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Vogler takes early point leadRich Vogler won Sunday's 30-!ap Crestliner Vans-USAC Sprint Car Series opener at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, to take the early series point lead. His victory came in the Coors Light-Rose Brothers Trucking Chevy vacated at the end of the 1985 season by defending series titlist Rick Hood.Vogler took over the lead on a restart at lap 22 from Warren Mockler, who had led the first 21 laps after starting next to pole-sitter Vogler.The day's fastest qualifier,Larry Gates, second-fastest Rick Ungar and Kokomo driver Steve Butler, who was fourth quickest, were unable to earn feature starting spots. Butler, who was run-nerup to Hood in the points race last year, drove the G R RacingMcGonigal Buick-Cadillaeeartoa fifth-place finish in the fourth heat that was won by Kokomo Speedway co-champion Tony Elliott. Elliott, who won three features at the local oval to tie Bobby Kinser, finished ninth in the feature event.Butler finished last in the B” Main Last Chance race when he and Gates tangled at the front of the pack. Burlington driver LouieByBobLongwithMann was not among the top 30 qualifiers.The All-Star Circuit of Champions will race Saturday at Eldora with USAC returning April 26.Mears fully recovered Rick Mears is back to full time racing and intends to drive the Pennzoil Z-7 Special on all road courses as well as ovals in 1986.Now walking without a noticebable limp, although he admits there is still some pain in his right foot, Mears ran near the front of Sunday’s Dana 200 at Phoenix before being sidelined with mechanical problems.Since his injuries, suffered in late 1984 at St. Pie, Canada, Mears had driven only six times. Hestarted five Indy car races last year, winning at Pocono, finishing second in the Michigan 200 and recording the fastest racing lap in the Indianapolis 500,AH those races, however, were on oval tracks. His substitute in all 1985 road races was AI Unser, who won the championship driving the Pennzoil Z-7 Special. Mears passed up the races to concentrate on therapy to regain the use of both his damaged feet.Mears aid a masterful job testing for the October race at Phoenix, unofficially breaking the track record. He decided afterward to turn the car over to Unser. who drove it to a new track record, the pole position and his first victory of the season, using the setup Mears had developed.In gratitude, Unser announced at the CART award banquet last November in Miami he was turning over the No, 1 he earned as champ to Mears to use on the Pennzoil car this year. Mears will carry that number in all but the USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500, when he’ll carry the No. 4 which Unser also earned.WoO at Bloomington Friday A $23,000 purse is at stake Friday night at the Bloomington Speedway when the World ofOutlaws-Copenhagen Skoal Shootout Series makes this season’s first appearance in the Hoosier state.In five WoO shows at Bloomington, hometown favorite and defending champion Steve Kinser has won three races. Sammy Swindell and Rick Ferkel posted the other two wins.Swindell has won three of the first seven races this season but he is only fourth in the point standings. He trails leader Bobby Davis Jr., Steve Kinser and Brad Doty.Triole-header nnpn« Winrh««tprNASCAR, CART races on tap Sunday Mario Andretti will be going after his third straight Long Beach Grand Prix, and Danny Sullivan has a score to settle. Sullivan’s car sputtered to stop a few hundred yards short of the finish line when his car ran out of fuel, allowing Mario to pass and win the race.Bill Elliott won both Winston Cup events at Darlington Interna-
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Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 12, 1986
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