tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89220922481818760662024-03-17T21:03:11.713-06:00Midwest Racing ArchivesPreserving the history of Midwest Auto RacingKyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2726125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-26058088094291585812024-03-16T07:49:00.000-06:002024-03-16T07:49:00.470-06:001976 - Ken Walton Completes Finest Year in Racing<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reprinted from <i>Hawkeye Racing News</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirnmZNBo9OzqON39PIomMHqPculWOVnySzzjNrBeZba8NpmhvONx4DXvPpA0uD2qg7CqpTfy3DmqQx4DFuTGjy55dWnfLXQEQ-wkgDvV2BicbOeCBNaXGc9DgnBsSKuYc2c6HsbqTQBrbd_QlFv4BfXku1EcsxryzQL-pf5KJCMi-gaww7KgdezRp1xS6/s550/Ken%20Walton_Freeport_1976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="550" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirnmZNBo9OzqON39PIomMHqPculWOVnySzzjNrBeZba8NpmhvONx4DXvPpA0uD2qg7CqpTfy3DmqQx4DFuTGjy55dWnfLXQEQ-wkgDvV2BicbOeCBNaXGc9DgnBsSKuYc2c6HsbqTQBrbd_QlFv4BfXku1EcsxryzQL-pf5KJCMi-gaww7KgdezRp1xS6/w400-h278/Ken%20Walton_Freeport_1976.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Driving for Vince Fiala, Ken Walton won the Freeport track championship in 1974. He's shown here after a feature win at the half-mile track. </span></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cedar Rapids, Iowa – In just four years, Ken Walton has gone from “scared to death” in his first stock car race to winning a season championship in 1976.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ken started drag racing a Camaro in 1967. He owned and maintained his own car except for the engines, which stock car veteran and mentor Darrell Dake built. Walton eventually decided that there was no money to be made in drag racing and decided to try his hand at going in circles instead of straight forward.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1973, he purchased a 1964 Chevy Nova from the late Bill McDonough and headed for the track. On his first night out, he started 11th out of 22 cars and finished third. When the season came to a close, Walton had finished in the top 10 in points at not one, but three tracks, Cedar Rapids, Farley, and Freeport. In addition to those three tracks, Ken would win the Jones County Fair race in Monticello, out distancing the likes of Curt Hansen and Ed Sanger. <br /><br />Starting the 1974 season, Walton picked up a ride with Cedar Rapids car owner Vince Fiala. Driving a 1974 Chevelle, Ken won eight features that year, including the season championship at Freeport Speedway. He would finish second in points there as well. He would also win one main event at Farley, finishing in the top five in the year-end point standings and sixth at West Liberty. <br /><br />In 1975 and 1976, Walton would pilot a ‘75 Camaro for renowned race car builder and owner Duane Schneider of Iowa City, Iowa. <br /><br />The first year with Schneider would not be one of Ken’s best, with most of the season being plagued by engine woes but Walton still managed to finish in the top-10 in points at any track that he competed at consistently. <br /><br />Towards the end of the season, he did earn a hard-fought victory in the 75-lap Gateway Classic at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill. What made the win so satisfying was the fact that during the race, the ignition wire shorted out. Taking his shoulder harness off so he could reach the ignition to put the wire back into the socket, Walton couldn’t get his strap hooked back up. Later in the race, the right rear shock came unhooked making it a very bumpy and uncomfortable ride for the remainder of the race. Despite a sore back from being tossed around the cockpit of his car, Walton was a happy winner in victory lane afterwards. <br /><br />1976 would be a much more positive year for Walton. He would win both the season championship at Freeport and also his first point’s title. The points weren’t decided until the final race of the year, as Roger Dolan of Lisbon, Iowa, and Walton both had a chance of winning the whole deal that final night. Walton would put on a dominant performance, lapping the field (and Dolan) to clinch the title. <br /><br />At Cedar Rapids, Kenny would finish eighth in points, sixth at West Liberty and ninth at Oskaloosa. He was also leading in points at Mason City, when it closed earlier than expected. At the Spirit of 76 late model special at Hawkeye Downs in July, Walton, racing with a broken clutch, still managed to finish fourth in what was an outstanding field of drivers. <br /><br />In four years of racing, Ken Walton has gained the respect of his fellow drivers and has proven that he can run with the best of them. His future goals? “To be better than Ed Sanger someday.” <br /><br />Editor’s note: Two years later, Ken Walton of Viola, Iowa would reach the top of the late model mountain, winning the prestigious World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-52506560948951523892024-03-03T09:40:00.007-06:002024-03-03T09:46:44.650-06:00In Memory…Hector Honore (1905 – 1983)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbjP1Uw59vfTLdoiILs2NJ_8yczUQ2fQhwnpE38q6L-ix8y9IW17b5EkAlcJlZtatPpdIFhUOEnSI_r2DRuGy1oevBGMj_U_VEeMaBY0q8AFmeaDzCKHuLS-nr5N9Bp7ls2TbxLelno9-a7iVjozIeD_U-g3HRow1jDROY_tYb7i2q5OqvNxWw3Y6lQm7/s550/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="550" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbjP1Uw59vfTLdoiILs2NJ_8yczUQ2fQhwnpE38q6L-ix8y9IW17b5EkAlcJlZtatPpdIFhUOEnSI_r2DRuGy1oevBGMj_U_VEeMaBY0q8AFmeaDzCKHuLS-nr5N9Bp7ls2TbxLelno9-a7iVjozIeD_U-g3HRow1jDROY_tYb7i2q5OqvNxWw3Y6lQm7/w400-h283/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%231.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Hector Honore with Pete Folse at Des Moines - 1960 </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />By Larry Sullivan <br /><br />Thomson, Ill. (March 3, 1983) – Born in Belgium and coming to this country as a small boy, Hector Honore settled with his family in Pana, Ill., a southeastern Illinois town commonly referred to as “The City of Roses.” <br /><br />As a small boy at the age of 10, Hector told this writer that he decided he wanted to be an automobile mechanic and every night after school and on weekends, worked in various garages and filling stations. <br /><br />In the early 30’s, Hector started his own automobile repair business and for the next 40 years or more, specialized in truck repair and his shop was known as “Hector’s Congress Alley,” where the race clan would gather. <br /><br />Honore’s first race car was a Rocker Arm Cragar in a Hillegass chassis which he purchased in Penna, Ill., for the 1936 racing season and drove himself for the first two years. He finished ninth at Franklin, Ind., in a feature won by Joie Chitwood. Honore stated that his success was mediocre competing with the Midwest Dirt Track Racing Association at tracks like Salem, Ind. (Fairgrounds), Franklin, Ind., Columbus, Ind., Evansville, Ind., and Huntington, Ind. <br /><br />In 1938, Hector chose “Wild Charley” Sczcendy of South Bend, Ind., to pilot his brand-new D.O. Hal and the duo won a feature at Huntington, Ind., the first day out. Hector stated that Charley was “Wild” but if he finished, he usually won the race. Sczcendy crashed multiple times during the season and was upside down five times but was never injured. <br /><br />During the 1938, ’39, and ’40 seasons, Vern Trestor of Indianapolis drove for Honore and won several races as did another drove who drove occasionally, Frank Weirer. Ott Butler of Indianapolis drove the Honore Hal in eight race meets and won four times in the car known as the “City of Roses” with large red roses on each side of the cowl of the cream-colored #2. Spider Webb and Bus Wilbert also drove a time or two for Honore in the early 40’s.</span><div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlmFCdK2ZszVjrIcoHr7b3U5GdGg8QNMGWo15EPJwwsjAjxWNcvWG6II9jFt_6FPfYs4Q3v0zBRAwi5wPY0j9egnMXBbsclE1hs5Q-nCir-dnhL1o8hPTf8IyT7smba2QJ27W4473BYztGho69fFqgG7Upnyv2LkNpUrEjnZ6AdT6l7AVvmLOIU42EfWd/s550/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="550" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlmFCdK2ZszVjrIcoHr7b3U5GdGg8QNMGWo15EPJwwsjAjxWNcvWG6II9jFt_6FPfYs4Q3v0zBRAwi5wPY0j9egnMXBbsclE1hs5Q-nCir-dnhL1o8hPTf8IyT7smba2QJ27W4473BYztGho69fFqgG7Upnyv2LkNpUrEjnZ6AdT6l7AVvmLOIU42EfWd/w400-h243/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%232.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Hector Honore with Bill Puterbaugh at Knoxville, Ill. - 1966</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Hector came out of retirement in 1940 and drove for himself and competed in four race meets with him winning three features and finishing second in the other. Harold “Stagger” Shaw of Indianapolis took over as pilot in 1941 and won his first nine features in succession and the tough MDTRA championship for the season, but ironically on the last day of the racing season when he was to be crowed champion at Franklin, Ind., a water sprinkling truck pulled onto the track while Shaw was hot lapping, and he couldn’t stop or avoid the truck and hit it head-on at top speed. He received serious injuries from the accident and passed away 24 days later. <br /><br />Honore came out with a new machine in 1946 with Cliff Griffith of Indianapolis as his driver, and the car still a D.O. Hal dubbed as the “City of Roses” #2 and Cliff won the MDTRA championship two years in a row, 1946 an ’47. During the ’46 season, Griffith had an appendix attack and had to have surgery. Don Turner was chosen to drive the Honore machine at Franklin, Ind. Being that the car was leading the point standings for the season, the car was handicapped to start last in both the heat race and feature event. Turner, starting last in a field of 13 cars on narrow county fairgrounds track originally built for horse racing, moved quickly up to second place after only three laps. But, while attempting to take the lead, ran over the wheel of the car he was passing, went end over end crashing, and died four days later from the injuries he received. <br /><br />In 1948, Hector switched to Offy power, a 220-cubic inch engine with Bobby Grim of Indianapolis as his driver. In his first time out, Grim set fast time and finished a close second to Jimmy Wilburn, who was also a driving a Offy, a 270-cubic inch engine, at Bloomington, Ind. On Grim’s second outing with the car at Celina, Ohio, he set fast time and won the feature, defeating Wilburn. Both of the meets were sanctioned by the Central States Racing Association.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_DkvUmr9klTWNhEzChsEomDCFBGYjVhppNGI9prXWmCMLjL3yQyG5aENuvD1Jkpt5x1DimDBLwOamw6X0MtaVo29HbrbbKzW5DlBhXoLRRcoxBfx5xNzgCTrr5XTBbFClNyiEiyP_4uZTdBhRIsaywDRPuDryYilQs0RcXQwyB5raNA4Ie5BlIqhpUh0/s550/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="550" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_DkvUmr9klTWNhEzChsEomDCFBGYjVhppNGI9prXWmCMLjL3yQyG5aENuvD1Jkpt5x1DimDBLwOamw6X0MtaVo29HbrbbKzW5DlBhXoLRRcoxBfx5xNzgCTrr5XTBbFClNyiEiyP_4uZTdBhRIsaywDRPuDryYilQs0RcXQwyB5raNA4Ie5BlIqhpUh0/w400-h313/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%233.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Hector Honore with Bobby Grim at Belleville, Kan. - 1955</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />For the next 11 years, Grim continued to drive for Honore mostly under International Motor Contest Association sanctioning, winning 183 features, setting over 150 track records, and winning the IMCA national championship four years in succession, 1955 to 1958, and was runner-up for the title five other years. <br /><br />Pete Folse from Tampa, Fla., took over the wheel of the Bardahl Black Deuce after Grim moved to greener pastures and won his first four features driving the car, en route to winning the 1959 IMCA national title. Folse would be Hector’s pilot for the next five years, and win the 1960 and ’61 titles, giving Honore seven consecutive IMCA titles. He finished runner-up two other years. <br /><br />Folse’s best year with the car was 1961 when he won 31 features in 42 starts. Grim’s best year was 1955, winning 27 main events in 32 meets. <br /><br />In 1964, Jerry “Scratch” Daniels of St. Paul, Minn., took over the Bardahl, now powered by a Chevrolet engine. Daniels won seven features that season and finished third in the point standings. In 1965, Gordon Woolley of Waco, Tex., took over the driving chores, winning five features and finishing third in the point standings. <br /><br />Bill Puterbaugh of Roxana, Ill., took over for Hector for the 1966 season, won four features, was runner-up another seven times, and placed third in the final IMCA point’s chase. <br /><br />Jim Moughan of Springfield, Ill., started as the driver for the Black Deuce in 1967 and won the annual Hawkeye Futurity in Des Moines in June. Later that season, Don “Itch” Daniels took over and won two feature events. If my memory serves me correctly, Tom Custer of Rock Island, Ill., also drove the car a time or two during the ’67 season.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdElCeJeM9TlZqU5YUjvG7OdhM902hRJJQ5cOahtBwxesaPfz7FVMvQ28NZ-hiwHiGRaIxY-41KUfMTRd7SfzXf-MIplHDvnEUkN2b689IbJeZIsllETLeBKSmfU0JTpVKZwy7Ddy7QCIeF9njol5vTRYdk3p2PhqDqIYbBh3vDbQg8oZzs8PP-ruPk7sX/s550/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="550" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdElCeJeM9TlZqU5YUjvG7OdhM902hRJJQ5cOahtBwxesaPfz7FVMvQ28NZ-hiwHiGRaIxY-41KUfMTRd7SfzXf-MIplHDvnEUkN2b689IbJeZIsllETLeBKSmfU0JTpVKZwy7Ddy7QCIeF9njol5vTRYdk3p2PhqDqIYbBh3vDbQg8oZzs8PP-ruPk7sX/w400-h316/3.3.83%20-%20In%20Memory%E2%80%A6Hector%20Honore%20(1905%20%E2%80%93%201983)%20%234.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Hector Honore with Jerry "Scratch" Daniels at Tampa, Fla. - 1964</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />It was after the 1967 season that Hector Honore decided to call it quits. He claimed he traveled over 1.1 million miles during his career and raced in 35 states as well as Canada. <br /><br />As told to me by Hector himself, his cars, the R.A. Cragar, the D.O. Hal, the Offenhauser, and the Chevrolet, won 434 features, 704 heat races, and set 216 records. <br /><br />The Offenhauser powered cars had only three drivers: Bobby Grim, Don Branson, and Pete Folse. In 1954, Grim was injured in an accident at Belleville, Kan., with Bob Slater and lost five weeks of driving in which he was replaced by Branson, of Champaign, Ill., who won three of five features he started. <br /><br />For 19 consecutive years, the Offy and Chevy powered cars ran under the sponsorship of Bardahl Oil products out of St. Louis. The car was known as the “Black Deuce” during this same time period. During Honore’s entire career, all of his car carried the #2. <br /><br />From 1948 to 1967, the Bardahl cars, both Offy and Chevy, won 284 features, of which 266 were Offy-powered victories and 19 were Chevy-powered wins. Honore said he probably won in the neighborhood of 150 features with his R.A. Cragar and D.O. Hal from 1936 to 1947. <br /><br />This writer saw such drivers as “Wild” Charley Sczcendy, Harold Shaw, and Cliff Griffith winning features with Honore’s cars and it was a potent Hal which won the MDTRA championship three successive years, 1941, ’46, and ’47. The association ran no races from 1942 to 1945 because of World War 2. <br /><br />Honore’s 434 feature wins is a record for a car owner and may be topped only by the great Ralph DePalma or Gus Schrader. <br /><br />May he rest in peace. Adios.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-58074320521333797272024-02-28T10:36:00.001-06:002024-02-29T08:53:13.238-06:00The 1990 Knoxville Nationals - Scruffy Sneaks By on the Low Side<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPQyty-hLPlnv6L2pt076mhNj1QncYGr-njYr7mHrktNw4b4kCQ43dxVYTcYCOeEgkqW8_ygGmRJB0JSxpaBOwDKnIowvsRJMG_KWRq1FMTT9r-mBwP57OJZVDLV4fE02iol1VAs0m1CHjZ2InNsijEVcXNlzlZsEle9AaUyomVFw8k9gQxZ8j9ivZCWe/s782/Bobby%20Allen%20Portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPQyty-hLPlnv6L2pt076mhNj1QncYGr-njYr7mHrktNw4b4kCQ43dxVYTcYCOeEgkqW8_ygGmRJB0JSxpaBOwDKnIowvsRJMG_KWRq1FMTT9r-mBwP57OJZVDLV4fE02iol1VAs0m1CHjZ2InNsijEVcXNlzlZsEle9AaUyomVFw8k9gQxZ8j9ivZCWe/w281-h400/Bobby%20Allen%20Portrait.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bobby Allen</span></i></div><br /><p></p><br /><br />By Lee Ackerman <br /><br />Knoxville, Iowa - If you search the names of the winners of the world-famous Knoxville Nationals from the mid-80s through the mid-90’s in the middle of all the Nationals won by driver’s named Kinser or Wolfgang, you will find one of the most popular wins in Knoxville National history. It was the night that Bobby Allen (known affectionately as Scruffy) snuck by on the low side and claimed the biggest win in sprint car racing and a check for $35,000. <br /><br />The 30th Annual Knoxville Nationals started off on Wednesday, August 15, 1990, pretty much as might expect. “The King of the Outlaws” Steve Kinser set fast time, won his heat, and then won his qualifying feature to earn a perfect score of 500 points to put himself on the pole for Saturday Night’s Knoxville National A Feature event. <br /><br />On Thursday night things didn’t go quite as you might expect them too. Oh, Mark Kinser did his part as he also set fast time, won his heat and his qualifying feature to earn a perfect score of 500 and a starting spot on the outside of the front row of Saturday night’s A feature next to Steve. <br /><br />But strange things were starting to happen. First, Hanover, Pennsylvania’s Bobby Allen, who never seemed to have much luck in his previous 22 appearances at the Nationals, set second quick time, won his heat, and finished fourth in the feature to earn a second row inside starting spot in the big dance by posting 492 points. <br /><br />The bad news that happened on Thursday night was that defending Knoxville National Champion and five-time winner of the race, Doug Wolfgang, did not fare so well. In fact, his night was a total wipeout. After qualifying fourth in time trials, “Wolfie” collided with Rick Montgomery in the fourth heat and then slammed the front stretch wall total destroying is #8 Payless Hardware & Rockery Schnee and ending his night. Wolfgang did come back on Friday night, win his heat, finish well back in the A feature, and place fifth in the Race of States.<div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzWCVgJDaJ6SUbGNDjcZZsG2EYPt4ol9NSD2qAMCdvCYrYzMoqPfpaHxR2eFC-I3qPnB5L3r_LZJbq-bIhMfNCsF-5q6rMncErArD0fJlENIRpbtimApzqCtpqba7v3UswoIH9ykLqBvbF77bgGMlCWUySe4vEBMKF-_uRJtzTOwfHK3i0nwDBfAWMvpx/s550/Doug%20Wolfgang%20DP%20Motorsports%20%238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="550" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzWCVgJDaJ6SUbGNDjcZZsG2EYPt4ol9NSD2qAMCdvCYrYzMoqPfpaHxR2eFC-I3qPnB5L3r_LZJbq-bIhMfNCsF-5q6rMncErArD0fJlENIRpbtimApzqCtpqba7v3UswoIH9ykLqBvbF77bgGMlCWUySe4vEBMKF-_uRJtzTOwfHK3i0nwDBfAWMvpx/w400-h326/Doug%20Wolfgang%20DP%20Motorsports%20%238.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Doug Wolfgang</span></i></div><br /> <br /><br />On Saturday night, Wolfgang had his work cut out to say the least. Starting in the D feature, “Wolfie” won the 12-lap affair. Tagging the back of the 15-lap C feature he charged up through the field to finish second to Pennsylvania’s Keith Kauffman, earning a starting spot at the tail of the 22-lap feature. “Wolfie” charged through the field to win that event and earn the 20th starting position in the feature. When the checkers waved in the 30-lap Knoxville Nationals, he finished fifth, successfully passing 62 cars in 79 laps. <br /><br />When the green waved on the main event, most bets would have been on a driver named Kinser to win the contest, given that both Steve and Mark were starting on the front row and had been extremely fast all weekend. But first you have to finish to win and that’s where things began to happen. <br /><br />Steve grabbed the lead, but on the backstretch, Mark took over the point when the magneto on Steve’s #11 mount started to malfunction. The engine lasted for 13 laps before the “King of Outlaws” night was over. <br /><br />Meanwhile up front, Mark started pulling away from the field, opening up a half straightaway lead and by lap 10 was lapping back markers. But then on lap 23 the caution waved for Dave Blaney and Mark stopped on the backstretch with a broken rod, thus putting both Kinser’s and race favorites on the sidelines. <br /><br />If you have ever watched Bobby Allen, chances are you didn’t find him up by the outside guard rail but more than likely much closer to the inside guardrail. Allen loves the bottom and has won races where it has taken the announcers and officials several laps to realize Allen is in the lead. <br /><br />In this case, everybody knew “Scruffy” was in the lead, but he had a challenger, actually the TMC Stanton Challenger of Sammy Swindell, the 1983 Knoxville Nationals winner, who also had a bit of a history of bad luck at the Knoxville Nationals. <br /><br />Swindell’s mount had started smoking and spitting oil midway through the 30-lap affair and he was fortunate to pick up some extra tear-offs during the caution. With six laps to go and smoke streaming from his engine Swindell was on the charge and determined to add a second Knoxville Nationals crown to his resume. <br /><br />On lap 26, Swindell charged high by Allen to take the lead coming off the fourth turn but then a brush with the outside retaining wall caused his right rear tire to lose air pressure and slow him down. Allen regained the lead with a third turn pass as the two charged to the white flag and held of Swindell for the final one and quarter laps to win by three car lengths. <br /><br />“Everything seemed to work my way tonight.” said Allen in victory lane. “The racetrack was perfect for me - they actually ran the top way up and some of the guys had trouble. I don’t care, I won and I’m happy.”