Word: zink
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...across the track in an explosion of greasy smoke and flame. (This week he was still fighting for his life in an Indianapolis hospital.) Steadily, Indianapolis' Bob Sweikert, 29, a home-town hero who had never before even finished the 500, climbed toward the lead in his John Zink Special. At 100 miles he was third; by the halfway mark he was first. When the checkered flag dropped, Sweikert was still in the lead, having averaged a respectable 128.2 m.p.h. This year, at the cost of two lives (Manuel Ayulo, 33, was killed in a practice-run crash...