The 24-year-old Wolfgang, from Des Moines , Iowa ,
finished first in Saturday's 30-lap main event and took third in Friday's
30-lap feature to earn $3,650 for the weekend.
Young Sammy Swindell of Memphis , Tenn. ,
finished second Saturday and was the overall runner-up with $2,525 and Hanover , Pa. ,
racer Dub May took third Saturday and third overall with $1,640.
Friday night's feature left race fans buzzing as Ralph
Blackett and Ralph Parkinson, Jr., both slipped past Wolfgang on the last lap
as less than a car length separated the trio at the finish line.
Blackett didn't stay in town for Saturday's program and
Parkinson turned his ride over to Lynn Huff of Wichita Falls , Tex. ,
because of a conflict with the USAC sprint schedule.
Rick Ferkel of Tiffin ,
Ohio , the defending Sprint National
champ, led Friday's feature for 11 laps before a drive train problem forced him
to drop out. Saturday night Ferke1 was again solidly in first when the rear end
broke on his racer.
The format, two complete programs with one point awarded
for each dollar earned, featured the powerful sprinters running without wings
on Friday and with the airfoils on Saturday.
Friday's fast time was a 22.77 lap by Wolfgang while Bobby
Allen of Hanover , Pa. , circled the track in 20.80 with the
airfoils on Saturday.
Fifty-eight cars were on hand for the Friday program as
the field was split into five 10-lap heats races with the top four from each heat
moving to the 30-lap feature and the second four going to the 20-lap B Feature.
The 20-lap B Feature, with the first four cars moving
to the rear of the 30-lap A Main, was taken by Dub May.
In fourth spot in Friday's feature was Chuck Amati of
Freeman Spur, Ill. ,
with Bobby Allen fifth, Utz sixth and Lee Osborne of Jamestown , Ind. ,
seventh.
Saturday night just as Allen hit the third turn after his
record-shattering time trial, a connecting rod let go on his car, seemingly
knocking the machine out of competition. But his crew quickly changed engines,
readying the driver for a starting spot on the rear end of the 20-car B Feature
field. Allen finished second to Paul Pitzer of York , Pa. ,
in the race.
Jimmy Boyd of Dixon ,
Calif. , took the first of five heat
races, Wolfgang won the second, Ferkel edged Gary Patterson of Sacramento , Calif. ,
in the third heat, Swindell took the fourth and May won the fifth.
Swindell was steadily moving up behind Wolfgang during
the closing portion of the 30-lap race, May was solidly in third with Allen moving
from 22nd spot to fourth. Patterson was fifth followed by Amati, Pitzer, 1975
Missouri Sprint Nationals champ Gary Scott of Holts Summit , Mo. , Huff and Milton .
The only serious crash in the two-day program came in
the second heat Friday as Cliff Powell of Hannibal
sailed over the third turn rail and suffered a minor oil burn on his left hand.
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