1968 – Bud Burdick Wins Denison Opener

 

Bud Burdick stands beside the car he drove to victory in the A-main during the Denison Speedway season opener.

Denison, Iowa (June 1, 1968) – A yellow 1957 Chevrolet, familiar to racing fans during the latter part of last year’s stock car racing program here, took the checkered flag in two events Saturday night in the season opener at Denison Speedway. The car, 2X, is driven by Bud Burdick of Ute and owned by Wayne Mason, also of Ute.

Starting at the back of the pack in the first heat, Burdick easily worked his way through traffic to pick up the win. n the A-main, it was much the same story as he started on the inside of the last row and at the end of the 12 laps, he was first to take the checkers.

Finishing second in the A-main was another familiar car, following the same pattern he set last year. It was the car “X”, owned and driven by Mike Chapman of Whiting. Last year, he was second in total points, although he won three races. But he was there every night and finished in the money in his 1955 Chevrolet.

Saturday night it was the same – fourth in the heat and second in the feature.

Finishing third in the feature was Randy Sterner of Blair, Neb., driving a 1961 Chevrolet. Sterner finished second in his heat race.

Winning the B-main was a new face and new car – 1955 Ford driven by Dyle Downing of Storm Lake. The C-main went to Bob Matson of Omaha.

Heat winners were Burdick, Everett Hutchinson of Sac City, Dennis Hovinga of Laurens, and Leo Corn of Onawa.

Fifty-four cars toured the track before a stellar crowd of 5,000 spectators.


Results –


Heat #1 – Bud Burdick, Ute
Heat #2 – Ev Hutchinson, Sac City
Heat #3 – Dennis Hovinga, Laurens
Heat #4 – Leo Corn, Onawa
C-main – Bob Matson, Omaha
B-main – Dyle Downing, Storm Lake
A-main –
1. Bud Burdick
2. Mike Chapman, Whiting
3. Randy Sterner, Blair, Neb.
4. Butch Householder, Algona
5. Dennis Hovinga
6. Leo Corn
7. Greg White, Spencer
8. Ev Hutchinson

In his first-ever appearance at Denison, Dyle Downing of Storm Lake (left) won the B-main. Red Rollins of Carson, who assisted Downing with the setup of the car, joins the winner in victory lane.