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...Scotland's Jimmy Clark, 27: the South African Grand Prix, by 67 sec. over Dan Gurney. World Champion Clark averaged 95.1 m.p.h. in his Lotus-Climax, led all the way for his seventh win in ten races-a new record...
...sports-car buffs with pinched pockets and Mittyesque visions of checkered flags, Volkswagen racing is serious business. Grand Prix cars are strictly for pros, Ferraris are for millionaires, and Corvettes are for finance companies. The Formula Junior was supposed to be every man's racer-a pint-sized Grand Prix car that offered most of the thrills for a fraction of the cost. But prices quickly shot up to $7,000 or more...
Stripe Down the Hood. At least, the new Formula Vee (for Volkswagen) class seems inflation-proof. Anybody who has a spare Beetle lying around the garage can turn it into a reasonable facsimile of a Grand Prix car-cigar-shaped body, roll bar and all-by buying a kit for $945. An extra $1,000 buys a brand-new Volkswagen engine, plus a special gearbox, rear axle and suspension-and $2,495 buys the whole 825-lb. bomb from the factory. The family sedan can even be raced as is: just painting a stripe down the hood or a number...
...mares with German stallions. Now Guy directs all the breeding: "I enjoy making up my mind for the matings, and then seeing the babies." His most successful match produced Exbury, winner of all five races he was entered in this year, including the world's richest cup, the Prix de 1'Arc ($197,000). Figuring that Exbury could not top that record, Guy retired him, and the horse henceforth will earn $240,000 a year at stud-accommodating up to 40 mares a year at $6,000 per service...
...last May, Parnelli Jones drove his Offy to a controversial victory. In second place that day was Clark in the rear-engined Lotus-Ford. In August Clark got a measure of revenge when he whipped 22 Offies in the Milwaukee 200. Now, having already sewed up the Grand Prix championship, Jimmy Clark and his Lotus teammate, California's Dan Gurney, were at Trenton for the rubber match and $42,000 in prize money...