</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuEYCB3iTcskShTFuY-_626e6Yj_hzC7skE9CAPv4lp3tg36Udv2OMaM0A8fQZMua3E8sv04OoyEDybStiKYvjsFG58iKDhyphenhyphentMsScw2z05WluZXjVqBc6V6BEvI6tFSdyWcMaQcwKNyNvIjlRQdgK5P7K_yAFvAOn1hhZqfU8AssLqFnucHVufWiIkhyphenhyphen0/s550/Boby%20Allen%20Knoxville%20Nationals%20VL%201990.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="550" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuEYCB3iTcskShTFuY-_626e6Yj_hzC7skE9CAPv4lp3tg36Udv2OMaM0A8fQZMua3E8sv04OoyEDybStiKYvjsFG58iKDhyphenhyphentMsScw2z05WluZXjVqBc6V6BEvI6tFSdyWcMaQcwKNyNvIjlRQdgK5P7K_yAFvAOn1hhZqfU8AssLqFnucHVufWiIkhyphenhyphen0/w400-h269/Boby%20Allen%20Knoxville%20Nationals%20VL%201990.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Knoxville Nationals winner Bobby Allen (center) is joined on the podium by runner-up Sammy Swindell (left) and third-place finisher Steve Smith Jr. (right). </span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /> </span></i><br /><br />Allen picked up $35,000 for the win, Swindell $23,000 for second and Steve Smith, Jr. (who finished on seven cylinders) $15,000 for third. Danny Lasoski brought his overheating mount home fourth and Doug Wolfgang (who passed 57 cars during the nights activity brought him car in fifth. <br /><br />Wolfgang was extremely gracious towards the man who replaced him as National’s champion. “Bob does it all and he has since about the 60’s,” Wolfgang said. “So, my hat’s off to him and I’m glad that if I couldn’t win it, I couldn’t figure out a better guy deserving to win.” <br /><br />Allen remained at the victory platform signing autographs, for several hours after the awards ceremony was complete. 18,000 fans were on hand for Saturday night’s races. <br /><br />Certainly, it was a well-deserved win for Allen and the crowd loved the exciting finish and the outcome. It certainly has to be listed as one of the most surprising wins in Knoxville National history. It also provided fans with the unexpected (both Kinser’s breaking), it provided them with Wolfgang’s amazing charge from the D feature to a top five in the A and for the drivers it was proof once again of the old saying from “Wide World of Sports”, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. <br /><br />Bobby Allen was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1998.<div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-86762206416087150512024-02-26T08:33:00.005-06:002024-02-26T08:33:51.953-06:001956 – Flock Snares 160-Miller at Daytona<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjXCEpPSnTJ-rMkGWNUs78WK4R66scOvQ3Caw8l4Xk41DgihiSIwu4qIiV9vpo_5sMqOQIDt-bL-lhST5dk6dUFm2Y3_D55ZQ5dDzF5z2MZJr-Dhu5CR6Bu4EwYrIy8p1GhX02L2AIWd0Lwaq4RtzF72cf1SJfM8BPkwPAEdCR-to67DAl2y6-eHbPTM-/s821/2.26.56%20%E2%80%93%20Flock%20Snares%20160-Miler%20at%20Daytona.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjXCEpPSnTJ-rMkGWNUs78WK4R66scOvQ3Caw8l4Xk41DgihiSIwu4qIiV9vpo_5sMqOQIDt-bL-lhST5dk6dUFm2Y3_D55ZQ5dDzF5z2MZJr-Dhu5CR6Bu4EwYrIy8p1GhX02L2AIWd0Lwaq4RtzF72cf1SJfM8BPkwPAEdCR-to67DAl2y6-eHbPTM-/w268-h400/2.26.56%20%E2%80%93%20Flock%20Snares%20160-Miler%20at%20Daytona.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Tim Flock shows off his trophy after winning at Daytona. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 26, 1956) – Tim Flock, the 31-year-old member of Atlanta’s high-speed Flock family, powered his 1956 Chrysler 300B over a rain-slickened beach and asphalt course on Sunday afternoon at an average speed of 89.156 miles per hour to capture the Grand National Championship Circuit Race.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Flock, who captured the 125-mile modified race here two days ago, took the lead from his pole position starting spot and stayed in front throughout the entire grind except for a few moments on the 23rd lap when he stopped to refuel. <br /><br />He went back in front before the next lap was completed and closed out the race, 57 seconds ahead of Billy Meyers of Germantown, N.C., who was jockeying a 1956 Mercury. <br /><br />The race took 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 24 seconds. <br /><br />Trailing by one lap and 10 seconds in third place was courageous Ralph Moody of Dania, Fla., whose 1956 Ford rolled over completely on lap 26, only to end up on all four of its wheels. Moody finished the race with a smashed hood and the windshield knocked out. <br /><br />The event was marked by a number of pileups at both ends of the 4.1-mile oval track and only 38 of the 79 starters were reported by race officials as to completing the race. <br /><br />Flock picked up the winner’s trophy and collected $4,025 as the first-place purse. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Tim Flock, Atlanta, Ga.<br />2. Billy Meyers, Germantown, N.C.<br />3. Ralph Moody, Charlotte, N.C.<br />4. Jimmy Lewallen, High Point, N.C.<br />5. Jim Reed, Peekskill, N.Y.<br />6. Garvin Rendahl, Rio, Wis.<br />7. Bob Korf, Dayton, Ohio<br />8. Herb Thomas, Sanford, N.C.<br />9. Fonty Flock, Atlanta, Ga.<br />10.Gwyn Staley, North Wilkesboro, N.C.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-87827283368945609332024-02-25T10:32:00.002-06:002024-02-25T13:41:28.573-06:001966 – Goldsmith’s ‘Waiting Game’ Wins Daytona 100-Miler <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuVcU48rDVmKEkkRb4bXZJIR-xU1r8ShyphenhyphenL4Yvy1_qjrpSYIo3rwjI-xtVGF_PLiPvzWtENgP15HcD6fDh2G87OubD-m2kN0_kBoSbOPzss1gdjtXXm27QYFKZ6x1oBa6aVPSX1DRrZYK9zucmopbtHi0KMk5_epuEPW2Dno1-CfWY8NQEeXydyemCWMZs/s550/2.25.66%20%E2%80%93%20Goldsmith%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%98Waiting%20Game%E2%80%99%20Wins%20Daytona%20100-Miler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="550" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuVcU48rDVmKEkkRb4bXZJIR-xU1r8ShyphenhyphenL4Yvy1_qjrpSYIo3rwjI-xtVGF_PLiPvzWtENgP15HcD6fDh2G87OubD-m2kN0_kBoSbOPzss1gdjtXXm27QYFKZ6x1oBa6aVPSX1DRrZYK9zucmopbtHi0KMk5_epuEPW2Dno1-CfWY8NQEeXydyemCWMZs/w400-h314/2.25.66%20%E2%80%93%20Goldsmith%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%98Waiting%20Game%E2%80%99%20Wins%20Daytona%20100-Miler.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Paul Goldsmith stands in victory lane with Miss Firebird, Winkie Louise (left), and Miss Hurst Golden Shifter, Linda Vaughn (second from right), after the Muncie, Ind., driver won the 100-mile qualifying race at Daytona. </span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona, Fla. (February 25, 1966) – Paul Goldsmith played the waiting game and it paid dividends - $1,000 worth.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The quiet, lanky Goldsmith vaulted off the fourth turn and squeezed between Richard Petty and Curtis Turner to win the first 100-miler Friday at Daytona International Speedway. <br /><br />The victory earned Goldsmith the third starting position in Sunday’s Daytona 500 behind Petty and polesitter Petty. Goldsmith and Petty waged a close duel from lap 2 until the very finish. <br /><br />Goldsmith, running second in his 1965 Plymouth, waited until the fourth turn on the last lap to make his move. Using the draft, he slipped by Petty and nipped the “Randleman Rocket” by the length of a car hood. <br /><br />Don White of Keokuk, Iowa, driving a 1965 Dodge, finished third with hometown favorite Marvin Panch and Fred Lorenzen of Elmhurst, Ill., both driving 1966 Ford’s, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. <br /><br /> Goldsmith said afterwards he thought he had waited too long before making his move and “was going to run in second.” <br /><br />“I saw that we were going to run into traffic, and I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to get by using the draft and get by Richard. I started to go by him on the backstretch but then I figured then he’d be able to slingshot by me when we got to the fourth turn, so I just waited and decided to take my chances on the front stretch.” <br /><br />Petty and Goldsmith were racing by three other drivers including Turner, who was a lap back, when Goldsmith made his move. <br /><br />“I didn’t know if there was going to be enough room to get by. I just hoped there would be – and there was.” <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Paul Goldsmith<br />2. Richard Petty<br />3. Don White<br />4. Marvin Panch<br />5. Fred Lorenzen<br />6. Sam McQuagg<br />7. Gordon Johncock<br />8. Darel Dieringer<br />9. Larry Frank<br />10.Cale Yarbrough<br />11.Curtis Turner<br />12.James Hylton<br />13.Roy Mayne<br />14.Calvin Kelly<br />15.Ned Setzer<br />16.Henley Gray<br />17.Wayne Smith<br />18.Bob Derrington<br />19.Buddy Baker<br />20.Larry Hess<br />21.Johnny Allen<br />22.Gene Petro<br />23.Johnny Rutherford<br />24.Ronnie Chumley<br />25.Tiny Lund</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-92049024613780952992024-02-24T08:27:00.000-06:002024-02-24T08:27:01.086-06:001967 – Lorenzen Gas Gamble Pays Off with Daytona Win <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysFOvrv79-OtAuFt-mZZifhnL2J0N-SkxfVD6bXIe9-H_qiJG8gFhZ4mU6Ocx86RGtZ1Rf2lRCHtAp_ZBVfQlO29esm6xPZIKyC5si6TerjcMgAIJxLhceLq2Ca4s4ThLNqT8rBv0sCxZ7Q90rO4Re-dMSadNnJtHOVz4CN7Q_m7-h9jJ_1L8kdEg4Pu8/s770/2.24.67%20%E2%80%93%20Lorenzen%20Gas%20Gamble%20Pays%20Off%20With%20Daytona%20Win.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysFOvrv79-OtAuFt-mZZifhnL2J0N-SkxfVD6bXIe9-H_qiJG8gFhZ4mU6Ocx86RGtZ1Rf2lRCHtAp_ZBVfQlO29esm6xPZIKyC5si6TerjcMgAIJxLhceLq2Ca4s4ThLNqT8rBv0sCxZ7Q90rO4Re-dMSadNnJtHOVz4CN7Q_m7-h9jJ_1L8kdEg4Pu8/w286-h400/2.24.67%20%E2%80%93%20Lorenzen%20Gas%20Gamble%20Pays%20Off%20With%20Daytona%20Win.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Fred Lorenzen gives a wave from victory lane after winning the 100-mile qualifying race at Daytona. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><br />Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 24, 1967) – Fred Lorenzen gambled on gas mileage Friday and drove 100 miles without a pit stop to win the second of a pair of races leading up to Sunday’s Daytona 500 for late model stock cars. <br /><br />Lorenzen, of Elmhurst, Ill., ran out of gas just before he completed the 40 laps around the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway in his 1967 Ford but coasted across the finish line with a record speed of 174.583 miles per hour. <br /><br />Darel Dieringer of Charlotte, N.C., was second, Cale Yarborough of Timmonsville, S.C., was third, Dick Hutcherson of Camden, S.C., was fourth, all in Fords. Richard Petty of Randleman, N.C., was fifth in a 1967 Plymouth. <br /><br />Lorenzen’s record broke the old mark of 170.777 set by Junior Johnson in 1964.<br /> <br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Fred Lorenzen<br />2. Darel Dieringer<br />3. Cale Yarborough<br />4. Dick Hutcherson<br />5. Richard Petty<br />6. Mario Andretti<br />7. Don White<br />8. Paul Lewis<br />9. Sonny Hutchins<br />10.Innes Ireland</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-36845374843509104362024-02-23T08:16:00.002-06:002024-02-23T08:16:48.807-06:001969- Yarbrough Wins Daytona 500<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ufGY3gY4gHlCXG5xdteil8Ma1L4ekGfxv3s-yGuvvftiT93Tu7gKYWOK-dN0DMnREVf376wqiWCYd3eeX11uEDUqbAIJnvtaHDlkuHFgex7HIt6UOHm3uIUZOkM3XoiMVzG6vCUU2rj4OZ3T-snH7AscnZBRv0tyn2EMwZSSaA2x_8lEfS9FSsOLzP8P/s606/2.23.69-%20Yarbrough%20wins%20Daytona%20500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ufGY3gY4gHlCXG5xdteil8Ma1L4ekGfxv3s-yGuvvftiT93Tu7gKYWOK-dN0DMnREVf376wqiWCYd3eeX11uEDUqbAIJnvtaHDlkuHFgex7HIt6UOHm3uIUZOkM3XoiMVzG6vCUU2rj4OZ3T-snH7AscnZBRv0tyn2EMwZSSaA2x_8lEfS9FSsOLzP8P/w363-h400/2.23.69-%20Yarbrough%20wins%20Daytona%20500.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lee
Roy Yarbrough is joined by his wife Gloria after winning the Daytona 500.</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 23, 1969) - Sheer determination and skill brought Lee Roy Yarbrough his biggest payoff in eight years of big-time stock car racing. But pit crews will debate for a long time whether a tire change might have made the difference between the winner and second-place Charlie Glotzbach in the Daytona 500 Sunday. <br /><br />In the background of the mechanical controversy were two former champion drivers – Junior Johnson, who prepared Yarbrough’s 1969 Ford Talladega, and Cotton Owens, who did the same with Glotzbach’s 1969 Dodge Charger 500. <br /><br />Yarbrough, who was runner-up in both the Daytona 500 and Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway last year, passed Glotzbach one mile from home and finished a car length in front. <br /><br />“I was going flat out, and I couldn't slingshot past him off the fourth turn,” Glotzbach said. <br /><br />Yarbrough, giving his account of the final laps, said, “I actually caught him on the lap before but decided to wait till the last lap, where he could not gain enough momentum to pass me back.” <br /><br />They waged a two-car duel through the last 100 miles after Donnie Allison - who led 87 of the 200 laps around the 2.5-mile high-banked track - brushed the wall and lost some of his speed. <br /><br />The crucial tire change came 50 miles before the finish. Yarbrough pitted 21 seconds. In addition to fueling, the changed the left rear tire. Glotzbach was in the pit only 18 seconds, just for fuel. <br /><br />When both cars went into the final laps, it appeared the three-second difference had won the race for Glotzbach, the comparative newcomer from Georgetown, Ind. But Yarbrough steadily closed in. <br /><br />After he got past a dangerous situation just before passing, Glotzbach, he had the tiny speed margin that brought him $38,950 in prize money compared to $18,425 for Glotzbach. <br /><br />That dangerous situation cropped up when the two cars overtook a slower one on the backstretch. <br /><br />“I went past him on one side and Charlie on the other side,” Yarbrough recalled. "I just hoped he was experienced enough to look in his rear view mirror and wouldn’t just move over the other way when he saw the first car come by.” <br /><br />He was… <br /><br />Aerodynamic design of the Talladega model was credited for faster speeds, and Yarbrough actually set a race record of 157.950 miles per hour. It wiped out the 154.334 mark set by Richard Petty in 1966. <br /><br />Ford took the next two places behind Glotzbach. Donnie Allison of Hueytown, Ala., finished third, one lap back, and collected $13,275. A.J. Foyt of Houston was fourth and got $5,800. Buddy Baker of Charlotte, N.C., who started a Dodge on the pole, came home fifth for $10,050. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Lee Roy Yarbrough<br />2. Charlie Glotzbach<br />3. Donnie Allison<br />4. A.J. Foyt<br />5. Buddy Baker<br />6. David Pearson<br />7. Benny Parsons<br />8. Richard Petty<br />9. Andy Hampton<br />10.Ray Elder<br />11.Vic Elford<br />12.Richard Brickhouse<br />13.Friday Hassler<br />14.Jabe Thomas<br />15.James Hylton<br />16.Neil Castles<br />17.Dave Marcis<br />18.Bill Seifert<br />19.Frank Warren<br />20.Elmo Langley<br />21.George Bauer<br />22.Dub Simpson<br />23.Bill Champion<br />24.Henley Gray<br />25.Don Tarr<br />26.E.J. Trivette<br />27.Cecil Gordon<br />28.Buddy Arrington<br />29.Wendell Scott<br />30.Bobby Isaacs<br />31.Wayne Smith<br />32.Richard Brooks<br />33.Ramo Stott<br />34.Ben Arnold<br />35.Earl Brooks<br />36.Swede Savage<br />37.Dick Johnson<br />38.Cale Yarborough<br />39.J.D. McDuffie<br />40.Bobby Johns<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-25317136226712314782024-02-22T08:36:00.002-06:002024-02-22T08:36:22.587-06:001959 – Beauchamp Wins Torrid Daytona 500-Miler <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUsSWB0DoX_OUBxAcipEdTXyPtZoH7jzJwO2gdffntqypy2VpwWz8muiFNPNJPzEZXMMHv4znTgSzZ0wlWQEMnu60S829ulwOMn4sI-Dqz1v9leGSQVWCCyRwuTqXWPrwSTqBdgnsvWwI_aLEdvfwSgkfm2WE1kN7euCO8ODQ4qaOLiWFcR56fCBaIYBk/s660/2.22.59%20%E2%80%93%20Beauchamp%20Wins%20Torrid%20Daytona%20500-Miler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUsSWB0DoX_OUBxAcipEdTXyPtZoH7jzJwO2gdffntqypy2VpwWz8muiFNPNJPzEZXMMHv4znTgSzZ0wlWQEMnu60S829ulwOMn4sI-Dqz1v9leGSQVWCCyRwuTqXWPrwSTqBdgnsvWwI_aLEdvfwSgkfm2WE1kN7euCO8ODQ4qaOLiWFcR56fCBaIYBk/w334-h400/2.22.59%20%E2%80%93%20Beauchamp%20Wins%20Torrid%20Daytona%20500-Miler.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">Johnny
Beauchamp is joined by speed queen Scotty McCormick after the Harlan, Iowa,
speedster won the Daytona 500-mile race.</span></i><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 22, 1959) – Out of Harlan, Iowa, by way of racetracks all over the Midwest, 35-year-old Johnny Beauchamp came to Daytona Beach and drove a beautiful 1959 white Ford Thunderbird in a photo finish victory over Lee Petty of Randleman, N.C., in one of the closest auto races of all time -the 500-mile sweepstakes.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">More than six hours after the race ended, Bill France, president of the speedway and the National Association of Stock Car Racers (NASCAR), said results would be ruled unofficial pending examination of photographs and movies of the finish. <br /><br />Ten minutes after the race ended, the public address system and the electric scoreboard both announced to the 47,000 spectators that Beauchamp was the official winner. <br /><br />Trailing by inches on the way past the grandstand, the tall, boyish-looking Iowan took advantage of the slope of the track as he pulled towards the infield. The added momentum put the nose of his car into the lead of Petty’s 1959 Oldsmobile at the finish line. <br /><br />Officials first announced an average speed 135.735 miles per hour for the race, but it was later corrected to 135.521 miles per hour. <br /><br />It was strictly a two-man race for the last 15 circuits with Charlie Griffith of Chattanooga, Tenn., finishing far behind in third place in a 1957 Pontiac. Cotton Owens of Spartanburg, S.C., was fourth in a 1958 Pontiac. <br /><br />Only 32 of the 58 cars were on the track at the finish. <br /><br />Fireball Roberts of Daytona Beach, driving a 1959 Pontiac and starting far back in post position 43, took the lead as expected after he weaved his way through heavy traffic, and set a sizzling pace. At the end of 40 laps, his average speed was 143.08 miles per hour. <br /><br />The pace eventually killed off his own car. He lost 15 laps in the pits with a broken piston, and although he eventually returned to the race, he failed to finish. <br /><br />The lead was held alternately by others until Beauchamp and Petty decided to make it a two-car affair. <br /><br />Tom Pistone of Chicago, in a 1957 Thunderbird, at one time led the field as did Jack Smith of Atlanta in a 1959 Chevrolet. <br /><br />A variety of mechanical ailments sent cars to the pit area. Bob Welborn of Greensboro, N.C., blew two pistons and was out for the day. <br /><br />Beauchamp’s car is owned by Roy Burdick of Omaha, Neb., who also served as Beauchamp’s chief mechanic. <br /><br />The victory was worth $20,000 to Beauchamp. He won $18,400, including a $5,000 bonus for driving a 1959 model car. Lap money and other awards boosted his total materially. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Johnny Beauchamp, Harlan, Iowa<br />2. Lee Petty, Randleman, N.C.<br />3. Charlie Griffith, Chattanooga, Tenn.<br />4. Cotton Owens, Spartanburg, S.C.<br />5. Joe Weatherly, Norfolk, Va.<br />6. Jim Reed, Peekskill, N.Y.<br />7. Jack Smith, Atlanta<br />8. Tom Pistone, Chicago<br />9. Tim Flock, Atlanta<br />10.Speedy Thompson, Charlotte, N.C. <br /></span><br /> Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-40727884017415888672024-02-20T07:48:00.000-06:002024-02-20T07:48:08.624-06:001972 - Foyt Whizzes to Win at Daytona<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdnt4CUj3N2w2CP1BXSTI_P27eqWDvukaztMWNADJ3rZDhkXVfyBz5wu-Jt4UuLtO4OsX4fe3hPF0kZwjk2muUY3bJ-fuRwcM-44Yn0XRJW9_5RobmY5xG7wupPLfTZ9QJCRQ-I-ME0_Jb2EdAYMn71MHK8-q_YXO6nROWCvoSZeS8eZjf1qjNR8ptNIu/s688/2.20.72%20-%20Foyt%20Whizzes%20to%20Win%20at%20Daytona.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdnt4CUj3N2w2CP1BXSTI_P27eqWDvukaztMWNADJ3rZDhkXVfyBz5wu-Jt4UuLtO4OsX4fe3hPF0kZwjk2muUY3bJ-fuRwcM-44Yn0XRJW9_5RobmY5xG7wupPLfTZ9QJCRQ-I-ME0_Jb2EdAYMn71MHK8-q_YXO6nROWCvoSZeS8eZjf1qjNR8ptNIu/w320-h400/2.20.72%20-%20Foyt%20Whizzes%20to%20Win%20at%20Daytona.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">A.J. Foyt basks in the glory of his Daytona 500 victory. </span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 20, 1972) - Like the Cowboys winning the Super Bowl by 50 points, like the Pirates winning the seventh game of the Series by 21 runs, Sunday’s Daytona 500 was a humdrum parade.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Things came up horseshoes for A.J. Foyt and horselaughs for everybody else.