Johnny Rutherford receives congratulations from promoter Frank Winkley after winning the 25-lap IMCA big car feature at Hawkeye Downs.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (July 4, 1962) - Big car racing fans - 7,840 of them paid- beat the threat of rain and Johnny Rutherford upped his IMCA point lead by grabbing the feature event Wednesday night at Hawkeye Downs.
The good-looking Texan walked off with most of the prize money as he grabbed the lead early in the 25-lap feature and was never headed.
Rutherford, driving a Chevy conversion, had to withstand the challenges of several Offenhauser drivers, Jerry Richert, Pete Folse, Johnny White and Harold Leep in speedway-type cars. Richert was second in the feature while Folse finished third.
Howard Allen of Portland, Ore., and White, of Warren, Mich., suffered minor eye injuries when they were struck by clods of dirt during the torrid feature race.
Despite the rains early in the day, the track was fast. The first 20 drivers in the time trials finished within one and one-half seconds of each other.
Results –
1. Johnny Rutherford
2. Jerry Richert
3. Pete Folse
4. Arnie Knepper
5. Jerry Blundy
6. Johnny White
7. Harold Leep
8. Bill Horstmeyer
9. Russ Long
10.Dale Reed
11.Jigger Sirois
12.Roger Lane
13.Harv Konkel
14.Howard Allen
15.Gordon Woolley
16.Red Hoyle
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