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"Faster!" For 92 of the 100 laps, Hill seemed unbeatable. His B.R.M. was clearly the fastest car in the race, and he held a lead of nearly a minute over his closest pursuers: New Zealand's Bruce McLaren, in a Cooper-Climax, and California's Phil Hill, the...
New Zealand's Peter Snell, 23, world's fastest miler (3:54.4), over the U.S.'s best, Oregon's Dyrol Burleson, in a new American record time of 3:56.1; at Los Angeles Coliseum Relays. Burleson clung to the pace for three laps, but on the...
17th & Last. The race was only eight laps old when Moss, brakes squealing, pulled into the pits. His throttle linkage was fouled; his gearbox was jammed tightly in fourth. By the time the pit crew, working furiously, had repaired the car, Moss's position was hopeless: he was 17th...
The next 27 laps were what the crowd had come to see. Around and around the 2½-mile Goodwood circuit, with its six corners and dangerous, S-shaped chicane, he drove with awesome speed. Relentlessly, he closed the gap on Hill: from 17th, he moved up to 15th, then...
Crimson coach Bill Brooks sent Zentgraf out fast in the event and the senior held the lead for the first six laps. Then Eric Moore of Bucknell and Straw raced for the lead, leaving Zentgraf behind in fourth place. The varsity distance man finished in the respectable time of 4...