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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1971

Page

11

Indy Trials See McLarens Dominate Front Row at 55th Race

Reyson leads as three McLarens win top spots in the 55th SCG-1 mile trials at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Hevsin secures pole with 178.096 mph four-lap average, Donohue and Hulme also fast, Penske’s Revson car in front row, with Unser, Foyt, and Andretti close behind.

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Impound Tires Until Race Completion At Indianapolis

A dispute among USAC, Firestone, and Goodyear led to impounding tires used in May qualifiers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The tires will be held as control tires until after a protest period, with independent lab testing planned to verify rule compliance. The groups agreed to meet again before the Indianapolis 400 to discuss a standard tire rule for 500-mile races at Indianapolis, Ontario, Calif, and Pocono.

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Woodside Tops Sprint Feature at Marion County Fairgrounds

Jerry Woodside of Kansas City Missouri won the trophy dash and the 25 lap supermodified feature at Marion County fair grounds Saturday night. In the heat Eddie Lear Will spun. Dan Droud hit the wall and suffered a possible concussion. Woodside led from the start in the feature with Ray Lee Goodwin moving to second on lap 22 and Dik Sutcliffe finishing third.

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Tietae Boats Claim Cedar River Victory in Iowa Races

Hawkeye Stock Outboard Assn races on the Cedar River Cedar Rapids Sunday drew several hundred spectators. Victor Hank Tietge of Walker won the class B stock hydro division and placed third in B out board hydro. Norm DeRoche of Peoria upset in warmups but was uninjured. Bill Law of Cedar Rapids upset in warmups and blew engines in two other classes.

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Mets Pitcher Gary Gentry Suspended After Incident

Pittsburgh AP report states New York Met Gary Gentry was fined 150 dollars and suspended three days by the National League for allegedly shoving umpire Shag Crawford during a game with the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday night.

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Charipar Pokes Two Homers in Cedar Hills Win

Brian Charipar belted two home runs and three other hits to lead Cedar Hills Barbershop to a 20-2 victory over Edgewood 66 in a Minor league baseball opener. Teammates Tyler Van Horbenk, Randy Kern and Norm Young combined on a two hitter while Guy Condon and Bobby Frett added the losers’ hits.

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Bears Add Four to Roster and Go Karts Result

CHICAGO Bears expand roster with four new players including Lester McClain a notable No 0 draft pick from Tennessee. McClain a 6 3 197 pound Nashville native becomes first black player in the Southern Conference. Also signed are Billy Bob Barnett from Texas A M Gary Scrivner from Willamette College and Dave Salmons from California State University. In Milwaukee Eric Jensen from Cedar Rapids placed third in open fight and second in stock light enduro go kart events at the state fair track over weekend with 242 entries. Robin Goelisch of C Ro and Steve Gyel of CR also posted top finishes in open classes.

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Oaks Squander Five-Run Lead in Loss to Indianapolis

DES MOINES Iowa Sunday Town Oaks blew a five run edge and lost 8 7 to the Indianapolis Indians. Jim Qualls drove in three for the Indians as they rallied with six seventh inning runs aided by two Iowa errors. Bobby Brooks knocked in two for Iowa in a late attempt to rebound after a 6 2 setback Saturday.

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Unconscious Withdraws From Belmont Stakes

New York AP reports Unconscious, a 10th place Derby finisher, is scratched from the Belmont Stakes due to a left knee hip fracture. Dr Mark Gerard says the 3 year old California bred may heal in time for future races.

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Del Long Wins Indeo Race at Independence Meet

Cedar Rapids driver Del Long captured the feature event in the Une iintstock special races at Independence Sunday. Maggie Andrews from C. Bi. won the women's feature. The 15 lap race was halted after 12 laps when Patty Bentley of Fairfax spun out and retired.

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No. 7 Feature Wins at Independence Saturday Night

Sanger U I Elralth and Judy Finlay headline a Cedar Replie meet with No. 7 feature win at Independence. Roser Zemen takes seventh straight feature while Ghuek Demur, Gerty Of and Susiany Winthene also post strong showings amid a young season.

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Eagle on 18 seals Palmer LPGA win in Las Vegas

San da Palmer surged from tenth to fourth in the LPGA standings after making an eagle on the par five 18th at the Desert Inn. She closed with a two under par 71 for a 280 total and $10,000 prize. Donna Caponi shot 74 to finish second, while Sandra Streibert earned $6,000 with her 207 strokes.

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Riessen Wins Iran Singles Title at Arymehr Cup

Manly Riessen of Evanston Illinois defeated John Alexander of Australia 7 6 6 1 6 7 6 to capture the Iran singles crown with the Arymehr Cup presented by the Shah. The doubles final saw Any Roche and John Newcombe of Australia beat Ray Tinells and Bob Carmichael 6 4 6 2.

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