1986- Dolan Takes Quincy All-Star

Quincy, Ill. (September 1, 1986) – Roger Dolan of Lisbon, Iowa, won the NASCAR Busch/Winston All-Star Tour feature Monday at Quincy Raceway.

Dolan held of Steve Watts of Danville, Iowa, and Jim Swank of Hamilton in the 50-lap feature race.

In sportsman action, Marty Hull of Plainville won the feature event while Paul Jones of Hannibal, Mo., was the street stock winner


Results –


Late Models -

1. Roger Dolan, Lisbon, Iowa
2. Steve Watts, Danville, Iowa
3. Jim Swank, Hamilton
4. Steve Kosiski, Omaha, Neb.
5. Joe Kosiski, Omaha, Neb.


Sportsman –

1. Marty Hull, Plainville
2. Lonnie Bailey, Quincy
3. John Swain, Kinderhook
4. Chuck Ancell, Quincy


Street Stock –

1. Paul Jones, Hannibal, Mo.
2. Stan DeLonjay, Quincy
3. Kenny Williams, Coatsburg

1978 - Pepsi Monza Victory at Capital Gives ARTGO Crown to Reffner

 

Tom Reffner 

Oregon, Wis. (September 1, 1978) – Tom Reffner of Rudolph, became the first two-time ARTGO champion on Friday, by winning the overall title in the Pepsi Monza Championship at Capital Super Speedway.

Reffner set fast time in qualifications and then won the first two legs of the triple feature program before placing second to Randy Sweet in the finale.

Sweet, from Bremen, Ind., recorded sixth and third place finishes in the first two features to claim second place in the overall standings. Rusty Wallace of Arnold, Mo., took third overall, with a pair of third place finishes and a fifth in the three main events.

Rounding out the top six in the combined three race standings were Joe shear of South Beloit, Ill., Larry Detjens of Wausau, and Dick Trickle of Wisconsin Rapids.

For Trickle, who led the eight-event ARTGO series’ point standings by a slim margin going into Friday night’s event, it was evening of frustration.

In the opening 33-lapper, Trickle was running in the lead until the next-to-last lap when Reffner edged ahead. The two crossed the finish line side-by-side but Reffner took the decision by mere inches. Wallace placed third with Shear fourth. Mike Miller rounded out the top five.

In the second race, Trickle made a eight-second pit stop midway through the contest to fix a water leak. The stop ruined any chances of capturing the race which Reffner went on to win over Detjens, Sweet, Wallace, and Miller.

That set the stage for the 33-laap finale. In order to win the ARTGO championship, Trickle needed either to win or finish two positions ahead of Reffner.

Sweet took the lead from Wallace on lap 9 and remained in control as the contest entered it’s closing laps. However, a three-way battle for second place involving Detjens, Reffner, and Trickle, then started to take shape, with the ARTGO title on the line.

On lap 28, Trickle and Detjens tangled and spun after racing side-by-side into turn one. Reffner, following closely behind, also spun to avoid contact. All three were able to restart, but Detjens and Trickle were sent to the rear of the pack for the resumption of the action.

Sweet remained in front the rest of the way with Reffner crossing the finish line second, Wallace third, Shear fourth, and Miller fifth.

Earlier in the program, Reffner topped the 37-car field in time trials with near-record time of 18.499 seconds.


Results –


Feature #1 –

1. Tom Reffner, Rudolph
2. Dick Trickle, Wisconsin Rapids
3. Rusty Wallace, Arnold, Mo.
4. Joe Shear, South Beloit, Ill.
5. Mike Miller, Wisconsin Rapids
6. Randy Sweet, Bremen, Ind.
7. Larry Detjens, Wausau
8. Evert DeWitt, Janesville
9. Pat Schauer, Watertown
10.Alan Kulwicki, Milwaukee


Feature #2 –

1. Tom Reffner
2. Larry Detjens
3. Randy Sweet
4. Joe Shear
5. Rusty Wallace
6. Mike Miller
7. Evert DeWitt
8. Tony Strupp, Slinger
9. Alan Kulwicki
10.John Speer, Janesville


Feature #3 –

1. Randy Sweet
2. Tom Reffner
3. Rusty Wallace
4. Joe Shear
5. Mike Miller
6. John Knaus, Rockford
7. Dick Trickle
8. Pat Schauer
9. Alan Kulwicki
10.Larry Detjens

1972 – National Sweepstakes to Kosiski

 

Bob Kosiski won the National Sweepstakes race at the Nebraska State Fair. - Lee Ackerman Collection

Lincoln, Neb. (September 1, 1972) – Bob Kosiski of Omaha led for all but one lap of the 16-lap National Speedways Sweepstakes at Nebraska State Fairgrounds Friday to triumph in the Nebraska State Fair Modified Championships.

Kosiski, who was the leader for the initial 10 laps, momentarily lost the lead to fellow Omahan Mike Dizona on the ensuing lap after a restart shortened Kosiski’s advantage.

But Kosiski regained the lead on the following lap when he swerved past Dizona on the final turn. Kosiski’s claim to first place was never again seriously threatened.

Dizona settled for second with Marv Hilger of David City placing third and John Harlow of Lincoln fourth as only 11 of the original 28 starters finished.

Kosiski pocketed $400 of the total $2,250 prize money for the feature triumph.

The scheduled six-event program was delayed 61 minutes because of a light rain shower, which continued for the duration of the event. The threatening weather did force National Speedways officials to cancel the semi-feature event.

Then the two worse mishaps of the afternoon were the result of a misunderstanding between race drivers and officials.

In the second and third heats, the starter displayed the red flag, which the drivers were unable to see of overlooked. The results of the miscommunications resulted in multi-car pileups in both heats which sidelined two drivers.

