August 21 –
Des Moines, Iowa’s Bill Davis, driving a 1956 Ford, made a clean sweep of the
race program in Stuart, Iowa, on Friday night. Davis, only in his third year of
driving, also took top honors in his heat and the Australian Pursuit. Davis Bill Geil of Des Moines on lap 6 and
then held off Del McDowell of Ames, Iowa, for the victory.
August 21 –
Jackie Howerton of Tulsa, Okla., tied an all-time Fairgrounds Speedway super
modified racing record when he won his eighth feature of the season in Tulsa on
Friday night. Howerton, who has dominated the racing scene since early June,
made it look relatively easy in winning the 20-lap main before 4,814 fans.
Grady Wade of Wichita, Kan., was looking to sweep the evening’s program after
setting fast time and winning both the trophy dash and his heat race, but had
to settle for second place behind the lightning fast Howerton in the feature.
August 21 –
Ray Guss of Milan, Ill., copped the 25-lap late model feature on the
quarter-mile at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday night.
Guss out dueled Waterloo, Iowa’s Red Droste to nail down the feature win.
Droste would take second followed by Dale Snyder of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chub
Liebe of Oelwein, Iowa, and Larry Wasserfort of Waterloo.
August 21 –
Red Steffen of Eau Claire, Wis., maneuvered past an impressive field and won
the 20-lap late model feature at Tri-Oval Speedway in Fountain City, Wis., on
Friday night. Steffen started eighth and moved steadily to the front in taking
the win. Leroy Scharkey of Rochester, Minn., took second, Wendell Kuehn of
Rochester, Minn., grabbed third, Dave Noble of Blooming Prairie, Minn., earned
fourth and Gerhard Wollenburg of Austin, Minn., rounded out the top five.
August 21 –
Bill Hopp of Muscatine, Iowa, was second fastest in time trials at 34 Raceways
Park in Burlington, Iowa, on Friday night, but that would the last time he
followed anyone the rest of the evening. Hopp would win the match race, second
heat and the feature event. In the feature, Hopp took the lead on the first lap
and was never headed although Mike Brooks of Hartford, Iowa, Bill Newman of
Burlington, applied constant pressure. In winning three of four events, Hopp
moved from 12th place to 6th place in the point
standings.
August 21 –
Bob Helm of Rochester, Iowa, made his first trip down victory lane at the
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, on Friday night. Helm
battled with Jerry Reeder of Peoria, Ill., for the top spot for numerous laps
before Reeder retired to the pits with mechanical issues. Helm would not be
denied after that and cruised to the win.
Verlin Eaker of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Jerry Reinhart of Moline, Ill.,
waged their own battle for second place for 26 laps with the Illinois hot shoe
nabbing runner-up honors. Eaker, Terry Ryan of Davenport and Lloyd Ewing of
Kewanee, Ill., rounded out the top five finishers.
August 22 –
Old pro Tuffy Meyer of Big Rock, Iowa, made his triumphant return and won the
super stock feature in Maquoketa, Iowa, on Saturday night. Meyer took the lead
away from Lloyd Nabb on lap 6 and then powered to an easy victory, his first of
the season. Nabb settled for second while Jerry Hull finished third.
August 22 –
Thad Dosher of Topeka, Kan., a former national super modified champion, was
issued a summons for violating the city’s noise ordinance at the Mid America
Fairgrounds in Topeka on Saturday night. Dosher was given the summons by city
police following hot laps and before the program started. He had agreed
beforehand to be the driver ticketed after the city attorney had ruled that
just one driver be arrested for the violation. The races went on as usual and
Dosher went to win the trophy dash and feature at the half-mile dirt oval. Dosher left the track shortly after, drove to
the city jail and posted bond.
August 22 -
Ray Young of Dolton, Ill., won the 30-lap late model feature at Waukegan (Ill.)
Speedway on Saturday night after Vern Brown of Wauconda, Ill., and Tom Jones of
Northbrook, Ill., showed Young the quick way around in the preliminaries. Brown
won the trophy dash and Jones score the heat win ahead of Young but there was no
touching him in the main event. Bob May of Gurnee, Ill., would finish second in
the feature with Brown, Jim Cossman of Waukegan and Bob Roper of Chicago
following.
