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...Speed. Like a Grand Prix car, a 5.5-meter sailboat is a specialized piece of handiwork, designed for speed, not for family fun. The 5.5s range from 28 ft. to 35 ft. in length, must conform to a complicated formula that requires each "plus" (larger sail area) to be balanced by a "minus" (heavier weight). Built in the U.S., a 5.5-meter hull costs about $15,000; designer's fees, tank tests and sails boost the bill another $5,000 or more. Running before the wind, under an 800-sq.-ft. spinnaker, a 5.5-meter can skim along...
...smart-sounding place name is still a big favorite: Monterey, Biscayne, Park Lane. Pontiac will add the GTO-borrowed from Ferrari's GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato)-to a racing stable that at present includes the Bonneville, Grand Prix and Le Mans. American Motors' Rambler continues to chug along with its American, Classic and Ambassador models tagged according to price and polish...
...applause could come back to haunt Bunky Knudsen. The Chevelle is a product of cross-fertilization within G.M.'s hotly competitive divisions: its wide grille resembles a '63 Oldsmobile F-85, its gracefully curved fenders and trim roof Pontiac's high-priced Grand Prix; the main contribution of Chevrolet designers is a squared rear deck and a taillight arrangement split by a chrome strip. But the Chevelle is wedged in between the compact Chevy II and the standard Chevrolet, and is so attractive a rival that it may steal some sales from both. It will come...
...three of Europe's top marathon races-the Tour de France, the Giro d'ltalia and the Vuelta a España. He once set a world record by covering 46,159 km. (about 29 miles) in one hour and he has won the Grand Prix des Nations, a kind of World Series of bike racing, seven times. The sport pays him $150,000 a year, and he lives in champagne luxury-beautiful blonde wife, country house near Rouen, Mercedes sports car, outboard motorboat for weekend cruises on the Seine. Success, in fact, has so spoiled Anquetil that...
...then Clark won the Belgian, British and U.S. Grand Prix, barely lost the world championship to Graham Hill when his Lotus sprang an oil leak in the season's final race. Bad luck still plagued Jimmy at the start of the 1963 season: his gearbox suddenly seized while he was leading the Grand Prix of Monaco. Then, on Memorial Day, Clark tried his hand at Indianapolis in a specially built Lotus-Ford, came in second in a controversial race many people think he should have won. He has not lost since. In the rain-drenchec Belgian Grand Prix...