Michigan's Johnny White led start to finish at Winchester.
Winchester,
Ind. (June 23, 1963) – Johnny White proved he is “King of the High Banks” in
IMCA as he took his third straight feature win on Sunday afternoon on the
famous high-banked half-mile Winchester Speedway.
White,
starting on the outside of the front row alongside Red Amick, shot his
Weinberger Homes Chevrolet ahead of Amick’s Fetter Aluminum Chevy in the first
turn and was never headed.
Running
smoothly the entire 30 laps, White took over 30 seconds off Bob King’s record
set exactly one year ago. White’s time was 9 minutes and 17 seconds - a new IMCA
record but it did not erase the 30-lap record held by USAC star Roger McCluskey
of 9 minutes and 14 seconds.
Amick was
able to keep his sights on White as he finished second in his second outing
since coming out of a two-year retirement. Coming up from his sixth starting
position was Norman Brown as Gordon Woolley came from eighth to finish fourth.
Jim McCune rounded out the top five finishers.
Amick topped
the 30-car field in qualifications with an 18.06 second lap. White spun on his
first qualifying lap but came back with an 18.07 clocking on the second lap as
14 cars topped the 18-second bracket.
Bob Coulter
was the busiest driver during qualifying as he first took the Altfater Offy
only to blow a rod through the side, then the Altfater Chevy lost oil pressure
for him and he ended up in Speedy Helm’s Chevy to make the show.
A crowd of
over 4,500 saw a good safe show as the yellow flags weren’t needed as the only
spins were both by White, in warmups and qualifying.
Results –
Heat #1 –
Red Amick
Heat #2 –
Johnny White
Heat #3 –
Al Smith
Trophy Dash
– Johnny White
Semi-Main –
Don Friend
Feature –
1. Johnny White
2. Red Amick
3. Norman Brown
4. Gordon Woolley
5. Jim McCune
6. Bob Coulter
7. Tom McClellan
8. Vern Schmidt
9. Ed Molketin
10. Don Brown
11. Tex Shackelford
12. Dick Atkins
13. Bud Randall
14. Don Friend
15. Nolan Johncock
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