Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turn. Foyt grabbed back the lead on the second lap, but Clark later explained: "I let him go. I wanted to see how quick he was. I saw, and I passed him back." That was on the third lap, and except for a fleeting interlude after his first pit stop, Clark was in front all the rest...
...stops were crucial. To encourage drivers to carry lighter fuel loads, thereby reducing the risk of crash or fire, officials required all cars to stop at least twice. Sloppy work by Lotus mechanics had hurt Clark's chances in 1963 (he finished second to Parnelli Jones), and Designer Colin Chapman was determined not to let this happen again. Carefully calculating Clark's rate of fuel consumption (3 mi. per gal. of alcohol), he scheduled a stop every 162 mi. He redesigned the Lotus' gas tank to speed up the refueling process. Finally, he hired a crew...
Clark's first pit stop-he took on 58 gal. of alcohol-lasted exactly 19.8 sec. "After that," said Jim, "I knew we had it won." Foyt's pit stop cost him 44.3 sec.-and by the halfway point he was 58 sec. behind Clark. Soon after, pressing to close the gap, Foyt stripped his transmission and coasted helplessly back to the pits. Clark's pit crew flashed the word: FOYT OUT! Grinned Jim: "I was glad that A.J. was through, of course. But I could have licked him anyway...
Braking to a stop in Victory Lane, Winner Clark found himself confronted by blonde Suzanne Devine, the 500 Festival queen. Ordinarily, winners kiss the queen; coolly Clark shook her hand. He professed to be unimpressed by the extent of his winnings: $140,000 for finishing first, another $28,500 in lap money, a Plymouth automobile, a ring, a diamond-studded pin, $1,000 worth of clothes. "What will you do with it?" Clark was asked. "I don't know. Colin Chapman will decide that...
...when you have 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 people working in the Administration, you're not always sure what one of them is going to say. If any of our people get concerned about the economy going too fast or too slow, I wish they would stop worrying and get the kids jobs"-in other words, do something forceful and direct to ease unemployment...