Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954), Wednesday 25 November 1953, page 2


Lancia Wins Big Road Race JURAEZ (Mexico), Novem-ber 24.— Italian Lancias and American Lincolns flashed to record victories at the end of the deadly five-day Pan-American road race here yes-terday. Three drivers and six on-lookers were killed during the 1934-mile race. A red Lancia, driven by Juan Fangio, of Argentina, was first to cross the winning line in the big sports car divi-sion. Fangio covered the course in the unofficial record time of 18 hours 11 minutes. He chopped 40 minutes off the mark set by Karl Kling (Ger-many) in a Mercedes Benz last year.