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...insidious fascination for the oldtimers-the veterans, nominally retired, who spend most of the year telling themselves that they are through with the hot smell of lubricating oil, the screech of skidding tires, the grab of brakes fighting for control. This year is no exception: among the entrants is René Dreyfus, 49, onetime champion of France, a driver who dropped out of regular competition 15 years ago and settled down to a more prosaic profession: running Le Chanteclair, a raidtown Manhattan restaurant...
Even in his restaurant, René has never been far from the track. Drivers are forever dropping by for advice, old friends come to reminisce about the races in which he made his reputation: Le Mans, the Grand Prix of Monaco, Indianapolis, Targa Florio in Sicily, the "Million-Franc Race" at Montlhery. When Chicago Industrialist S. H. ("Wacky") Arnolt decided to enter three of his Arnolt-Bristol sports cars in this year's Grand Prix at Sebring, it was not surprising that he turned to René Dreyfus when he needed a team captain. And it was not surprising...
...Speed Demon. The sleek little (96¼-in. wheelbase) Arnolt-Bristol is no roaring speed demon; its 1,971-cc., six-cylinder engine kicks it along at a conservative 115 m.p.h. maximum. But in a race such as this, René argues, the driver means almost as much as the car. "Any taxi driver can win on a straightaway like Daytona Beach," says he. "At Sebring, the drivers who nurse their cars carefully through the long grind stand a chance of scoring simply because they have finished." With Wacky Arnolt himself, John Panks, general manager of Rootes Motors...
...three weeks, as French movie audiences cheered pictures of Mendès and booed the procession of Old Guard leaders to the presidential palace, France's ship of state had been in irons-sails thrashing, the crew in shouting confusion. Night after night, old President René Coty had climbed from his bed to confer with pouchy-eyed politicians, while ample Madame Coty padded about the palace kitchen in her silken peignoir, serving endless cups of coffee...
...Crimson lineup will remain the same as against the Cadets. Number one, Ren Hockscher, will face Co-Captain George Kesel, a varsity performer for three seasons who has a good all-around game. In what could be the closest match of the day, Crimson captain Bill Wister will oppose Paul Quins in second position...