John Moss
West Liberty, Iowa (May 1, 1976) – John Moss of Iowa City overcame a strong driving performance by Muscatine rookie Jack Hall to claim the late model feature race at West Liberty Raceway on Saturday night.
Hall, who moved up to late model racing this year after being the sportsman division champion last year, started on the pole position and staved off challenges from Ron Weedon throughout the first half of the race.
Moss, who had finally passed Weedon about midway through the race, then overtook Hall in the 12th lap. The Muscatine driver was then passed by Weedon on the 16th time around.
The feature race was sprinkled with mishaps that forced many restarts. The first came on the initial lap when several cars spun out on turn one. Ed Mellecker then hit the wall on the second lap and Dave Birkhofer spun out on the seventh lap.
A multi-car pileup involving about six or eight cars came in the 10th lap.
Heat wins were recorded by Ed Sanger, Ken Walton and Ron Prymek with Birkhofer taking the semi-main, Curt Hansen had the night's fastest lap in time trials.
Results –
Time trials – Curt Hansen, Dike, Iowa (24.67)
Heat #1 – Ed Sanger, Waterloo, Iowa
Heat #2 – Ken Walton, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Heat #3 – Ron Prymek, Iowa City, Iowa
Semi-main – Dave Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
Feature –
1. John Moss, Iowa City, Iowa
2. Ron Weedon, Pleasant Valley, Iowa
3. Jack Hall, Muscatine, Iowa
4. Larry Rummelhart, Riverside, Iowa
5. Mel Morris, West Liberty
6. Duane Steffe, Colona, Ill.
7. Larry Jenkins, Wilton, Iowa
8. Dave Birkhofer
9. Rollie Frink, Davenport, Iowa
10.Ron Prymek
11.Bill Douglass, West Liberty, Iowa
12.Mike Niffenegger, Kalona, Iowa
13.Curt Hansen
14.Denny Osborn, Cedar Falls, Iowa
15.Perry Beckler, Tiffin, Iowa
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