Des
Moines, Iowa (June 22, 1968) – Ole Brua of Albert Lea, Minn., won the 25-lap
late model stock car feature at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday night.
Carl
Vander Wal of Ames grabbed his third consecutive sportsman win before 4,473
race fans, the largest crowd of the season.
Brua,
who started in the second row with a 1968 Ford Fairlane, took the lead on the
very first lap and dashed away from the rest of the field. Darrel Dake of Cedar
Rapids took second, Verlin Eaker of Mechanicsville claimed third and Tom
Hughes, Monticello, grabbed the fourth spot.
By
the time Dake had taken the second spot 10 laps in, Brua had a quarter-lap lead
and he maintained that margin to the end.
In
the sportsman main event, Vander Wal started 12th in the 13-car field and
powered his 1956 Chevrolet to an easy victory. Roger McWilliams of Des Moines
finished second.
Lee
Pinckney of Des Moines was involved in a spectacular crash in the sportsman first
heat. His 1957 Chevrolet rolled six times, and then smashed into a concrete
wall. Pinckney walked away unhurt.
Lem
Blankenship of Keokuk, Iowa, hit a loose wheel sending his car into the backstretch
wall. He too, was unhurt.
Results
–
Sportsman
Feature:
1.
Carl
Vander Wal, Ames
2.
Roger
McWilliams, Des Moines
3.
Don
Hoffman, Des Moines
4.
Fred
Knapp, Des Moines
5.
Chuck
Berg, Des Moines
Late
Model Feature:
1.
Ole
Brua, Albert Lea, Minn.
2.
Darrell
Dake, Cedar Rapids
3.
Verlin
Eaker, Mechanicsville
4.
Tom
Hughes, Monticello
5.
Roger
Dolan, Lisbon
6.
Ray
Guss, Milan, Ill.
7.
Fred
Horn, Marion
8.
John
Connolly, Delhi
9.
Matt
Moro, Des Moines
10. Roland
Wilson, Bedford
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