Larry Schuler
Schererville, Ind. (May 11, 1975) – Larry Schuler dominated Sunday’s opening day late model stock car action at Illiana Motor Speedway, winning three events.
The 22-year-old Lockport, Ill., resident won the 25-lap feature, heat race, and trophy dash.
Dave Weltmeyer of Harvey, Ill., grabbed the lead in the feature and held it for the first four laps.
But Schuler knifed his way through the pack to take over the lead on lap 5 and was never headed. He finished the race in a record time of 9 minutes and 20.76 seconds.
Ray Young of Dolton, Ill., was third followed by Butch Miller of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Jim O’Conner of Kankakee, Ill.
Woody Pool of Blue Island, Ill., survived a six-car spinout to win the 15-lap semi-main. Chuck Merritt of Riverdale, Ill., was second and Larry Morris of Channahon, Ill., took third.
Miller set a track record during time trials, touring the half-mile paved oval in 21.67 seconds. Schuler and Young also broke Ed Hoffman’s old record of 21.96 seconds.
Heat wins went to Merritt, Weltmeyer, Schuler, and O’Conner.
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