>Mickey Wright, 29: the Waldemar Open, her sixth victory in eleven tournaments; at Brookville, L.I. Tied for the lead after 36 holes. Mickey fired a last-round 71, two under par, collected $1,350 (bringing her season’s winnings to $13,130) and talked wistfully about joining the men’s pro tour. “I could wear a hood or some disguise so they wouldn’t recognize me,” she said. > Dan Gurney, 33: the Grand Prix de France, averaging 108.7 m.p.h. in his green, Climax-powered Brabham, to beat Britain’s Graham Hill by 41 sec.; at Rouen-Les Essarts. The Californian’s victory was overshadowed, however, by the magnificent performance of Scotland’s Jimmy Clark, the 1963 Grand Prix champion whose Lotus blew a piston on the pre-race practice lap. Running on only seven cylinders, Clark still leaped into the lead at the start, broke the track record four times, was 161 sec. ahead of Gurney when he had to quit after 30 of the 57 laps.
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