Wednesday, September 25, 2024

1965 - Liebe Wins Tunis Season Championship



Chub Liebe of Oelwein accepts the season championship trophy from Rae Lynne Findley of Waterloo after winning the 75-lap feature and the $500 check that went with it.



Waterloo, Iowa (September 25, 1965) – Chub Liebe of Oelwein, taking over when Verlin Eaker of Blooming Prairie, Minn., dropped out because of engine trouble on the 36th lap, won the 75-lap season championship at Tunis Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

Charlie Moffitt of Stanwood came in second in the thrice postponed event that formally closed the racing season at the quarter-mile speed plant. Dick Krafka of Dysart finished third.

The crowd was officially listed at 4,019 with 818 paid plus 3,201 rain checks from the card that was rained out three Sundays ago.


Results –


1. Chub Liebe, Oelwein
2. Charlie Moffitt, Stanwood
3. Dick Krafka, Dysart
4. Gale Card, Waterloo
5. Joe Wurst, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
6. Tony Conrad, Greene
7. Roger Kruse, Independence
8. Bob Hilmer, Dysart
9. Dave Noble, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
10.Bill Zwanziger, Waterloo



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