Word: maseratis
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...both cars hurtled off the track. The crowd raised a long, audible sigh when the two cars came to a stop and both drivers scrambled from the wreckage unhurt. The rest of the field swept on, and Ascari's arch rival Juan Fangio won in a Maserati...
Driving the same Italian-made Maserati he drove last year and the year before, Shaw shot in front early. At the 100-mile mark, he was passed by another Maserati, owned by onetime Driver Lou Moore and driven by little Mauri Rose. When Rose was forced to drop out after 152 miles because of carburetor trouble, it looked like a cinch for Shaw. Then, rounding a turn on the 151st lap (380 miles), Shaw's car threw a tire, did a triple spin, crashed into the retaining wall. Shaw was not seriously hurt and the crowd soon forgot about...
Uppermost in everyone's mind was whether or not mustachioed little Wilbur Shaw, driving the same Italian-made Maserati with which he won the race last year, could win his third 500-a feat that had been accomplished only once (by Lou Meyer, now retired). If he could, he would become the first driver to win twice in succession one of the most punishing sport events...
...overturned and burned when it skidded in the middle of the track. Same day Whitney Straight, cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, narrowly missed death when his car skidded on an oil spot. Only U. S. driver entered at Monza last week, Whitney Straight finished ninth, in a Maserati...