Oskaloosa,
Iowa (June 9, 1976) – Ed Sanger of Waterloo, Iowa, collected the $1,000
first-place money in the late model super stock second annual Pepsi-Mountain
Dew Special at the Mahaska County Fairgrounds on Wednesday night.
Sanger
started on the front row alongside Curt Hansen of Dike, Iowa. Hansen took the
initial lead and led the first two laps before Sanger made his move. Sanger
would spend the next 48 circuits fighting off multiple challenges by Hansen
before taking the checkered flag.
The win at
Oskaloosa would mark Sanger’s sixth win in the last eight days of racing. The
win streak started a week ago on the very same track.
Hansen would
settle for runner-up honors while Duane Steffe of Colona, Ill., moved his way
through the field to take third. Breathing down Steffe’s neck most of the way
was Joe Merryfield of Des Moines until lap 44, when “Injun Joe” was forced to
pit with a left front smoking wheel. Bill Beckman of Lisbon, Iowa, would finish
fourth followed by Darrel Dake of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Hansen set
the fastest time of the 39 entries, with a 24.06 second mark on the big
half-mile. He would also capture the trophy dash.
Bill
Zwanziger of Waterloo, Iowa, captured the first heat, Jerry Wancewicz of Omaha,
making his first-ever appearance at the speedway, captured the second heat and
consolation event. Glen Martin of Independence, Iowa, scored the win in the
third heat and Dick Schiltz of Waterloo, Iowa, earned the victory in the fourth
heat.
Results –
1. Ed Sanger, Waterloo, Iowa
2. Curt Hansen, Dike, Iowa
3. Duane Steffe, Colona, Ill.
4. Bill Beckman, Lisbon, Iowa
5. Darrel Dake, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
6. Bill Zwanziger, Waterloo, Iowa
7. Ron Prymek, Iowa City, Iowa
8. Roger Dolan, Lisbon, Iowa
9. Bob Helm, Andalusia, Ill.
10. Dan
Dickey, Packwood, Iowa
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