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...Niki Lauda...
...chased each other -hare and hound in the fragile cockpits of Grand Prix racing cars-across four continents, ten months, 15 highspeed races. One of them, Niki Lauda, the reigning champion of Formula I, had nearly given his life to the quest in a flaming crash at Germany's treacherous Nürburgring course. The other, James Hunt, racing's brash and rising star, had invested his considerable zest in the discipline needed to hone his talents. Only three points separated them-Lauda leading-in the contest for the World Driving Championship when they came to the final...
...hard. It is hard to turn the key and lock the door, hard to leave, probably forever, the little white stucco house in the Peloponnesian town of Argos. The little house was Niki Raffias' dowry when she married Theodosios twelve years ago, and the tears start to her eyes as she speaks of "the wonderful garden and the cage of canaries that sing all day. Now we must leave it all behind. But they tell me America is a nice place." Theodosios Kaffas is determined to make it so. A barber who had to go out of business, a restaurant...
Last week, these voyagers all took off for America, just in time to celebrate their first July 4 holidays. The Kaffases, with their two children of 11 and 8, headed for Philadelphia, where Niki's brother hopes to find Theodosios work in a restaurant. Victor Valles Solan took his family to Melrose Park, 111., where he has a job making engine blocks. Dr. Pethica was bound for Potsdam, N.Y., where he will become dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Clarkson College of Technology...
...world of Grand Prix racing is not what most Americans, accustomed to the stock cars of Darlington and Daytona, might expect. While Medenica's Lola T-340 will never turn world champion Niki Lauda green with envy, it is still a far cry from the souped-up stock cars made famous by the "good ol' boys" of the NASCAR speedway circuit...