Nolan Johncock took the lead on
the first lap only to have a belt break on the fifth lap forcing him to drop
out of the race. Harrison took over and held
the lead until Gaines went by in his yellow roadster.
On the ninth lap the race was
red flagged when Don Hewitt broke a wheel going into turn three. He sailed into
the guardrail sending tires into the air along with a big ball of fire. He
suffered a few minor burns.
On the restart Harrison took a big lead. Traffic slowed him up however
giving Gaines the break he needed. The old veteran Benny Rapp was third with
Dutch Wilkerson fourth and Ed Angle coming in fifth.
Heat wins went to Rapp, Nolan Johncock and Mike
Johnson while Rapp won the trophy dash.
Darl Harrison recorded fast
time for the afternoon with a clocking of 17.19 seconds around the half-mile
oval. The time turned in by Harrison was
faster than the track record for IMCA.
The trophy dash was record time
also. Johnny White holds the IMCA record for 5
laps at 1.30.87. Rapp’s time was 1.28.68.
The feature was not recorded because
of the red flag.
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