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Things Have ImprovedFor David PearsonBy ItLOYS BRITT Associated Press Racine WilierDOVER. Del lt;AP — David Pearson. (be holiest driver in slock car racing for the moment, likes la recall his growing up days in a South Carolina mill village,Wo wore so poor we had lo oat gravy without any meal in il, he says. I’d say .things have improved n bil since then.Indeed they have, lie puis Grade A meat in his gravy now.The 38-ycar-old resident of Spartanburg, S.C.. graying and matured from whai he admits were some rough days making my way up.” won his sixth race in his Iasi seven start* Sunday, healing Calc Yarborough by a comfortable lit seconds In Ihc Mason Dixon 500 al Dover.Tie victory was worth $13325 lo Pearson and it boosted his season’s take to $II5,»5. For l he record, he’s Just SW.120 short of joining Itichard Petty as Hm only stock ear driver ever to accumulate $1 million in career winnings.Pearson’s 500-mile average was 110 075 miles nor inn-.rrules to reduce cars like Pearson’s.Pearson led Ihe Dover chase through most of thd final 400 miles and held a lead of eight seconds over Yarborough with 86 6 one mile laps remaining.. But Yarborough goimil Ihe lead during a pit stop and Pearson entertained the crowd ol more than 30,COO by overtaking his Chevrolet-driving op-poent and adding lo his advantage as Ihe race waned away.Bobby Allison, last year's top money winner with $214,000 came in third in a Chevrolet. Petty was fourth In a Dodge and Cecil Cordon was fifth in a Chevrolet.At Monle Carlo, Jackie Slcw-ari recorded his 251 h Grand Prix triumph in winning Ihe 3lst Monaco Crand Pm on Sunday.Slewart, driving a Tyrcll-Ford, look the lead on ihe eighth lap of the 78-lap race and held on lo finish ahead of fasi-closing Emerson FiUipaldt of Hrard in a .IPS l.olus The Scottish driver’s time was i:57:H3 for an average speed of *0.96 m.p.h.Ronnie Peterson of Sweden was third followed by Francois Cevcrt of France.South African rookie Jody Scheckter withstood a furious challenge by English veteran Brian Redman to win the $00,-00© Mid-Ohio LM Formula 5000 road race at Lexington, Ohio.Schecklcr, driving a Trojan T101, w on by almost One Second and led all Ihe way except for one brief stretch in the final lap. It was Sehecktcr’s third straight victory in the nine-race series.The young South African I raveled tiro ICO miles in 1:32:03 stconds and averaged 96.70B m.p.h.Jody Ridley dominated (ho Held in winning the Per mutex 200 stock car race, leading the iwck 155 laps of the aolap race, al Byron, Ga.Ridley, or Dalfon Ga. drove Ins Ford lo ll»c Si .500 first prbe over Sam McQuagg of Columbus Ga. ui Ihe National Association of Stock Ca Automobile H acing-sanclioncd event lor drivers m the hue model. sportsman class.Ron Bouchard of Fitchburg, Mass. drove his Pinto to a 10-lenglh victory in the $13,030 Pa-rodi Cigars Modified Sportsman Race of Champions at Mount Pocono, Pa.The 24-year-oM driver took the lead Shortly after Ihe blst lap and never relinquished it, averaging 71.9 m.p.hRichard Evans of Rome, N'.Y. was second in the flotd of S$ starters and Ed Flemke of Southington, Conn., finished third.Geoff Perry was declared the winner over Kcl Carrolhers after a photo finish in Ihc 75-' mile Kawasaki Dixie National Championship motorcycle race at Flowery Branch, Ga.Perry, of Santa Fc Springs. Calif., beat Carrutliers across He finish line by less than a foot. Perry was aboard a Su-uiki while Carruthers. of San Diego, Calif rode a Yamaha.. lUcimnMiVSi '- '’i',..a f,.r *.« I'« ti.l l.ip uiimltuMini klt;nninihc« MfWaui*«.-i (•» I .van, ,„ ite in,s.mihui I.*Ilt; i„ I-,- ti«n,ui,i.-di ;vn,k ftSStSn 1,1 0 '“iliniuiul
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Mon, Jun 04, 1973
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