1971 – Moore Wins ASA ‘100’ at Winchester

 

Garry Pointdexter interviews winner Larry Moore after the Union City, Ind., driver won the ASA-sanctioned 100-lapper on the high banks of Winchester Speedway. - Dave Arganbright Collection

Winchester, Ind. (July 5, 1971) – Union City’s Larry Moore scored a near-sweep of the American Speed Association late model racing program at Winchester Speedway on Monday afternoon with a runaway victory in the “Walbernize 100”.

Moore, whose afternoon included a world’s one-lap stock car record in addition to the 100-lap feature win, took the checkered flag in the feature more than two and half laps ahead of runner-up Denny Miles of Muncie.

Intermittent rains delayed the program for nearly two hours during qualifications, but not before Moore sped his Chevelle to a clocking of 18.48 seconds (97.297 mph) that wiped out the previous track record of 18.98 seconds set last year by Ron North.

Dave Sorg, winner of the last four ASA late model events at Winchester, was unable to compete because of family reasons.

Had it not been for Moore’s spectacular driving, the race would have been a thriller. At the finish, Miles, Dave Dayton of Indianapolis, Les Snow of Bloomington, Ill., and ASA point leader Gene Christie of Gaston, crossed the finish line in bumper-to-bumper formation.

Moore started on the pole position and led the entire distance. He had early competition from Don Gregory of Columbus, Ohio as the pair ran nose-to-tail for the first 33 circuits until Gregory pitted with tire issues.

Gregory lost two laps, returned to the battle only to return to the pits to change another tire. In all, he lost seven laps in the pits but made up two laps on the track in the final 50 laps and finished eighth.

Gregory won the first heat of the day as well as winning the trophy dash. Mickey Flora of Anderson, on loan from the ARCA racing circuit, won the second heat and Darwin Blankenship, also from Anderson, was the third heat winner.


Results –


1. Larry Moore, Union City
2. Denny Miles, Muncie
3. Dave Dayton, Indianapolis
4. Les Snow, Bloomington, Ill.
5. Gene Christie, Gaston
6. Vern Schrock, Middlebury
7. Larry Cope, Leroy
8. Don Gregory, Columbus, Ohio
9. Eldon Byler, Howe
10.Gene Prosser, New Castle