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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1976
Page
14
Smokey Joe's Softball Queen won the Silver Valley Civitan invitational in Denton by beating Burlington House of Lexington 20-5 for the title. Jamie Snyder led hitters, Linda Prince earned best defensive honors, and Trotters Sports Marina collected the sportsmanship trophy.
Sam Ard of Asheboro won the Late Model Division at Caraway Speedway on a Saturday night, defeating Junior Johnson and “Slick” Johnson of Florence, SC who finished second and third. Dickie Linville of Kernersville placed fourth, ahead of Charles Moody of Asheboro. In Limited Sportsman, Gurney Routh held first with Mickey York and Wayne Grubb following. Charles Lamberth and Kenneth Hill were fourth and fifth. In Street Division Lexington’s Farrell Gurley won, with Sterling Fox and Leon Wood finishing second and third. Tony Hulin and Keith Byerly claimed fourth and fifth in the winners bracket.
Indianapolis AP reports race driver Jan Opperman remained in critical condition Sunday after sustaining head and neck injuries in a five car pileup on the 52nd lap of the 100 lap Hoosier Hundred sprint car race. He is in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital.
COMMERCE Ga AP A top fuel dragster engine exploded at Atlanta International Dragway injuring about ten people in the grandstands. Seven people were treated for minor injuries and observers described scattered debris and a shock wave from the blast.
Ronnie Peterson won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza driving a March, beating out Niki Lauda who finished fourth after a crash nearly fatal six weeks earlier. James Hunt faced penalties for hyped gasoline and brake failure sidelined him. Lauda leads Hunt 61-56 with three races remaining. In unrelated drag racing, Don Garlits set an IHRA record in the semifinal and won the Pro Dragster final, part of a three day event with over 150 competitors.
Hubert Green remains the sole three time winner on the American tour this year though his majors show a rough run. Jack Nicklaus Ben Crenshaw Al Geiberger Hale Irwin David Graham Jerry Pate Johnny Miller each claimed two tour wins with Miller also taking the British Open. Pate swept both the U S and Canadian Opens and is poised for Rookie of the Year honors.
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The Carolinas defeated the Virginias 142-74 over three days in the Virginias Carolinas golf matches at Glade Springs Country Club West Virginia. Parker Moore and Jim Holmes led 6-0 in foursomes while others posted 5-1 wins. Virginia pairs won only a few matches. Vinny Giles and Moss Beecroft fell 4-2 to Hoch and Saylor.
Cale Yarborough of Timmonville South Carolina held off Bobby Allison of Hueytown Alabama to win the Capital City 400 in Richmond. The victory gave Yarborough a 44 point edge over Richard Petty and a 107 point cushion over Benny Parsons. Parsons pole winner exited with a blown engine after 103 laps as Yarborough surged from second caution to lead on lap 301 and distance others in the Chevrolet field. The race covered two hours and 75.5 miles per hour average.
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