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PRIZE MONEY $21,000World hundred for stock cars to take place next weekendPrize money in excessof $21,000 will be up for grabs at Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway when the seventh annual “World Hundred for late model stock cars is staged on the half-mile clay oval Saturday, Sept. to and Sunday, Sept. it.The activities on both days will begin at 1 p.m The “World Hundred” winner's share this year is the richest yet in the record setting classic, at no less than a whopping $10,000. establishing yet another mark in Ohio non-sanctionedclay track racing for a 100-lap event Qualifying prizes and heat earnings could in crease that total by another $:100.Frenzied activities on Saturday, Sept. 10 will determine the fast six qualifiers, guaranteed starters, who will be inverted on the pole of Sunday’s 5 0- m i Ie headliner, as well as the make-up of Sunday's six stagger-started, heads up, 15-lap qualifiers Each qualifier places its top three finisher into the “Hundred,'’ completing the 24-car starting field and establishing theWorld’s’' best All timed qualifyinglaps will tie made onSaturday, only, wittv Sunday devoted to green-flag racing.No “World Hundred” winner has yet been able to duplicate his feat; each year the competition becomes increasingly keen as more and more states are represented by their very best drivers and cars.Only three states claim previous “World Hundred” winners. Ohio had Bruce Gould in 1971, andFloyd Gilbert in 1973, Iowa claims honors with ' Verlin Eaker in 1972, Ed Sanger in 1974, and Joe Merryfield in 1975 Charles Hughes brought Georgia the distinction in 1976 over a dozen other states’ representatives Companion to the Sept 10 and 11 “World Him dred” late model program will be the popular Eldora Stock Cars racing for $300 to-win
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Cincinnati North Journal
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, Aug 31, 1977
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