Terre Haute,
Ind. (August 5, 1979) – Bubby Jones continued his domination of USAC sprint car
races at the Terre Haute Action Track Sunday afternoon, by guiding his Siebert
Olds racer to victory in the division’s 40-lap main event.
The win was
Jones’ fourth in the circuit’s last five features at the track. His only
non-winning performance during that time came in last May’s Hulman Classic,
when he flipped his mount while leading the race.
Jones
started Sunday’s main event from the 12th starting spot on the grid, after
timing in only 12th fastest and finishing third in his heat.
Polesitter
Billy Cassella jumped into the lead at the start and held the top spot until
Paul Pitzer, the fastest qualifier, took over. Cassella regained the
front-running position on the fourth go-round, but two laps later, Pitzer was
back in front.
Jones moved
into the lead on lap 19 and Dana Carter, who started on the outside of row two,
pulled into second place on the following circuit.
However,
Carter’s hopes ended on lap 35, when he spun, allowing Gary Bettenhausen to
claim the runner-up spot.
Although
Bettenhausen appeared ready to seriously challenge Jones for the lead a couple
of times, he was unable to improve his position and settled for second place.
Results –
1. Bubby Jones
2. Gary Bettenhausen
3. Paul Pitzer
4. Tom Bigelow
5. Larry Rice
6. Jerry Weeks
7. Greg Leffler
8. Dana Carter
9. Rich Vogler
10. Steve
Chassey
11. Jeff
Bloom
12. Mack
McClellan
13. Gary
Gray
14. Chuck
Gurney
15. Billy
Cassella
16. Bruce
Walkup
17. Sheldon
Kinser
18. Bob
East
19. Junior
Parkinson
20. Duke
Cook
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