Word: pit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Paris was happy to be invaded. The arrival of Milan's famed La Scala opera company set critics to reminiscing fondly of the days when Arturo Toscanini was in the pit, and Caruso, Scotti and Sembrich were on the stage. Nothing about Paris' own two forlorn companies, at the Opera and the Opéra-Comique, was of the sort to bring up such memories...
...Pit. Once they were strung out around the big brick-&-asphalt saucer, the drivers had not the foggiest notion of their relative position in the race. They relied, as speedway drivers must, on the mechanics in the pit for information, pace instructions, fuel, repairs. Unlike the racehorse owner, who can only watch after his thoroughbred takes the track, Car Owner Lou Moore stood in the pit, busy, nervous, efficient...
...only vaguely aware of the smells and sounds of the race. His stopwatch clicked as Driver Holland whizzed by. After rapidly computing seconds into m.p.h., Moore said:"Give him two more." A black pit-board with Holland's name on it was held up the next time he roared past the pits. Seeing the chalked message -" + 2"-Holland stepped up his speed by two miles an hour. After 50 miles, the other driver, Mauri Rose, bobbed his hand as he whirled past to show he understood his "O.K." message from the pit; his speed was just right. Moore...
...pits were too busy to look up for more than an instant. Bill Holland, who had taken the lead (earning $100 in prize money for each lap he led) rolled in to the pit for his first stop. It took 14 seconds to change a weakening tire; nitrogen bottles blew fuel from drums into the tank; Holland patted his crash helmet, pulled down his goggles and sped off. The merry-go-round went on. With only 100 miles to go, Lou Moore's two drivers were running...
...Rose by a few seconds. A sudden fear seized Lou Moore: would his two drivers get into a stretch rivalry, burn up his beautiful autos and drop out when the race was all but won? Time after time, on the chalk board he ordered "EZY" as Holland passed the pit. On the 193rd lap, with auto racing's biggest honor his for the taking, Rookie Holland obeyed the "EZY" sign-and Oldtimer Mauri Rose (who had cracked up on the 40th lap last year) went into the lead. When a mechanic got set to signal Rose that...