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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1977
Page
11
The feature notes NASCAR drivers faces unseen scars from racing. Richard Petty cites no visible wounds while others show hearing loss and neck strain from high speed superspeedways. Drivers like Pearson Baker and Hylton discuss muffled hearing and long term effects.
Neil Bonnett nabbed pole position at Wilkes County speedway ahead of Cale Yarborough with the Wilkes 400 set to begin. Yarborough will start near the front as the 1970s era stock car showdown heats up in North Wilkesboro.
Johnny Rutherford in a Cosworth powered McLaren M24 captured the pole for Sundays Jimmy Bryan 150 at Phoenix International Raceway with an average speed of 142.236 mph, narrowly ahead of Gordon Johncock who ran 143.713 mph the track record, as Mario Andretti Tom Sneva and Al Unser faced strong Cosworth competition for the Indy cars race.
Watson sits four strokes ahead after shaky rounds by rivals. Cable, Crenshaw, Nicklaus, and Pate trail as final round looming. Irwin, Green, and Sneed compete closely while Edwards and others fall back. Weather mild, greens tough on the course with 66 and 68 rounds shaping the field.
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