Thursday, July 24, 2014

1979 – Sanger wins “Cheater” special at Aberdeen


Ed Sanger



Aberdeen, S.D. (July 24, 1979) – Drawn into the Dakotas by some high-purse specials, Iowans ran strong in the special “Cheater’s” race at the Brown County Fairgrounds track in Aberdeen.

The payoff was something else in itself, with heat wins worth $55.55 and the feature winner taking home $999.99 – and so on and so forth throughout the card.

Fastest of the Iowans was veteran Ed Sanger of Waterloo, who went home $1,000 richer by taking the feature race and one of the heats - $1,055.54 richer to be more precise.

Don Hoffman of Des Moines was second and Dick Schiltz of Waterloo, Iowa, was third, making it a clean sweep for the Iowans.

Hoffman, Ron Anderson, and Sanger were heat winners. Bill Wilson of Jamestown, N.D., was the consolation winner.


Results -


First Heat - Don Hoffman, Des Moines, Iowa
Second Heat - Ron Anderson, Webster
Third Heat - Ed Sanger, Waterloo, Iowa
Consolation- Bill Wilson, Jamestown, N.D.
Feature -
   1. Ed Sanger, Waterloo, Iowa
   2. Don Hoffman, Des Moines, Iowa
   3. Dick Schiltz, Waterloo, Iowa
   4. Bill Wilson, Jamestown, N.D.
   5. Al Nordstrom, Aberdeen

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