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Goodwin and Baker were standouts. For three consecutive years, beginning in 1882, Goodwin won both the quarter mile and half mile in the Intercollegiates. Baker, in his junior year, set a world record in the straightaway quarter-mile of 47 3/4 seconds which stood until 1900. He ran the last 50 yards of his record-setting race barefoot, after losing his shoe...
Killy's technical superiority starts with his fanatical attention to detail. His bindings must be adjusted just so: feet straightaway for a downhill race, but slightly pigeon-toed for the slaloms -so that he can get more "heel thrust" and acceleration. His choice of skis varies according to the kind of race and snow conditions; he has been known to switch skis between the two runs of a slalom race-a practice followed by few of his competitors...
...little 2.2-liter engine, the Porsche 907 is a 270-h.p. midget compared with the seven-liter, 500-h.p. Ford Mark IV prototype that averaged a record 135.4 m.p.h. at Le Mans last year. But it is a muscular midget-durable, exceptionally nimble in the turns, capable of straightaway speeds up to 175 m.p.h. And this year, with prototypes restricted to engines under three liters in displacement, it does not have to try to keep pace with far bigger Fords and Ferraris...
...Harvard's Chris Gurry failed to clear a loose puck the side of the cage. The Golden Knights' John McLennan drove a shot past Diercks to knot the score 1-1 at 17:08. Clarkson's Luc St. Jean quickly broke the tie at 18:40 on a straightaway 10-footer...
There was clearly a screw loose somewhere, but luckily not in the car. Down the straightaway of the Indianapolis Speedway at 160 m.p.h. whooshed the revolutionary, turbo-powered machine that had run away with the last "500" until breaking down eight miles from the finish. The driver: TV Comic Johnny Carson, 41, whose racing experience has consisted mostly of running after taxicabs in the rain. Carson came away from the stunt with (in descending order of surprise) his life, six usable minutes of film for his show, and increased respect for big-car racing. "Boy, you put your life...