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sport beam turns the spotlight on Monte Carlo one of the most colorful speedway's of the world here in this play time capsule of the Mediterranean the spectacle racing motors whizzing around the hairpin turns of city streets is like a tonic to the thrill-seeker the most hazardous sport in the world automobile racing grips drivers and spectators alike it's the lure of the unexpected for on the speedway anything can happen and usually does in Africa the Tripoli Grand Prix was once one of the most spectacular events on the international sport calendar all the roads built by Italy's popular ill-fated Balbo racing drivers came from all over the world to test their skill for the governors trophy Turpin natives find the curious delight in following the duals of the white man's great streamlined juggernauts no camel of the most faithful ever plan across desert sands with the speed of these benzyl belching behemoths this time Europe wants the scene of the biggest most elaborate road races to be found anywhere lured hundreds of thousands for the Continental Grand Prix over Hill and Dale through forest and Glen the experts send their metal monsters at breathtaking pace but all the credit goes to the pilots in the tire fits wheels are changed with teamwork that's a marvel of efficiency every second counts boy I wouldn't do Sunday drivers like to wit Morphin on as quickly as that perfect coordination between pit crew and Driver and again they hit the road in this mad merry world of speed and more speed even the cameraman takes a chance getting close up to these babies look out brother that's just a sample and still they come the winner of this classic is a national hero no place for amateurs here the Speedway is for experts only England's famous Dunnington Park today farms instead of sports encoders shatter the peace of the picturesque countryside only engines of war have the right-of-way now and England looks to the day when all this will return you've heard of hitting the high spots well keep your eye peeled on these leaping Gleaners of the speedway in America the dirt-track is the meeting place of the speed demons in old horse parks at county fairs anywhere there's a mile of oval track the throttle pushers have a feel they typically American prize money is the big lure here with a bonus for the daredevil who sets the pace lap after lap that's a merry-go-round of dirty injustice and how nerves can stand the strain is nothing short of a major miracle stripped of every non-essential Park the cars tear around it in a hundred miles an hour push out in front and stay there's the only rule they know and boy that's just what they're doing jamming into the homestretch and the traffic something terrific converted stock jobs of racing specials it's every man for himself and the head man in this grease derby deserves all he gets whose have their own Speedway like five to seven pound jobs they develop up to 120 horsepower and can do two miles a minute there are handful to manage hard without Ford Motors of tiny racing engines they're the doodlebugs of the dirt tracks and every bit as thrilling as their big brothers many a veteran gun is starting them personally we'll take the stops phenomenon of twentieth-century publicity the great American soapbox derby is the only thing of its kind anywhere in the world here on a specially built Speedway all their own American youngsters and homemade contraptions sail down the thousand-foot incline for the glory of the old hometown age limits 11 to 15 speed limits 35 and some do it blurring huge throngs to each annual Derby the soapbox classic is becoming a national institution yes even here they sometimes crack up nothing serious though and on they go toward the grandest prize of any track a four-year college scholarship at the school of the winner's choice that boys and girls is a bonus worth working for on the salt flats of Utah where the toughest tires are torn to shreds the most powerful land vehicles ever conceived come to pace the measured mile over the finest natural Speedway in the world England's captain Easton and Sir Malcolm Campbell America's ad Jenkins here's where they all come to seek man's enduring quest for speed and more speed on the official control tower the captain gets the word and away he wars in his seven comes under both eyes glued to the black guide line he shatters 60 records in 48 hours set a record today and tomorrow somebody comes along to break it sportsman John carbon is nice to Railton Red Lion his goal 369 miles an hour better than 6 miles a minute and believe it or not he does it even the camera plane can't keep up with top speed king of the world best-known automobile race in America is the 500-mile world around the two and a half mile brick paved Speedway in Indianapolis 30 to 40 streamlined organ utz facing the track in search of a modern Golden Fleece the official car pulls out and the thundering tech roars away from the chase a $100,000 purse man will do a lot of things for $100,000 and these men earned their money cheating death at every turn many have been killed but the sinister throb of powerful motors and burning oil is in their blood and they must go on sometime during the four-hour grind each car must go to the pit for refueling and tires even the best of rubber can't stand the space too long as to the European cars American racers are built for terrific sustained speeds floyd roberts established the record in 38 and died next year trying to break it feet jammed against floorboards they challenged the laws of time and space henson expectant the morbid throng senses that this is the pace that killed lady Luck's charm is not riding today luring him on to the Valhalla of racing kings the speedway takes its toll the motor world salute America's pioneers in the world's greatest race for speed