Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres of the lap, he collapsed on the track from exhaustion. Sheppard then took the lead, with Lunghi and Just immediately behind. The time at the 400 metres mark was only 53 seconds. Just could not keep up the pace, fading back to fifth place. Lunghi's efforts were not enough for him to stay with Sheppard the entire way, and Sheppard won by 11 yards; the first four finishers broke James Lightbody's Olympic record of four years earlier. Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres made its fourth Olympic appearance at the 1908 Summer
One Lap of America One Lap of America The Tire Rack Brock Yates' One Lap of America is a motorsports event in the United States that has been held since 1984. It is the successor to the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an underground auto race of the 1970s. The original premise for both is to drive cross-country, but the One Lap of America respects speed limits. Both events are the creation of automotive journalist Brock Yates. Competition occurs as time trials held at various race tracks around the country. The competitors drive from race track to race track, (often driving 24 hours