Bruce Gould
New Bremen ,
Ohio
Ron Hutcherson, the only other driver to finish on the same
lap as Gould, finished second to wrap up the season point championship. A.
Arnold, the only other driver with a chance to overtake Hutcherson for the
point lead in the ARCA championship finale, was knocked out of contention early
when he was involved in the most serious on-track accident of the day.
Bobby Watson, who started on the outside of the front row,
led from the second lap until he blew a tire in the third turn on lap 108, and
hit the guardrail. Arnold
The most spectacular accident of the day, however, occurred
in the pit area after John Sellers, whose car had been backfiring, drove in for
a pit stop. Sellers’ car was put on a jack to change a tire while his crew
began to refuel the machine while it was still running.
The car backfired again while the fuel was being poured,
causing a fire. No one was injured but it took more than an hour for the race
to continue because all of the speedway fire extinguishing equipment was used
up and more had to be obtained.
Fourth place finisher Mike Johnson, who received some relief
driving from Jack Shanklin, was disqualified and moved back to last place for
running oversized tires.
Results –
- Bruce Gould
- Ron Hutcherson
- Dave Dayton
- Cliff Hamm
- Delmar Clark
- Eddie Tearman
- Ralph Young
- Iggy Katona
- Wayne Trinkle
- Bill Jackson
- Bill Clemons
- Jim Osgar
- Johnny Banks
- Tom Culbertson
- Ed Richardsville
- John Sellers
- Danny Dean
- Wayne Watercutter
- Bobby Watson
- A. Arnold
- Kenny Kirby
- Jack Shanklin
- Jeff Faber
- Bob Thomas
- Jim Yates
- N.D. Copley
- Tony Schiller
- Gen Smith
- Kenny Black
- Ross Smith
- Grant Wilmont
- Bobby Sands
- Jim Clark
- Mike Johnson
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