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Died. Jochen Rindt, 28, Austrian auto racer, who very probably will become the first man ever to win the Grand Prix world championship posthumously; when his Lotus-Ford crashed at 185 m.p.h. at Monza, Italy, while preparing for a Grand Prix race next day. A professional racer since he was 19, Rindt worked through all the classes from Fiat saloons to Ferrari sports cars, in which he captured (with Masten Gregory) the classic 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1965. Last year he took over as top driver for Lotus and roared off to victory this season in the Monaco...
...couple of years in the mid sixties, the race was dominated by European teams, who had had a great deal of experience with the rear-engine configuration just coming into use at the Speedway. Most of the Grand Prix circus showed up for the race, and Jimmy Clark and Graham Hill won in consecutive years. This year Jack Brabham, who started it all in 1961, is the only foreign driver in the race. Bruce McLaren, another Grand Prix builder/driver, has cars entered, but they are being driven by Americans...
...drives every type of car. He won Indianapolis last year, has been national champion three times, has won the Sebring sports car enduro twice, including this year. He won the Daytona 500, premier event for stock cars in 1967, and qualified for the pole position in the first Grand Prix he ever raced in. This year he is competing in six Grand Prix in an STP-March Ford, as well as running the whole USAC championship circuit. He was one of the fastest drivers in practice early this month, but a severe crash prior to qualifying forced his team...
...year since 1962. Starting in 1966 he began building his own cars. In 1968 Bobby Unser won the race in one of Gurney's Eagles, and Dan placed second, the first time that he had actually finished the race. He finished second again last year. Gurney gave up Grand Prix racing last year so that he could focus all of his energy on his domestic racing efforts. This year he has entered a team of Plymouth 'Cudas in the SCCA Trans Am series. If he wins at Indy, he would like to go back to Grand Prix racing, as time...
...this instance, with that engine, we had to lengthen the hood on the Grand Prix another 7 inches to get it in because of condenser problems-there are mechanical problems you've got to appreciate. You've got a real problem condensing the water in a steam engine. We've got an engine that weighs twice as much as the normal engine and has about half the power output...