Mel Morris take a victory lap after another win.
Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 10, 1969) - Mel Morris captured the super stock mid-season championship race here at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds track Thursday night. Morris, the current S.I.R.A point leader, won every race he entered which included the trophy dash, second heat, Australian Pursuit and the special mid-season 25-lap feature.
The West Liberty driver really staged a fine show for the “standing room
only” crowd of fans. Morris had the choice of front row positions for the main,
by virtue of being top in point standings. He chose the outside and it proved
to be a very wise decision. Mel took command of the lead on the first lap and
led all the way to take the checkered flag at the end of 30 laps.
In a bumper to bumper
battle for second place was Tom Stewart of Washington, John Moss of Iowa City,
Pokey West of West Chester and George Barton of Ankeny. They finished in that
order followed by Dick Oldham of Des Moines, Del Stokke of Ames and Gary
Redlinger of Keota.
Morris took the 5-lap
trophy dash ahead of Ron Perdock of Washington, Gary Redlinger and Irvin
Phillips of Oskaloosa.
Des Moines driver,
Don Hoffman, wheeled his #121 into the lead on the second lap to win the first
eight-lap heat race. Don managed to hold off the hard challenges of George
Barton and Joel Rasmussen to take the event. Dale De France of Marshalltown was
fourth.
Mel Morris was the
winner of the second heat. Tom Stewart and Dick Oldham were second and third
respectively. Mike Keen of Marshalltown finished fourth.
John Moss took over
the first-place position from Ben Schroyer on the fifth lap to continue across
the finish line for the third heat victory. Following Moss in second was Pokey
West, third, Dan Clement and fourth, Arlo Becker.
Starting on the tail
of the lineup for the Australian pursuit race didn’t bother Mel Morris any at
all. He just up and passed the whole pack eliminating everyone but himself and
won the race. Mike Keen placed second and Del Stokke placed third.
Stan Crooks came on
strong in the last third of the 15-lap semi-main to grab the lead and win.
Chasing Crooks past the checkers were Del Stokke, Slim Doonan of Brooklyn, Ron
Perdock, Paul Uhlenberg, Gary Redlinger and Irvin Phillips.
Results –
Trophy Dash: Mel Morris,
West Liberty
First Heat: Don
Hoffman, Des Moines
Second Heat: Mel
Morris
Third Heat: John
Moss, Iowa City
Australian Pursuit:
Mel Morris
Semi-Main: Stan
Crooks, Muscatine
Feature:
1. Mel Morris
2. Tom Stewart,
Washington
3. John Moss
4. Pokey West, West
Chester
5. George Barton, Ankeny
6. Dick Oldham, Des
Moines
7. Del Stokke, Ames,
Iowa
8. Gary Redlinger, Keota
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