Don Nordhorn
Winchester,
Ind. (July 28, 1968) – Pete Wales owns the world-famous Winchester high-banked,
half-mile speed plant but if IMCA and Don Nordhorn show up many more times, the
ownership may change hands.
Nordhorn,
the 34-year-old speed veteran from Wadesville, Ind., took home everything but
the track from the IMCA-sanctioned and National Speedways, Inc., supervised IMCA
sprint car show on Sunday afternoon for the second straight time this summer.
The fastest
qualifier for the day with a one-lap time of 17.73 seconds in his own #52
Chevy-powered sprinter, Nordhorn tasted defeat only once, in his 8-lap heat
race before capturing the 5-lap STP handicap and then turning in a ridiculously
easy triumph in the 30-lap main event.
Starting on
the pole, the veteran of 14 years of speed activity, coasted home by nearly one
full lap ahead of Darl Harrison of Tiffin, Ohio.
Harrison won
a spirited three-car battle with Dave Weir in the #3 Speed Helms Chevy and
Claire Lawicki in the #36 Stahl Brothers Chevrolet for second-place money and
Weir grabbed show cash by a car length over Lawicki.
Weir was
running second and Lawicki third until they got snarled in slower traffic on
lap 20 and Harrison snuck by both of them for second place.
The feature
was red-flagged after only three circuits when Jack O’Donnell, driving the #28
Spencer Buick, hit the turn four wall and spun approximately 140 feet down the
front straightaway before stopping directly underneath the flagman’s stand.
O’Donnell
jumped from his sprinter and climbed the protective fence while starter Woody
Brinkman brought the field to a halt. O’Donnell escaped uninjured and thee race
was resumed as soon as his car was towed to the infield.
Results –
1. Don Nordhorn
2. Darl Harrison
3. Dave Weir
4. Claire Lawicki
5. Buzz Gregory
6. Curly Boyd
7. Cliff Cockrum
8. Ralph Parkinson
9. Benny Rapp
10. Bernie Graybeal
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