Joe Wade of Lincoln completely dominated the field in the first heat before his car experienced engine trouble on the third turn of the final lap. Wade was forced out of competition at the head of the frontstretch, just moments away from victory.

Hilger, Kosiski, Dizona, and Lyle Ekberg of Wakefield captured heat wins. Ekberg, in contention at the time, was forced out of the feature because of mechanical difficulties on the second lap.


Results –


Heat #1 – Marv Hilger, David City
Heat #2 – Bob Kosiski, Omaha
Heat #3 – Mike Dizona, Omaha
Heat #4 – Lyle Ekberg, Wakefield
Feature –
1. Bob Kosiski
2. Mike Dizona
3. Marv Hilger
4. John Harlow, Lincoln
5. Bob Engel, Lincoln
6. Wayne Huntley, Hastings

1968 – White Captures Du Quoin Race

Don White

Du Quoin, Ill. (September 1, 1968) – Don White sat on the pole, then leaned back and watched the early charges fall by the wayside as the Keokuk, Iowa, veteran won the 100-mile United States Auto Club late model stock car race at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds on Sunday.

When the dust finally settled on a long afternoon, White and his 1968 Dodge Charger had won more than $6,000 out of a record purse of $10,265 before a record crowd of 21,500. A.J. Foyt of Houston, Tex., was second in a 1968 Ford Torino.

Sal Tovella of Addison, Ill., was third in a ’68 Charger, Jack Knippel of Northfield, Wis., fourth in a ’67 Dodge and Parnelli Jones of Torrance, Calif., rounded out the top five finishers in a ’68 Ford Torino.

Al Unser slipped into the lead on the 10th lap but White regained it on lap 27. White made his only pit stop on lap 74, putting Foyt in front. But Foyt was forced to stop for fuel the very next lap, giving White the lead, a position he wouldn’t relinquish for the remaining 25 circuits.

In winning his fifth USAC stock car race of the season, White averaged 76.731 miles per hour for the race and moved into third place in the national standings behind Foyt and Roger McCluskey.


Results –

1. Don White
2. A.J. Foyt
3. Sal Tovella
4. Jack Knippel
5. Parnelli Jones
6. Glen Bradley
7. Paul Feldner
8. Dave Whitcomb
9. Frank Freda
10.Len Blanchard
11.LaMarr Marshall
12.Wayne Fisher
13.Gordon Gorman
14.Rich Oertel
15.Al Unser
16.Dale Koehler
17.Roger McCluskey
18.Gene Marmor
19.Tom Jones
20.Robert E. Lee
21.Jack Bowsher
22.Don Hill
23.Bob Robbins
24.Bay Darnell
25.Dave Hirschfield
26.Rabon Hinkle
27.Lennie Waldo

1958 – Roberts Takes Southern 500

 

Fireball Roberts proudly hoist his trophy after winning the Southern 500 at Darlington. 

Darlington, S.C. (September 1, 1958) – Glenn “Fireball” Roberts, the pre-race favorite, led the for the final 200 laps ahead of the field at a record 102.590 miles per hour in the 9th annual Southern 500 at Darlington on Monday afternoon.

A record crowd of more than 80,000, sweltering in 90-plus heat, saw Curtis Turner of Roanoke, Va., the 1956 winner, forced out by mechanical trouble on lap 156.

Turner switched to the car driven by his teammate, Joe Weatherly of Norfolk, Va., but that car, too, gave out on the 232nd lap, when it was in second place.

The only remaining threat to the $11,450 prize money awaiting Roberts was Junior Johnson of Rhonda, N.C. But Johnson’s Ford started giving him trouble about 45 laps from the end of the race, and he dropped behind. The winning Daytona Beach, Fla., driver at the wheel of a Chevrolet, won and additional $2,000 in lap money.

The old record was set by last year’s winner, Speedy Thompson of Charlotte, N.C., at 110.10 miles per hour.

Rolling in second was 1953 winner Buck Baker of Spartanburg, S.C., in a Chevrolet. Baker’s god showing netted him $5,900 and gave him a firmer grip on second place in the Grand National point standings of the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

Third place was taken by Shorty Rollins of Corpus Christi, Tex., in a Ford. He earned $3,475 and moved up in the point standings as well.

Marvin Panch of Daytona Beach, Fla., finished fourth in a Ford for $2,000. Finishing fifth was Jimmy Thompson of Monroe, N.C., in a Chevrolet driven through much of the race by Joe Eubanks of Spartanburg, S.C. Eubanks had led for several laps early in the contest, but his car conked out. Thompson collected $1,575.

Twenty-five of the 48 cars that started were still on the track when the checkered fell. Mechanical failures, along with blowouts, had sent three cars over the guardrail and took a heavy toll on cars.

Eddie Pagan of Lynwood, Calif., who started on the pole, blew a tire, and went through the rail and over the embankment of the second turn about a third of the way through the race. About 75 laps later, Jack Smith of Sandy Springs, Ga., duplicated Pagan’s trick, going through the same hole and even sailing over Pagan’s wrecked car, winding up against some scaffold some spectators were sitting on.

The caution flag waved six times for a total of 40 laps, but no drivers were injured.

The 2,000 Grand National points that Roberts earned were of no use to him as he isn’t even in the top 30 in points this season.


Results –

1. Glenn Roberts, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2. Buck Baker, Spartanburg, S.C.
3. Shorty Rollins, Corpus Christi, Tex.
4. Marvin Panch, Charlotte, N.C.
5. Jimmy Thompson, Monroe, N.C.
6. Bob Welborn, Greensboro, N.C.
7. Rex White, Silver Spring, Md.
8. Doug Cox, Greenville, S.C.
9. Bob Duell, Frewsburg, N.Y.
10.Herb Estes, Greenville, S.C.