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The rapid Argentine was being remarkably casual with a big if. In all the Grand Prix circuit (including Le Mans. Italy's Mille Miglia and Britain's Grand Prix at Silverstone), no course is tougher on cars than the 5.2-mile tangle of flat-turn runways and taxiways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big If | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

Old Master. Under the bright morning sun, 60 drivers sprinted across the wide runway to clamber into cars for the Le Mans-type start. First away was Connecticut's John Fitch, in the most powerful car in the race, a 5.1-liter Chevrolet Corvette (four other Corvettes started out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big If | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

This flexibility lasts throughout the day, which Joe can fill in numberless planned ways, from stripping tobacco to hauling feed in his truck, from supervising the work of a bulldozer, hired for $10 an hour, to stretching fence. The midday quitting time is 11:30 and, after a big meal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Closest Thing to the Lord | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

As the biggest sponsor of U.S. auto racing, the American Automobile Association has backed everything from the annual 500-mile Indianapolis Speedway classic to midget races on 1-mile tracks. Lately, however, the A.A.A.'s top brass has been worried by the sport's mounting cost in human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Safety First | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

- After the massacre at Le Mans, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland issued bans on road racing.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Safety First | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

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