Ramo Stott sips champagne after winning the Coca-Cola 100 at Salem.
Salem, Ind.
(July 7, 1974) – Ramo Stott of Keokuk, Iowa, grabbed the 100-lap United States
Auto Club stock car feature at Salem Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
Stott drove
his Plymouth into the lead on the 68th lap of the 100-lap feature when Larry
Moore, who had led in his Chevelle from lap 11, dropped out of the race.
Stott
averaged better than 79 miles per hour, finishing 13 seconds ahead of Bob
Schippers of Kalamazoo, Mich., who was in his first race on a high-banked
half-mile paved oval.
USAC stock
car point leader Butch Hartman, who qualified his Dodge on the pole with a new
track record of 91.13 miles per hour, stayed in front of the 20-car field
through the first 10 laps.
Norm Nelson
edged out a fading Hartman for third place. Mickey Flora led Don White to the
finish for fifth. All were one lap behind Schippers and the leader.
Don White
took sixth, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, driver Irv Janey finished seventh.
There were
only two cautions, one for a crash involving Ken Rowley and the other for
George Coonrod’s spin. Neither driver was injured.
NASCAR star
Bobby Allison battled handling issue with his Chevelle all day and would
complete only two laps and finish 19th.
Stott was
expected to receive almost $3,000 for the victory out off an estimated $10,000
purse.
A huge
crowd, estimated at 8,000, packed the tiny speedway and were treated to a
sun-drenched afternoon of racing.
1. Ramo Stott
2. Bob Schippers
3. Norm Nelson
4. Butch Hartman
5. Mickey Flora
6. Don White
7. Irv Janey
8. Larry Cope
9. Paul Feldner
10. Harold
Fair
11. Ken
Rowley
12. Steve
Drake
13.
Larry
Moore
14. George
Coonrod
15. Joe
Booher
16. Bobby
Watson
17. Jim
Marshall
18. Cleve
Smith
19. Bobby
Allison
20. Charlie
Glotzbach
Ramo Stott drove Jack Housby's Plymouth to victory at Salem.
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