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The largest crowd ever estimated at Daytona International Speedway - 98,600 - saw probably the most boring race in the 14-year history of the speed plants. <br /><br />Richard Petty, last of Foyt’s competition, went behind the wall on lap 80. From that point on the Texan rode tall in the saddle, never relinquishing the lead and making shambles of the rest of the field. <br /><br />Charlie Glotzbach, not fast enough to run with the Wood Brothers’ Mercury, finished second in a Dodge, one lap back of the leader. Jim Vandiver in another Dodge was third. Benny Parsons in a Mercury was fourth and James Hylton in a Ford rounded out the top five. Former 500 winner Cale Yarborough was sixth in a Ray Fox Plymouth, 12 laps behind. <br /><br />Foyt, who led 167 of the 200 laps, averaged 161.550 miles per hour over the 2.5-mile tri-oval and collected $38,400 for his Sunday afternoon cruise. His winnings included $4,900 in lap money. <br /><br />There were only two other leaders in the race. Petty, who was leading at the time when a broken valve spring sidelined him, was in command for 31 laps, and Bobby Allison, who finished 16th, led two laps. <br /><br />There were only 13 lead charges among the three leaders. Three caution flags slowed the stock car classic for a total of 16 laps. <br /><br />There was one spectacular crash and it occurred on lap 20 when Walter Ballard chopped Buddy Baker coming off the fourth turn, bringing out the first yellow. Baker and Petty, who started 31st and 32nd, respectively, in the 40-car field, had moved to the front and were running down Foyt. Petty was second and Baker third, bumper to bumper. <br /><br />Coming off four, Ballard was in the lower lane of traffic and began moving up to the wall. Petty slipped by, but the door closed on Baker. They rammed the wall at about the entrance to pit road. Baker spun onto the infield grass after Ballard’s car had flipped on its top. After flipping, Ballard’s machine slid on its top to a halt ending the skid with a violent cartwheel as the car slid from asphalt to grass, flipping over again on the inside apron. <br /><br />Baker and Petty wasted little time in coming to the front. By lap 10 the two were running third and fourth with Foyt and Allison just ahead. <br /><br />On the restart Foyt and Petty were bumper to bumper and swapping the lead. On lap 47 the lead car zipped by the third place car which was Jim Vandiver. <br /><br />The two were engaged in the only real racing of the day. On lap 54 Foyt pitted for a 19-second stop. On lap 57 Petty pitted and was in for 28 seconds. This separated the two until Foyt pitted again on lap 74 for outside tires. Petty moved into the lead but shut it off and pulled behind the wall on lap 81. <br /><br />“I think my car was handling a little better, but Foyt was a little stronger down the straightaways,” remarked Petty. “I was just cruising down the backstretch when the engine started skipping I knew that was all. It could have been an interesting finish had nothing happened.” <br /><br />Pole winner Bobby Isaac completed only 19 laps. He was sidelined with ignition problems and finished 33rd. <br /><br />Of the six competitive cars in the field, only three were running at the finish – Foyt, Glotzbach and Allison – and Allison had overheating problems after the first few laps. <br /><br />The second caution of the day came on lap 97 when a car stalled on the track, and the third and final yellow flag rippled the breeze on lap 115 when Jim Hurtubise’s Chevy engine exploded in the second turn, giving Foyt his only close call of the day. <br /><br />Some of the rated independents also had their problems, along with Mark Donohue, driving the only openly factory backed car in the field—an American Motors Matador. <br /><br />Donohue’s machine went out with a broken push rod on lap 13 Dave Marcis was sidelined with engine failure on lap 57. Coo Coo Marlin’s Chevy went out on lap 81 with a broken valve. <br /><br />Only Foyt was blessed with luck. It was his third win here at Daytona. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner came home first here in the July 4th races twice. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. A.J. Foyt<br />2. Charlie Glotzbach<br />3. Jim Vandiver<br />4. Benny Parsons<br />5. James Hylton<br />6. Cale Yarborough<br />7. David Sisco<br />8. Jabe Thomas<br />9. John Sears<br />10.Vic Elford<br />11.Tom Gale<br />12.Elmo Langley<br />13.Richard Brown<br />14.Henley Gray<br />15.George Altheide<br />16.Bobby Allison<br />17.Ben Arnold<br />18.Frank Warren<br />19.David Boggs<br />20.Ed Hessert<br />21.Larry Dickson<br />22.Jim Hurtubise<br />23.Bill Dennis<br />24.J.D. McDuffie<br />25.Coo Coo Marlin<br />26.Richard Petty<br />27.Dave Marcis<br />28.Ron Keselowski<br />29.Bill Seifert<br />30.Red Farmer<br />31.Jimmy Finger<br />32.Buddy Arrington<br />33.Bobby Isaac<br />34.Buddy Baker<br />35.Mark Donohue<br />36.Walter Ballard<br />37.Ramo Stott<br />38.Bill Champion<br />39.Cecil Gordon<br />40.Ray Williams <br /></span><br /> Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-45014402531632951772024-02-19T08:38:00.001-06:002024-02-19T08:38:31.255-06:001970 – Death Mars Daytona Qualifiers<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-WSAzXj-pj8Hljtk0vUAcrjslhyphenhyphenVqEVj4ajz748_ouUbw33Z5eIHBltxRS_J14-uwAqeCY_zZboi2hIKzJXr9u9UQrR4ViHifnoCoo5Q45g8PFFiTPznGpSpzV0Ih33mDgR6SALlA5HL7FfvHvmWrimMSroQ6wuaHYW_bhl8DVoE_NiKPf24F28r7lwO/s500/2.19.70%20%E2%80%93%20Death%20Mars%20Daytona%20Qualifiers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="500" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-WSAzXj-pj8Hljtk0vUAcrjslhyphenhyphenVqEVj4ajz748_ouUbw33Z5eIHBltxRS_J14-uwAqeCY_zZboi2hIKzJXr9u9UQrR4ViHifnoCoo5Q45g8PFFiTPznGpSpzV0Ih33mDgR6SALlA5HL7FfvHvmWrimMSroQ6wuaHYW_bhl8DVoE_NiKPf24F28r7lwO/w400-h305/2.19.70%20%E2%80%93%20Death%20Mars%20Daytona%20Qualifiers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: times;">Charlie
Glotzbach (left) and Cale Yarborough hold checkered flags after winning their
respective 125-mile qualifiers at Daytona. The racing action was marred by the
death of Talmadge Prince. </span></span></i></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 19, 1970) – Cale Yarborough and Charlie Glotzbach zipped to storybook victories in a pair of 125-mile sprint races in preparation for Sunday’s $205,000 Daytona 500.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">But the qualifying action was marred by the death of Talmadge Prince of Dublin, Ga., making his first Grand National appearance. <br /><br />The 32-year-old driver died instantly when his car was struck broadside at 190 miles per hour on Daytona’s high-banked first turn. His neck was broken, and spinal cord crushed in the race won by Glotzbach. <br /><br />Bill Seifert of Skyland, N.C., was lucky. The spectre of death which always hangs over high-speed racing missed him when his 1969 Ford crammed straight into the driver’s side of Prince’s spinning 1969 Dodge. Seifert was listed in good condition at local hospital with a bruised heart and concussion. <br /><br />Until announcement of Prince’s death in his first appearance ever on the speedway, Yarborough and Glotzbach had been the talk of the day. <br /><br />Yarborough ran the fastest race in history in the first 125-miler. He averaged 183.295 miles per hour in his Mercury Cyclone to break the old record of 174.583 miles per hour set by Fred Lorenzen in a 100-mile race in 1967. Bobby Isaac finished second and Lee Roy Yarbrough was third. <br /><br />Yarborough, who earlier had won the pole position and is the favorite for Sunday’s 500-miler before an anticipated 105,000 race fans, said he expects his biggest competition will come from Glotzbach. <br /><br />Glotzbach won the second race in a 1969 Dodge Daytona at a much slower pace than Yarborough because of the caution flag that waved for Prince’s accident. Most of the 18,000 fans who watched the preliminaries had gone home by the time Prince’s relatives were notified in Georgia and the announcement had been made here. <br /><br />It was a minor miracle that Glotzbach even ran the race. He was shot three times by a disgruntled former employee of his trucking firm back in late November and spent a week in the hospital. Doctor had said it would be a long time before he climbed behind the wheel of a racecar. <br /><br />Glotzbach, who beat Buddy Baker of Charlotte, N.C., in a duel of Dodges, will start right behind Baker on the outside row of Sunday’s race. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />Feature #1 – <br /><br />1. Cale Yarborough, Timmonsville, S.C.<br />2. Bobby Isaac, Catawba, S.C.<br />3. Lee Roy Yarbrough, Columbia, S.C.<br />4. Donnie Allison, Hueytown, Ala.<br />5. Pete Hamilton, Dedham, Mass.<br />6. Richard Petty, Randleman, N.C.<br />7. Dick Brooks, Porterville, Calif.<br />8. Ramo Stott, Keokuk, Iowa<br />9. Jim Vandiver, Charlotte, N.C.<br />10.Jabe Thomas, Christiansburg, Va. <br /><br /><br />Feature #2 – <br /><br />1. Charlie Glotzbach, Georgetown, Ind.<br />2. Buddy Baker, Charlotte, N.C.<br />3. Bobby Allison, Hueytown, Ala.<br />4. Dewayne Lund, Cross, S.C.<br />5. Richard Brickhouse, Rocky Point, N.C.<br />6. Ray Elder, Caruthers, Calif.<br />7. Benny Parsons, Detroit, Mich.<br />8. Friday Hassler, Chattanooga, Tenn.<br />9. Ron Grana, Farmington, Mich.<br />10.Paul Feldner, Colgate, Wis. <br /><br /> <br /></span><br /> Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-10941872189355152492024-02-18T09:41:00.002-06:002024-02-18T09:41:16.569-06:001968 – Hampton a ARCA Winner <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1P7WPDhpxPaDapKteYmC3LWMECs3df5ZnYUVUThUEL6Qf-JJ6hoDE5xFfkgYtaVeooP2Ag5rJQ3cTfiLbHmDhHC7APChXqdfDt7BKxFSs_GAl08adQ5Z8CTs_rx-pjW2dTTOk3deGM1YvaBsrx4wXpLN2wAb7rhMXO_zjJJ98CmuPRcYOepnnCwgsiQ-4/s2031/2.18.68%20%E2%80%93%20Hampton%20a%20ARCA%20Winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="2031" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1P7WPDhpxPaDapKteYmC3LWMECs3df5ZnYUVUThUEL6Qf-JJ6hoDE5xFfkgYtaVeooP2Ag5rJQ3cTfiLbHmDhHC7APChXqdfDt7BKxFSs_GAl08adQ5Z8CTs_rx-pjW2dTTOk3deGM1YvaBsrx4wXpLN2wAb7rhMXO_zjJJ98CmuPRcYOepnnCwgsiQ-4/w400-h234/2.18.68%20%E2%80%93%20Hampton%20a%20ARCA%20Winner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Andy Hampton won the ARCA-sanctioned 300-miler at Daytona. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 18, 1968) - Lucky Andy Hampton of Louisville, Ky., moved from the winner's circle in Automobile Racing Club of America ranks into faster company today as he joined dozens of other stock car drivers in qualifying runs toward the $200,000 Daytona 500 next Sunday.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hampton collected $5,300 for victory in the ARCA 300-mile winter championships Sunday in a 1967 Dodge Charger. The winner of the Daytona 500 will get upward of $35,000. <br /><br />Hampton will drive the same smooth-running Dodge in the faster competition. <br /><br />“I won’t outrun all of them, but I'll hang in there,” he said. <br /><br />The car gave him a trouble-free two-hour spin at an average speed of 148.372 miles an hour and put him home one lap in front of second-place Jesse Baird of Louisville in a 1965 Dodge. <br /><br />“I made only three stops,” Hampton said. “We took on gas all three times and changed tires on the right side once.” <br /><br />Each of the past three years, the chunky 39-year-old veteran driver ran into bad luck in the organization’s annual event in Daytona Speed Weeks. <br /><br />He finished second, third and fourth and was beginning to think the high banked 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway was a jinx to him. <br /><br />“Last year, Les Snow blew an engine right in front of me on the second lap and I had to pit to clean the oil off the windshield,” he recalled. <br /><br />That cost him a minute and possibly the race. He finished fourth in a pack with the first three cars. <br /><br />“But this year I had only one bad moment,” Hampton said. “I ran through oil just after someone's engine blew and got sideways. I almost brushed the wall, but this time I was lucky. I didn't get into it.” <br /><br />He was far from other troubles that brought out five caution flags for 18 laps, including one for a two-car collision that put the last six laps under yellow and saw the winner come home in a slow parade behind the pace car. <br /><br />In the accident, Bobby Mausgrover of Keokuk, Iowa, and Jerry Wolland of Peoria, Ill., tangled in a rolling-tumbling wreck on the second turn. <br /><br />Mausgrover, with a hip injury, and Wolland, with a neck injury and multiple face cuts, were checked over at a hospital. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Andy Hampton<br />2. Jesse Baird<br />3. Iggy Katona<br />4. Chuck McWilliams<br />5. John Sommerville<br />6. Jack Shanklin<br />7. Bill Clemons<br />8. Jim Scott<br />9. Bob Cooper<br />10.Homer Newland<br />11.Clyde Parker<br />12.Gene Crittenden<br />13.Earl Smith<br />14.Bobby Mausgrover<br />15.Jerry Wolland<br />16.Jim Clarke<br />17.Bill Kimmel<br />18.Don Gregory<br />19.Paul Wensink<br />20.Dorus Wisecarver <br /></span><br /> Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-91387486235406294722024-02-16T08:40:00.001-06:002024-02-16T08:40:59.531-06:00Daytona 500 - Looking Back <p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvw_7E7pp3-oFLaYQar6q5xVd76czn18rjznpWo7fF5Skduqkv7s0ox1p1XdRhgYqIEsjMgRIbDMsXlkmVpWJbC4tCkJIFwWds2hyA1OA-n-llw7HiIqCU3SOaaW19bD3tq112YmtjTRN6YGz4nrfARQmHtD5w9DJ8jhxKNgpq_a5mwqUyiH8_ygbrLFoc/s550/Benny%20Parsons%20%201976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="550" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvw_7E7pp3-oFLaYQar6q5xVd76czn18rjznpWo7fF5Skduqkv7s0ox1p1XdRhgYqIEsjMgRIbDMsXlkmVpWJbC4tCkJIFwWds2hyA1OA-n-llw7HiIqCU3SOaaW19bD3tq112YmtjTRN6YGz4nrfARQmHtD5w9DJ8jhxKNgpq_a5mwqUyiH8_ygbrLFoc/w400-h235/Benny%20Parsons%20%201976.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Benny Parsons - 1976</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRucOMdoiLJZ782V6N1YzyrjQVqs75eeVI9gV9agE0F8ol_why6yLOG3TRV2ZQ6Xl_vI1O0HGkEIwSPg2ctzhD-LCSOG3fLvRsn26FDDJUFCY2qYHdYMZzepUZHU8_8G_7ABV_qRvyxgwIMr0xrvclWsfkz7ewfkO69o3v1-Ioi9w2TuJfvT5fOQVWCjE/s550/Bobby%20Allison%20WC%20Dodge%201970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="550" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRucOMdoiLJZ782V6N1YzyrjQVqs75eeVI9gV9agE0F8ol_why6yLOG3TRV2ZQ6Xl_vI1O0HGkEIwSPg2ctzhD-LCSOG3fLvRsn26FDDJUFCY2qYHdYMZzepUZHU8_8G_7ABV_qRvyxgwIMr0xrvclWsfkz7ewfkO69o3v1-Ioi9w2TuJfvT5fOQVWCjE/w400-h198/Bobby%20Allison%20WC%20Dodge%201970.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bobby Allison - 1970</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELjjjmnqwS_SbFJr5ICY6k99nXX5RwRZg1tSdEuvdDITA9Gb5x9PEAj6quG1IiMXBRuf_7OA8LR-EINvce6uKRuGLAEcRE-j_PoUqtFMsYlDgsPLCdPUSbk8-tRv2FlPkUliAqeTVNEUQlCfl53nb0MowmAqzkOQV4TKJakficRrOLLxQgI4x4SgFDchU/s550/Buddy%20Baker%20-%20Daytona%20-%201971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="550" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELjjjmnqwS_SbFJr5ICY6k99nXX5RwRZg1tSdEuvdDITA9Gb5x9PEAj6quG1IiMXBRuf_7OA8LR-EINvce6uKRuGLAEcRE-j_PoUqtFMsYlDgsPLCdPUSbk8-tRv2FlPkUliAqeTVNEUQlCfl53nb0MowmAqzkOQV4TKJakficRrOLLxQgI4x4SgFDchU/w400-h249/Buddy%20Baker%20-%20Daytona%20-%201971.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Buddy Baker - 1971</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Zd9RpwK5oKGivO0wMbs7-6FLlZb15EHggukpdtKVjWrKiTcTk2HIkIjijZcSqvZoHxEMuamSmIb9MXX2XPG9mPKBO8M7IlB3Ghh3HlibC1M_p8mkwVZVZXDr2xRupc-pJizK12RV7AVJ7Pf4TsYQyCAXYRSULi8yoNzNQl6HGR2wHuuvBPzBaAcJs5Wd/s500/Donnie%20Allison%20-%20Daytona%20-%201974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="500" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Zd9RpwK5oKGivO0wMbs7-6FLlZb15EHggukpdtKVjWrKiTcTk2HIkIjijZcSqvZoHxEMuamSmIb9MXX2XPG9mPKBO8M7IlB3Ghh3HlibC1M_p8mkwVZVZXDr2xRupc-pJizK12RV7AVJ7Pf4TsYQyCAXYRSULi8yoNzNQl6HGR2wHuuvBPzBaAcJs5Wd/w400-h239/Donnie%20Allison%20-%20Daytona%20-%201974.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Donnie Allison - 1974</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Zlkrg5rUAWK3VI03BkTjJbMp0vkD6S13x_-UWsp9UPYCBeudRghUVKXxLhd1sYfVNNvRaTK3mfK3c1az6zi6PAFI63IhOIvmavrSIEgwXzwtHrMqktUCcNzB_NTxZeQ_6w6nzeETyqOBqR-zgX8jnEKrSU8Ev8GlBkUGDBSVFmEI1JdRilLI60VL7ufb/s550/Frank%20Warren%20Daytona%201975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="550" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Zlkrg5rUAWK3VI03BkTjJbMp0vkD6S13x_-UWsp9UPYCBeudRghUVKXxLhd1sYfVNNvRaTK3mfK3c1az6zi6PAFI63IhOIvmavrSIEgwXzwtHrMqktUCcNzB_NTxZeQ_6w6nzeETyqOBqR-zgX8jnEKrSU8Ev8GlBkUGDBSVFmEI1JdRilLI60VL7ufb/w400-h246/Frank%20Warren%20Daytona%201975.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Frank Warren - 1975</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOg-ElwLjyr-PAwGraQcFwEpUnOZqS-nfrb9Jn69ICyachcvrbm1gBiQHX-vQUqPQdPTQYf2w6weCumqUSOW72pk1KoULsC3kGe_Z2YmaYIiJEtx5DGf3oTkL9LBBY8-d4Vj7KGPdKdHe9IMuBIxFZ84-ixKnakr6ytNU9qA_vLp_aje1uE3-gojKtyh1/s550/Mark%20Donohue%20Daytona%20500%201972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="550" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOg-ElwLjyr-PAwGraQcFwEpUnOZqS-nfrb9Jn69ICyachcvrbm1gBiQHX-vQUqPQdPTQYf2w6weCumqUSOW72pk1KoULsC3kGe_Z2YmaYIiJEtx5DGf3oTkL9LBBY8-d4Vj7KGPdKdHe9IMuBIxFZ84-ixKnakr6ytNU9qA_vLp_aje1uE3-gojKtyh1/w400-h246/Mark%20Donohue%20Daytona%20500%201972.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Mark Donahue - 1972</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDXuIVv2UQ0avP5bI1XUdFm8XN0UZiUaIgZQ4KWZpvpSzDZkO-TUwNGum-Fp0oKLah1nlGRTdlr2Cc8zQBFIJ0FAcVdhOEGfDaA0wDYlT3S1kQGvbrep2UND53cFMJWAgukO-o0ky59frznfmpO7Mj4maJC2BD_9LlC4MiKDJ-zyAG3GCsD73RPbMriRn/s550/Richard%20Brooks%20Daytona%201975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="550" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDXuIVv2UQ0avP5bI1XUdFm8XN0UZiUaIgZQ4KWZpvpSzDZkO-TUwNGum-Fp0oKLah1nlGRTdlr2Cc8zQBFIJ0FAcVdhOEGfDaA0wDYlT3S1kQGvbrep2UND53cFMJWAgukO-o0ky59frznfmpO7Mj4maJC2BD_9LlC4MiKDJ-zyAG3GCsD73RPbMriRn/w400-h246/Richard%20Brooks%20Daytona%201975.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Richard Brooks - 1975</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnllyrqUr-Avfz85w1MWbrLayPiu8EMVgQwWBU4ExxpT948geVRB2x3q3TWqWWBXOWz2Vg3sPb2rumi4wZvNG4q5630ONFLMfM9thONKQlyBeigWrdRxeE77bK71Vwyzkj7Z43xQtgGbL56FSyJBixq1L0CRiQ_SVn_DmVvwBv5Id19tYhx1hAjqfpoI4/s550/Tim%20Richmond%20Daytona%201982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="550" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnllyrqUr-Avfz85w1MWbrLayPiu8EMVgQwWBU4ExxpT948geVRB2x3q3TWqWWBXOWz2Vg3sPb2rumi4wZvNG4q5630ONFLMfM9thONKQlyBeigWrdRxeE77bK71Vwyzkj7Z43xQtgGbL56FSyJBixq1L0CRiQ_SVn_DmVvwBv5Id19tYhx1hAjqfpoI4/w400-h225/Tim%20Richmond%20Daytona%201982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Tim Richmond - 1982</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQW3eS0ZGoqBgMSDyhxyAMRAMu3VCEpGqknsavIsEQS6ogqR5MDzBScY9SnynfPPiGNVc8rVaodr3tflRYApxxIGWPZzUa7oI-K9eOHV5qBEy3YIElIbABET0hzqwe4d05EEIipz9bHsokq3wY0fMhxJBcIIRkIPfyhhsh8wyaygjRhlXVsKQ5GhBbAbS3/s550/Tommy%20Ellis%20Daytona%201986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="550" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQW3eS0ZGoqBgMSDyhxyAMRAMu3VCEpGqknsavIsEQS6ogqR5MDzBScY9SnynfPPiGNVc8rVaodr3tflRYApxxIGWPZzUa7oI-K9eOHV5qBEy3YIElIbABET0hzqwe4d05EEIipz9bHsokq3wY0fMhxJBcIIRkIPfyhhsh8wyaygjRhlXVsKQ5GhBbAbS3/w400-h270/Tommy%20Ellis%20Daytona%201986.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Tommy Ellis - 1986</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoGl_mnWkAq3WzRuVBRuQ8oYbNTAhcKImJhZ1itb8ISMrYTkcneXR0xFXrY2Y1OYX31kodyD0qJRR29oTa7nmMFygey3a45xA5C5tWSYWXszitoJ4sEuBGicLoJlrxux7R5t8a_V_UqjaiDeLy_YyGVFbzS7PU8Ynth2k4aKo-K28WHDfuXPXMCjM399r/s550/Janet%20Guthrie%20-%201977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="550" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoGl_mnWkAq3WzRuVBRuQ8oYbNTAhcKImJhZ1itb8ISMrYTkcneXR0xFXrY2Y1OYX31kodyD0qJRR29oTa7nmMFygey3a45xA5C5tWSYWXszitoJ4sEuBGicLoJlrxux7R5t8a_V_UqjaiDeLy_YyGVFbzS7PU8Ynth2k4aKo-K28WHDfuXPXMCjM399r/w400-h309/Janet%20Guthrie%20-%201977.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Janet Guthrie - 1977</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-1325160875660332732024-02-15T08:26:00.001-06:002024-02-15T08:26:17.716-06:001975 – Ingram Survives; Wins Permatex 300<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguiiWB47LiQuayVpFOgdj_4pSRUjXLWj6npwsOqn85yVS6iNs7ELb8AI4M0CK_1HjMqmywIzvknx7vH7Ivf3KwnMzdvDOHPSvg8ONoYUC0jlm0-4Hsytvnj8uvPkdKNRf_locxTLBJnSlW2Gr_hr-7LSwF1Z5hLwYLPMnLe0_zC4sgdNg9dRywYGmkFTB/s500/2.15.75%20%E2%80%93%20Ingram%20Survives;%20Wins%20Permatex%20300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguiiWB47LiQuayVpFOgdj_4pSRUjXLWj6npwsOqn85yVS6iNs7ELb8AI4M0CK_1HjMqmywIzvknx7vH7Ivf3KwnMzdvDOHPSvg8ONoYUC0jlm0-4Hsytvnj8uvPkdKNRf_locxTLBJnSlW2Gr_hr-7LSwF1Z5hLwYLPMnLe0_zC4sgdNg9dRywYGmkFTB/w400-h266/2.15.75%20%E2%80%93%20Ingram%20Survives;%20Wins%20Permatex%20300.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Jack Ingram</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona, Fla. (February 15, 1975) – National sportsman champion Jack Ingram of Asheville, N.C., survived two minor crashes Saturday and drove to a comfortable victory in the 300-mile NASCAR sportsman race at Daytona International Speedway.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ingram’s windshield was severely cracked in one skirmish and his car was nudged in an eight-car spectacular wreck on the 31-degree banking of the 2.5-mile tri-oval. <br /><br />But he avoided more serious accidents that sent former winner Red Farmer of Hueytown, Ala., to a hospital and caused minor injuries to three other drivers in a wild race which saw only 15 of 40 starters finish. <br /><br />Ingram whipped his Chevrolet across the finish line 2.5-seconds ahead of Joe Millikan of Randleman, N.C., a member of Richard Petty’s pit crew, who drove a Dodge. <br /><br />Ingram collected $9,700 for his victory, averaging 138.107 miles per hour in a race that was slowed by six caution flags. Eight drivers exchanged the lead 14 times in a thrilling race run before an estimated crowd of 70,000. <br /><br />“A piece of rubber from a tire punched a hole in the right side of my windshield but we taped it up and I could see okay,” Ingram explained. “In the wreck, I scraped the the wall to avoid a spinning car. I think my keeping cool and my experience pulled me through.” <br /><br />Harry Gant of Taylorsville, N.C., was third in a Chevrolet, Ivan Baldwin of Highland, Calif., took fourth in a Chevrolet, and Paul Radford of Ferrum, Va., took fifth in a Chevrolet. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Jack Ingram, Asheville, N.C.<br />2. Joe Millikan, Randleman, N.C.<br />3. Harry Gant, Taylorsville, N.C.<br />4. Ivan Baldwin, Highland, N.C.<br />5. Paul Radford, Ferrum, Va.