Jan Opperman led from start to finish at Topeka.
Topeka, Kan.
(September 6, 1969) – Jan Opperman, driving the Bill Smith 4x, was an easy
winner on Saturday in the first of two days of IMCA sprint car racing at the
Mid America Fair.
Opperman of
Hayward, Calif., starting on the outside of the front row, took the lead at the
drop of the green flag and was never seriously challenged during the 25-lap
event.
Dick
Sutcliffe of Greenwood, Mo., finished second, Jay Woodside of Kansas City was
third, Don Mack of East Grand Forks, Minn., took fourth and Eddie Leavitt of
Kearney, Mo., rounded out the top five.
In the day’s
only mishap, Buzz Rose of Lemita, Calif., hit the spun-out car of Joe Saldana
of Lincoln, Neb., flipped high in the air, then barrel-rolled over and over
down the steel guardrail. Taken to an area hospital, Rose was reported to have
sustained a skull fracture and several broke vertebrae.
Results –
Fast time –
Buzz Rose, Lemita, Calif. – 24.50
Trophy dash
– Jan Opperman, Hayward, Calif.
First heat –
Jay Woodside, Kansas City
Second heat
– Ron Perkins, Bethalto, Ill.
Third heat –
Dave Ross, Jetmore, Kan.
Consolation
– Darl Harrison, Tiffin, Ohio
Feature –
1. Jan Opperman
2. Dick Sutcliffe, Greenwood, Mo.
3. Jay Woodside
4. Don Mack, East Grand Forks, Minn.
5. Eddie Leavitt, Kearney, Mo.
6. Dave Ross
7. Bill Utz, Sedalia, Mo.
8. Chuck Lynch, Springfield, Ill.
9. Darl Harrison
10. Chuck
Kidwell, Harvard, Neb.
11. Stan
Borofsky, Kansas City
12. Johnny
Babb, Ottumwa, Iowa
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