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In the three mile, junior Doug Hardin, normally a two-miler, forced the pace for the first ten laps before tiring badly with half a mile left. Hardin's time for the first two miles, 8:54, was the best he has done for the distance this spring. Georgetown's...
In last year's 500 Parnelli Jones came within 2 1/2 laps of victory before his gearbox broke down. The rules makers, dismayed at the ease with which the turbine car ran away from the field, placed certain restrictions on turbine power plants.
Cars are further slowed by full fuel loads. The turbines are vulnerable to this to the same degree that piston cars are, but since they run on kerosene in racing and qualifying, they suffer no speed loss due to fuel changes. Leonard and Pollard can turn laps at over 169...
Tim McLoone jumped to the lead and held it for about six laps with Hardin second, Shorter third, and the phenomenal Baker a strong fourth. Hardin jumped to the lead with a half-mile left, and Shorter surged past McLoone into the important second spot.
Harvard's John Enscoe and John Naughten of Boston University battled through three laps in the mile before Naughten opened a ten yard lead on the last leg and held on for the win. Naughten's 4.09.8 was a new meet record. Enscoe finished in 4:12.5--the best freshman...