Word: lapse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In Buenos Aires last week, competitors in the Argentine Grand Prix took part in one of the hottest motor races on 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...
A Lot of Shifts. Last month, in the French Grand Prix race at Rheims, Germany's Mercedes-Benz was back in big-time auto racing after a long layoff. It seemed only natural that Fangio was picked to drive for the German team. Gonzalez, as usual, was on hand...
For 16 laps at Nürburgring, Gonzalez hung on grimly; then he gave up. Fangio and the Silver Arrow were too good. Averaging nearly 83 m.p.h. on the tricky course, Fangio finished first in 3:45:45.8. In second place, in Gonzalez Ferrari: England's Mike Hawthorn. Said...
Then the clouds lifted. The slopes of the Col glared white and dusty under the sun. Pedaling furiously as the road twisted above the timber line, Bobet broke away from the pack. Rump high and nose to the handlebars, he zipped down dangerous Alpine switchbacks at better than 40 m.p.h...
The winner of each lap got a $570 prize and a bright yellow sweatshirt (le maillot jaune) to wear during the next day's racing. A dedicated professional, Cyclist Bobet wore le maillot jaune almost all the way. And after the backbreaking scramble to Briangon, the last laps across...