<br />6. Morgan Shephard, Conover, N.C.<br />7. Darrell Bryant, Thomasville, N.C.<br />8. Neil Bonnett, Hueytown, Ala.<br />9. Bobby Allison, Hueytown, Ala.<br />10.Ron Bouchard, Fitchburg, Mass.<br />11.Jerry Schild, Houston, Tex.<br />12.Frank Choura, Harmony, Penn.<br />13.Buddy Howard, Greenville, S.C.<br />14.Ron Esau, San Diego, Calif.<br />15.Tiny Lund, Cross, S.C.<br />16.John Allen, Greenville, S.C.<br />17.Wayne Shugart, St. Augustine, Fla.<br />18.Jack Bland, Riverdale, Md.<br />19.Francis Affleck, St. Lambert, Que.<br />20.Jimmy Lee Cappa, Elkton, Fla.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-7693089851825043912024-02-14T11:04:00.006-06:002024-02-14T11:09:08.985-06:001965 - Lorenzen Wheels to Daytona 500 Victory <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiTgXTRTm7LBro6IZgczIrztdskL3FCN2b5v8k103e2SvueeyKmEqi101KUndnoM1yLiGkZ-p7NtaeC7IDIbbiJOV77FM48FmRGIw0iXjbSBlZzrFJamKa_uvdPneXk9NGztDB3nKPjnAHY6wzBioH6k42j9U3BiI9TBIdOnx44cS6vPCSdAE7M9Fpfv7/s688/2.14.65%20-%20Lorenzen%20Wheels%20to%20Daytona%20500%20Victory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiTgXTRTm7LBro6IZgczIrztdskL3FCN2b5v8k103e2SvueeyKmEqi101KUndnoM1yLiGkZ-p7NtaeC7IDIbbiJOV77FM48FmRGIw0iXjbSBlZzrFJamKa_uvdPneXk9NGztDB3nKPjnAHY6wzBioH6k42j9U3BiI9TBIdOnx44cS6vPCSdAE7M9Fpfv7/w320-h400/2.14.65%20-%20Lorenzen%20Wheels%20to%20Daytona%20500%20Victory.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Fred Lorenzen waves to his fans after winning the 1965 Daytona 500. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 14, 1965) – Fred Lorenzen, who quit a carpenter’s job to become a stock car racer, because there was more money in it, will bank another $28,600 to prove his point.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorenzen won the money with a first-place finish in Sunday’s Daytona 500, shortened to 332 miles by rain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1963, the husky blond from Elmhurst, Ill., won $113,570, an all-time record for stock car drivers. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Using an economy gear ratio to save gas. Lorenzen said his car was about five miles an hour slower than the early leaders in the race, but he drafted - allowed himself to be towed along in the wake of the other cars - thus both conserving his fuel and increasing his speed. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorenzen took the lead in the 119th lap when front-runner Marvin Panch of Daytona Beach made a pit </span>stop and<span style="font-family: inherit;"> was a lap ahead when caution flags came out on the 127th lap. The flags were displayed after it began to rain and Panch’s car, trying to catch up, spun off the track. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">A crowd estimated at 84,200 saw the caution flag remain on until the 133rd lap, when the cars were brought to a stop in single file in front of the grandstand because of the rain. Drivers left them and track officials waited an hour and 40 minutes for the rain to cease. It didn’t, and they announced the race was over. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Darel Dieringer of Charlotte, N.C., finished second, a lap behind Lorenzen, and was followed in order by Bobby Johns of Miami, Earl Balmer of Floyds Knobs, Ind., and Ned Jarrett of Camden, S.C. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dieringer and Balmer drove Mercuries while Jarrett and Johns piloted Fords. Fords and Mercuries dominated the race, taking the first 11 places. </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The victory over the 2.5-mile oval was a sweet one for Lorenzen, who had won at every other major NASCAR speedway except Daytona. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This was the one I always wanted,” he said. “I would like to have run for it and got the checkered flag.” </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fastest lap of the day was turned in by early leader, Junior Johnson of Ronda, N. C., at 171.775 miles per hour. Johnson, who started on the front row next to Dieringer, took the lead in the first lap and held it until the 27th. when his car struck the wall on the first turn. It slid along the wall for several hundred feet before spinning off the track into the infield. Johnson was cut over the eye. not seriously, and Panch took the lead. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Results – </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Fred Lorenzen</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Darel Dieringer</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Bobby Johns</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Earl Balmer</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Ned Jarrett</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Marvin Panch</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Dick Hutcherson</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. Sam McQuagg</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Cale Yarborough</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">10.G.C. Spencer</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">11.Bobby Allison</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">12.H.B. Bailey</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">13.Doug Cooper</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">14.J.T. Putney</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">15.Donald Tucker</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">16.Jerry Grant</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">17.Neil Castle</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">18.Bob Derrington</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">19.Larry Hess</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">20.Wendell Scott</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">21.Elmo Langley</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">22.Don Tiller</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">23.Johnny Allen</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">24.Herb Shannon</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">25.Earl Strickler</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">26.Reb Wickersham</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">27.Bunkie Blackburn</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">28.Junior Johnson</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">29.Tiny Lund</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">30.Roy Marne</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">31.Jack Anderson</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">32.Jim Bray</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">33.Jeff Hawkins</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">34.Ned Seizer</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">35.Earl Brooks</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">36.Red Farmer</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">37.Pete Stewart</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">38.Jimmy Helms</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">39.Tom Pistone</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">40.Buddy Baker </span><br /><br /> <br /><br /> </div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-40246663678979870352024-02-13T08:36:00.000-06:002024-02-13T08:36:11.853-06:001971 – Farmer Sheds Bridesmaid Role; Wins Permatex 300<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSesIr_uHudIaBxKmTlQTwP2nXm6xw1QfAnNbrGEax1zovhF4VzNVkO-bfx9eL4Tp604NZpyXFbalbRlYxUmLnqaBOWzbRDp-gFFx9vYlXHJbM1366sJ_ZU0GLxPu9XRhZ19GsZpgp1zkXthRbOzzpWBu0Q474iRMaPMy236RNLegk67XbNPVv-SiSfpC/s550/2.13.71%20%E2%80%93%20Farmer%20Sheds%20Bridesmaid%20Role;%20Wins%20Permatex%20300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSesIr_uHudIaBxKmTlQTwP2nXm6xw1QfAnNbrGEax1zovhF4VzNVkO-bfx9eL4Tp604NZpyXFbalbRlYxUmLnqaBOWzbRDp-gFFx9vYlXHJbM1366sJ_ZU0GLxPu9XRhZ19GsZpgp1zkXthRbOzzpWBu0Q474iRMaPMy236RNLegk67XbNPVv-SiSfpC/w400-h320/2.13.71%20%E2%80%93%20Farmer%20Sheds%20Bridesmaid%20Role;%20Wins%20Permatex%20300.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Red Farmer gives his trophy a smooch after winning the Permatex 300 at Daytona. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona, Fla. (February 13, 1971) – Old timer Red Farmer bulled a smoking Ford through 50 mile per hour wind gusts and several wrecks to win the Permatex 300 late model sportsman race on Saturday.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I’ve been coming down here for the last 17 years,” said Farmer, “and I thought it was about my time. Always been a bridesmaid and now I’m a bride.” <br /><br />The 38-year-old Hueytown, Ala., driver averaged 140.936 miles per hour at breeze-battered Daytona International Speedway and took home the top prize of $11,025. <br /><br />“My mother’s birthday is today,” said Farmer, “and it’s her first trip to Daytona. This will be a nice present for her.” <br /><br />The severe wind caused the late model sportsman cars some handling issues coming out of turn four and Farmer said, “You had to keep your mind on your business.” <br /><br />Blown engines and wrecks eliminated a battery of contenders beginning with top qualifier DeWayne “Tiny” Lund, who departed after 130 miles with a blown engine that threw him and his car into the wall. <br /><br />Seventeen of the 40 starters were still around to finish the 120—lapper, the final preliminary to the Daytona 500. <br /><br />Sam Sommers, starting 30th in the field, slipped his 1968 Ford through the dwindling pack and finished a distant second to Farmer before a crowd of 51,300. <br /><br />Veteran but relative unknown campaigner Rod Eulenfield of Jacksonville, Fla., finished third in a 1968 Ford while Joe Holley of Prairieville, La., was fourth in a 1965 Chevrolet. Lee Osborne of Daytona Beach wound up fifth in a 1965 Dodge. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Red Farmer, Hueytown, Ala.<br />2. Sam Sommers, Savannah, Ga.<br />3. Rod Eulenfield, Jacksonville, Fla.<br />4. Joe Holley, Prairieville, La.<br />5. Lee Osborne, Daytona Beach<br />6. Gene Glover, Kingsport, Tenn.<br />7. Chuck Green, Battle Creek, Mich.<br />8. Alton Jones, Pleasant Grove, Ala.<br />9. Ivan Baldwin, Highland, Calif.<br />10.Wayne Niedecken, Pensacola, Fla. </span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-91978873145989523342024-02-12T08:25:00.000-06:002024-02-12T08:25:08.947-06:001978 – Sauter Surges to ARCA Victory <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p5RR0Vg9GqPrutYNu4Owg6i2CU9PNiOtWynuDG08Ld0d4DO-3EQx8ngTyLmYuXXjKWbhKaZNGJQREmi5bOTE00EUXfodQDzQC9M6aSWkBz8tcgyfHADsbACBlgQSh-0FvFj2ucIDBa9EBAts7HC3jwZfLLvOhzbJbTlLM2uPiYbrrDh7eZFx90V64o9l/s500/2.12.78%20%E2%80%93%20Sauter%20Surges%20to%20ARCA%20Victory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="500" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p5RR0Vg9GqPrutYNu4Owg6i2CU9PNiOtWynuDG08Ld0d4DO-3EQx8ngTyLmYuXXjKWbhKaZNGJQREmi5bOTE00EUXfodQDzQC9M6aSWkBz8tcgyfHADsbACBlgQSh-0FvFj2ucIDBa9EBAts7HC3jwZfLLvOhzbJbTlLM2uPiYbrrDh7eZFx90V64o9l/w400-h341/2.12.78%20%E2%80%93%20Sauter%20Surges%20to%20ARCA%20Victory.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Jim Sauter celebrates in victory lane after winning the ARCA 200-miler at Daytona. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla (February 12, 1978) — Jim Sauter was successful on a sling-shot maneuver past Bruce Hill a quarter mile from the finish line Sunday to win the ARCA 200-mile race at the Daytona International Speedway.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sauter had held the lead from the 64th lap until the third turn of the 80th and final lap when Hill went under him to grab the lead briefly. <br /><br />On the fourth turn, Sauter returned the compliment and went underneath Hill, who crashed into the wall trying to keep his momentum. <br /><br />As Sauter went around for his victory lap, Hill, parked near the entry way of pit row and shook his fist at the winner in anger. <br /><br />This was Sauter’s first victory at Daytona and he accomplished the job with an average speed of 130.766 miles per hour in his Dodge. <br /><br />Hill, the pole sitter in a Chevy, finished a lap behind the winner. Earl Ross, a Canadian driver, also was a lap back in a Ford; Delmar Clark was fourth, two laps back; and James Hurlbert also was two laps back. <br /><br />The only casualty in the race occurred when Paul Dean of Sweetwater, Tenn., lost control of his Ford and it smacked into the wall on the second lap. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Jim Sauter<br />2. Bruce Hill<br />3. Earl Ross<br />4. Delmar Clark<br />5. Jim Hurlbert<br />6. Sandy Satullo<br />7. David Sosebee<br />8. Bill Clemons<br />9. Garry Sharp<br />10.John Haver<br />11.Mike Riley<br />12.Ralph Jones<br />13.Phil Finney<br />14.Brad Malcuit<br />15.Joe Millikan<br />16.Wayne Trinkle<br />17.Moose Myers<br />18.Grant Adcox<br />19.Bob Slawinski<br />20.Gary Wroan</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-44593806302494930512024-02-10T09:33:00.005-06:002024-02-10T09:38:48.041-06:001974 - Grandpa Iggy Takes Daytona ARCA 200 <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp79C9QT-XBp7c1nnTcLMjQB0DHYjUzEa4BLEdrWfpnNk5A63iDqCc81040KpYI2oVsUEvnIKNVh55F-MhxHfgRe0aaf0K3PxFjSdv8BS6Rj9IYXazqU2vFQbAi0yJ8e59SsASp5tHji6hZNhX2y_nMOrsVOaG1LsMoZdSlFL5e5c_Si4RMFx0mZ9vWb6p/s738/2.10.74%20-%20Grandpa%20Iggy%20Takes%20ARCA%20200%20Stock%20Car%20Race.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp79C9QT-XBp7c1nnTcLMjQB0DHYjUzEa4BLEdrWfpnNk5A63iDqCc81040KpYI2oVsUEvnIKNVh55F-MhxHfgRe0aaf0K3PxFjSdv8BS6Rj9IYXazqU2vFQbAi0yJ8e59SsASp5tHji6hZNhX2y_nMOrsVOaG1LsMoZdSlFL5e5c_Si4RMFx0mZ9vWb6p/w298-h400/2.10.74%20-%20Grandpa%20Iggy%20Takes%20ARCA%20200%20Stock%20Car%20Race.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 10, 1974) - Like good wine, Iggy Katona gets better with age.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 58-year-old veteran from Willis, Mich., fought off Ron Hutcherson of Keokuk, Iowa, and Canadian Earl Ross in a race-long battle Sunday and won the 200-mile event for short track drivers from the Midwest-based Auto Racing Club of America. <br /><br />The stocky, booted Katona, a grandfather several times over, had started the 80-lap race at Daytona International Speedway from the front row pole position after qualifying at 180.404 miles an hour. He poked his orange and red Dodge in front several times before taking the lead for good with four laps remaining then held off the 30-year-old Hutcherson to clear the barrier about five car lengths ahead. <br /><br />Following Katona and Hutcherson across the line was the 31-year-old Ross, from Ailsa Craig, Ontario, making only his second big speedway start. Hutcherson drove a Mercury and Ross piloted a Chevrolet. <br /><br />Paul Feldner of Richfield, Wis., finished fourth in a Dodge while fifth place went to Jim Tobin of Hudson, Ill., also in a Dodge. Tobin might have done better had he not spun off the course in avoiding Tom Maier, who had lost control directly ahead of him. <br /><br />There were 21 lead changes in the hotly contested race, with Hutcherson and Ross sharing equal billing in that department with Katona, who now has won three ARCA features at Daytona. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Iggy Katona<br />2. Ron Hutcherson<br />3. Earl Ross<br />4. Paul Feldner<br />5. Jim Tobin<br />6. Tony Bettenhausen Jr.<br />7. Terry Link<br />8. Gary Wroan<br />9. Jack Shanklin<br />10.Jerry Hufflin<br />11.Wayne Trinkle<br />12.Delmar Clark<br />13.Blackie Wangerin<br />14.Wayne Watercutter<br />15.Leroy Austin<br />16.Bill Clemons<br />17.Tom Culbertson<br />18.Jim Osgar<br />19.Bobby Watson<br />20.Ralph Young<br />21.Mickey Flora<br />22.Len Blanchard<br />23.A. Arnold<br />24.Red Farmer<br />25.Tony Schiller<br />26.Ralph Jones<br />27.Tom Maier<br />28.Dave Dayton</span><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3cMYYggYozRX5ySSMZCyafsz6nrChzKa5r64VpAMS_IxFHCiHY1RUikTqmh6i-lV9Jatn_BHCI0vHdDtAptDjwe1vmF6Tk0F4EwENaWyQYGZFGqyHqrXe_Ytd_-81YXRYlnCJ2SCVC4V0Yoe6D1U1dgF7H65LIEDPePpnbGRn7Amfji_SoGhhaqbeyLL/s550/2.10.74%20-%20Iggy%20Katona%20-%20Daytona%20%20ARCA%20200.Howard%20OReilly%20Photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="550" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3cMYYggYozRX5ySSMZCyafsz6nrChzKa5r64VpAMS_IxFHCiHY1RUikTqmh6i-lV9Jatn_BHCI0vHdDtAptDjwe1vmF6Tk0F4EwENaWyQYGZFGqyHqrXe_Ytd_-81YXRYlnCJ2SCVC4V0Yoe6D1U1dgF7H65LIEDPePpnbGRn7Amfji_SoGhhaqbeyLL/w400-h208/2.10.74%20-%20Iggy%20Katona%20-%20Daytona%20%20ARCA%20200.Howard%20OReilly%20Photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Iggy Katona drove Buddy Ward's Dodge to victory at Daytona. - Howard O'Reilly Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /> </div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-87739894405739787032024-02-07T12:00:00.003-06:002024-02-07T12:00:27.673-06:001982 - Ruttman wins Daytona ARCA 200<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rQa730Vx6EF3bOFlVLneOHtjdU-srZuWplwY5CTvvjXjNRJ6MXs-09IkSPWRQf__gjyqqEwonhuA475JsKZHgISRhdtJhQ7hoSJ-o6B0LPdOtllu5sgoVSdCk-51m884OSIbxxeiRCPjpVpi2fgOYw3BzvigJnicCc3kKYcDhkzGG6vloSHwtIjbx5YW/s550/2.7.82%20-%20Ruttman%20wins%20Daytona%20ARCA%20200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="550" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rQa730Vx6EF3bOFlVLneOHtjdU-srZuWplwY5CTvvjXjNRJ6MXs-09IkSPWRQf__gjyqqEwonhuA475JsKZHgISRhdtJhQ7hoSJ-o6B0LPdOtllu5sgoVSdCk-51m884OSIbxxeiRCPjpVpi2fgOYw3BzvigJnicCc3kKYcDhkzGG6vloSHwtIjbx5YW/w400-h319/2.7.82%20-%20Ruttman%20wins%20Daytona%20ARCA%20200.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Joe Ruttman enjoys the spoils of victory after winning the ARCA 200-lapper at Daytona International Speedway. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 7, 1982) – Joe Ruttman of Upland, Calif., won the 19th annual ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway Sunday afternoon.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ruttman, who started on the outside of the front row, held off polesitter Billie Harvey of Armuchee, Ga., for the win. Harvey was 3.6 seconds behind Ruttman at the finish. Third was Scott Stovall of Fort Wayne, Ind., who was passed by Harvey on the last lap. <br /><br />Two Iowans started the race with rookie Phil Barkdoll of Garrison, Iowa, finishing 11th and 1981 ARCA rookie of the year Gordy Blankenship of Keokuk, Iowa, ending up 35th after suffering mechanical problems early on in the event. <br /><br />The 80-lap race was slowed by four cautions periods that lasted a total of 20 laps. The worst accident of the event happened when Delmar Clark of Gnadenhutten, Ohio, hit the inside retaining wall coming into the tri-oval. Clark was attempting to miss Dennis Crowder of Ft. Smith, Ark., when he lost control of his car. Crowder had spun, hit the wall and stopped in the middle of the racetrack. <br /><br />Clark’s car became airborne after hitting the retaining barrier and he flipped wildly several times. Clark was not seriously injured in the mishap. <br /><br />Ruttman and Harvey pulled away from the rest of the field early in thee race and hooked up in a draft. Harvey led the race for the first 13 circuits, Crowder was in front on laps 14 and 15, and Rick Roland took over from lap 16 to 20. Ruttman led for the first time from laps 21 to 27 and Larry Moyer of Fort Wayne, Ind., was on top the next time around. Stuart Huffman led two laps, but after that it was all Ruttman and Harvey. <br /><br />Harvey led laps 31 to 35, Ruttman was on top for laps 35 to 55, Harvey led the 56th go-round and Ruttman led the rest of the way. <br /><br />Average speed for the race was held down to 145.719 miles per hour due to the 20 laps under caution. <br /><br /><br />Results – <br /><br /><br />1. Joe Ruttman<br />2. Billie Harvey<br />3. Scott Stovall<br />4. Stuart Huffman<br />5. Bill Green<br />6. Jerry Churchill<br />7. Jerry Bowman<br />8. Woody Fisher<br />9. Jim Vaughn Jr.<br />10.Joel Stowe<br />11.Phil Barkdoll<br />12.Jim Hurlburt<br />13.L.T. Wechtel Jr.<br />14.Roger Neshem<br />15.Larry Smith<br />16.Bill Rasinen<br />17.Larry Moyer<br />18.Davey Allison<br />19.Mike Riley<br />20.John Anderson<br />21.Ferrell Harris<br />22.Bill Venturini<br />23.Bob Brevak<br />24.Terry Stineman<br />25.Rick Roland<br />26.Mike Porter<br />27.Dennis Crowder<br />28.Delmar Clark<br />29.Lee Raymond<br />30.Bill Meazell<br />31.Curtis Payne<br />32.Bob Dotter<br />33.Mark Gibson<br />34.Rick Hanley<br />35.Gordon Blankenship<br />36.Glenn Walker</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-65632101582466796682024-01-31T16:28:00.001-06:002024-02-04T09:33:13.652-06:00Tipton - 1967<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKsWrXLQy-LOXrRZFb4cSfc1ZttgsJiJBj0DiARHNvHT9FjjkfMCSryyarM8rDAwn_PDU5VRYxWtOm9pvHNzjp3S2QYrjAL4k85RODa2SQlCrJSc6Xu8FhdJl9VJ95fHBDc48fRNupBBjC-Qjge7jhIm4u9C4XsnOL-6sXW9XPYpYkLf8gT9iqzPBR2ne/s630/Tipton%20Advert.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKsWrXLQy-LOXrRZFb4cSfc1ZttgsJiJBj0DiARHNvHT9FjjkfMCSryyarM8rDAwn_PDU5VRYxWtOm9pvHNzjp3S2QYrjAL4k85RODa2SQlCrJSc6Xu8FhdJl9VJ95fHBDc48fRNupBBjC-Qjge7jhIm4u9C4XsnOL-6sXW9XPYpYkLf8gT9iqzPBR2ne/w318-h400/Tipton%20Advert.