West Allis,
Wis. (May 1, 1980) – Things almost went too smoothly for Mark Martin during his
victory in Sunday’s third annual Superamerica 150-mile American Speed
Association Circuit of Champions late model stock car race at Wisconsin State
Fair Park Speedway.
Thanks to a
quicker than expected tire change on lap 73, Martin was forced to make another
pit stop for fuel 15 miles later and when he returned to the track, the
defending and two-time division driving king found 24 cars between himself and
race leader Alan Kulwicki.
However,
despite three late caution periods, Martin guided his Camaro through the pack
to take the lead from Dick Trickle on lap 137 and went on to record his second
ASA victory of the year.
For his
efforts the Batesville, Ark., native pocketed $6,000 of a record $40,000 purse,
contributed to by a crowd of 15,096.
Mike Miller,
who placed second to Trickle in last year’s Superamerica 150, passed four
opponents in the final eight miles to finish second, two seconds behind Martin.
Bob Senneker
passed Trickle with less than two laps remaining to take third, while Trickle
settled for fourth, ahead of Bob Strait, Dave Watson and Mike Eddy. The top 13
finishers all completed the event’s full 150-mile distance.
Martin
started the weekend by shattering Randy Sweet’s year-old track qualifying
record of 31.217 seconds (115.322 mph) with a 30.476 second (118.125 mph) tour
of the one-mile paved oval on Saturday, to earn thee pole starting berth for
Sunday’s race.
Results –
1. Mark Martin
2. Mike Miller
3. Bob Senneker
4. Dick Trickle
5. Bob Strait
6. Dave Watson
7. Mike Eddy
8. Ray Young
9. Bob Sensiba
10. Alan
Kulwicki
11. Don
Gregory
12. Butch
Miller
13. Ted
Musgrave
14. Mike
Opperman
15. Ken
Harrison
16. Johnny
McPartlin
17. John
Martin
18. Ken
Lund
19. Fred
Bender
20. Steve
Seligman
21. Bill
Venturini
22. Jim
Grazanna
23. Tom
Jones
24. Ryl
Magoon
25. Bob
Williams
26. Jeep
Pflum
27. Ed
Hoffman
28. Pat
Schauer
29. Rick
Carelli
30.
Willie
Goeden
31. Billy
Kuhn
32. Harold
Scott
33. Dave
Jensen
34. Steve
Burgess
35. Dennis
Vogel
36. Tom
Reffner
37.
Joe
Shear
38. Randy
Sweet
39. Larry
Detjens
40. Al
Schill
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