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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
39
Mindale Raceway hosts its second New Year Funny Car Championship on Monday with an $8,000 prize fund and a $2,000 top award. The day-long event begins at 9 am with eliminations at 1:30 pm, drawing top funny car pilots from the state to challenge veteran Don Nicholson.
More than 40 entries attend the traditional New Year’s Eve motor sports gathering in Junta Georgia. Notable contenders include Nicholson, earning 100000 dollars yearly for quarter mile runs, aiming to dethrone his No 1 national ranking with 199 mph bursts in seven seconds. Dyno Don faces strong competition from Long Beach’s Jack Chrisman, a nearby Comet rival, and West Coast ruler this past year.
Howard Smith shot an 89 22 63 to win the Virginia Country Club Junior Christmas Tournament by 10 strokes. Randy Campbell and Roy Litchbody finished second with 73. Other results and odd details appear from the mixed and garbled text.
Sunday features at Astat Park and Vermont Ave Gardena list 20 lap events with time trials at 2 00 pm adults 2 50 children 1 00 under free. Monday offers New Year s Day stakes at Ascot Park with 12 events and 20 lap main race begins 2 15 pm.
Volkswagen of America and its interests purchase 261,089 shares of Volkswagen Insurance Co for 3,721,824 dollars. J Stuart Perkins, VWOA president, elected president and chairman of the insurance firm. The deal raises VW Insurance Co capital and surplus to about 7.5 million dollars and shares to 1,078,000. About 3,000 public stockholders hold the shares. VW Insurance Co insures VW cars and trucks and is a growing public company founded in 1963, now insuring over 100,000 vehicles. Perkins notes this is VWOA’s first capital investment in the insurer.
Pete Maravich of LSU moves to the top of the major college scoring list with a 47.0 point per game clip after an 88 point spree against Mississippi State. Calvin Murphy of Niagara remains close behind as Lew Alcindor slips to 24th.
Mississippi Rebels head coach Johnny Vaught says Texas-El Paso presents 25 fine players in the 33rd Sun Bowl matchup in El Paso as the Rebels anticipate a hard fought game this Saturday.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa UPI Brazilian Davis Cup stars Thomas Koch and Edison Mandarino pulled major upsets Thursday advancing to the semifinals of the Eastern Province Tennis Tournament. Mandarino defeated top-seeded Wilhelm Bungert of West Germany in straight sets 6-3 6-4 while Kah beat third-seeded Bob Hewitt of South Africa 6-1 7-0.
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