August 22 –
Gene Schattschneider of Algona, Iowa, won the Kossuth Speedway season championship
on Saturday night, thus clinching the point’s championship as well.
Schattschneider held off Denny Hovinga of Lorenz in the 20-lap “A” feature with
Ed Helmers of Algona taking third. Earl Tice of Ames, Iowa, earned fourth and
Arnie Braland of Boone, Iowa, rounded out the top five.
August 22 –
Ernie Derr of Keokuk, Iowa, added to his point total by winning the 200-lap
International Motor Contest Association new model stock car race at the Iowa
State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Saturday afternoon. Derr took the lead on
lap 54, overtaking Irv Janey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the top spot. Keokuk,
Iowa’s Ron Hutcherson would take second place after dueling with Janey for the
last 50 circuits. Janey settled for third followed by Mel Morris of West Liberty,
Iowa, Mike Derr of Keokuk, and Gordon Blankenship of Keokuk. Derr toured the
100-mile race in 1 hour, 32 minutes and 8 seconds, more than two and a half
minutes better than his old mark set in 1967.
August 22 –
A crowd of 13,500 watched Dean Montgomery of Milan, Ill., capture the 25-lap
late model feature at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on
Saturday night. Montgomery pushed his 1969 Chevelle into the lead at the
beginning of the race and was never headed as John Moss of Iowa City, Iowa,
nabbed the runner-up spot and Bill McDonough of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, took third.
In sportsman action, Sonny Morgan of Blue Earth, Minn., took the 15-lap feature
event over Jerry Roberts of Prairie City, Iowa, and Ron Perdock of Washington,
Iowa.
August 23 -
Steady late model pilot Larry Jackson held off hard-charging defending track
champion Don Waldvogel to win the 25-lap feature at Santa Fe Speedway in
Hinsdale, Ill., on Sunday night. Jackson’s seventh feature win of the season
was timed in 6 minutes and 52 seconds. Early pace setter Clem Lewandowski would
finish third followed by Dick Nelson and Danny Albrecht.
August 23 –
Arlo Becker of Atkins, Iowa, came from the back of the field to win the
modified feature in Tipton, Iowa, on Sunday night. Jerry Hull of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, led most of the 20-lap event, but Becker caught him on lap 18 and the two
drivers raced side-by-side for the remaining two circuits with Becker winning
by half a car length as the checkers waved. Stan Woodie of Tipton took third,
Steve Hansen of Wilton Junction, Iowa, was fourth and Wayne Settles of East
Moline, Ill., rounded out the top five finishers.
August 23 –
Ernie Derr of Keokuk, Iowa, played a brief waiting game at the Missouri State
Fairgrounds in Sedalia on Sunday afternoon, and then walked off virtually
unopposed with the laurels in the IMCA late model stock car racing program
before a sellout crowd of 15,000. Derr, starting in the sixth spot, moved up to
challenge pole-sitter Fred Horn of Marion, Iowa, during the early laps, then
took the lead on lap 7 and ran away from the rest of the field, winning
handily. Trailing Derr’s 1970 Charger at the finish was Ron Hutcherson and
Gordon Blankenship, also from Keokuk, Iowa. Horn would loop his 1970 Road
Runner on lap 20, come back from dead last and finish fourth. Derr also set a
new track record in qualifying, touring the one-mile dirt oval in 25.72
seconds.
August 23 –
Bill Wrich of Kennard, Neb., won the “A” feature at Sunset Speedway in Omaha,
Neb., on Sunday night, but Bud Burdick may have scored a bigger triumph before
a crowd of 2,539. The Omaha driver has been second in the point standings all
season long behind Bob Kosiski, also of Omaha, but wrestled the point lead from
him with wins in the trophy dash and heat and finishing second to Wrich in the
feature.
August 23 –
John Connolly of Delhi, Iowa, out dueled Larry Fabris of Sycamore, Ill., to win
the late model feature at Freeport, Ill., on Sunday evening. Fabris was on
Connolly’s tailpipe most of the way but the Iowan was able to fend off each bid
to grab the checkered flag and close the gap in the point’s standings, which
Fabris leads in, 1,150 to 1,040. A crowd estimated at 5,000, watched Connolly
bank $600 for the victory. Don Bohlander of Glasford, Ill., took third,
followed by Joe Shear of South Beloit, Ill., and Arnie Christen of Mineral
Point, Wis.
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