Phil Hill

An imposing American Ford team was massacred at Le Mans as an underpowered Ferrari from Italy, driven by a myopic American and an unknown Austrian, won the classic French sports car endurance race

The bold new Fords did not finish at Le Mans but one led for a shining hour, ending the era in which the mere presence of Ferraris meant victory. Cobras again excelled, thumping Ferrari GTs

Carroll Shelby's swift new Cobra threw a scare into the Ferrari camp as America's latest and longest race unfolded at Daytona, but in the end a bobtailed coupe (above) led a sweep for the perennial champions

Fearless Ferraris, much as expected, took the first six places at Sebring, but some new U.S. cars looked like bright winners of the future

Front runners Graham Hill and Jimmy Clark, battling for the world driving championship, met at Watkins Glen last week, and the results pleased the automakers