Petty Eyes Second Million After Dixie 500 Win
AP Auto Racing writer reports Rich ard Petty, now a three time millionaire, aims to double his earnings in five years after winning the Dixie 500 and lifting career prize money to 1,018,203. He notes his father Lee Petty raced 11 years to 42 and predicts he can race as long as his father. Foyt and Unser have also surpassed one million in prize money.
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al Unser
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Clay Regazzoni
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Jacky Ickx
Petty Wins Dixie 500 at Atlanta in Photo Finish
Richard Petty drives the Dixie 500 at Atlanta International Raceway in 3 hours 52 minutes at 129.061 mph, earning $20,560 for first as Bob Allison finishes a car length back. The race tightens season totals with Petty at 15th win of the year and $199,295 in earnings. Benny Parsons places third followed by Charlie Glotzbach and Friday Hassler.
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Hueytown
Ala
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Benny Parsons
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Charlie Glotzbach
Chevrolet
Friday Hassler
C.R. Legion Caps 6-2 Win Over Quincy in Prep Tuneup
Cedar Rapids Legion baseball toppled Quincy 6-2 as they eye the state tourney in Burlington. Key early offense came on Brad Trickey double and hits by Steve Stumpff and Dan Streitner, with two errors aiding the frame. Jon Brase drove in two with a third inning single after bases loaded rally in the second.
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Triple Play
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Astros
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Expos
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Chicago
Mets
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Jim Hickman
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Roger Freed
Rinderknecht Wins Jumping in Iowa Ski Meet
Keith Rinderknecht and Tom Gatto from Cedar Rapids finished first and second in the men s jumping at the Iowa closed water ski competition at Hartwick lake. Hartwick lake won the traveling team trophy with Carterlake and Dubuque runners up. Dan Ford and Tim Ford of Marion dominated junior boys jumping, with Tim placing third in junior boys slalom.
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Iowa City
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Rileys Score Father Son Win at Indian Creek Tourney
Pat and Leo Riley won a playoff over Jim and Steve Howard to capture the Indian Creek Country Club father son championship. The Riley team and Howard team both posted 40s, while other divisions saw Hyduk and Wahlt, McPartland Jr., Rose, and Nemec families win respective age groups and mother daughter titles. A three man teams event produced two co winning 59 scores by Verba Spaight Renfer and Twaddle Le Grand Kirsch.
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Doris Nemec
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Bernadette Hahn
Indian Creek
Willard Verba
Jim Spaight
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Dick Kirsch
Colby Leads Twin Pines Amateur Qualifiers at Twin Pines
Dan Colby shot 72 Sunday at Twin Pines to post a two day total of 142 and lead the seven qualifiers for The Gazette City Amateur golf tournament. He held a one stroke edge over Mike Hall and a three stroke lead over Mark Wagner and Herb Dorsey. Harold Bruner Jim Hodges Jr and Jesse Goin also qualified. In the concurrent Twin Pines Summer Amateur, Glenn Kerres defeated Bob Konsdorf in a sudden death playoff after both finished 140. Kerres birdied the third hole to win with Wil son one stroke back at 141.
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Herb Dorsey
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Dodgers win 11 inning thriller over Reds on interference play
The Dodgers beat Cincinnati 5-4 in 11 innings as Manny Mota stole home after catcher interference on Willie Crawford, with Bench and Sparky Anderson protesting. The game featured two interference calls, a balk charged to the pitcher, and RBI for the batter. Giants stretch NL West lead while Cubs, Pirates split.
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Pan Am rowing and Cuba upset loom in sports notes
USA rowing eyes two to three golds in events including doubles and UW eight as wind delays push events to Monday. A rare setback for the USA basketball collegiate club comes from Cuban star Pedro Chappe who outplayed Marquette’s Jim Chones.
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Tom Dooly
U.S
University of Washington
Jim Cudger
East Texas State
United States
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Pedro Chappe
Jim Chones
Marquette
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