Who Won

P: Phil Hill, the U.S.'s world champion racing driver, the 24-hour Le Mans race for sports cars, by pushing his 390-h.p.

Ferrari experimental model 2,766.454 miles at an average speed of 115.268 m.p.h. during the long day and night's racing over the 8.3-mile circuit 117 miles southwest of Paris. Sharing his seat with Belgian Co-Driver Olivier Gendebein, Hill was in easy command for most of the race, at one point set a new lap record of 126.750 m.p.h. for the course, then settled down to nurse a sick clutch, which meant driving in fourth gear for the last six hours. At the finish. Hill's nearest competitor was five laps and 42 miles behind, giving the U.S. driver his third Le Mans victory in five years.

P: Dr. Britton Chance, University of Pennsylvania biophysicist, beautifully handling the .32-11. 6-in. sloop Complex III, the world 5.5-meter sailing championship, by defeating 24 other boats from eleven nations at Poole, England. Though disqualified for colliding with another yacht in the fourth of six races, Chance, who won an Olympic gold medal with his 5.5-meter yacht in 1952, sailed so well in the others (two firsts, a second, a third, a sixth) that he ended with 6.184 points and a margin of more than 400 points over the second-place finisher.

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