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Gar Wood always wanted to build and race the fastest powerboats in the world. Finally, when nearing 40, he realized his ambition. By William F. Nolan Reprinted from Sports Illustrated, February 4, 1963 They all laughed when Garfield Arthur Wood challenged England for the Harmsworth Trophy in 1920. Wood was nearly 40, an age at which few sportsmen are found behind the wheel of an unlimited hydropl…