Granite
City, Ill. (June 27, 1981) – Pete Parker collected the richest jewel of his
late model racing career Saturday night at Tri-City Speedway as the Kaukauna,
Wis., lead foot captured the National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA) Schlitz
100 in impressive fashion. The performance netted Parker $5,000.
Starting
fifth in the 24-car grid, Parker worked the lower groove to perfection as he
kept the Tri-City Buggy sponsored Camaro in the top five all night.
Parker went
to the inside of leader Kevin Gundaker, as the duo battled side-by-side down
the back straight of lap 68 and had a two-foot advantage at the flag tower.
Gundaker charged hard into turn three the following trip around the half-mile
clay oval, but Parker had the correct setup and opened up a two-car-length
margin to conclude lap 69.
Gundaker
fell off Parker’s scorching pace in the laps to follow and was three seconds
behind when the red flag waved for the mandatory gas stop at lap 80.
Gundaker
returned to his pit area position for the refueling and was forced to restart
at the rear of the field as all cars were stopped on the frontstretch.
Parker took
the race’s final green flag and immediately went to his low groove strategy and
opened up a six-length cushion over current NDRA point leader Buck Simmons of
Baldwin, Ga.
Simmons had
no more luck than Gundaker in reeling in the blazing Parker, who clearly had
the fastest car on the track in the last half of the 50-mile trek.
Simmons was
credited with second place followed by teammate Larry Moore, Don Seaborn,
Freddie Smith, Gundaker and Ken Walton.
Results –
1. Pete Parker, Kaukauna, Wis.
2. Buck Simmons, Baldwin, Ga.
3. Larry Moore, Ocala, Fla.
4. Don Seaborn, Dayton, Ohio
5. Freddie Smith, Kings Mountain, N.C.
6. Kevin Gundaker, St. Louis, Mo.
7. Ken Walton, Viola, Iowa
8. Mike Munion, Oblong, Ill.
9. Steve Kosiski, Omaha, Neb.
10. Larry
McDaniels, Wichita, Kan.
11. Terry
Messenger, Robinson, Ill.
12. Garry
Porter, St. Charles, Mo.
13.
Joe
Merryfield, Des Moines, Iowa
14. Don
Hoffman, De Moines, Iowa
15. Tom
Hearst, Wilton, Iowa
16.
Doug
McCammon, Peoria, Ill.
17. Jerry
Inmon, Bruce, Miss.
18. Alan
Russell, Marietta, Ohio
19. Les
Duellman, Fountain City, Wis.
20. Ira
Bastin, Solsberry, Ind.
21. Larry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
22. Jack
Boggs, Webbville, Ky.
23. John
Provenzano, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
24.
W.T.
Harris, Boonville, Ind.
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