Word: checkpoints
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Honor Bright. In Perrysburg, Ohio, charged with waving a sign reading "Speed Trap Ahead," then shepherding twelve cars safely past a police radar checkpoint, Scoutmaster John E. Schellpfeffer was fined $50 despite his plea: "I just wanted to do a good turn...
...cars from such widely divergent starting points as Lisbon, Palermo, Oslo, Glasgow, Munich and Athens, the contestants ran through natural and national barriers with little difficulty. The race, as always, was to the most precise rather than the swiftest, and contestants were penalized for breakdowns, delays, missing an obligatory checkpoint or being caught exceeding the 65-kilometer (40 m.p.h.) speed limit...
...news of the race, as it filtered back by radio to the Brescia crowd, was of records being smashed again & again at every checkpoint. Ferrari Driver Gianni Marzotto, the 1950 winner, reached Verona at an average clip of 106 m.p.h. Minutes later, Verona clocked Argentina's Juan Fangio, in an Alfa Romeo, at 106.6. Former World Champion Nino Farina, of Turin, also in a Ferrari, raised it to 109.7. The crowd gasped when it heard about Italy's Consalvo Sanesi and his Alfa Romeo. His speed: 112.8 m.p.h...
...They also passed a stalled Allard driven by Allard's wife Eleanor, in the race with her two sisters. Shouted Allard: "Are you all right?" Shouted Mrs. Allard: "No!" This bit of information prompted Allard to step on the gas, since he was late for the next checkpoint...