Ramo Stott
Columbus Junction,
Because of
cloudy skies and lightning, International Motor Contest Association (IMCA)
officials moved the feature event to the middle of the program.
Just two heat
races were run before the 25-lap feature in which Ramo Stott of Keokuk, season
point leader, took the lead with two laps to go and hung on for win. Stott was
driving a 1963 Ford because his own car, a 1963 Plymouth Cresco , Iowa
John Mickey of
Columbus Junction finished seventh in the feature after beginning in the
ninth row of cars, which started two abreast. Mickey was placed near the rear
of the feature because spots were awarded according to heat finishes. Mickey
didn't finish his heat after sliding over the south turn but remaining, on his
wheels.
However, Mickey
did come back to win a post-feature invitational race of five laps between
himself, Lenny Funk of Otis, Kan., Dick Hutcherson of Keokuk and defending
national champ Ernie Derr of Keokuk.
After it didn't
rain following the feature, officials scheduled the invitational, consolation
race, and a novelty event in which drivers completed a lap ran around the car,
complete another lap, ate a piece of pie completed another lap, drank a bottle
of pop, and finished the race.
The entire
program, witnessed by 3,200 race fans, included 62 laps of racing and was
completed in one and a half hours.
Late models
compete tonight at Donnellson, in two races Sunday at Lacrosse, Wis.
Results –
First Heat: John
Jones, Marshall , Minn.
Second Heat:
Bill Moyer, Des Moines
Consolation:
Chub Liebe, Oelwein , Iowa
Novelty Race:
Ralph Wilhelm, Milwaukee , Wis.
Invitational
Race: John Mickey, Columbus Iowa
Feature:
1.
Ramo Stott, Keokuk , Iowa
2.
Dick Hutcherson, Keokuk , Iowa
3.
Bill Moyer, Des Moines
4.
Ernie Derr, Keokuk , Iowa
5.
John Jones, Marshall , Minn.
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