“Well, for God’s sake,” Ginther shouted, “isn’t anyone going to ask me how the car went?” Questions followed and Ginther told his story. One man present described him as “wildly ecstatic.” When he passed those Ferraris to take the lead on the Mulsanne Straight, Ginther said, his tach read 7,200 rpm. He had hit 210 mph. Only two months earlier, Surtees had set a mark on the Straight during the Le Mans test weekend at 194.
