Auto Racing: There's a Turbine in Their Future

Any serious sports fan would be well advised to follow a couple of simple rules. Never show up late for a prizefight. And never leave the Indianapolis 500 early.

All those thousands of spectators who were already on their way home by the time last week's Indy 500 reached the 492-mile mark could hardly be blamed, of course. One by one, they had seen most of their favorites fall by the wayside: Graham Hill, the 1966 winner, out on the 24th lap with a sick piston in his Lotus-Ford; Mario Andretti, the speediest qualifier at 168.9 m.p.h., out on the...

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