash and the stopwatch...
...famed Tommy Milton climbed into a coupe, crossed the starting line followed by 33 low-slung little racers, humming along in ranks of three, spaced 100 feet apart. After one slow "pacing lap," the coupe pulled off the track and the starter waved a green flag. Then, with a roar of opening throttles, the 500-mile Memorial Day automobile race began...
...only two-time winner of the Indianapolis race, had won it for the third time. His average speed (109.069 m.p.h.) was a new record for the event.. Driver Meyer waved three bruised fingers to salute the crowd, collected vouchers for $20,000 first prize and $1,900 in lap prizes, wiped the grease off his face, changed his clothes, left the track in a coupe he had won for being first at the 200th lap. Mrs. Meyer drove...
...hired a crack dirt-track driver named Doc Mackenzie to drive for him this year, could no longer stand the strain of seeing his car behind the leaders, jumped in to drive himself. He finished third. With less than 100 miles to go, Meyer had a five-lap lead. Adapting his pace to that of his nearest rivals, whose progress was signalled to him by his pit crew, Meyer held his speed till five miles from the end, then reduced it to 98 m.p.h. to save gas. With one pint of gas left in his tank, he finished one lap...
...Presidential election the Supreme Court has thrown a bomb into the lap of the American people which should do much to crack the wall of adoration surrounding the Constitution. The five-to-four decision invalidating the New York minimum wage law for adult women shows that from now on "due process of law" will be as effective in preventing the individual states from enlisting social legislation as it was when Congress tried to do the same for the District of Columbia in the twenties...