Word: mittere
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many as 150 entrants and 70,000 spectators. The cars are sleek, road-hugging sports cars, only slightly less hot than grand-prix cars. In fact, many Europeans argue that hill climbs are more exciting and more demanding than grand-prix racing. Explains Germany's Porsche-piloting Gerhard Mitter, 29, this season's leading driver: "It's not like a flat race, where you have time to warm up. You have to drive explosively from the start." Agrees second-ranking Hans Herrmann, 37, who drives for the Italian automaker Abarth: "It is the difference between a miler...
...lightweight Ferrari 2000 to victory at a speed of 74.4 m.p.h. It was Scarfiotti's second win in as many starts and clearly proved the new car's superiority. With three more races to go for the championship, Scarfiotti is third (with 18 points) behind Mitter (25) and Herrmann (22). But he is odds-on favorite to take the title for Ferrari. In that event, Porsche designers will trudge back to their drawing boards and thousands more expectant fans will run for the hills...
...Twentieth Century may last until 1999. Always imaginative in its approach to recent history, the program will leave its usual format next week to do a novel portrait of Middle Linebacker Sam Huff of the New York Giants. A small trans mitter was sewed into Huff's padding during practice sessions and an exhibition game with the Chicago Bears, yielding such odd fragments as a defensive signal that goes "Brigitte Bardot double blitz" and a sharp warning from Huff to an elbow-throwing Bear: "You do that one more time, 88, and I'm going to sock...