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Indianapolis Speedway Classic (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS). Highlights reported by Tom Hanlon...
Great Highway. More significantly for Venezuela's economy, Pérez Jiménez snipped a silk ribbon to open the spectacular new motor speedway running from mountain-girdled Caracas to the sea. The journey to the capital from its seaport, La Guaira, and the neighboring airport Maiquetia, has traditionally been a fatiguing, sometimes hair-raising ride over an insane 18½-mile highway with 311 curves. The $60 million, four-lane autopista is Venezuela's most daring piece of engineering. It sweeps up to the capital in 10½ miles, tunneling mountains and leaping deep chasms...
...twisting Monza speedway near Milan last week, the roar of 80,000 voices mingled with the thunder of racing engines. Round and round the four-mile track swept 32 powerful, low-slung cars piloted by some of the world's finest drivers. Mostly the crowd kept its eyes on one racer: No. 4, the bright red Ferrari driven by Italy's Alberto Ascari. For 55 of the 80 laps, Driver Ascari hung back, jockeying for position, then made his move and shot into the lead. On the last lap, still ahead by 20 yards, Ascari saw a rival...
Bill Vukovich's formula for winning the 500-mile Indianapolis Speedway race last week: "I'll take the lead and stay there." Driver Vukovich did pretty well with those tactics last year, until a steering pin broke, less than eight laps from the finish, and Vukovich watched the rest of the race swing past him. This time, he was extra careful about steering pins and other mechanical details...
...down when others ran into trouble, but he did not lose the lead a second time. He swung his mouse-grey car under the checkered winner's flag three hours and 53 minutes after the race began. He had averaged 128.74 m.p.h.. second fastest time in the speedway's 52-year history, and had earned prizes worth...