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>By Kyle Ealy</div><br />Tipton, Iowa - Fred Horn of Marion would kick off the 1967 season at the Cedar County Fairgrounds with a feature victory on Sunday, May 21. In addition to the feature, Horn would grab the checkered in the B-semi and third heat. <br /><br />Newcomer Dale Peters of Mechanicsville would finish second to Horn in the main event, beating out Pat Blake of Clarence at the finish line. Twenty-nine cars provided action as drivers shook down opening night nerves and mechanical difficulties. <br /><br />Arlo Becker of Atkins won the first heat and Jim Gardner of Tipton was the second heat winner. Bill Beckman of Monticello won the consolation. <br /><br />The May 28 program was washed out as was the Memorial Day special scheduled for Tuesday May 30. <br /><br />Racing got back underway on June 4 as Larry Schulte of Cedar Rapids captured his first feature win of the young season. There was no catching Schulte as he ran away from the rest of the field. Larry Sheldon of Cedar Rapids was a distant second and Chuck Lukemyres of Tipton was third. <br /><br />Ed Osborn of Ely nipped Rusty Fall of Olin by mere feet to capture the first heat. Rick Sawyer of Clarence was the second heat winner and Fred Horn scored the victory in the third heat. Horn was also victorious in the B semi while Jim Gardner was the A semi winner. Duane Sayre of Marion copped the consolation.<div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbj7O2XvuA8yo-DHtoSeIFUMJQaMzvb0JkZw3AoWWPMiwee8sQm7itc1hJ6zf6ZVpclePfk9XW0EXtaAt7u6A8mMgke6JFNesOUcV0antbzmydJJmnbVHPYTxgWk0uXztl0XBCj8WfmRtQQURB2MZKaIsxNiTuHn7-zKJ-Od3pZjxy5z220ZzmUkkjv6Cm/s550/6.11.67%20-%20Larry%20Kemp%20Flagman%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="550" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbj7O2XvuA8yo-DHtoSeIFUMJQaMzvb0JkZw3AoWWPMiwee8sQm7itc1hJ6zf6ZVpclePfk9XW0EXtaAt7u6A8mMgke6JFNesOUcV0antbzmydJJmnbVHPYTxgWk0uXztl0XBCj8WfmRtQQURB2MZKaIsxNiTuHn7-zKJ-Od3pZjxy5z220ZzmUkkjv6Cm/w400-h349/6.11.67%20-%20Larry%20Kemp%20Flagman%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Larry Kemp was substituting as flagman at Tipton when an out-of-control race car hit the flagman's platform knocking Kemp into the mud. He was uninjured but a little dirty. - Claire Schreiber Photo</span></i></div><br /><div><br /><div> <br />Fred Horn would put on a driving display on Sunday, June 11, as the Marion hot shoe came from his 18th starting position to win the 20-lap feature. Horn made it look easy, winning over Jim Gardner and Rick Sawyer. <br /><br />Ben Huber of Solon, Ed Osborn of Ely and Gardner were heat winners. Gardner would also win the B semi while Rusty Fall was the A semi winner. Ed Schulte of Cedar Rapids was the consolation victor. <br /><br />Rick Sawyer would dominate the action at Cedar County Fairgrounds on June 18, as the 20-year-old from Clarence would top a field of 34 super stocks by sweeping to victory in the feature, semi, and heat. <br /><br />Sawyer, who enjoyed his finest night of racing in his young career, staved off hard-driving Fred Horn for the win. In the 18-car feature Horn was involved in an early three-car pileup, placing him in the rear of the field for the restart. From there he mounted a tremendous charge through the field, but Sawyer denied him the win. <br /><br />Bob Coiner and Dave Lovell, both of Rochester, won heats along with Sawyer. In addition to Sawyer’s B semi victory, Bill Beckman won the A semi. Pat Blake won the consolation.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All off his hard work would pay off as Horn would get his second win of the season on Sunday, June 25. Horn would duel side-by-side with Larry Curley of Oxford Junction for 18 laps before finally securing the feature victory. Curley would settle for second while Jim Gardner was third.</div><div><br />In addition to his third place showing in the main event, Jim Gardner was a double winner, taking the second heat and B semi. Perry Beckler of Iowa City and Arlo Becker of Atkins were the other heat winners while Lynn Ricklefs of Lisbon won the A semi. The consolation went to Stan Woode of Tipton. <br /><br />Chuck Lukemyres would pick up his first super stock feature win of the season, nosing out fellow townsman Jim Gardner by five feet on Sunday, July 2. <br /><br />Ron Hemsted of Lone Tree had his clean sweep bid spoiled when his car lost a wheel while well out in front of the feature event. Hemsted won the first heat and A semi earlier in the evening. <br /><br />Dick Bragg of Cedar Rapids won the third heat while Jim Gardner was a double winner, scoring the win in the second heat and B semi. Larry Schulte grabbed the win in the consolation while Duane Sayre won the trophy dash. <br /><br />A huge 4th of July card was planned for the Cedar County quarter mile with a 30-lap feature and a holiday trophy dash comprised of the top eight point leaders.</div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QHg0gDTUTpjYYAFUb1hT8qM3ro_IifG_kdIWYLASSigM9zZ1urzlpevD0XeGha39_ZhmDkFKHWUbuoX2IoDzJo3h7dyd7t8WmdJOsxBURX8gKDFJocvlAjCYe9xlSU7ztif7Gg0p5g6Js0YNpXoiu8Lg9Wj86TFC0NHsc7HpMQFfBzCEGyKilTS_W4yb/s550/5.21.67%20-%20Fred%20Horn%20Wins%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="550" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QHg0gDTUTpjYYAFUb1hT8qM3ro_IifG_kdIWYLASSigM9zZ1urzlpevD0XeGha39_ZhmDkFKHWUbuoX2IoDzJo3h7dyd7t8WmdJOsxBURX8gKDFJocvlAjCYe9xlSU7ztif7Gg0p5g6Js0YNpXoiu8Lg9Wj86TFC0NHsc7HpMQFfBzCEGyKilTS_W4yb/w400-h274/5.21.67%20-%20Fred%20Horn%20Wins%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Fred Horn receives the checkered flag from starter Larry Svoboda after another feature win at Tipton. - Claire Schreiber Photo</span></i></div><br /> <br /><br />It appeared that Tipton’s Jim Gardner was well on his way to his first feature win of the season, having led from the start. But on lap 28, Fred Horn would power past Gardner and go on to his third feature win of the season. In addition to his feature win, Horn would win the trophy dash for the top-eight point leaders. <br /><br />Don Kessler of West Branch, Dick Bragg and Gardner would grab the heat win while Bill Beckman took honors in the consolation. <br /><br />Racing at the Cedar County Fairgrounds would take the next Sunday, July 9 but they would be back in action on Sunday July 16 with new faces and a new winner. <br /><br />Bob Helm of Rochester would put his “Gold Hawk” into an early lead and would stay out front the rest of the way to score his first win of the season. Helm would also win the B semi. Rick Sawyer, who qualified for the main event the hard way, by winning the consolation, came from the rear of the field to take second. <br /><br />Ron Fisher of Cedar Rapids, Walt Carney of West Branch and Mike Niffenegger of Kalona were heat winners while Don Kessler of Iowa City copped the A semi.</div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4dBYp_O4tGTu9z02VURObZlbdp1Mz5GSjsIggfghcN_Klp9-ZwAwxQNz_pzn_9d25qzzsOrLgS1DeAsqy4eqNN7VMAy1DP-1ix6SewjGo-VeQXtUUMOJ_3RBc8M-GELeXNiVxqB_SvimZh9CvinpTXlLnlIYOcm8ZpVYgeGKB7Mrf3NjbWnhMsppSp_N/s550/7.23.67%20-%20Jim%20Gardner%20MidSeason%20Champ%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="550" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4dBYp_O4tGTu9z02VURObZlbdp1Mz5GSjsIggfghcN_Klp9-ZwAwxQNz_pzn_9d25qzzsOrLgS1DeAsqy4eqNN7VMAy1DP-1ix6SewjGo-VeQXtUUMOJ_3RBc8M-GELeXNiVxqB_SvimZh9CvinpTXlLnlIYOcm8ZpVYgeGKB7Mrf3NjbWnhMsppSp_N/w400-h324/7.23.67%20-%20Jim%20Gardner%20MidSeason%20Champ%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Jim Gardner (right) won the mid-season championship at Tipton. Don Chapman (left) won the consolation. - Claire Schreiber Photo</span></i></div><br /> <br /><br />Sunday, July 23 brought the mid-season championships to the Tipton quarter mile. Fred Horn of Marion, who had led in points throughout the season would start on the pole for the special 30-lapper. <br /><br />It would be Jim Gardner of Clarence, second in points and starting alongside Horn on the front row, who would dart out to the lead at the drop of the green. Gardner would set a grueling pace which would prove to be too much for Horn. Both machines ran one-two for the distance and were never more than 10 feet apart the entire race. Horn would close the gap repeatedly but could never get around the pacesetter, and Gardner would capture top honors, winning his first-ever mid-season title at the track. <br /><br />Another nail-biter took place in the consolation where Don Kessler of Iowa City and Don Chapman of West Liberty ran fender-to-fender for the entire 20 laps. Kessler took the initial lead only to see Chapman slide by on lap 4. Kessler would regain it on lap 7 and for the next dozen laps, do everything he could to fend off Chapman. But on the 20th and final lap, it was Chapman powering inside of Kessler on the third turn and finishing the winner. <br /><br />Ed Osborn, Pat Blake, and Mike Niffenegger were heat winners on what was one of the best nights of racing at the Cedar County Fairgrounds thus far. <br /><br />Succeeding rain showers at 7:15 and again at 7:45 washed away the track and the Sunday night program on July 30. There was no racing on Sunday, August 6 in preparation for the Cedar County Fair.</div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L-1lUiJlraJkEmr_RmGI86BTb8g-uP3levzbqwd-b1UEOrnpteCZX45Hs-RzgLZxKNCMzhk4ehRzMEiKVvStGyUimDDXCjswKzUXsb_6v-Jf29X_rKztE9RIu8bm9gpiGOSp15Nt7971iv8cvX6jsK5wiOSJkFDFwL8zJE-eoJqo_2tyXqIpguGsjGCo/s550/Bill%20Beckman%20-%20Convertible%20-%201967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="550" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L-1lUiJlraJkEmr_RmGI86BTb8g-uP3levzbqwd-b1UEOrnpteCZX45Hs-RzgLZxKNCMzhk4ehRzMEiKVvStGyUimDDXCjswKzUXsb_6v-Jf29X_rKztE9RIu8bm9gpiGOSp15Nt7971iv8cvX6jsK5wiOSJkFDFwL8zJE-eoJqo_2tyXqIpguGsjGCo/w400-h201/Bill%20Beckman%20-%20Convertible%20-%201967.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bill Beckman</span></i></div><br /> <br /><br />With the Fair in town, two nights of racing were scheduled. However, the Tuesday, August 8 program would be canceled because of rain, but the Thursday, August 10 card brought a capacity crowd and 34 super stocks. <br /><br />Jerry Oberbroeckling of Cedar Rapids would pace the 20-lap feature for the first 13 circuits before Fred Horn took over the top spot. He would lead the final seven lap to secure his fourth feature win. Horn was also a winner in the B semi. <br /><br />Heat wins went to Willie Dee of Atalissa, Rusty Fall of Olin and Pat Blake. Doug Wilson of Cedar Rapids won the A semi. Larry Curley of Oxford Junction was the consolation winner. <br /><br />Sunday night weekly racing returned August 13 and fans saw a “wild and wooly” feature race which saw three restarts and two spinouts. <br /><br />Jim Gardner of Tipton, seeking his third win of the season, appeared to be well on his way when a three-car mishap occurred with only three laps to go. On the ensuing restart, Gardner’s engine would let go, allowing Fred Horn to pick up yet another feature victory, his fifth of the season. Horn was also a heat winner. <br /><br />In addition to Horn’s double-double, Gardner and Bob Helm of Rochester were double winners on the evening as well, with both drivers picking up a heat and semi win. <br /><br />Sunday, August 20 saw Fred Horn pick up his sixth feature win of the season at the Tipton quarter mile. His win was by no means easy as he and Larry Schulte of Cedar Rapids traded the lead five times before the Marion pilot pulled away in the waning laps. <br /><br />Bob Helm was a double winner, winning the third heat and B semi. Don Kessler and Rick Sawyer were the other heat winners. Perry Beckler of Iowa City was the A semi victor and Wat Carney scored the win in the consolation. <br /><br />Roger Lacousiere of Cedar Rapids was enjoying a winning night of racing at the Cedar County Fairgrounds on August 27 when disaster struck in the feature event. <br /><br />Lacousiere, who had already won his heat and the A semi, and was way out front of the feature, spun and sheared a light pole, causing the live wire to fall on the track. There were no injuries, but repair work could not be arranged, and the rest of the feature would be made up on next week’s card. <br /><br />Perry Beckler and Pat Blake were also heat winners while Fred Horn won the B semi. Rick Sawyer was the consolation winner. <br /><br />Labor Day Weekend brings out race fans and race drivers and Sunday night, September 3 was no different. A capacity crowd and 33 super stocks plus 10 events of racing added up to one of the best shows of the year. <br /><br />Ron Fisher of Cedar Rapids would have a great night individually by winning last week’s postponed feature and then earning a runner-up finish in the main event after waging a terrific battle with Pat Blake of Clarence, who took the 20-lap feature win. Blake also was a winner in the consolation. <br /><br />Fred Horn was a double winner, copping the holiday trophy dash and B semi. Don Chapman and Walt Carney would grab heat wins while Lynn Ricklefs of Lisbon won the A semi. <br /><br />Cedar Rapids’ Jerry Oberbroeckling would capture his second feature win of the season on Sunday, September 10. Oberbroeckling had all he could handle in the 20-lapper with Fred Horn attached to his rear bumper throughout the contest. Despite several attempts to get by, Horn would have to settle for runner-up honors. <br /><br />Larry Curley, Don Chapman, and Pat Blake were heat winners. Doug Wilson of Cedar Rapids on the A semi while Walt Carney was the B semi victor. Rick Sawyer won the consolation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6RSyVBcFiyoRkcUGllR54Joar9rYG8SYQoATcec6HF7BA3gpV_ZNmlEfNJbAdb8SwvZic4NpMbz1XnQX2qyYWZMZ7Ne89RaAnDtgki33vhtiCHzel-_lO2iM1DctJ434xW3qqyzDpZbKvdbF3RGNqG-QykIrR6wU-6Heu48HN0ndk_AIHOzkJKPONB_A/s1061/9.17.67%20-%20Bob%20Helm%20SeasonChamp%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6RSyVBcFiyoRkcUGllR54Joar9rYG8SYQoATcec6HF7BA3gpV_ZNmlEfNJbAdb8SwvZic4NpMbz1XnQX2qyYWZMZ7Ne89RaAnDtgki33vhtiCHzel-_lO2iM1DctJ434xW3qqyzDpZbKvdbF3RGNqG-QykIrR6wU-6Heu48HN0ndk_AIHOzkJKPONB_A/w189-h400/9.17.67%20-%20Bob%20Helm%20SeasonChamp%20(2).jpg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bob Helm holds his trophy after winning a thrilling season championship race at Tipton. </span></i></div><br /> <br /><br />Jim Gardner was within 300 feet and a half gallon of gas of winning the 35-lap season championship on Sunday, September 17, when the unbelievable happened. <br /><br />Gardner took the white flag for the last lap followed closely by Rochester’s Bob Helm. As both drivers exited turn two, Gardner, running on fumes, was passed by Helm who came on to take the victory and the championship. It was a stunning loss for Gardner, who had led the race for the last 21 circuits. <br /><br />As Gardner crawled to the finish line, Larry Schulte, Walt Carney, Pat Blake, and Fred Horn all passed Gardner in the final quarter mile. He settled for a disappointing sixth place. <br /><br />Curt Long of Marion, Arlo Becker and Larry Curley were heat winners on the final night of racing at Tipton. Curley also won an exciting consolation race over Jack Bliss of Cedar Rapids. <br /><br />Fred Horn of Marion, Iowa, would be crowned point champion at Tipton for the 1967 season.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-77585871733764310572024-01-16T13:53:00.003-06:002024-01-16T13:58:56.718-06:00The Herald & Review 100<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsX1OiwrhQb8wePzNOy5mc7Xr_wfluCJUVDKPpG-zW8-7AIaIdy3I730PABm6vFLW78LMtiytfcJBpsW-PyXoUBgCGENXTgruPXpfxKKm2vp9h5Ig_0MyDiGzfklOJIdSUkSObVQj-B3WYIip7MBu4FeJgjjLvPb6oeTnyf5vZaYdA86u8Et-EuXwysaN/s550/Herald%20&%20Reviiew%20100%20Header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="550" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsX1OiwrhQb8wePzNOy5mc7Xr_wfluCJUVDKPpG-zW8-7AIaIdy3I730PABm6vFLW78LMtiytfcJBpsW-PyXoUBgCGENXTgruPXpfxKKm2vp9h5Ig_0MyDiGzfklOJIdSUkSObVQj-B3WYIip7MBu4FeJgjjLvPb6oeTnyf5vZaYdA86u8Et-EuXwysaN/w400-h195/Herald%20&%20Reviiew%20100%20Header.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Lee Ackerman<br /><br />Macon, Ill. - The Macon Speedway in Macon, Illinois was built by a gentleman named Wayne Webb on the site of a brick factory on the west side of Macon. While many upgrades have occurred at the facility over the years, the size of the track has never changed.<br /><br />The track’s length has been stated at different times as 1/4-mile and 1/5-mile. I think must who have attended races at the bullring would tend to favor the 1/5-mile version. Actually, for many years it has been touted as “the World’s Fastest 1/5-mile dirt track. <br /><br />Over the years Macon’s signature event has been the Herald & Review 100 which has been held at the Macon Speedway since 1981. For most of that time the event has been part of the annual UMP Summernationals or Hell Tour. We decided to take a look at the event starting in 1990 when national stars started showing up for the event.</span><div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQ5dsvuTI31vuagvHCQaSdrEWzw3GFgPRFsrqY27T1BugFKlPwoTejMJ8VqW1uoDDk1JCYpoS58OTKGlfovhGZxf3s9zJQ3ZybC86oaubeLWCDzpVXAGIKTyB1g9yWM_gbcG9uL_mu0U0VnJxDHvAtNWK5knp9TUt35lU6d15y-3BKJkWRq9EtMapwqWD/s550/Bob%20Pierce%20Scott%20Bloomquist%201990.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="550" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQ5dsvuTI31vuagvHCQaSdrEWzw3GFgPRFsrqY27T1BugFKlPwoTejMJ8VqW1uoDDk1JCYpoS58OTKGlfovhGZxf3s9zJQ3ZybC86oaubeLWCDzpVXAGIKTyB1g9yWM_gbcG9uL_mu0U0VnJxDHvAtNWK5knp9TUt35lU6d15y-3BKJkWRq9EtMapwqWD/w400-h299/Bob%20Pierce%20Scott%20Bloomquist%201990.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bob Pierce and Scott Bloomquist speak with Ken Schrader at the 1990 Herald & Review 100. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />On July 12, 1990, the Hell Tour visited the Macon Speedway for the Herald & Review, and it was defending race winner Jim Leka of Illiopolis, Ill., setting fast time with a lap of 11.384 seconds. Leka then won the trophy dash over Greg Babb, Bob Pierce, and Rick Standridge. <br /><br />1988 World 100 winner Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., won heat one over Denny Schwartz and Kevin Gundaker. Joe Ross, Jr. bested Jim Harter and Jim Rarick in heat two with Kevin Weaver taking heat three over Butch Garner and NASCAR’s Ken Schrader. Butch Smith won heat four with John Gill and Scott Ford challenging. Ken Schrader won the first semi with Roger Long and Kevin Gundaker following, and Mike Bechelli won the second semi over Jim Rarick and Buffy Clark. <br /><br />Jim Leka started on the outside pole and took the lead. By lap 26, Leka was in a battle with Bob Pierce when Scott Bloomquist spun in turn one bringing out the yellow flag. Bloomquist headed pitside and had a new tire put on that gave him a better setup. <br /><br />When racing resumed, Bloomquist was still on the lead lap with Leka, Pierce and Kevin Weaver putting on a three-way battle for the lead and going three abreast on a number of occasions. Leka broke a right rear brake caliper but managed to keep the lead until lap 44 when Pierce dove to the inside and went to the front. <br /><br />Pierce quickly opened up a straightaway lead on the field only to come to a stop on lap 51 with a broken frame. Leka reassumed the lead but a lap later Weaver went high and took the spot. Leka dropped off the pace, but Weaver opened a straightaway lead as his car started smoking. Later, sparks started flying from under Weaver’s B12 mount, but he held on. <br /><br />As the leaders got into lapped traffic Bloomquist was closing gap and actually took the lead on lap 80 only to have Weaver take it right back. Then the caution waved for debris on the track. When racing resumed Weaver led until lap 84 when his lost his drive shaft and retired from competition. <br /><br />From that point on it was all Bloomquist as he opened up a half lead over the rest of the field. Rick Standridge finished second, Greg Babb third, Ken Schrader fourth and Mike Bechelli fifth.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxf5UPeiLFiNPFMX1nEd17Gypg6IBkwHD_7R-p1aXWBlZQx36N45S2LmjFAM-eAqhpZzWGHig0BwQx2ZvT0t3Y6rI_IJ0jR07Driu6XVwPftlhPztpzSYmZ_QSfYqlJ1cXRbd_g9xH08799kFyQjJ5o_l15JtTLZG436rGPs4uQa8qBToyyEINY3T_q7q/s550/Kevin%20Weaver%204%20Shannon%20Babb%205%20(todd%20turner).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="550" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxf5UPeiLFiNPFMX1nEd17Gypg6IBkwHD_7R-p1aXWBlZQx36N45S2LmjFAM-eAqhpZzWGHig0BwQx2ZvT0t3Y6rI_IJ0jR07Driu6XVwPftlhPztpzSYmZ_QSfYqlJ1cXRbd_g9xH08799kFyQjJ5o_l15JtTLZG436rGPs4uQa8qBToyyEINY3T_q7q/w400-h268/Kevin%20Weaver%204%20Shannon%20Babb%205%20(todd%20turner).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Kevin Weaver (left) has won the Herald & Review 100 four times (1991, 1992, 2002, & 2008) while Shannon Babb (right) is a five-time winner 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, & 2014) of the event. