Ray Young
Morris, Ill. (July 4, 1976) – Ray Young snapped Larry Schuler’s string of feature wins at seven Sunday afternoon at the Grundy County Speedway, defeating him by six-car-lengths in the 25-lap event.
Young, driving the same car he drove to victory in the CAM2 Classic on May 9, took the lead from Jerry Kemperman on lap 7 after a second lap tangle had bent plenty of sheet metal on both cars.
Young quickly extended his lead while Schuler was busy working his way through traffic, finally inching his way into second place with six laps to go.
Once in second, however, Schuler was unable to close the margin significantly on Young and settled for runner-up honors. Kemperman took third-place money followed by Bob Dotter and John McPartlin.
The heat races and consolation for late models provided plenty of excitement. Terry Hapke nailed the homestretch wall in the final lap of the second heat, ripping the right front tire completely off. He was not hurt but the car was eliminated. In the consolation, Steve Seligman made a last dash effort to get by leader Hal Davis for the checkered and slid head-on into the pit wall.
Tim Nanzer of Oswego took the lead from George Boswell to win the accident-spiced hobby stock feature.
Results –
Time trials – Larry Schuler, Lockport (16.27)
Trophy dash – Ray Young, Dolton
Heat #1 – Hal Davis, Woolridge
Heat #2 – Steve Seilgman, Highwood
Heat #3 – Larry Schuler
Consolation – Hal Davis
Feature –
1. Ray Young
2. Larry Schuler
3. Jerry Kemperman, Blue Island
4. Bob Dotter, Chicago
5. John McPartlin, Lansing
6. Dave Evans, Crystal Lake
7. Bob Weltmeyer, Alsip
8. Butch Stevens
9. Chuck Acres, Dolton
10.Al Weinreich, Seneca
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