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The Elis had captured eight of eight events when Abramson, the Crimson's last hope to score a win against frontline Bulldog opposition, took the starting blocks. His Eli rivals stayed with him for the first four laps, but couldn't keep pace when the Crimson junior shifted into high...
The 3.81-mile course was part road, part track; in the infield, it snaked through a series of sharp hairpin turns; then it swept onto Daytona's ultrafast, banked stock-car oval. In the lighter, more maneuverable Lotus, Gurney picked up valuable seconds on the turns; Foyt got the...
For three long laps, he ran all by himself-head down, arms pumping, opening up a 60-yd. lead. Then he flung himself across the finish line and staggered wearily down the track while officials huddled to compare their watches. Cheers almost drowned out the announcement of his time: 3...
The most exciting event of the evening was the last one, the final heat of the mile relay. The Crimson foursome held the lead for the first nine laps but Holy Cross caught up on the next to last turn, and held on to win by two yards.
The three mile run, which lost much of its glamour when Canadian distance ace Bruce Kidd scratched, provided the best race of the meet. Bob Schul, the favorite in Kidd's absence, led most of the way with Chris Williamson, a 19-year-old Canadian whom Kidd's coach touted...