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />The 1991 version of the Herald & Review 100 actually took two weeks to complete. Gibson City, Illinois’ Kevin Weaver was the class of the field on the original date. Weaver had lapped several cars and was getting ready to lap seventh place Ken Schrader and sixth place and defending race winner Scott Bloomquist when the rains came. <br /><br />Officials were faced with a dilemma of whether to call it an official race or set a rain date. They chose the latter and on July 25. Weaver now had 14 days to think about it and the competition had 14 days to adjust their set ups. <br /><br />It did not matter; Weaver had the Macon Speedway figured out and led the remaining laps of the event to become only the second driver in history to lead the Herald & Review from start to finish. As some drivers were not able to return to complete the event the top five were Weaver, Doug McCammon, Mark Gansmann, Dick Taylor, and Gary Nettleton. Weaver received $4,000 for the win. <br /><br />Weaver set fast time at 10.947 seconds then won the trophy dash. Heat race wins went to Doug McCammon, Dick Taylor, Brian Ater and Ed Bauman. Joe Ross, Jr., and Roger Long took semi event wins. <br /><br />The 12th annual Herald & Review 100 had a little of everything. First, the first two attempts to run the event were rained out. Then, finally on September 17 the event was completed with Bob Pierce taking the checkered flag. But wait a minute, Pierce came up light at the scales and was disqualified giving the win to runner-up and defending Herald & Review race winner Kevin Weaver. <br /><br />Under UMP late model rules, cars must weigh 2,350 pounds at the completion of an event. Pierce weighed in at 2,323 pounds while Weaver weighed in at 2,352. Track owner Bob Sargent said the scales – newly installed earlier in the year had just been certified. <br /><br />“There is no way I was light,” said Pierce, who would have the first three-time winner of the race, having won in 1983 and again in 1985. “I had 18 gallons of fuel left in the car. If I had have had just 15 gallons maybe, but I couldn’t have been light with 18 gallons.” <br /><br />The controversial ending wiped out a terrific performance by Pierce, who had made it into the feature by finishing second in the semi event. After starting 14th, Pierce immediately started moving through the field and by lap 14 he was running seventh. By lap 36, the Oakwood, Illinois driver was running second to only Springfield’s Dick Taylor. <br /><br />Taylor and Pierce battled it out until lap 64 when Taylor paid a hard visit to the turn four wall. Taylor returned to the event but tagged the back of the field leaving Pierce and Weaver to battle it out for the win. But when the checkers fell Pierce was out front by the length of a straightaway. <br /><br />“Bob (Pierce) really ran well, but he had tough luck all night long,” Said Weaver. Weaver had made a smart pre-race adjustment, adding 25 pounds to his car before the feature which certainly saved him at the scales. <br /><br />With Pierce light at the scales, that made Kevin Weaver the first back-to-winner in the 12-year history of the Herald & Review 100. “It was a heckuva lot sweet last year because we won it.” Said Weaver after the race. “We actually ran second tonight but because of the rules they are going to pay us for first.” <br /><br />The official top five was Weaver, Mark Gansmann (who also added weight pre-race), Ed Bauman, semi-feature winner Butch Smith and Billy Drake. Heats went to Marvin Burton, Drake, and Dick Taylor with Decatur’s Smith winner the semi over Pierce.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPh5_WeEK4-H2ZWdZcT91Qvw7Iaz75JJmAkBKpqbvs5ya0_90DnTCKtk6yeL60AKwmEObe48gphVi0-qTBcL2z5d0ofheYqzgn2pExJmav3CteJQTW9H6yIQBiTZwsJKvYvoz1as73dVt6Pn81fF7spp3KsDLmUSjbfRpQIlFj4S6CgFl2vLMuRTfJTRt/s668/Bob%20Pierce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPh5_WeEK4-H2ZWdZcT91Qvw7Iaz75JJmAkBKpqbvs5ya0_90DnTCKtk6yeL60AKwmEObe48gphVi0-qTBcL2z5d0ofheYqzgn2pExJmav3CteJQTW9H6yIQBiTZwsJKvYvoz1as73dVt6Pn81fF7spp3KsDLmUSjbfRpQIlFj4S6CgFl2vLMuRTfJTRt/w329-h400/Bob%20Pierce.jpg" width="329" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">The "Tall Cool One," Bob Pierce, would win four Herald & Review 100's (1983, 1985, 1994, & 2001) in three different decades. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Herald & Review 100 continues to be a signature event at the Macon Speedway. Bob Pierce got his third win in 1994 and added a fourth in 2001. Kevin Weaver added a third in 2002 and a fourth in 2008. Shannon Babb dominated from 2006 through 2014 winning five times and life went full circle in 2016 and 2017 when Bobby Pierce won the Herald & Review 100.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><br /> </div></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-63231270955030058702024-01-03T11:50:00.002-06:002024-01-03T13:16:27.383-06:00The Deery Brothers One-Win Wonders<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfnsiPSus9IcqAMYtoh1hzwDzcms8k87PN9mViNAmIKIrN0ukMho0yfM91S20v6ktu9OG2Mo1VuhwJk_dG36TigCUcz00aqnoseQ5rbcnEWyoXsZksDqm8EY_5FNq_W1UVnljRmcuuPRSGQWGjTkBkEEp2cItlyZuAQ16oOz-pD-_gejWeSFOt5k_Jk9N/s548/1987%20-%20Bruce%20Hanford%20wLarry%20Kemp%20(dick%20kleindolph).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfnsiPSus9IcqAMYtoh1hzwDzcms8k87PN9mViNAmIKIrN0ukMho0yfM91S20v6ktu9OG2Mo1VuhwJk_dG36TigCUcz00aqnoseQ5rbcnEWyoXsZksDqm8EY_5FNq_W1UVnljRmcuuPRSGQWGjTkBkEEp2cItlyZuAQ16oOz-pD-_gejWeSFOt5k_Jk9N/w365-h400/1987%20-%20Bruce%20Hanford%20wLarry%20Kemp%20(dick%20kleindolph).jpg" width="365" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bruce Hanford is joined by promoter Larry Kemp after winning the Red Baron Summer Series for IMCA late models at Burlington in 1987. - Dick Kleindolph Photo</span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Kyle Ealy <br /><br />Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The Deery Brother Summer Series for IMCA Late Models was a Midwestern tradition, starting in 1987 and going until it’s 500th show concluded in 2020. <br /><br />Numerous drivers have experienced great success in the series, Jeff Aikey of Cedar Falls, Iowa, is far and away the all-time leader in wins with 70, followed by Ray Guss Jr. of Milan, Ill., with 31, Justin Kay of Wheatland, Iowa, with 28, Curt Martin of Independence, Iowa, with 27 and Mark Burgtorf of Quincy, Ill., with 26. <br /><br />There are seven other drivers in double-digit totals with feature wins and 46 drivers with at least two or more victories. <br /><br />But I want to talk about the drivers with one win… <br /><br />Some of these drivers who have one Deery Brother Summer Series victory to their credit were with the series for multiple seasons while some only raced one or two races. Some driver’s Deery Brothers wins came at a weeknight show, while some won on racing’s biggest stages. <br /><br />Let’s explore the Deery Brothers’ “One-Win Wonders” … <br /><br />It all starts in the first year of the series (then called the “Red Baron Summer Series”) on May 19, 1987, in Burlington, Iowa. Bruce Hanford of Davenport, Iowa, the winner of the late model main event was a driver more associated with modifieds than late models.</span><div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqn5jY1DyTIoYJm5u4vFlaYCXELZ1bN82kefbx-M9QSMF00SVHjmNdACYEXsR-KTwZ372qhsXBkSCCYNEaxl9WiNS7Bt365W-CL-ZdIN2xPp0y4Fpc0UVd_n_whL08zGC4OmVJdTqDx0Z8SbePDhiFIF40382WvNnItGhEVgbAMBf9q9TvsWRCTSNJrVd/s500/1988%20-%20Denny%20Osborn%20wDeanna%20Fretheim%20Del%20Carolus%20-%20Red%20Baron%20(marnee%20mackey).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="500" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqn5jY1DyTIoYJm5u4vFlaYCXELZ1bN82kefbx-M9QSMF00SVHjmNdACYEXsR-KTwZ372qhsXBkSCCYNEaxl9WiNS7Bt365W-CL-ZdIN2xPp0y4Fpc0UVd_n_whL08zGC4OmVJdTqDx0Z8SbePDhiFIF40382WvNnItGhEVgbAMBf9q9TvsWRCTSNJrVd/w400-h210/1988%20-%20Denny%20Osborn%20wDeanna%20Fretheim%20Del%20Carolus%20-%20Red%20Baron%20(marnee%20mackey).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-family: times;">Denny Osborn is joined by Deanna Fretheim and the "Red Baron" Del Carolus after Osborn's victory at Independence in 1988. - Marnee Mackey Photo</span></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><br /><br />The next season, two drivers would find victory lane for the “one and done”, veteran Sonny Findling of Kirksville, Mo., would tame the Mahaska County Fairgrounds’ big half-mile in winning the feature event on Memorial Day, May 30, and Denny Osborn of Cedar Falls, Iowa, would win the 40-lap “Mitch Fretheim Memorial” at the Buchanan County Fairgrounds in Independence on August 13, 1988.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQu_VeP9xGaypAQqqN8jso_xsFZRAvh1XczBENkp4ku-MBFZers6y8l1pQESpqF5UusEu2UKcWN-g0_rIUwkiEYaog2BUhSrlZsftC8T8uoPJpKx22v3NyX8kUTvTiPlPaG2TlBdO81qjpICzdou_6UrvziBhdP9iRwjjijxrxvbkIYIPjuJmsIhyDT4cn/s767/1989%20-%20Gary%20Pedersen%20wKris%20Tisor%20(kathy%20root).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQu_VeP9xGaypAQqqN8jso_xsFZRAvh1XczBENkp4ku-MBFZers6y8l1pQESpqF5UusEu2UKcWN-g0_rIUwkiEYaog2BUhSrlZsftC8T8uoPJpKx22v3NyX8kUTvTiPlPaG2TlBdO81qjpICzdou_6UrvziBhdP9iRwjjijxrxvbkIYIPjuJmsIhyDT4cn/w261-h400/1989%20-%20Gary%20Pedersen%20wKris%20Tisor%20(kathy%20root).jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Gary Pedersen is joined by Kris Tisor after winning the J&J Steel Summer Series at Mason City in 1989. - Kathy Root Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Two drivers would become one-win wonders in the 1989 season (now named the “J&J Steel Summer Series”). Gary Pedersen of Rutland, Iowa, would win a Deery Brothers feature at the North Iowa Fairgrounds in Mason City on July 3 and two weeks later, July 16, Kirk Shaw made the long trip from Batesville, Ark., to win the Deery Brothers only appearance at a paved track at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids. <br /><br />A name long associated with the historic half-mile at West Liberty, Iowa, was the winner on August 8, 1990. Dave Birkhofer of Muscatine would be the first of the Birkhofer family to be a Deery Brothers one-win wonder. <br /><br />The 1991 season would see a one-win wonder as well when Steve Watts of Jimtown, Iowa, grabbed the win in the 40-lap feature at the Wapello County Fairgrounds in Eldon, Iowa, on July 4.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC6mM7prJrYzs5m1JK_o9CedG968CvpJWHYEryvAM0cm8Kqr1uWnIsJ6k0PPWz8miUFQPdvVt4cbSxmOuZ0op2Hav038-amwulzMGdxR7U4hF0c6kOINohgYdRMebrsdyUthmDBMvV-9RHVE4PbTle8jWzl28YQCwctAxB3blxKzJ90gD7uPM18Fxzf8y/s544/1992%20-%20Frank%20Shickel%20wDoug%20Haack%20(al%20larsen).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC6mM7prJrYzs5m1JK_o9CedG968CvpJWHYEryvAM0cm8Kqr1uWnIsJ6k0PPWz8miUFQPdvVt4cbSxmOuZ0op2Hav038-amwulzMGdxR7U4hF0c6kOINohgYdRMebrsdyUthmDBMvV-9RHVE4PbTle8jWzl28YQCwctAxB3blxKzJ90gD7uPM18Fxzf8y/w368-h400/1992%20-%20Frank%20Shickel%20wDoug%20Haack%20(al%20larsen).jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Frank Shickel receives the checkers from flagman Doug Haack after winning the Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at East Moline in 1992. - Al Larsen Photo</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The 1992 season (the Deery Brothers Summer Series) would see an explosion of one-win wonders, four in all. Frank Shickel Jr., of Bloomington, Ill., would start the hit parade, winning at the Rock Island County Fairgrounds in East Moline, Ill., on July 5. Three days later, Kevin Cale of Donnellson, Iowa, won the Deery Brothers main event at 34 Raceway in Burlington. As the season wound down, two other drivers would add their name to the list. Ed Kosiski of Omaha, Neb., would make the short trip to Corning, Iowa, to score a Deery win on September 12 and a week later Bryan Wanner of Winfield, Iowa, would win at Burlington on September 19.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqy1iAM9_SGIOHnp2nztAegCAzXLMXI53-HvhpwJ6wGbf-IzGBXqYjSqT1TXEeQmlYbrF3eFGLMzp3AGXGogtcsGzZn7IfaPLabSra50EcqPTkyQCY3GZAnzQ6QkCF2FLvovbzBnRaIo2vlzGgvtHCWwqr7ivmCLUSGKnwUSYLbKl4S9D3YGaO1GheHTr/s845/1993%20-%20John%20Hampel%20(doug%20sheckler).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqy1iAM9_SGIOHnp2nztAegCAzXLMXI53-HvhpwJ6wGbf-IzGBXqYjSqT1TXEeQmlYbrF3eFGLMzp3AGXGogtcsGzZn7IfaPLabSra50EcqPTkyQCY3GZAnzQ6QkCF2FLvovbzBnRaIo2vlzGgvtHCWwqr7ivmCLUSGKnwUSYLbKl4S9D3YGaO1GheHTr/w236-h400/1993%20-%20John%20Hampel%20(doug%20sheckler).jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>John Hampel won the Deery Brothers Summer Series race at Corning in 1993. - Doug Sheckler Photo</i></span></div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Three new one-win wonders would join the list in 1993. A driver with hall of fame credentials would surprisingly have only one Deery Brothers win to his </span>credit,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Gary Crawford of Independence, Iowa. He scored his only career Deery win at Marshalltown, Iowa, on Memorial Day, May 31. Another late model pilot with hall of fame credentials to win only one career Deery Brothers race was Steve Boley of Oxford, Iowa, when he led from start to finish in scoring the victory at Oskaloosa, Iowa, on July 28. John Hampel of Nodaway, Iowa, joined the exclusive one-win club when he grabbed the Deery Brothers feature win at Corning on August 12.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeDlpOSem85sAHk8CRdQvYM3Bk_jtCY7FFGqlNCbb86NOYaYCN43dQeWF05Nu0LZLVnx2774v6FaoZ8P_wLXw7xDCnqd0R4GPt3Vlu_BuNAG-_rQG170E8nyYakgZiZxR2QGRTB3F40r9zBsMNaNHjC78JEIkuC0Tx81fjDGULmL7Mi2to35oO7RBM7Ps/s500/1994%20-%20Dan%20Forsyth%20(jim%20stannard).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="500" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeDlpOSem85sAHk8CRdQvYM3Bk_jtCY7FFGqlNCbb86NOYaYCN43dQeWF05Nu0LZLVnx2774v6FaoZ8P_wLXw7xDCnqd0R4GPt3Vlu_BuNAG-_rQG170E8nyYakgZiZxR2QGRTB3F40r9zBsMNaNHjC78JEIkuC0Tx81fjDGULmL7Mi2to35oO7RBM7Ps/w400-h270/1994%20-%20Dan%20Forsyth%20(jim%20stannard).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Dan Forsyth had a popular win at West Union in 1994. - Jim Stannard Photo</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />A pair of one-win wonders joined the list during the 1994 season. As was with our first-ever one-time winner, Bruce Hanford, Bob Dominacki of Bettendorf, Iowa, is more associated with racing modifieds than late models but he has a Deery Brothers feature victory to his credit after winning at Hawkeye Raceway in Blue Grass, Iowa, on June 29. Dan Forsyth of Oelwein, Iowa, is probably one of the least known of the one-win wonders, but he’s one of the few and not the many, winning practically in his own backyard, the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union, Iowa, on July 10. <br /><br />The one-win wonders would seemingly slow to a crawl for the next four years with only one winner each season grabbing their only career Deery Brothers win. <br /><br />Darin Burco of Hazelton, Iowa, would win his first race on asphalt and his first (and only) Deery Brothers Summer Series race, leading all 40 laps at Hawkeye Downs on August 1, 1995. <br /><br />The second member of the Birkhofer family would join the exclusive one-win club when Brian grabbed the Deery Brothers feature win at Hawkeye Raceway in Blue Grass on June 25, 1996.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1w6axMvSPcZGVRJ25XBNWmJdlqXXj45XIpFJrqvKX9zfg4pig6oI_FcdmWnsf0G_2VFA68xU-vS8mXCidYiti7CukzRP4U3tByIMnOXk6_ikWeexmtVAlW2GqUh_J84dnccbHeasKLnIhtLiQgu1kUT-18byS-CqR8cOdTG_XH10N4vXAgda5_4Q3WPd/s696/1997%20-%20Dean%20Wagner%20wKaty%20Root%20Toby%20Kruse%20(margaret%20gardner).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1w6axMvSPcZGVRJ25XBNWmJdlqXXj45XIpFJrqvKX9zfg4pig6oI_FcdmWnsf0G_2VFA68xU-vS8mXCidYiti7CukzRP4U3tByIMnOXk6_ikWeexmtVAlW2GqUh_J84dnccbHeasKLnIhtLiQgu1kUT-18byS-CqR8cOdTG_XH10N4vXAgda5_4Q3WPd/w288-h400/1997%20-%20Dean%20Wagner%20wKaty%20Root%20Toby%20Kruse%20(margaret%20gardner).jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">IMCA Super Nationals winner Dean Wagner is joined by Kathy Root and flagman Toby Kruse at Boone in 1997. - Margaret Gardner Photo</span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><br />Dean Wagner II of Waterloo, Iowa, is one of those one-win wonders who saved his only Deery Brothers win for the big stage. On September 5, 1997, Wagner won the 40-lap feature at the IMCA Super Nationals in Boone, Iowa. <br /><br />Todd Bennett of Peoria, Ill., would make the short trip to East Moline and tame the quarter mile for his only career Deery Brothers victory on May 24, 1998. <br /><br />It would be a little over two years before another one-win wonder prevailed. Billy Tuckwell of Washington, Ill., would make his way across the Mississippi River and grab a Deery Brothers victory at Marshalltown, Iowa, on Memorial Day, May 29, 2000.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SL5Mj-2QUD-QvLzSO2dqkm5jw4UNSWlUOyrm0In8UhsrkdFD-5Pveu0zt-HP8svgSR4Bd6QWd6Gz5Uu0HTgaeGr48ChwWtIGAIHjV3D2jjqtylriybSf1pEZfhyphenhyphenTo6xmh8B7m9hjxNl7TfawVt8q8a2Rp6f_5ftKsMAX9WqESqkmRy1BT5SzrLFFJBT5/s525/2003%20-%20Dennis%20Erb%20Jr.%20(craige%20gheer).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SL5Mj-2QUD-QvLzSO2dqkm5jw4UNSWlUOyrm0In8UhsrkdFD-5Pveu0zt-HP8svgSR4Bd6QWd6Gz5Uu0HTgaeGr48ChwWtIGAIHjV3D2jjqtylriybSf1pEZfhyphenhyphenTo6xmh8B7m9hjxNl7TfawVt8q8a2Rp6f_5ftKsMAX9WqESqkmRy1BT5SzrLFFJBT5/s320/2003%20-%20Dennis%20Erb%20Jr.%20(craige%20gheer).jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Dennis Erb Jr. won the Susan Pallister Memorial at Burlington in 2003. - Craige Gheer Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Almost three years would go by until another one-win wonder would prevail. The 2003 season would see two new one-win wonders. Brent Slocum of Burlington, Iowa, would win the 40-lap Memorial Day special at Boone, Iowa, on May 26. Dennis Erb Jr., of Carpentersville, Ill., who has had most of his late model success with United Midwestern Promoters (UMP), decided to give IMCA try and scored his only Deery Brothers win at one of the tour’s biggest races, the USA Late Model Nationals at 34 Raceway in Burlington on August 14. <br /><br />2005 would see two new members to the club. Bobby Toland of Hillsdale, Ill., would score his only victory at 34 Raceway in Burlington on April 9 and Kevin Blum of Colona, Ill., would become a “members-only” when he took home honors at I-35 Speedway in Mason City on June 7, 2005.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjOjHD0pgeMC9ICwSTYGEWBmsqkvwTlWd24nFK8_7AlwjnnEeLG_95yrNa8TEJO7syiEdbxoGLWbF7t1IH0Wh5KpL5Lq8__1UF4m3-mrfQtcli4PJdOZd_mq_y5tiuA6o2Xecph-jMW6DBi1aXvplBm54N6WfnIzwO991rNER5cf3OU-R8ll591J6E4j3/s500/2007%20-%20Johnny%20Spaw%20(chris%20damitz).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="500" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjOjHD0pgeMC9ICwSTYGEWBmsqkvwTlWd24nFK8_7AlwjnnEeLG_95yrNa8TEJO7syiEdbxoGLWbF7t1IH0Wh5KpL5Lq8__1UF4m3-mrfQtcli4PJdOZd_mq_y5tiuA6o2Xecph-jMW6DBi1aXvplBm54N6WfnIzwO991rNER5cf3OU-R8ll591J6E4j3/w400-h260/2007%20-%20Johnny%20Spaw%20(chris%20damitz).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"> Johnny Spaw scored the hometown win at Cedar Rapids in 2007. - Chris Damitz Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />It would take almost two years before another one-win wonder would surface. Mark Preston of Port Byron, Ill., would win the 50-lapper on the Davenport quarter mile on April 20, 2007. Johnny Spaw of Cedar Rapids would dedicate his only Deery Brothers feature win to Darrell Dake, who passed away a few days before. Spaw would lead all 35 laps to win at Hawkeye Downs on August 8, 2007. <br /><br />Yet another season would see an explosion of one-win wonders as four new drivers added their names to the list. The Deery Brothers Summer series kicked off the 2008 season “out west” so to speak. Mike Collins of Council Bluffs, Iowa, won the Ice Breaker at Eagle, Nebraska on April 6 for his only Deery victory. Justin Reed of Quincy, Ill., would lead all 40 laps to win his first and only Deery Brothers race at Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, on May 21. Marty Diercks of Bettendorf, Iowa, scored his only Deery Brother win by default. Diercks finished second to Ray Guss Jr., at Davenport on July 22 but Guss was disqualified in post-race inspection, giving Diercks his only career Deery victory. Matt Strassheim of West Burlington scored what was probably one of the more stunning one-win wonders when he won the USA Late Model Nationals at 34 Raceway on September 28.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA_kYu8R_OEyrn2Lj_GShuUIZ3Uqth2AZUZ2osSPBFdHGFxuHvua7q-XlKVURDEenKjuWX317LFHsBGwj-Dnd4uTBHno_r6JcEf5avG31Im5Ty5w5bd0Z-VLSqFneJO0Mkpi4lLQpwpXZ7cmpbxyUCffhQ313nhbZdppm7wNj8MGCNi_uoYVSMoCXlEcZ/s550/2011%20-%20Matt%20Bailey%20(hulett%20photography).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="550" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA_kYu8R_OEyrn2Lj_GShuUIZ3Uqth2AZUZ2osSPBFdHGFxuHvua7q-XlKVURDEenKjuWX317LFHsBGwj-Dnd4uTBHno_r6JcEf5avG31Im5Ty5w5bd0Z-VLSqFneJO0Mkpi4lLQpwpXZ7cmpbxyUCffhQ313nhbZdppm7wNj8MGCNi_uoYVSMoCXlEcZ/w400-h266/2011%20-%20Matt%20Bailey%20(hulett%20photography).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Matt Bailey was #1 at Quincy in 2011. - Hulett Photography</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Matt Bailey of Quincy, Ill., decided to win his first and only Deery Brothers feature win before his hometown crowd, on April 10, 2011. <br /><br />The 2012 season would see two more one-win wonders added to the list. Kevin Kile of Nichols, Iowa, would lead all 40 laps in winning at the Cedar County Fairgrounds in Tipton, Iowa, on June 12, 2012. Luke Goedert of Holy Cross, Iowa, would win his first and only Deery feature at his hometown track of Dubuque, Iowa, on July 15, leading all 35 circuits.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhgeb6hBy2mYu0N02KtWtgKpJ4zG4ci3K6rG5i2BlL82AoRLptU2gFQaXiMjDAOcp7kBUdIHyLPcqrT09ycq_Yiy8xR88PwG_0bZu9NjOaP6cgpR0lQE5QkAKAK3tEem-5FrzhZTVgcCen-3TofVHihl403q4psqhrLvs8gAS-kQpEk-RKrMdtDReakF_/s550/2013%20-%20Chad%20Simpson%20(dan%20busch).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="550" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhgeb6hBy2mYu0N02KtWtgKpJ4zG4ci3K6rG5i2BlL82AoRLptU2gFQaXiMjDAOcp7kBUdIHyLPcqrT09ycq_Yiy8xR88PwG_0bZu9NjOaP6cgpR0lQE5QkAKAK3tEem-5FrzhZTVgcCen-3TofVHihl403q4psqhrLvs8gAS-kQpEk-RKrMdtDReakF_/w400-h266/2013%20-%20Chad%20Simpson%20(dan%20busch).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Chad Simpson won the Yankee Dirt Track Classic for his lone Deery Brothers victory in 2013. - Dan Busch Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, was another late model driver who hadn’t raced IMCA much, preferring the super late model shows. But Simpson decided to give it a try, and at the Yankee Dirt Track Classic on September 13, 2013, Simpson earned his only victory of the series. He truly earned the “one and done” victory as he had to win the B-main and then come from the rear of the field to win the A-main. <br /><br />The 2015 season would have a trio of first (and last) timers. Corey Zeitner of Bellevue, Neb., won the Deery Brothers series opener at Crawford County Speedway in Denison, Iowa, on April 4. Jason Rauen of Farley, Iowa, won his first and only Deery Brothers feature at Marshalltown on June 2 while Tyler Droste of Waterloo led all 50 laps to score his only Deery win at East Moline on July 22 (Note: Droste would become the youngest Deery winner at age 19).