Knoxville, Iowa (August 15,1970) - "Little" Joe Saldana of Lincoln, Neb., was the big man in the National Super-Modified Championships at the Marion County Fairgrounds on Saturday night.
The 5-foot 4-inch, 145-pounder led the entire 30-lap feature
before a crowd of 12,987.
Dick Sutcliffe of Kansas City , Mo. Kansas City , Mo.
Jan Opperman, who shared the
front row starting positions with Saldana, finished fourth and Jerry Blundy of Galesburg , Ill.
Saldana earned the pole position by qualifying in 20.75
seconds on Thursday night. He earned a total of
$3,300 in winning the feature. Of that amount, $300 was for lap money.
This was the first national championship for Saldana. He led
this race in 1967 but a broken wheel forced him to the sideline on the
seventeenth lap. He finished sixth last year and also in the 1966 race and was
fourth in 1968.
Of three former National Super Modified champions, only
Goodwin did well. His title came in 1968, Jay Woodside, the champion of 1966,
finished twenty-first. Thad Dosher of Topeka ,
Kan.
Sutcliffe earned $2,200 and
Goodwin was paid $1,500 for their share of the $11,500 championship purse.
Heat winners for the night were Al Murie, Kansas City , Mo. Fostoria , Ohio Kansas City , Mo. Kansas City , Mo.
Gene Genetten of Kansas
City Forest Lake ,
Minn.
Results –
1. Joe Saldana, Lincoln ,
Neb.
2.
3. Ray Lee Goodwin,
Kansas City , Mo.
4. Jan Opperman, Mechanicsville , Penn.
5. Jerry Blundy, Galesburg , Ill.
6. Roger Larson, Sioux Falls , S.D.
7. Steve Unger, Garrolsville , Ohio
8. Lonnie Jensen, Lincoln , Neb.
9. Stan Borofsky , Kansas Mo.
10. Buddy Taylor Albuquerque
11. Stacy Redmond, Mason City , Iowa
12. Tom Corbin, Carrollton , Mo.
13. Curt Hogue, Ames , Iowa
14. Al Murie , Kansas Mo.
15. Harold McGilton, Fremont , Ohio
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