Eventual winner Bubby Jones (51) leads Larry Dickson (72) during the Ted Horn Memorial at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. - Joseph Ramirez Collection
Du Quoin, Ill. (August 29, 1976) – Another driver established new track record in time trials, but Bubby Jones of Danville took home the bacon by winning the $37,500 United States Auto Club national championship dirt feature Sunday afternoon at the Du Quoin State Fair.
Although the 100-mile race was stopped twice because of accidents, no one was injured.
Tom Bigelow of Whitewater, Wis., set a track record on the one-mile dirt oval with a time of 109.243 miles per hour. The old record had been 107.270 miles per hour set by Al Unser.
Pancho Carter of Huntington Beach, Calif., led the race for 23 laps before his car ran through a fence. He was uninjured. When the race resumed, Bigelow was unable to re-fire his car.
Joe Saldana of Lincoln, Neb., took over the lead on the restart and held it until lap 58 when he blew an engine. Jones inherited the lead and held the rest of the way.
Results –
1. Bubby Jones
2. Larry Dickson
3. Jim McElreath
4. Larry Rice
5. Johnny Parsons
6. Jim Hurtubise
7. James McElreath
8. Bill Cassella
9. Jerry Miller
10.Ronnie Burke
11.Clark Templeman
12.Joe Saldana
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