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGabmhsrI2Mussa970MdlJ0stSrgphjihjHTBO5cIK6oreLsoL18YwsYQCf1uoPtMbpGSYMK2tDEvqbhAEpj_9urrikCUJnxnGvDgmvlmzAX3Fe0M_hybZxyi7ooEdPA5hQXX2gFcTR13rz-aE6mosuL2x0vyrtUoQ-qcbyegteLq9veiMtNQi77drGRV/s550/2017%20-%20Richie%20Gustin%20wGrant%20Oskvig%20(scott%20swenson).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="550" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGabmhsrI2Mussa970MdlJ0stSrgphjihjHTBO5cIK6oreLsoL18YwsYQCf1uoPtMbpGSYMK2tDEvqbhAEpj_9urrikCUJnxnGvDgmvlmzAX3Fe0M_hybZxyi7ooEdPA5hQXX2gFcTR13rz-aE6mosuL2x0vyrtUoQ-qcbyegteLq9veiMtNQi77drGRV/w400-h266/2017%20-%20Richie%20Gustin%20wGrant%20Oskvig%20(scott%20swenson).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Richie Gustin is joined by flagman Grant Oskvig at Independence in 2017. - Scott Swenson Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Three more drivers would join the few and not the many for the 2017 season. Richie Gustin of Gilman, Iowa, would split time between his modified and late models that season and on April 22, he would score his only Deery Brothers win at the Independence (Iowa) Motor Speedway. A little over one month later, Jesse Sobbing of Malvern, Iowa, would win his one and only Deery feature at a Memorial Day special on May 29. Ironically, Sobbing would go on to win Rookie of the Year and the Deery Brothers Summer Series championship for 2017.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chad Simpson had a Deery win so why shouldn’t his brother Chris not have one as well. On September 3, 2017, Chris, like his brother, won his only Deery feature at the big arena, the Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Farley, Iowa. Simpson earned $10,000 with his 100-lap victory on September 2, 2017. <br /><br />Two drivers would achieve wonderous one-win status during the 2019 season.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYKgXdey2r6YHm0oi5D_aLI9FHOynXI04I9_ipiTZYnaaNxXOGKkRCIEvpdvqk0qJ0bTqcmwCcEZgIJ_9X78U7pL-8jKa2kxZAs6R_rtDd3ydVPybhzI7FudP2X4aGzW06oHfknSVwL3hS363lJ0CB-SMLOlB3Vp7pJdjQSJMI0ZbIfCugkC3DdZdlYn-/s500/2019%20-%20Eric%20Pollard%20(zakzry%20kriener).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="500" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYKgXdey2r6YHm0oi5D_aLI9FHOynXI04I9_ipiTZYnaaNxXOGKkRCIEvpdvqk0qJ0bTqcmwCcEZgIJ_9X78U7pL-8jKa2kxZAs6R_rtDd3ydVPybhzI7FudP2X4aGzW06oHfknSVwL3hS363lJ0CB-SMLOlB3Vp7pJdjQSJMI0ZbIfCugkC3DdZdlYn-/w400-h236/2019%20-%20Eric%20Pollard%20(zakzry%20kriener).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Eric Pollard won the 40-lapper at West Union in 2019. - Zakzry Kriener Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Eric Pollard of Peosta, Iowa, would lead all 40 laps in winning his only Deery Brothers feature at West Union, Iowa, on July 24, while the very last Deery Brothers Summer Series one-win wonder would save it for the biggest stage of all. Ricky Thornton Jr., of Adel, Iowa, borrowed Todd Cooney’s late model and won the 50-lap IMCA Super Nationals on September 3. <br /><br />All totaled, there were 500 Deery Brother Summer Series events with 43 one-time winners.</span></div></div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12RjiSUGJFVU8V0lTFLbcjCPx1ONHsEVeWo63CP6NMG-0YgtyLbJMH2bShHlrtXUYEiOL-yKZN03drZunNhUkStYbqZoRBiR4OHRQEvK1lge_2mBaDI3b33M1TOm5XrhUJunPEmilxx22wPeyirHx2Ey2OC518sTjV3pgWVYwpssXc3swSrjUKJQKenKo/s755/1993%20-%20Gary%20Crawford%20wToby%20Kruse%20(dale%20danielski).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12RjiSUGJFVU8V0lTFLbcjCPx1ONHsEVeWo63CP6NMG-0YgtyLbJMH2bShHlrtXUYEiOL-yKZN03drZunNhUkStYbqZoRBiR4OHRQEvK1lge_2mBaDI3b33M1TOm5XrhUJunPEmilxx22wPeyirHx2Ey2OC518sTjV3pgWVYwpssXc3swSrjUKJQKenKo/w265-h400/1993%20-%20Gary%20Crawford%20wToby%20Kruse%20(dale%20danielski).jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Gary Crawford is all smiles after winning at Marshalltown in 1993. Toby Kruse joins him in victory lane. - Dale Danielski Photo</span></i></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazJIlqIrGA-6aQNqEVxLpnp22Qh2oaudPo9T2tvHbg5ArEWa8PjSoE8yopUjzZkxESPWjM8IOPEb8YrE_j5ZDFd9XnfJ-kDn_OFPmcQKMrIonrQSW-qWKuQDk3UuuR7gLjELETZun5LUsWt_ENRa2jNq4cvngMrjpEMr7ISULnvADkYt4lUajDpEqJLOk/s500/1994%20-%20Bob%20Dominacki%20(rick%20haefner).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="500" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazJIlqIrGA-6aQNqEVxLpnp22Qh2oaudPo9T2tvHbg5ArEWa8PjSoE8yopUjzZkxESPWjM8IOPEb8YrE_j5ZDFd9XnfJ-kDn_OFPmcQKMrIonrQSW-qWKuQDk3UuuR7gLjELETZun5LUsWt_ENRa2jNq4cvngMrjpEMr7ISULnvADkYt4lUajDpEqJLOk/w400-h305/1994%20-%20Bob%20Dominacki%20(rick%20haefner).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bob Dominacki scored the win at Blue Grass in 1994. - Rick Haefner Photo</span></i></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TzECJqDgj7YEHqYlUZDEm9vS_eWKhfYMCDcQ5AeK2OGHfzmxAPj3ak-a6JyontylU1foYyxgN2Puy2d79gW7XIqPzhFeZ8ryBISs2-Bj8gy1qA1v_NVivMnIYHTMDvQR51yGn9s8YRqeOdC4eNwCLL_LToS2IVnQXCSdvrNDnSoUGKQRR7S6Z4Uie5nk/s511/2005%20-%20Bobby%20Toland%20(john%20vass).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TzECJqDgj7YEHqYlUZDEm9vS_eWKhfYMCDcQ5AeK2OGHfzmxAPj3ak-a6JyontylU1foYyxgN2Puy2d79gW7XIqPzhFeZ8ryBISs2-Bj8gy1qA1v_NVivMnIYHTMDvQR51yGn9s8YRqeOdC4eNwCLL_LToS2IVnQXCSdvrNDnSoUGKQRR7S6Z4Uie5nk/w391-h400/2005%20-%20Bobby%20Toland%20(john%20vass).jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Bobby Toland won at Burlington in 2005. - John Vass Photo</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kevin Blum celebrates his one and only Deery Brothers Summer Series victory with Toby Kruse at Mason City in 2005. - Chad Meyer Photo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHG7nl2YB-Pfdlo7MlxKgyQLdloQz5kJAGK4YsKX8z_Y-80VhcTJHT98ZDTX8SsVcU9u-DTgCr1oROJb90hYTNeDU6e6re6wpeG5P4haSMldKPQ9cziawj7YNtJgSViulJTLxA6uxyBW6O9frFUqnX80lhdNoyYMe-BK8M1spOeIEj8kc4pSR-WBJm_E8/s550/2008%20-%20Mike%20Collins%20(barry%20johnson).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="550" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHG7nl2YB-Pfdlo7MlxKgyQLdloQz5kJAGK4YsKX8z_Y-80VhcTJHT98ZDTX8SsVcU9u-DTgCr1oROJb90hYTNeDU6e6re6wpeG5P4haSMldKPQ9cziawj7YNtJgSViulJTLxA6uxyBW6O9frFUqnX80lhdNoyYMe-BK8M1spOeIEj8kc4pSR-WBJm_E8/w400-h266/2008%20-%20Mike%20Collins%20(barry%20johnson).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Mike Collins won the "Ice Breaker" at Eagle, Neb., in 2008. - Barry Johnson Photo</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzvt4Qo5z3HQ8uZs5g8IU1bII2OXFYaoNNXYZP68-5Aa8pCFPvxrY4-dHNIZGaX56aCoUAYbyKB0Vl0LtMa3ceYpH78McxpVka1_lEtAD8MyJSTdDDfQ5SFREWy2nWK8akty6xGglGxUZFSJj-fhnEQdpUGkJWmAPdekI8YGRFzUGoyM8AnlzOMTXOLt0/s550/2015%20-%20Corey%20Zeitner%20(Dave%20Schraeder).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="550" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzvt4Qo5z3HQ8uZs5g8IU1bII2OXFYaoNNXYZP68-5Aa8pCFPvxrY4-dHNIZGaX56aCoUAYbyKB0Vl0LtMa3ceYpH78McxpVka1_lEtAD8MyJSTdDDfQ5SFREWy2nWK8akty6xGglGxUZFSJj-fhnEQdpUGkJWmAPdekI8YGRFzUGoyM8AnlzOMTXOLt0/w400-h268/2015%20-%20Corey%20Zeitner%20(Dave%20Schraeder).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Corey Zeitner is joined in victory lane by his family and flagman Grant Oskvig after his Deery Brothers win at Denison in 2015. - Dave Schraeder Photo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyhwOZjSwswF0TF127xWS00p3DQ8gBpe3K3inK1oA8QKLk70UOCCI7XDv1FAQ7YjTpGzWxoe7XfMb-nkZEK8ijtqhDB80Nvvf_Q9Xro8A9p_yXX2wKBzYwRFii0BvjDoILLeFfCtt44FXcgh3cmvhdU0Rx14nub_c91A5lbIhs0wz-_pLAH-ta0Ofiaes/s500/2017%20-%20Chris%20Simpson%20(tom%20macht).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyhwOZjSwswF0TF127xWS00p3DQ8gBpe3K3inK1oA8QKLk70UOCCI7XDv1FAQ7YjTpGzWxoe7XfMb-nkZEK8ijtqhDB80Nvvf_Q9Xro8A9p_yXX2wKBzYwRFii0BvjDoILLeFfCtt44FXcgh3cmvhdU0Rx14nub_c91A5lbIhs0wz-_pLAH-ta0Ofiaes/w400-h225/2017%20-%20Chris%20Simpson%20(tom%20macht).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chris Simpson joined his brother Chad as "One and Done's" after winning the Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Farley in 2017. - Tom Macht Photo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HyRQnCp3yt1Mr6aj3y9IEM8G6V-1yi1F3t9hRlUxn_7T-OKrQlaH2aIu_MY8x_kADwZNlIA9WVkDsxRrZgyEBe0ZK8O9NsHgBCyEYj1IoRf85iZJ-bl5EnIPzhqzPIOatTWoCddfht0Q-0vb-o27DT6Mtj36yxb0_hBUYU5guWaoZoozRvnbzfrKrDxL/s500/2019%20-%20Ricky%20Thornton%20Jr.%20%20(tom%20macht).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HyRQnCp3yt1Mr6aj3y9IEM8G6V-1yi1F3t9hRlUxn_7T-OKrQlaH2aIu_MY8x_kADwZNlIA9WVkDsxRrZgyEBe0ZK8O9NsHgBCyEYj1IoRf85iZJ-bl5EnIPzhqzPIOatTWoCddfht0Q-0vb-o27DT6Mtj36yxb0_hBUYU5guWaoZoozRvnbzfrKrDxL/w400-h225/2019%20-%20Ricky%20Thornton%20Jr.%20%20(tom%20macht).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ricky Thornton Jr. was the last of the "One-Win Wonders" of the Deery Brothers Summer Series. He's shown here after winning at the IMCA Super Nationals in Boone in 2019. - Tom Macht Photo</span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></i></div><div><br /></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-23716887912625987322023-12-24T10:08:00.002-06:002023-12-24T10:08:42.220-06:00Happy Holidays!<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Kyle Ealy & Lee Ackerman</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kZ9g1TXB6AW3cq8fUJFIl66tYqA5xmGOsZtKvKQNAnUanDkcsIMk0TArDEbyPscY8_gDJTgshzw23Pyq_2L-9IsuMVkmltTpzjSxWsk4yvNPAv6J2LsuF3U13SWgvWRwprJfhNLzvWAdBkhU1aykMjMMEs1kaUi74_yl4h2loWESNZ_KbifzhBdp9rR3/s635/1969%20-%20Don%20Bitner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kZ9g1TXB6AW3cq8fUJFIl66tYqA5xmGOsZtKvKQNAnUanDkcsIMk0TArDEbyPscY8_gDJTgshzw23Pyq_2L-9IsuMVkmltTpzjSxWsk4yvNPAv6J2LsuF3U13SWgvWRwprJfhNLzvWAdBkhU1aykMjMMEs1kaUi74_yl4h2loWESNZ_KbifzhBdp9rR3/w378-h400/1969%20-%20Don%20Bitner.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">1969</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lyssUzuxAADfIYP-Bc4O7zEmAzK5RpH6xtOUdDSnzk6Re-zKBTjhfcR5nuiMAeNPp54mTu4kEY4mLaAC5BkdYG1eYzPj3v0XKZm930mU5TMy1RgGgVRaixd-b3aSrzdBFRr9iwfXjQBuFmv6WtluzYysKB-tkWR071HWHCwbbvbcGcLLSEyjHshXbCIO/s1090/1969%20-%20Greg%20Weld%20-%20Weld%20Wheels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Some faces will be familiar, some may not, or some you may have forgotten over the years. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Enjoy reminiscing...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTFk-EkrIUAyjqZgPHabyL1r0SerIV0raDyu6Gz-NUbvCWD6kDqAaoKHlbiZhY2rXRKtd3UtvcHj3f4rpPj2pzC0HJPK_3vWLK-N8hN9b-4rX1qEZ4PRMigee_2bggvIdFkQKMnAxXRpDfbWp8c5KYRy48BvP_t7VpNitAQobGMyel6cxfpQSdzs9PZJx/s556/4.22.83%20-%20Ron%20Weedon%20East%20Moline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTFk-EkrIUAyjqZgPHabyL1r0SerIV0raDyu6Gz-NUbvCWD6kDqAaoKHlbiZhY2rXRKtd3UtvcHj3f4rpPj2pzC0HJPK_3vWLK-N8hN9b-4rX1qEZ4PRMigee_2bggvIdFkQKMnAxXRpDfbWp8c5KYRy48BvP_t7VpNitAQobGMyel6cxfpQSdzs9PZJx/w396-h400/4.22.83%20-%20Ron%20Weedon%20East%20Moline.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The first of these was the annual Frostbuster held at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia on April 3.</span><div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8LGk1P14K26rGs8zCq7ferQRL_am4A5u7_dtNrITPzKJY0u5ZSAlg1coELetkqvaX75ZghY0E48DhAr6yeV5E0R1QBnNp_nqmXBGmeERhXi9aCm7IGHC8Ny7pz0tWHFIgUy7Zz-EyL2fCWzbjRnwcGm2DFf2p7qoklw-CINZNnsMenyV00MEP6B6VEny/s550/Tom%20Hearst%20wKeith%20Simmons%20Sedalia%201982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="550" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8LGk1P14K26rGs8zCq7ferQRL_am4A5u7_dtNrITPzKJY0u5ZSAlg1coELetkqvaX75ZghY0E48DhAr6yeV5E0R1QBnNp_nqmXBGmeERhXi9aCm7IGHC8Ny7pz0tWHFIgUy7Zz-EyL2fCWzbjRnwcGm2DFf2p7qoklw-CINZNnsMenyV00MEP6B6VEny/s320/Tom%20Hearst%20wKeith%20Simmons%20Sedalia%201982.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Tom Hearst is joined by car owner Keith Simmons in victory lane at Sedalia. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Ronnie Hoover of Fulton, Mo., would take the lead at the waving of the green flag, but his turn at the front was short lived as Billy Moyer of Des Moines, Iowa, grabbed the lead from Hoover on lap two. Moyer would lead the next nine circuits before defending Frostbuster champion Tom Hearst of Wilton, Iowa, took control of the race on lap 10 and from that point on Hearst was never really challenged in the 30-lap event. <br /><br />However, a battle raged for second place between Moyer, Bill Martin of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Kevin Gundaker of St. Louis. Gundaker would make the pass of Martin for third on lap 15. Disaster almost struck the leaders as Bill Breuer and Craig Spetman spun in the second corner on lap 18 with Hearst, Moyer and Gundaker going high to avoid the spin. Gundaker would get by Moyer for second on lap 23 but could not mount a challenge to Hearst. <br /><br />After the race, Hearst said that he was aware Gundaker was behind him, but “I felt I could outrun anyone today.” Moyer would finish third, Roger Thompson of Junction City, Kan., fourth and Vic Bentlage of Jefferson City, Mo., fifth. Hearst also set fast time in qualifying with a lap of 24.327 seconds.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLwJHD4LSwThtubIhLFTIT8snlso-Le7DAMujl-cx2XPi61yhpVkWjbwUNgqpbShyphenhyphenqXgylSFliJU4pb9dJRbVQXwedsXF_9aZG0sBAz3wM89ZiZqaoWosm4WTGojB6cvQmRZYytaqm-mPfr-uXg0h943CPNkQyjxBF1mw9xhCor06LupaicrfuxtdR2on/s550/Charlie%20Swartz%20(pete%20vercauteren).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="550" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLwJHD4LSwThtubIhLFTIT8snlso-Le7DAMujl-cx2XPi61yhpVkWjbwUNgqpbShyphenhyphenqXgylSFliJU4pb9dJRbVQXwedsXF_9aZG0sBAz3wM89ZiZqaoWosm4WTGojB6cvQmRZYytaqm-mPfr-uXg0h943CPNkQyjxBF1mw9xhCor06LupaicrfuxtdR2on/w400-h288/Charlie%20Swartz%20(pete%20vercauteren).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Charlie Schwartz won the Spring Nationals at I-70 Speedway. - Pete Vercauteren Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />The next big Late Model Special in Missouri was the “Spring Nationals” held on April 30-May 1 at I-70 Speedway in Odessa, Missouri. On Friday night, Larry Moore driving out of Phenix City, Ala., would set fast time of 19.10 seconds with Steve Kosiski of Omaha right behind at 19.11. Heats were won by Kevin Gundaker, Mike Crabtree and Dave Bjorge with Bill Martin taking the B feature. In Friday night’s feature event it would be Larry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., taking the win followed by Gundaker, Moore, Kosiski and Bjorge. <br /><br />Saturday night would start off with more heat races, those events going to; Bobby Goulden III, Charlie Swartz and Bjorge. Billy Moyer would win the Non-Qualifiers race setting the stage for the 40-lap finale. <br /><br />Ashland, Kentucky’s ‘Chargin’ Charlie Swartz would hold off Omaha’s Joe Kosiski for the win in the finale with Austin, Minnesota’s Dave Bjorge finishing third despite losing his driver’s side bodywork. Steve Kosiski and Terry Quinn would round out the top five.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1nWm2IVSWo2HknGJuxJtoSzItyVzm4w7z4vPjAtHts7rO5ySXl-eoZersqTKYxLNabwKygioRbTdKkDydhlPSA9xz6JyRyaXq2KnAeHCpo5utUWeYilAOCtCGIEt6nST9B_2VjUlTo8p2iinaG3l_Q32bGi6ML8ZNOnPjaqgWNJ2gIMj8BCcMPI0PJmy/s550/Joe%20Kosiski%201982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="550" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1nWm2IVSWo2HknGJuxJtoSzItyVzm4w7z4vPjAtHts7rO5ySXl-eoZersqTKYxLNabwKygioRbTdKkDydhlPSA9xz6JyRyaXq2KnAeHCpo5utUWeYilAOCtCGIEt6nST9B_2VjUlTo8p2iinaG3l_Q32bGi6ML8ZNOnPjaqgWNJ2gIMj8BCcMPI0PJmy/w400-h279/Joe%20Kosiski%201982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Joe Kosiski won the Missouri Stock Car Nationals at I-70 Speedway. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />The gladiators of dirt returned to the I-70 Speedway in late June for the ‘Missouri Stock Car Nationals.’ Steve Kosiski lowered the track record set by Larry Moore at the ‘Spring Nationals’ when he tripped the clock at 18.97 seconds easily beating second fastest qualifier Billy Moyer who turned 19.34 seconds. Heats were won by Larry Phillips, Billy Moyer and Les Duellman of Fountain City, Wis., with Dwaine Hansen of Lakefield, Minn., taking the B feature win. <br /><br />Joe Kosiski of Omaha led the entire 40 laps to take home the ‘Missouri Stock Car Nationals’ but not without a late race challenge from Billy Moyer. The two battled the last five laps with Kosiski shutting the door on Moyer coming off four as the two encountered lapped traffic. Moyer would slide high allowing Dave Bjorge to get by for second. Moyer, Phillips and Willy Kraft of Lakefield, Minn., rounded out the top five.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y25ihKVD0EnwMJJ19YNSJQdq4XZUXNz3kVxXkEd3spOo0W0M9YhOzVCSHnQU1oqjUK69bGu2bL1e3jJyvOpDinddZgNbeBtmX2LuvLDaaJJ-4LwLO6QD-h5Pfg78c0WgfYCXPih3pscCWrJ_wvWEQ3E6SeR_pwKDU9sKba_x4AB7JoQ5V8k1Jcke0H66/s550/Andy%20Claiborne%2047%20Ronnie%20Hoover%205%20Sedalia%201982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="550" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y25ihKVD0EnwMJJ19YNSJQdq4XZUXNz3kVxXkEd3spOo0W0M9YhOzVCSHnQU1oqjUK69bGu2bL1e3jJyvOpDinddZgNbeBtmX2LuvLDaaJJ-4LwLO6QD-h5Pfg78c0WgfYCXPih3pscCWrJ_wvWEQ3E6SeR_pwKDU9sKba_x4AB7JoQ5V8k1Jcke0H66/w400-h270/Andy%20Claiborne%2047%20Ronnie%20Hoover%205%20Sedalia%201982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Andy Claiborne (47) and Ronnie Hoover (5) battle it out during the Missouri State Fair. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />The next big race of the year was back at the Missouri State Fairgrounds and the annual Missouri State Fair on August 22 where young 21-year-old Andy Claiborne of Shawnee Mission, Kan., put on a whale of a drive as he thrilled the 6,000 fans in attendance. Things did not start well for Claiborne, and he was forced to go to the back of the 22-car as a result of being involved in an accident on one of the three starts of the 30-lap affair. <br /><br />From there, Claiborne but on a driving exhibition as he moved through the field grabbing third place on lap 23. Then on lap 24 he got past race leader Ed Knaebel of Jefferson City, Missouri and Ed Dixon of Washington, Mo., and from there he wheeled his Corvette to the win and a $1,000 payday. <br /><br />“I thought I lost my motor when I was in the crash. But it was just the dry sump belt that came off. I finally got the car started and knew the motor was OK.” said Claiborne after the race. “I was running low and passing cars early in the race but when I got to the faster cars, I moved up high and was amazed at how much faster I was up there. Knaebel was trying to protect his lead from Dixon, who was trying to get by on the outside. I stayed high and got by both of them.” <br /><br />Ronnie Hoover would get by both Knaebel and Dixon last in the race to finish second. Third through fifth would go to Knaebel, Dixon and Dick Elliott of Mt. Ayr, Iowa.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjFINokwIGD3-UTvg9oSrDbLrGA2w279XzMhwIYZ8fH_mUvNijxIoPHvhhxi9wLhV-_ygDmqSneaEACnxbAkdWvTPuYfn3JyRzF4M6gCVsqSsMCI742gRaewm32C9CCKEMmK_Zeu8sACOcTTKN4OYVQfOG5-cRC-RKq0Y_EQSyS2ohfDxIOkIAHIaShT5/s550/Joe%20Wallace%20VL%20Sedalia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjFINokwIGD3-UTvg9oSrDbLrGA2w279XzMhwIYZ8fH_mUvNijxIoPHvhhxi9wLhV-_ygDmqSneaEACnxbAkdWvTPuYfn3JyRzF4M6gCVsqSsMCI742gRaewm32C9CCKEMmK_Zeu8sACOcTTKN4OYVQfOG5-cRC-RKq0Y_EQSyS2ohfDxIOkIAHIaShT5/w400-h320/Joe%20Wallace%20VL%20Sedalia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Joe Wallace is congratulated after winning the 100-miler at Sedalia. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Action would continue at the Missouri State Fair on August 28 but this time it would be a 100-mile feature on the big Missouri mile. Billy Moyer would set a new track record on the mile with a lap of 36.857 seconds more than a second better than the old track record. <br /><br />Mike Crabtree of Lebanon, Ill., led from the start and despite an altercation on the backstretch that took out Billy Moyer with front end damage, Crabtree would maintain the point for nine laps when he was passed by Bo Smith of St. Charles, Mo. Smith led until lap 30 when the yellow came out and several cars including Smith pitted. Crabtree then resumed the race lead until lap 43 when another caution waved sending many of the competitors pit side. <br /><br />Sonny Kimberling of Gilliam, Mo., assumed the lead for one lap and then it was Kansas City’s Joe Wallace taking the lead. Wallace would keep his green and yellow Oldsmobile Cutlass out front the rest of the race but not without a fight from Joe Kosiski. The two battled side by side with Wallace holding on for the win. Kosiski would finish second, Mike Barbeau of St. Charles, Mo., third, Charlie Moubry of Novelty, Mo., fourth and Crabtree fifth. <br /><br />The final big race in the Show-Me state in 1982 was the annual Missouri Nationals at the Capital Speedway in Jefferson City, Missouri on October 9. Gary Webb of Davenport, Iowa, would win the 100-lap event followed by Dan Dickey of Packwood, Iowa, Ed Dixon, Rick Standridge of Divernon, Ill., and Ronnie Hoover. <br /><br /></span><br /> </div></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922092248181876066.post-39859781181152058492023-11-21T13:09:00.000-06:002023-11-21T13:09:01.574-06:00Oskaloosa’s Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhrgo1mijYtZUJFesoBaoucEtNf9thzyBtJAZR1oqzPTAUPnvvcg1BWbq2-Z9ea0fnvSqLMkfktDXuc2iNWdjMY8O9RPY92UeEkNbkGPqBmjiWP6Nbk5TrtaiqYlLaQsitpRbPEtNDDUBbO7JRAklNIUjtRg9vBiKDcrm18ZQGixgo7rX9fsW-TY4-W5f/s500/1977%20-%20Advertisement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="500" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhrgo1mijYtZUJFesoBaoucEtNf9thzyBtJAZR1oqzPTAUPnvvcg1BWbq2-Z9ea0fnvSqLMkfktDXuc2iNWdjMY8O9RPY92UeEkNbkGPqBmjiWP6Nbk5TrtaiqYlLaQsitpRbPEtNDDUBbO7JRAklNIUjtRg9vBiKDcrm18ZQGixgo7rX9fsW-TY4-W5f/w400-h310/1977%20-%20Advertisement.