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The Eriez-Stateline Speedway 1 racing season opens the week. ! end of May 12-13 without one of its roost familiar figures. 3 Defending late model point 1 champion Chuck Piazza lias moved to the Carolinas, leav» ing behind a sort-aflame of musical chairs among drivers and owners.• Piazza, who broke in as the ^ rawest of rookies eight years 1 ago and wound up with the '67 - point title, is going into theme-5 chanical end of the speedsport ^ business, and the popular 3 driver will be missed both in “ the pits and stands,Fred Knapp of Ashville, N.Y., i who formerly drove No, 99 far ) Julian Buesink, has inherited Piazza's Berglund Chevrolet sponsorship. It will be Knapp’s first steady ride in a Chevy inrhis fine mechanic, Jim Fardink, Ron Blackmer ctf Youngsville, who's had trouble finding a steady late model ride the past two years, has beamed up with hard-driving Bob Schnars of Busti, N.Y. Both will have '67 Chevelles owned by Schnars, Brockway's Squirt Johns, after several years with Dodges and Plymouths, is back in a '67 Chevelle and former (196S) point champ John Whitehead of North Clymer, N.Y, wifi have another Thompson Special *67 Chevelle,Also returning are Tom Dill, Paul Wilson, John Seely and all the others, making up a field of 40 or so for opening night. Racing will be conducted each Saturday at Stateline and Sunday at Eriez through September,hwvj vaiuc **v Aiwn luin. w/;u iciDltjf; Piazza Gone, Local Tracks Set to Opensome time, but he brings along
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Warren Times Mirror and Observer
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Apr 27, 1967
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