Billy Moyer Jr. won the sixth annual Dirt Track World Championships at
the legendary Pennsboro Speedway. – Ashley Ness Photo
Pennsboro, W.Va. (October 19, 1986) – Billy Moyer Jr., of Batesville, Ark., celebrated his 29th birthday by winning $40,000 at the sixth annual Dirt Track World Championships at Pennsboro Speedway.
Moyer, who led the final 46 laps of the 100-lap STARS-sanctioned race for late model stock cars, was followed under the checkered flag by Willy Kraft of Lakefield, Minn., Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, Tenn., Gary Stuhler of Westminster, Md., and two-time DTWC winner Freddy Smith of Kings Mountain, S.C.
Kraft, who battled his way into the main event by winning the 40-lap consolation, started 25th on the grid of 30 cars and earned $10,000 from a purse exceeding $100,000.
As the crowd of 7,000 settled on the golden hillsides of Pennsboro for the feature, they were as quickly on their feet as a first lap tangle on the backstretch eliminated two former DTWC winners, Charlie Swartz (1982) and Jack Boggs (1984) and banged up much of the field.
After repairs were made, the field was relined and the start saw Roy Miller of Quaker City, Ohio, running strongly in front for the first 36 laps before being overtaken by John Mason of Millersburg, Ohio.
A red flag stopped the action on lap 34, and the leaders pitted. At that point, Moyer may have made some race-winning decisions as he changed both tires and gearing on his race car while Mason settled for fuel and tire pressure changes.
When action resumed, Mason roared past Miller to lead laps 37 to 53. But Moyer was moving up from his 13th starting position and overtook Mason on lap 54. He would never relinquish the lead and win by a straightaway’s margin. Mason was eventually knocked out of the race when Mark Banal of Dillonvale, Ohio, bounced off the concrete stage of turn one, triggering a chain-reaction accident which brought out the second red flag on lap 79.
Results –
1. Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, Ark.
2. Willy Kraft, Lakefield, Minn.
3. Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn.
4. Gary Stuhler, Westminster, Md.
5. Freddy Smith, Kings Mountain, S.C.
6. Mike Duvall, Gaffney, S.C.
7. Buck Simmons, Cowpens, S.C.
8. Larry Moore, Dayton, Ohio
9. Donnie Moran, Frazeysburg, Ohio
10.Randy Boggs, Webbville, Ky.
11.Bob Wearing, Callery, Penn.
12.Steve Baker, Morgantown, W.Va.
13.Roy Miller, Quaker City, Ohio
14.Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill.
15.Mark Banal, Dillonvale, Ohio
16.John Mason, Millersburg, Ohio
17.Tom Hearst, Wilton, Iowa
18.Paul Davis, Louisa, Ky.
19.Rodney Franklin, Winchester, Va.
20.Bob Adams Jr., Racine, Ohio
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