Bob Schact
Nashville,
Tenn. (October 18, 1981) – Bob Schacht of Lombard, Ill., grabbed the victory in
the Nashville ARCA 100 at Nashville International Raceway.
The event
was moved to Sunday afternoon after the rain washed out the program on Saturday
night. Only the time trials got in under the threatening skies.
The rain
also played havoc for Billie Harvey, the current world record holder in a stock
car. He would set a new track record on Saturday evening with a time of 20.54
seconds, erasing Marvin Smith’s 1979 record of 20.79 seconds.
Harvey had a
commitment to compete in an All-Pro event on Sunday and wasn’t able to race
against the ARCA stars.
This put
Schacht on the pole by virtue second fastest time in qualifying. Schacht led
until lap 51 when he pitted under caution to replace a flat rear right tire.
Chicago’s Bob Dotter, the 1980 ARCA champion, then inherited the lead when the
green flag reappeared.
Dotter,
Smith and 1981 ARCA champ Larry Moyer ran nose to tail for the next 40
circuits, with Schacht slowly making his way back to the front of the field.
On lap 77,
Bobby Jacks blew an engine and took 19-year-old Jerry Bowman with him into the
turn one wall. The red flag was displayed, putting Schacht five cars behind the
leader.
Schacht, who
made his move to get by the next three cars shortly after the red flag period,
moved up on Dotter’s bumper on lap 92. He then moved into the lead when
Dotter’s throttle linkage broke and went on to victory.
A total of
34 cars were on hand.
Results –
1. Bob Schacht
2. Marvin Smith
3. Larry Moyer
4. Scott Stovall
5. Wayne Carden
6. Bill Green
7. David Sisco
8. Larry Smith
9. Bob Dotter
10. Lee
Raymond
11. Jack
Wallace
12. Sandy
Satullo
13. Jerry
Churchill
14. Terry
Stineman
15. Tom
Meinberg
16. Bill
Rasinen
17. George
Wiltshire
18. Charlie
Paxton
19. Steve
Spencer
20. Bobby
Jacks
21. Jerry
Bowman
22. Tom
Hilbert
23. Ned
Tracy
24. Curtis
Payne
25. Tony
Cunningham
26. Jim
Vaughan
27. Gerald
Satterfield
28. Bob
Slawinski
29.
Junior
Tinney
30. Bill
Pack
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