¶Just a few days after he had claimed he would be racing for another 15 years, Driver Harry Schell, a perennial 39, was killed when his Cooper spun off Britain's Silverstone course on a trial run for the International Trophy Race. Born in Paris of American parents, Schell fought as a tail gunner in the Finnish air force against Russia in 1939, later earned a reputation for being as carefree off the track as he was prudent on it, made a career of finishing well up in the pack but seldom in front. Said...
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