Darrell Dake
Davenport, Iowa (June 30, 1970) – Darrell Dake of Cedar Rapids, one of the top drivers in the state, showed a crowd of 2,000 why he’s among the point leaders Tuesday night at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds with an easy victory in the late model feature.
Taking home the first-place money of $500, Dake had things pretty much his own way in the 30-lap feature on the half-mile oval, finishing with a substantial margin over Stan Stover of Reinbeck.
Both Dake and Stover are among the leading drivers at the Des Moines and Waterloo tracks where they normally participate and the pair made it strictly a two-man affair for the majority of Tuesday’s feature race.
Following across the finish line were Bob Helm of Rochester, Skip Kennedy of Dubuque, and Bill McDonough of Cedar Rapids.
Dake, who was fourth fastest in time trials, and then later captured a heat race, moved into first on the third lap after Ron Weedon of Pleasant Valley and Stover had jockeyed for the lead on the first couple of laps.
Midway through the race, Dake, driving a 1969 Ford Torino, and Stover slowly began pulling away from the rest of the field with Stover encountering problems trying to gain on Dake with slower cars impeding his progress.
The real battle developed for third place with no less than five cars vying for that position. Finally, Helm and Kennedy, with Helm prevailing in the end by a couple of car lengths.
Despite having just 23 cars on hand, the time trials started late and, of course, the program itself was tardy getting started.
Davenport’s Ernie Speth had the fastest time in qualifying with a time of 28.53 seconds. In addition to Dake winning a heat, Helm and Weedon were also heat winners. Kennedy took the 10-lap semi-main, although he had to battle with Stover the entire race.
Results –
Time trials – Ernie Speth, Davenport
Heat #1- Bob Helm, Rochester
Heat #2 – Ron Weedon, Pleasant Valley
Heat #3 – Darrell Dake, Cedar Rapids
Semi-main – Skip Kennedy, Dubuque
Feature –
1. Darrell Dake
2. Stan Stover, Reinbeck
3. Bob Helm
4. Skip Kennedy
5. Bill McDonough, Cedar Rapids
6. Al Terrell, Peoria, Ill.
7. Ron Weedon
8. Bud Darting, Wilton Junction
9. Terry Ryan, Davenport
10.John Engelken, Morrison, Ill.
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