Ed Sanger, Waterloo, Iowa, accepts the trophy from Darby Orange (left) and Judi Becker (right) after winning the late model feature at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on Wednesday night, May 17, 1972. — Beetle Bailey Photo
Sanger,
driving a Chevy, took the lead from Bill Martin on the tenth lap of the 20-lap
race; Martin of Council Bluffs managed to hold off a hard-changing John Moss
and Sanger thru the first half of the face.
Moss,
of Iowa City , was right on Sanger’s bumper when the
two cars crossed the finish line. Martin came home a good third ahead of Bill
Zwanziger of Waterloo .
Ramo Stott of Keokuk and Ron Hemsted of Lone Tree were fifth and sixth
respectively.
The
drivers were so anxious that the red flag came twice before one lap was even
completed. The first when several cars bunched up in the second turn and second
when Ramo Stott went off the backstretch.
George
Barton of Ankeny ,
in his first appearance here this year, captured the 15-lap semi-main. Barton
took the lead on the sixth lap from Jerry Roberts of Prairie City ,
who had led the first five laps. Roberts then held the second spot in a
three-car bottle with Roger Kruse and Phil Reece. After a mix-up on the last
lap that involved a little fender bending, Karl Sanger took second followed by
Reece, Kruse, Tim McDonough and Larry Wasserfort.
Bill
Beckman took the third heat with a good-sized lead over second place Stott. Ron
Hemsted managed to win the fourth heat by holding off Ed Sanger and Dave Chase
of Council Bluffs .
Sanger and Chase were breathing down Hemsted’s tail pipe all the way.
The
race was halted on the seventh lap when Mike Niffenegger, Don Hoffman and Chase
tangled in the fourth turn. As they were coming out of the turn, Niffenegger
became airborne and flipped wildly down the front straight landing upside down
just past the flagman. On his first twisting flip in the air Niffenegger hit
the top of the fence post in front of the grandstand, breaking it, but luckily,
he didn't go over or thru the fence.
Even
those fans that come to see wrecks applauded enthusiastically and heaved a huge
sigh of relief when Mike crawled out of the demolished car. Mike received leg
and neck injuries, not believed to be serious.
Ed
Baker of Norwalk
repeated his win of last week when he took the checkered flag for the Sportsman
feature victory. Ed Osborn was second followed by Skip Gray of Ottumwa . Tom Johnson of Eldon brought out the
red flag when he went sailing thru the third turn outside guard rails. Those
steel rails just flew as Johnson plowed thru. He was uninjured in the mishap.
John
Moss took over the point lead with 1,010 points. Ed Sanger has 985 and Don
Hoffman, 880.
Results –
FIRST
HEAT: 1. Bill Martin, Council Bluffs ;
2. John Moss, Iowa City ;
3. Bill Zwanziger, Waterloo ;
4. Curt Hansen, Dike.
SECOND
HEAT: 1. Chris Maurer, Colfax; 2. Bill Newman, Burlington ; 3. Ron Prymek, Iowa City ; 4. Red Droste, Waterloo .
THIRD
HEAT: 1. Bill Beckman, Lisbon ;
2. Ramo Stott, Keokuk; 3. Ron Perdock ,
Washington ; 4. Randy Sterner, Blair , Nebr.
FOURTH
HEAT: 1. Ron Hemsted, Lone Tree; 2. Ed Sanger, Waterloo ; 3. Dave Chase, Council Bluffs ; 4. Joe Merryfield, Des Moines .
FEATURE
(20 laps): 1. Ed Sanger, 2. John Moss, 3. Bill Martin, 4. Bill Zwanziger, 5.
Ramo Stott, 6. Ron Hemsted, 7.
Bill Newman, 8. Dave Chase, 9. Red Droste, 10. Curt Hansen.
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