1967 - Droste tops in points for Greater Iowa Racing

Lu Vern "Red" Droste of Waterloo, Iowa was the top point getter in 1967 for the three-track Greater Iowa Racing Association. The three tracks consisted of Independence (Iowa) Motor Speedway, Tunis Speedway in Waterloo, Iowa and Air-View Speedway in Monticello, Iowa.

The overall top-1o were

Red Droste...9727

Chub Liebe...5657

Bob Hilmer...4670

Cal Swanson...4117

Tom Hughes...3484

Bill Zwanziger...3423

Dick Nesteby...3197

Ed Sanger...3045

Glen Martin...2295

Rich Krafka...2175

A total of 104 drivers drove on the circuit during the '67 season with only 14 not placing in the money one time. At the individual tracks, 14 had perfect attendance at Monticello. 19 at Independence and 18 at Waterloo.

The top 10 at Air-View were:

Red Droste...2755

Tom Hughes...1780

Dick Nesteby...1430

Bob Hilmer...1150

Cal Swanson...1055

Ed Sanger....905

Bill Zanziger...740

Roger Dolan...735

Curt Hanson...525

Stan Stover....400

Dick Nesteby was the season champion at Monticello and Red Droste was mid-season champ. Droste also won the championship race at the Jones County Fair.

The top-10 at Independence:

Chub Liebe...3685

Red Droste...3040

Bill Zwanziger...1291

Bob Hilmer...1252

Dick Nesteby...1197
Ed Sanger...1131

Paul Fitzpatrick...1055

Rich Krafka...1020

John Webb...981

Ty Burger...780

Chub Liebe was both mid-season and season champ at Independence. Droste also won the Monza Spectacular race at Independence with Darrell Dake of Cedar Rapids second.

The top-10 at Waterloo:

Red Droste...3932

Cal Swanson...2637

Bob Hilmer...2267

Chub Liebe...1972

Bill Zwanziger...1392

Mert Williams...1385

Glen Martin...1165

Dave Jensen....1040

Rich Krafka...1020

Ed Sanger...1009

The season champion at Waterloo was Droste with Cal Swanson of Reinbeck the mid-season champion.