Friday, July 11, 2025

1965 – Mid-Season Tunis Crown to Connolly

 

John Connolly




Waterloo, Iowa (July 11, 1965) – John Connolly of Delhi started on the pole and led all 50 laps to win the Speed Chumley Memorial mid-season championship stock car race at Tunis Speedway Sunday night before 5,575 fans.

Red Droste of Waterloo, second in points to Connolly at the halfway point, started beside Connolly, held second place for 35 laps, then dropped back to finish fourth.

Verlin Eaker of Blooming Prairie, Minn., slipped in for a second-place finish, followed by Mert Williams of Rochester, Minn., who had won the third heat earlier.

Joe Wurst of Blooming Prairie, Minn., was a double winner, copping the first heat and winning the 30-lap consolation.


Results –


1. John Connolly, Delhi
2. Verlin Eaker, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
3. Mert Williams, Rochester, Minn.
4. Red Droste, Waterloo
5. Charlie Moffitt, Stanwood
6. Lee Kunzman, Guttenberg
7. Bill McDonough, Cedar Rapids
8. Gene Riniker, Manchester
9. Ed Sanger, Waterloo
10.Bob Posekany, Cedar Falls


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