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">1977 Advertisement </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />By Kyle Ealy <br /><br />Oskaloosa, Iowa – One of the premier late model races in the state was the Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special at the half-mile Mahaska County Fairgrounds. The event was held during a time that some consider the greatest period of late model racing in Iowa. <br /><br />It all started on June 4, 1975… <br /><br />Ed Sanger of Waterloo was considered the pre-race favorite that evening, based on his dominating win the night before at Cedar Rapids in the Iowa Challenge Cup. Sure enough, Sanger led 35 late models in qualifying, blazing around the big half-mile in 24.89 seconds to set fast time. <br /><br />Unfortunately, Sanger’s night would come to a crashing halt, literally, in the trophy dash. Right at the start of the 6-lap race for the six fastest qualifiers, Sanger and Ken Walton of Cedar Rapids tangled in the first turn, severely damaging both cars. Sanger would borrow Bill Zwanziger’s car and muster an eighth-place finish in the feature.</span><div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Hk2uWt4U6UDIxEPRtyBenEdMSsl9bgozwz6SQtK9ko14R8-KOl4h4nUX7L1E-BYawWaRphSvh58x9GlN5icUOq90fhnWh-ZJbmTvstmMzI3EvkA6WniJYCtzT9kypczQQEWnvMu5JXKalwI6iIl7NcO9EZfulRSsRE3WIO0i-AOWNq8tmLHJTjoZOvAo/s550/1975%20-%20Curt%20Hansen%20wLarry%20Kemp%20Lee%20Kunzman%20(earl%20schwartz).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="550" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Hk2uWt4U6UDIxEPRtyBenEdMSsl9bgozwz6SQtK9ko14R8-KOl4h4nUX7L1E-BYawWaRphSvh58x9GlN5icUOq90fhnWh-ZJbmTvstmMzI3EvkA6WniJYCtzT9kypczQQEWnvMu5JXKalwI6iIl7NcO9EZfulRSsRE3WIO0i-AOWNq8tmLHJTjoZOvAo/w400-h206/1975%20-%20Curt%20Hansen%20wLarry%20Kemp%20Lee%20Kunzman%20(earl%20schwartz).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Curt Hansen won the inaugural Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special in 1975. Larry Kemp (far left), grand marshal Lee Kunzman (second from left), and the Pepsi trophy girls join Hansen in victory lane. - Earl Schwartz Photo</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />In the 50-lap main event, it was Roger Dolan of Lisbon jumping into the lead from his pole position, with Curt Hansen of Dike and Darrell Dake of Cedar Rapids falling in line behind him. By lap 15, Mel Morris of West Liberty passed Dake for third place and three laps later, slipped by Hansen for second. The three would continue their fierce battle while keeping Dolan in their sights. <br /><br />By lap 30, Hansen was challenging Dolan for the lead and the two got into a side-by-side duel with Morris sticking to their tails. Finally, on lap 43, Dolan started to slow, allowing Hansen full command of the top spot. He would build up a slight margin from there and have a quarter of a lap lead when he took flagman Larry Kemp’s checkered flag. <br /><br />On lap 45, Dolan’s night went up in smoke with a blown engine, allowing Morris to move into second. But Morris would begin to overheat himself and with two laps to go, Fred Horn of Marion and Bob Kosiski of Omaha would slide by him for second and third respectively. Morris would nurse his car to a fourth place finish. <br /><br />The fact that Kosiski even started the feature was nothing short of a miracle. After taking the checkers for a third-place finish in his heat race, Kosiski tagged the first turn fence, rode it for 25 yards and then flipped his car over on it’s top, sliding some more. After some lengthy repairs, he managed to get into the feature and grab third-place money. <br /><br />Don Hoffman of Des Moines was the trophy dash winner, Bill Zwanziger won the first heat, Morris won the second heat, Phil Reece of Des Moines the third heat, and Pokey West of West Chester the fourth heat. Zwanziger won the consolation and then handed the keys to his car to Sanger for the feature. <br /><br />Hansen would earn $1,000 for his feature win before a standing room only crowd.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZO_LPjboc4cX_6fdTh9gpnfUWZWjf3Q87CrxRK_S7FHus-DNhpTxAN1o-pjM6PtVT3G-9lU6lySTbe2UY5O-4AhP4avX6rm65T4v2HiLhTZpdJwtphVliqfRuJ1O3WVlNhbU4pC7lAmKvJV6Gck7SYQx8n5LfBOz-sTO80MmdILWxePSZTo-4Z1Hfh49m/s500/1976%20-%20Ed%20Sanger%20wEngel%20DeKock%20(earl%20schwartz).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="500" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZO_LPjboc4cX_6fdTh9gpnfUWZWjf3Q87CrxRK_S7FHus-DNhpTxAN1o-pjM6PtVT3G-9lU6lySTbe2UY5O-4AhP4avX6rm65T4v2HiLhTZpdJwtphVliqfRuJ1O3WVlNhbU4pC7lAmKvJV6Gck7SYQx8n5LfBOz-sTO80MmdILWxePSZTo-4Z1Hfh49m/w400-h348/1976%20-%20Ed%20Sanger%20wEngel%20DeKock%20(earl%20schwartz).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Ed Sanger talks with flagman Engel DeKock prior to the start of the 1976 Pepsi-Mountain-Dew Special. Sanger would dominate the second annual contest. - Earl Schwartz Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><br />The success of the first annual event necessitated another, so once again, the top late models from near and far convened at Southern Iowa Speedway on June 9, 1976. <br /><br />And again, like last year’s event, Ed Sanger was the odds on favorite. Unlike the year before, however, Sanger would live up to those expectations this time. <br /><br />Sanger started on the front row with Curt Hansen, with the Dike, Iowa, hot shoe leading the first two laps of the race before Sanger made his move, powering past Hansen and into the lead. <br /><br />Sanger would never relinquish the lead, though he did have to fend off several challenges by Hansen throughout the remaining 47 circuits. At the checkers, Sanger was several car lengths ahead of Hansen. <br /><br />For Sanger, the hottest driver in the Midwest, it was his sixth win in eight starts in just the last week. He had won at Oskaloosa the week before and then added wins at Mason City, Eldon, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and then again at Oskaloosa. <br /><br />Duane Steffe of Colona, Ill., moved into third place on lap 27 and held it there for remainder of the race. Breathing down Steffe’s tailpipe was Joe Merryfield of Des Moines. On lap 44, smoke could be seen coming from Merryfield’s left front wheel and he would pull into the pits. <br /><br />Bill Beckman of Lisbon would take over fourth and Darrell Dake would round out the top five finishers. <br /><br />Hansen was the top qualifier of the 39 entries with a time of 24.06 seconds. He was also the trophy dash winner. Bill Zwanziger, Jerry Wancewicz of Omaha, Neb., Glen Martin of Independence, and Dick Schiltz of Waterloo were heat winners. Wancewicz was also the consolation winner.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0L3fUo5VCTFs3sWwlkVhpXk4vYwNPpsQnzuk3SlhyphenhyphenYTbEdrtXPvstjoS4B1yoEWV7x6H60ecjMAoggtPFD7-dvpPHqjflDeCeMB4y3MHmYZqK7FmIYdBmH40_OzVW64y4YWhirKPxgXbY7D899i86jX12pn-JJT5LNCt72uYPOX7TQheZX9DHS1viA3t/s550/1977%20-%20Van%20Zee%20Browneller%20DeKock%20Gegner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="550" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0L3fUo5VCTFs3sWwlkVhpXk4vYwNPpsQnzuk3SlhyphenhyphenYTbEdrtXPvstjoS4B1yoEWV7x6H60ecjMAoggtPFD7-dvpPHqjflDeCeMB4y3MHmYZqK7FmIYdBmH40_OzVW64y4YWhirKPxgXbY7D899i86jX12pn-JJT5LNCt72uYPOX7TQheZX9DHS1viA3t/w400-h204/1977%20-%20Van%20Zee%20Browneller%20DeKock%20Gegner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Oskaloosa racing officials present the trophies for the 1977 Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special. From left to right - Dale Gegner, Paul Van Zee, Max Browneller, Pepsi representative, and Engel DeKock. - Earl Schwartz Photo</span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />It was a perfect night at Oskaloosa; the weather was perfect, the track was perfect, the stands were full, and the infield was full of cars for the third annual Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special on June 8, 1977. <br /><br />So flawless was the racing surface, the track record was broken not once but three times, by Joe Merryfield, Bill Zwanziger and finally, by Fred Horn of Marion. Horn covered the half-mile in a blistering 23.29 seconds. <br /><br />The Pepsi dash pitted the top six qualifiers inverted and Merryfield would win a thriller, squeezing inside of both Curt Hansen and Ken Walton on the white flag lap. <br /><br />Mark Mosier of Washington, Iowa, would come out of retirement to win the first heat while Randy Sterner of Blair, Neb., outdueled George Brazil of Albuquerque, N.M., to grab the second heat honors. Bill Zwanziger started in the back of the pack for the third heat but found himself up front for the win and Ken Walton would win the fourth heat. Ray Guss of Milan, Ill., was the consolation winner and Tom Bartholomew of Waterloo was the Mountain-Dew dash victor. <br /><br />Defending champion Ed Sanger would grab the early lead in the 50-lap feature with Curt Hansen and Ken Walton close behind. That trio battled back and forth for numerous laps before Hansen emerged on lap 10. By the midway point of the race, Hansen had extended his lead to five-car-lengths and checked out. <br /><br />The race remained the same until a spinout on lap 42 put Fred Horn right behind the leaders. <br /><br />As Hansen pulled away on the restart, a fierce battle ensued for the other three spots as Horn got by Walton for third and then challenged Sanger for second. A lap later Sanger would spin in the fourth turn, and in a controversial decision, officials ruled that there had been contact made and gave Sanger his position back. <br /><br />On the final restart, Bill Zwanziger got the jump on Ken Walton for fourth place. At the finish it was Hansen, Sanger, Horn, Zwanziger, and Walton.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIurE8ybUf-lAXMvl48TXYo6wkvFmZO7bZiWZW1Ksgff9LiKAwkfVc7M7ei9qFYjU3Oskt4_N200tG59o-K7qmT_gY6x_6Xw65ECzFYl6G1ugNgqnGcskJlltAdYoSMxvplisyxVBjGHhymQ63-snZ8-UQhCHssBGMmUn-mW2hMleBDu7S_NC5pFhQ9s4/s550/1978%20-%20Ken%20Walton%20wEngel%20DeKock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="550" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIurE8ybUf-lAXMvl48TXYo6wkvFmZO7bZiWZW1Ksgff9LiKAwkfVc7M7ei9qFYjU3Oskt4_N200tG59o-K7qmT_gY6x_6Xw65ECzFYl6G1ugNgqnGcskJlltAdYoSMxvplisyxVBjGHhymQ63-snZ8-UQhCHssBGMmUn-mW2hMleBDu7S_NC5pFhQ9s4/w400-h235/1978%20-%20Ken%20Walton%20wEngel%20DeKock.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Ken Walton of Viola won the 1978 Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special at Oskaloosa. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Kenny Walton would take home the lion’s share of the $7,500 purse in the fourth annual Pepsi-Mountain Dew on August 16, 1978. Walton put on a driving display picking up the $1,400 paycheck. <br /><br />Walton qualified ninth fastest in qualifying, putting the Viola, Iowa, speedster in the inside of the fifth row for the 50-lap feature. <br /><br />By lap 5, Walton was in sixth position in the middle of heavy traffic and steadily weaving his way to the lead pack. On lap 15 in was in third place and by lap 23 he was in second place and ready to challenge race-leader Bill Rice of Des Moines. <br /><br />Coming out of turn four on lap 29, Walton streaked past Rice for the lead where he would hold it for the remaining 30 circuits. Rice would hold on to second until lap 40 when Ed Sanger managed to overtake him for that position. <br /><br />At the finish it was Walton, Sanger, Walton, Joe Merryfield, and two-time winner Curt Hansen. <br /><br />Hansen was fastest in time trials, breaking the one-year-old mark set by Fred Horn. Hansen smashed the old record with a time of 23.02 seconds around the half-mile. <br /><br />Tom Hearst of Wilton, Joe Merryfield, Ed Sanger, and Bill Davis of Des Moines were heat winners. Walton picked up the win in the trophy dash while Bill Breuer Wapello won the 10-lap consolation. <br /><br />In sportsman action, Rocky Hodges of Des Moines led all the way in the 15-lap feature.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSasIFVacGTZuNPxAi3l0LdDq_NuhPD_w5RRC2bNgBwgH_33JMqopjkXEVqScBdqdqZ3Kxv-tCEG1QObX4KnwpMjJSv8nHFu0WRPq7F0yaZoYYAhVEYWbC3JZuBD_pV1UjnMEaaWobDhmVf6SaamQ9Hmv3aKjrjLgy1S9yTkelhXxvEY4cSxeaicj3R-z/s550/1979%20-%20Ken%20Walton%20Bill%20Beckman%20Al%20Druesdow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="550" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSasIFVacGTZuNPxAi3l0LdDq_NuhPD_w5RRC2bNgBwgH_33JMqopjkXEVqScBdqdqZ3Kxv-tCEG1QObX4KnwpMjJSv8nHFu0WRPq7F0yaZoYYAhVEYWbC3JZuBD_pV1UjnMEaaWobDhmVf6SaamQ9Hmv3aKjrjLgy1S9yTkelhXxvEY4cSxeaicj3R-z/w400-h354/1979%20-%20Ken%20Walton%20Bill%20Beckman%20Al%20Druesdow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Ken Walton (left) would successfully defend his Pepsi-Mountain Dew title in 1979. Joining him in victory lane is Bill Beckman (center), trophy dash winner, and Al Druesdow (right), semi-feature winner. </span></i></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Walton would give a repeat performance at the fifth annual Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special before a capacity crowd on July 18, 1979. And once again, he did it in convincing fashion. <br /><br />Starting fifth in the 24-car field, he moved to fourth on lap 6, moved into third place on lap 9, grabbed second on lap 12 and then scooted past race leader Bill Zwanziger on lap 14 never to be headed again. After that, he steadily built up his lead over the last 36 laps and had a half-lap lead at the finish. <br /><br />Zwanziger held on for second, while Dick Schiltz took third, passing Gary Crawford of Independence in the last few laps of the race. Denny Osborn of Cedar Falls rounded out the top five. <br /><br />The race was halted by the red flag twice. Bill Beckman of Lisbon brought out the first one when he lost the A-frame on his car and smashed head-on into the guardrail in turn four. Although somewhat shaken, Beckman remained at the track. <br /><br />The second red flag came out on lap 21 when Denny Hovinga of Pocahontas and Don Hoffman brushed in the third turn after a heated battle for several laps. Hovinga found himself riding the top of the guardrail until he flipped his Camaro on top of its lid. Hovinga walked away from the incident uninjured. <br /><br />Beckman won the trophy dash while Gary Webb of Davenport, Al Druesedow of Omaha, Neb., Tom Bartholomew were heat winners. Druesedow also won the semi-feature. <br /><br />Walton set fast time for the night, blitzing the half-mile in 22.640 seconds, thus becoming the first late model driver to break the 23-second mark. <br /><br />Two-time winner Curt Hansen had an engine go sour in the trophy dash and loaded up immediately and headed home.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUWgUSGEmqCH_WF75XjGJ9GTV8Y2y6IijKcmnuzN-PBhvChGoKl1LoSNBu55CcTJ5OUT-JGtvenrwGrgfpmt9hF4PQDVuprcbpNGS7y5T9VdM_x72rE58eawh7Vzsp8oYuu1amJuAnOQiA7o7jQOvsESM6IifIpnFPQKDeFaBWn2QPHqpVMv-sKEVghMa/s550/1980%20-%20Fred%20Horn%20Kevin%20Gundaker%20Tom%20Hearst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="550" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUWgUSGEmqCH_WF75XjGJ9GTV8Y2y6IijKcmnuzN-PBhvChGoKl1LoSNBu55CcTJ5OUT-JGtvenrwGrgfpmt9hF4PQDVuprcbpNGS7y5T9VdM_x72rE58eawh7Vzsp8oYuu1amJuAnOQiA7o7jQOvsESM6IifIpnFPQKDeFaBWn2QPHqpVMv-sKEVghMa/w400-h240/1980%20-%20Fred%20Horn%20Kevin%20Gundaker%20Tom%20Hearst.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Fred Horn (center) would dominate the 1980 Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special. He's joined by runner-up Kevin Gundaker (left) and third-place finisher Tom Hearst (right). - Bill Haglund Photo</span></i></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The race would carry on, but the name would change, and more laps were added to the main event. The sixth annual event, held on July 2, 1980, was now known as the Pepsi 10,000 with a 100-lap feature. National Speedways Contest Association would officiate the program. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fred Horn of Marion, Iowa, would grab the headlines that evening, accomplishing the unheard of – lapping the entire field to earn the top prize. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The almost unbelievable feat was even more impressive considering the quality of the 27-car field. Many of the best late model drivers in the Midwest were in the feature but Horn stood out from everyone. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Twenty laps into the race, Horn had a nine-second lead over Kevin Gundaker of St. Louis, Mo. Five laps later, that lead was at 11 seconds and another 10 circuits later, Horn’s advantage was at 16 seconds. By the 89th lap, Horn was right on the heels on a three-car battle for second place between Gundaker, Joe Kosiski of Omaha, Neb., and Tom Hearst. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Horn flew past Hearst on lap 93, Kosiski a lap later and went around Gundaker three laps later to complete his spectacular performance. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was the second time out for Horn in the Ed Howe-built car he had purchased from Rodney Combs of Lost Creek, Va., weeks before and it was his second convincing win. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finishing 99 laps and rounding out the top five was Gundaker, Hearst, Kosiski and Dick Schiltz. Sixth was Ed Sanger and seventh was Bill Breuer, each with 97 laps completed. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">NSCA official Dave Van Patten remarked afterwards that it was the first time h could recall a driver ever lapping the entire field. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gundaker set fast time for the evening and lowered his own track record on the lightning fast Southern Iowa Speedway half-mile. Gundaker, in his third appearance at the track, had broken the qualifying record all three times. He lowered it again, this time to 22.060 seconds, breaking his old mark of 22.123 seconds. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The top 20 cars in time automatically qualified for the feature. A last chance race was held for 17 cars and four from that race were slated to start at the rear of the field. However, it didn’t work out that way. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the final turn of the final lap, the lead four cars – Craig Jacobs of Des Moines, Bill Rice of Des Moines, Ron Jackson of Burlington, and Ron Boyse of Kalona – collided and spun on the track. Boyse was able to get by the melee and came across the finish line followed by Chuck Anderson of LeGrand, Iowa, Bill Breuer, and Charlie Moubry of Novelty, Mo. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">After some discussion, NSCA officials decided to add the top four as they ran on the white flag lap, plus the top four to cross the finish line. Since Boyse figured on both, seven cars were added to the rear. It paid off for both Breuer and Moubry, as they made their way to the front and finished seventh and eighth respectively.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The seventh and final Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special (the name changed back to </span>its<span style="font-family: inherit;"> original) took place on July 15, 1981. </span>The event had been scheduled for the week before, but rain had forced its postponement. It had also rained the morning off the rescheduled event leaving the track muddy but raceable.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3Q9f_J0iR4lPLDGo3VnjG3qF21JSVbZ-PKd066OizdLU2nRbqsmpp0M3JreurATm1aPcSnmPIkhL1TFw-2VTTB4iXPBPEMUinvEov0_dRxy_xHBKLkoQbQXfmeonZuW3PAcg0dqKWK_RIAHMmdRVhS54C8qqkvZIZ0WFUhh2KeoBX69VLCgU5gz5IaTL/s809/1981%20-%20Advertisement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3Q9f_J0iR4lPLDGo3VnjG3qF21JSVbZ-PKd066OizdLU2nRbqsmpp0M3JreurATm1aPcSnmPIkhL1TFw-2VTTB4iXPBPEMUinvEov0_dRxy_xHBKLkoQbQXfmeonZuW3PAcg0dqKWK_RIAHMmdRVhS54C8qqkvZIZ0WFUhh2KeoBX69VLCgU5gz5IaTL/w248-h400/1981%20-%20Advertisement.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">The advertisement for the final Pepsi-Mountain Dew Special in 1981. The event would be postponed until the following week because of rain. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">History would </span>repeat<span style="font-family: inherit;"> itself as Ken Walton of Viola won the race for the third time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />For Walton, it was the first feature win of the season. He collected $1,000 for winning the 35-lap feature sanctioned again by National Speedways Contest Association. <br /><br />Kenny Fenn of Washington took the initial lead from his pole position. He quickly separated himself from the rest of the field and by the seventh lap he had a straightaway lead over Jerry Pilcher of Ottumwa and Walton. <br /><br />On lap 11, Curt Hogue of Ames spun out on the muddy track and was hit by Johnny Johnson of Morning Sun. During the timeout, Fenn replaced the right rear tire. <br /><br />On the restart, he noticeably lost some stagger and speed. After getting by Pilcher for second place on lap 18, Walton set his sights on an ailing Fenn. On lap 30, the duo encountered lap traffic. <br /><br />On lap 34, Walton tried to pass Fenn in turn three but couldn’t get enough traction to complete the pass. Finally, exiting turn four, Fenn went a little too high and Walton slid by the veteran, and it was a drag race from there, with Walton nipping Fenn by no more than a foot. <br /><br />Pilcher finished third followed by Ron Jackson of Burlington and Curt Hogue.<br /><br />Fenn, Pilcher, and Tom Hearst were heat winners while Hearst won the Pepsi Challenge race.</span></div></div>Kyle Ealyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139019981125423901noreply@blogger.com0