51.   The mood was particularly grim at the CART auto race in Germany, where Italian driver Alex Zanardi lost both legs in an accident.

52.   The track, situated in a park on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, has been used for motorcycle and local auto races in recent years.

53.   This was the first time in more than a decade that spectators were killed at a major auto race.

54.   Two days after Canadian Jacques Villeneuve won the Formula One championship, the government confirmed Tuesday it will exempt big-time auto races from its new ban on tobacco advertising.

55.   Unlike wilderness mountains that are only accessible to climbers and hikers, these mountains are the sites for grueling foot races, cycling races and even auto races.

56.   Fossett is no stranger to adventure, having swum the English Channel, driven in the Le Mans auto race and run the Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska.

57.   Ducruet, once a bodyguard to the princess, reportedly met the dancer in late June in Belgium at an auto race.