Word: poled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turn, got straightened out in No. 2, then lost it again in No. 3. I finally got leveled out, thank goodness. Otherwise, I might have been the first man to finish his qualification run sideways." Andretti's four-lap average of 168.9 won him the pole...
Winning the pole is not winning the race, of course, and Andretti's toughest competitor on May 30 may well be Parnelli Jones, the 1963 champion, whose controversial new STP Special was the talk of Indy. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney aircraft turbine, the car has no clutch, only two "glow" plugs, can run on anything from kerosene to armagnac, gets twice as many miles per gallon as conventional Indy cars, and is practically soundless-emitting a sort of loud sigh as it ghosts around the track. Jones easily qualified the car at 166 m.p.h., and competitors cried foul...
...Pole vaulter Schoonover and freshman Colburn established themselves as national stars with their performances. Schoonover broke meet, stadium, and Harvard records with a jump of 15 ft. 8 in. The stocky junior failed at three attempts to clear the hero-mark...
Steve Schoonover in the pole vault and Frank Haggerty in the 440 hurdles are favored over strong cadet opponents. In the 440, Dave McKelvey, Jeff Huvelle, and Frank Snowden give Harvard its best chance for a sweep. Harvard's 440 and mile relay teams are Hep champs but will face tough challenges from the cadets...
Steve Schoonover survived an erratic performance in the pole vault to capture the only individual championship for Harvard. His winning jump at 15 feet came after numerous misses at lower heights...