Friday, Jul. 24, 1964
Who Won
> Scotland's Jimmy Clark, 28: the British and European Grand Prix with a record average 94.14 m.p.h. over the twisting 80-lap, 212-mi. course at Brands Hatch, England. In his green factory Lotus, Clark spurted into the lead at the start, was never headed and took the checkered flag just 2.8 sec. ahead of fellow Briton Graham Hill in a thrilling dice that saw the two zipping around nose to tailpipe for most of the race. The win, Clark's third in five Grands Prix so far, gave last year's world champion a total 30 points in the 1964 championship, four more than Hill.
> France's Jacques Anquetil, 30: the Tour de France bicycle race for an unparalleled fourth straight year, and his fifth win in eight years of competition. After 23 days on the grueling, 2,816-mi. course that snakes in and out of six countries, only 81 of 132 starters were still riding as the tour swung into the final 17-mi. dash for Paris. Anquetil had a bare 14-sec. lead over his closest pursuer, but then bike racing's reigning rajah turned it on and pumped across the finish line for a 55-sec. victory, slimmest margin in the race's 51 years.
> California's Mickey Wright, 29: the United States women's open golf title for a fourth time, at the San Diego Country Club. Forced into a playoff round with Ruth Jessen, Mighty Mickey boomed the ball around the 6,400-yd. course for a man-sized, three-under-par 70 and her seventh victory in twelve tournaments this year. Said her opponent: "I hate to lose, but there is some consolation in losing to the greatest woman golfer in the world."
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