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Cagle wins Weedsport Speedway opening showA standing room crowd of nearly 6,00( persons turned out to watch the sensor opener at Weedsport Speedway Sunday a? temperatures rose into the 70s for one of tht finest openers ever.Will Cagle of Tampa, Fla, ant Albany showed the crowd the long wintei hadn't made him rusty as he copped the 50 lap opener, edging Canadian champ Ro\ Holt of St. Catherines, Ont. Cagle had set the fastest time on Saturday by beating Holt b\ five-one hundredths of a second and that was iust about his margin on Sunday in thtactual competition.There were more than 40 ( for the afternoon competitior the track was in great shape for the opener fans saw their share of accidents. Ear Wealthy of Montrose Falls, Holt anc Cagle topped the three qualifying heats Defending Oswego Speedway champion Jin Shampine broke a steering box when i multiple car crash came in the last heat ant it put the star out for the afternoon,Several other drivers ran into variou: mechanical problems during the heats bu most were able to continue in the conMiller of Sc es and Men1 conMuauon w dS v*»arie with Rov Schcd UU UU1/1 IIILivt*[he fans. Holt irtue of his sc ad but lost itwas thirdwith Gary Iulg of Sanborn fourand Darn-1 Welle of Montour Falls fifthRoundin Fort Plain Pa.. Harpg out the top 10 were Dave 1 ape s. Ed Rafferty of I jttle Meadow , Peak of Schenectady, SchenBill Mastoi eight cars 50-lap grin\ 4\f*\ 1 1 In of Port Byron. In all there we in the same lap at the end of tlida\ the local speedway offers tlfipct ftnunleneaaer of the season as tlmodifieds1 | 11* V U tiland the dirt track sup* in Tfi0 one-nan time ovc open at noon with racing startusprints wilThe late models and the supit on (innnrtiinitv to trv tl uler on Saturday afternoon wi ‘e session open to the public wi
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Auburn Citizen Advertiser
Auburn, New York, US
Mon, Apr 22, 1974
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