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...another, the star has been shining brighter than ever. It is being polished by other stars such as Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper and Errol Flynn, who have been trooping to Germany to plunk down $8,215 apiece and drive off with the 300 S, stock-car model of the racer. In the wealthy hot-rod set, Mercedes is giving a fast race to Britain's Jaguar. Last week Mercedes stepped on the gas. Daimler-Benz announced that it is building a faster, more powerful racing car for 1954, is now testing its engine. To concentrate...
...make good roads as a car in every family." But instead of a car for the masses, his first two companies, formed in 1899 and 1901, made expensive racing cars. In one of them, Ford became the first man to travel 90 m.p.h., and won such fame as a racer that he wrote, optimistically, to his wife's brother: "There is a barrel of money in this business." There wasn't: both companies went bankrupt...
...grand prize winner will receive a $130 Dawes Racer, donated by the Bicycle Exchange. There will be other prizes in each class...
Then Pierre met Eileen Hill, a London typist taking her vacation on the Breton coast of France. Eileen, daughter of a retired policeman, fell hard. Pierre, who was 40, took her nightclubbing in Paris, whirled her from bistro to chalet in his Bugatti racer. She became his mistress...
...sister, Reo, was a professional parachute jumper. Another sister, Ethel, was the top woman racing driver in 1947-48. Brother Carl was an outboard-motorboat racer. Brother Bob was a leading racing driver in 1951 until he broke his neck. He retired after two races this season...