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...Peter Revson was a rookie at Indy last year. He qualified last in the field of thirty-three, but drove a heady race to finish fifth. This year he took over the McLaren car intended for Denis Hulme, who was forced to withdraw from the race when his hands were burned in a mishap during practice. The McLaren team has had personnel difficulties all month, and the cars haven't run as fast as they did in preliminary tests last fall. Still, the mechanical preparation of the McLarens is immaculate, and Revson has a good shot at another good finish...
Mark Donohue was the rookie of the year at Indianapolis last year. He was the fourth fastest qualifier and the pick of the motorsports writers to win the race. Quite a feat for a driver with no previous experience there. Like Revson, Donohue is primarily a road racer. In fact, they are teammates on Roger Penske's Javelin team in SCCA Trans Am racing. Donohue, who holds an engineering degree from Brown, was the fifth fastest qualifier this year. The Penske team is McLaren's only competitor when it comes to preparation. But Donohue is hard on cars. Last year...
...spotting people reading "The Lyons Den" and saying to them, just before he gets off the train, "Not a bad column." Sylvia is always home to greet him, and if she sees lipstick on his cheek, she knows he's having a good day. "I figure Charles Revson kissed him," she says...
Divorced. Martin E. Revson, 58, president of Revson Chemical Co. and younger brother of Cosmetics Magnate Charles Revson; by Julie Phelps Revson, 54; after 31 years of marriage (5½ of stormy separation) and four children; in Manhattan. On the day of the divorce, Revson married Eleanor Carmel, an attractive New York divorcee...
Cosmetics and soft drinks have few things in common except that leading companies in both fields have long been headed by a couple of tough, almost legendary characters: Charles H. Revson, 59, chairman of Revlon, and Robert W. Woodruff, 76, finance-committee chairman and a major stockholder at Coca-Cola Co. They are not exactly fading away just yet, but last week both firms named two big men to top jobs...