Louisville, Ky. (April 20,
1975) - Ed Howe, of Beaverton, Mich., battled with early race leader, Carl
Smith, of West Jefferson, Ohio, until lap 44 of the 100-lap American Speed
Association (ASA) “Circuit of Champions” Series event at Fairgrounds Motor
Speedway, Sunday, then went into the lead to win the race by nearly half a lap
on the third-mile paved track.
Smith utilized his front row
starting position to take an intermediate lead in the feature event but had to
battle a determined Moose Myers, of Fort Wayne, Ind., who ran side-by-side with
the leader until being trapped behind a slower car and forced into the infield
on lap 35. Myers quickly recovered but Howe, lurking in third, capitalized on
the situation to take second behind Smith.
Although Smith artfully
played slower traffic to his advantage to keep the faster Howe behind him, and
open race track had at lap 44 allowed Howe to race by for the lead.
Myers maintained third
position behind Smith until a tangle developed as he lapped Mickey Flora on lap
77. Myers spun into the infield and Bill Kimmel advanced to the third spot
before Myers could recover.
Kimmel, a former late model
champion at the Louisville track, mounted a late race charge against Smith for
second position but was a car length short at the completion of 100 laps.
Trailing Howe, Smith and Kimmel was Myers in fourth, with Billy Howell, of
Louisville, in fifth.
In qualifications, Howe
carded fast time but NASCAR veteran Charlie Glotzbach of Georgetown, Ind., was
second fastest, just a tenth of a second back. Glotzbach was sidelined by a
blown engine in his heat race.
Results -
1.
Ed Howe
2. Carl Smith
3. Bill Kimmel
4. Moose Myers
5. Billy Howell
6. Robin
Schildknecht
7. Dave Sorg
8.
Joe Wormcastle
9. Don Keevin
10. Jim Hines
11. Shorty Hinshaw
12. Ellis Herbert
13. La Marr Marshall
14. Harold Scott
15. Denny Miles
16. Mickey Flora
17. Danny Acrey
18. Larry Clemons
19. Clyde Brown
20. Gene Prosser
21. Jim Robinson
22. Bobby Watson
23. Mike Eddy
24. Luther Reed
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