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Practice was one thing; the race was another. At Daytona as at Le Mans, the accent was on endurance as much as speed, and the Daytona International Speedway's 3.81-mile course qualified admirably as a car killer. Cars had to decelerate violently to as low as 25 m.p.h. for the hairpins-"Miserable, slippery little curves," said No. 1 Ford Driver Ken Miles-then accelerate, if they could, to 195 m.p.h. on the long straights and high-banked (up to 31°) curves. Slower cars were cautioned to stay low on the banks...
...bored, vacant-eyed teen-agers who hang out at the drive-ins and juke joints along Tucson's East Speedway Boulevard, Charles Howard Schmid Jr., 23, was known as a swinger. A well-muscled onetime state high-school gymnastics champion, Smitty always had wheels, money, tall tales and an inexhaustible supply of available girls' phone numbers...
...population, explains why the N.F.L.'s Commissioner Rozelle is so anxious to beat the upstart A.F.L. into Georgia. The stronger N.F.L. has already lined up equally prestigious backers to support a franchise. Among the members of a syndicate dickering for a team: Texas Oilman John Mecom Jr., Indianapolis Speedway Owner Tony Hulman, Coca-Cola Heir Lindsey Hopkins Jr. So far, Atlanta's Stadium Authority has been playing it cozy, says only that no decision on rental rights will be made until July...
...Indianapolis 500 was still two weeks away. But a good round 150,000 fans were on hand to watch in disbelief as a little-known rookie named Mario Andretti rolled out for his first qualification spin in a rear-engined Brawner-Ford and blasted around the Speedway at a fantastic 159.4 m.p.h. That demolished the lap record set last year by Scotland's Jimmy Clark. So Clark squeezed into his own Lotus-Ford and got his record back with a clocking of 160.9 m.p.h. He held it only as long as it took A. J. Foyt to warm...
...modern design for the La Canada, Calif., speedway you pictured [April 9] will allow: 1) little children to cross over or under the main traffic artery in safety rather than walk among the cars; 2) local traffic to do likewise; 3) the ever-growing mainstream to flow unimpeded; and, 4) through access control, protect the public's investment by preventing private encroachment. Some people oppose these things...