Porsche prevails at Le Mans in dramatic endurance win
Jacky Ickx, Hurley Haywood, and Juergen Barth led Porsche to a 342-lap Le Mans victory after a broken piston threatened a Mirage upset. Dabouille led early for Renault, but a final-hour pit scramble and tireless pace secured Porsche’s 3rd straight win at Sarthe, with 150000 spectators watching the dramatic finish.
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NHRA Champ Muldowney Repeats At Columbus Final
NHRA Top Fuel star Shirley Muldowney repeated as winner at the National Trail Raceway event in Columbus. She clocked 5.078 seconds at 246.22 mph in the final, defeating Clive Skelton of England who ran 6.137 seconds at 22.42 mph. Pickett won Funny Car, Nicholson claimed Pro Stock, Boggs topped Camp, and several others earned eliminator honors. Muldowney extended her lead in the Winston World Points Standings as she gears toward the season title.
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Indianapolis
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Natl Snyder
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Wiedenmeyers win Equitable tennis title in Oakland area
Rolf and Monica Wiedenmeyer of Castro Valley edged Stephanie and Brad Schall of Pleasanton 64 61 in the Oakland Area Equitable Family Tennis Challenge final at Tanglewood Racquet Club. The victors earn a spot at the Northern California Sectional on August 9 at the San Francisco Tennis Club, with the national event near Forest Hills in September. The third year event drew 31 teams. Schalls reached finals by default, while the Weidenmeyers recovered from a earlier round loss.
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Piedmont
Rutherford wins Rex May's Classic in slowest pace since 1952
Johnny Rutherford, from Fort Worth, Texas, claimed victory at State Fair Park in Milwaukee aboard an eight-cylinder McLaren-Cosworth, despite a track ruined by oil spills and seven yellow flags. Robby Unser led early, with Sneva a late challenger before Rutherford regained the lead on lap 107. Sneva finished second, Al Unser third, Mosley fourth, and Carter fifth amid a race plagued by accidents and engine failures.
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Hayward High Tops East Bay Baseball Poll
Hayward High earned the top East Bay ranking after a 21-6 season, sweeping the North Coast Section tournament to the final day. The Farmers won the Verl Thornock Memorial Tournament and posted a five game shutout streak in the NCL tourney before falling to Redwood in the final.
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Accident halts Sallaz at Golden West Invitational
In Sacramento local prep standout Leandro Hig Vernon SoWaz was injured in a car crash in San Francisco Friday and did not compete at the Golden War Invitational. Coach Bob Hidalgo said Sallarsauffuring from muscle spasm and bruised ribs barely escaped more serious harm, while the earlier State Meat event nine days earlier showed a fine time of 1152.6.
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Falconer Lifters win three of four in Northern California league
In a weekend travel league soft ball run, the Falconer Lifters took three of four games. They beat Sunnyvale Bandits 2 1 and 4 0 in a doubleheader, and topped Chico Peppers 10 0 in the second game while dropping the opener 0 1 to Chico. Donna Peirano pitched a one hitter for Chico, while Lynne Justine provided the Lifters’ lone hit in that game. Cheryl Jones and Gail Berndt starred for Falconer in different games, with Berndt earning the win in Saturday’s opener and Jones pitching a four hitter in Sunday’s win.
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Jone
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Peirano
Lynne Justine
Peppers
LaVerna Nixon
Falconer
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Linda Nichols
Gail Berndt
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