"End this cruel game," the Countess Thessa Berghe von Trips pleaded with her son. But Count Wolfgang Berghe von Trips could not even think of ending it. And his argument was eloquent in its simplicity: "I love driving," said he.
Last week, after 15 years of driving everything from sputtering motorcycles to high-horsepower sports cars, Von Trips was just a few points away from winning a world championship in the sport he lovedGrand Prix auto racing, the swift and dangerous pastime that binds its practitioners to a peculiar, almost chivalric code. With goggles...
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