Runner-up Stan Stover of Reinbeck finished
a full straightaway behind Hansen at the end of the race. Only five cars
finished on the same lap as Hansen.
Hansen has also captured the track titles
at Cedar Rapids ’
Hawkeye Downs and the State Fairgrounds in Des Moines . He’s also the favorite to win the
Oskaloosa championship, which hasn’t been run yet.
Stover also finished second to Hansen in
the Des Moines
championship Saturday night.
Sportman point leader Greg Kastli also won
his class' season title Sunday night.
Hansen shouldn’t have as easy a time of it
when he goes for his eighth Tunis
main event win of the season in Monday night's late model special.
Track promoter Claus Stricker says “a
bunch” of new cars have indicated they’ll be in Waterloo Monday night to
compete for a $6,200 purse, including $1,500 plus lap money to win the 75-lap
feature.
Also, a couple of the top track regulars
who were missing Sunday night have told Stricker they’ll be back for Monday
night. Both Ed Sanger and Bill Zwanziger, the only repeat feature winners at Tunis this year besides
Hansen, were racing out-of-state Sunday night
Sanger, who owns and maintains Hansen’s
car, was trying his newly-built stock car on an asphalt race track in Minnesota .
Another Tunis regular, Tom Bartholomew, is out with
injuries sustained at the Boone Speedway Friday night. Bartholomew, who
suffered a broken vertebra in his back, was on hand to watch Sunday's races.
Dan Nesteby, Dick Schiltz, Karl Sanger and
Denny Osborn finished third through sixth, respectively, and on the same lap as
Hansen.
Tim McDonough of Cedar Rapids worked his way up to seventh
while Roger Klingfus finished eighth in Tom Moore's sportsman car. Klingfus’
late model suffered mechanical problems early in the evening.
Kastli’s pre-race strategy almost
backfired.
Since he was the point-leader, he had the
option of starting on the inside or outside of the front row. He chose the
outside, putting second leading sportsman money-winner Mike Krall on the
inside.
Krall ran in first for the initial eight
laps before Kastli got around him and went on for a convincing victory in the
30-lap event. Krall finished second with Larry Schmidt third and Moore fourth.
Both late model heats were close. Dave
Trower nipped Jack Mitchell in the first 10-lapper while Karl Sanger, driving
his brother Ed’s old car, held off a Hansen charge in the second heat.
Wayne Hesse, Fuzzy Liddell and Krall won
sportsman preliminaries
1. Curt Hansen
2. Stan Stover
3. D. Arthur Nesteby
4. Dick Schiltz
5. Karl Sanger
6. Denny Osborn
7. Tim McDonough
8. Roger Klingfus
9. Dave Trower
10. Jim Buhlman
1.
Greg Kastli
2.
Mike Krall
3.
Larry Schmidt
4.
Tom Moore
5.
John Weers
6.
Fuzzy Liddell
7.
Craig Haupt
8.
Don Lake
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