Word: marshman
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Died. Bobby Marshman, 28, cool, articulate racing driver who had a 27-sec. lead in the early laps of the Indianapolis 500 last May when he was forced out by mechanical difficulties, stoically predicted: "I'll get lucky one day-just you wait and see"; of burns suffered two weeks ago on a Phoenix test track when his Lotus-Ford crashed at 115 m.p.h. and exploded; in San Antonio...
...began again. Fans had expected a showdown between the new-fangled rear-engined Fords and the front-engined Offies that had dominated Indy for years. For a while, it looked as if they would get it. Clark again jumped into the lead, but he was quickly passed by Bobby Marshman in another Lotus-Ford. After 39 laps, Marshman was 27 sec. in front of Clark; both were averaging more than 150 m.p.h., smashing Indy's old speed record every time around. The Fords were clearly faster. But could they last 500 miles...
...Read. The answer was no. On the 38th lap, Marshman cracked his crankcase. Nine laps later, Clark's left axle crumpled, and California's Parnelli Jones, 1963 winner, urged his Offy into the lead. But it was not Jones's day either: running low on fuel, he pulled into the pits. Somehow, a spark got into the fuel tank; the car burst into flame. Uniform smoldering, Jones leaped out and rolled on the ground; stretcher bearers carried...
...Clark, his exhaust winding up in a high, thin scream. For four laps, he howled around the track, and dockers stared openmouthed at the time: an average 158.8 m.p.h. per lap, an astonishing 7.7 m.p.h. faster than the track record set by Jones last year. Then came Bobby Marshman, 27, an Indy veteran and an ex-Offy man now driving for Lotus-Ford. In practice, he had roared around the track at an incredible 160.1 m.p.h. He settled for an average 157.8 m.p.h. during the qualification trials. Next was Roger Ward, still another old Offy man who brought...