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Bradley, Davis, Elliott winBy Bob Longwith Tribune sportswriterSunday’s racing at the Kokomo Speedway featured the stock car drivers’ Late Season Championship feature races. Glen Bradley and Jim Davis capturing thespecial events. Warsaw’s Tony Elliott won the super sprint feature race to become the thirdsprint driver to win three featuresSis season at the local quarter mile oval.Marion’s Glen Bradley dominated the 40-lap hobby stock sprint feature race with a steady driving performance in the No. 34 Firebird from the Rick Burns stable. Bradley ted all 40 laps with South Whitley’s Butch Boggs keeping within striking distance. Jim Weir was third, Mike McMahon fourth, Fred Click fifth with Kokomo’s Ron Phillips sixth. Chuck Piker, Jack Oliver, Dick Day and Mark Henson rounded out the top 10. Bradley also won the trophy dash.The win was Bradley’s ninth of the season at Kokomo and fifth ina row.“It’s been turmn| into a goodone here,” an elated Bradley said of this year’s racing season.Four strong contenders — Dalton Gates, Rod England, RickDay and Jim Taylor were out of»iaing traces. Gates grabbed the lead onthe race early. Boggs was fast qualifier at : 18.22 witn Gates and Robert Johnson winning the heatthe sixth lap from Ron Phillips idewith an inside pass in turn four tof*antnra fir*? h*Aiside down. He was going into thesecond turn when he tangled with Roller’s car. Roller’s car cartwheeled and flipped end-over-end before coming to rest in turn two. He was taken to the hospital for observation but Bolander was unhurt.On the restart, Davis was running with a damaged radiator and his car limped across the finish line with a very hot engine.Street stock features were won by Davis, Randy Louks and Bolander.In super sprint competition, the feature race also was red-flagged when Paul Huntington flipped and lost a wheel in turn two after two laps were complete. Huntington climbed out of the car uninjured.Kokomo’s Tom Chalk started on the pole, but Bob Kinser led the first four laps.Elliott, who was driving the No. 57 Steve Ross Chevrolet, EDM-TNT Paul Hazen car, made a high pass on Kinser on the fifth circuit and pulled away to win by more than a straightaway.Lincoln’s Dave Dariand started 10th and finished second in a strong effort. Burlington's Mike Mann was third, Kinser fourth and Kokomo’s Tim Bookmitler fifth. Kokomo drivers Chalk, Kurt Hawkins, Jeff Donelson, Gary Fisher and Scott Fisher finishedeighth thru 12th respectively. Veteran Leon “The Flying Dutchman” Thickstun was fast qualifier at : 15,66 and the heatwinners were BookmilJer, Mark Alderson and Peru’s John Althouse.Kokomo Speedway results A Super SprintsFast Qualifier - Leon Thickstun • 15.M First heat — 1, Tim Bookmiller, 2. Bob Kinser; 1. Tom Chalk; 4. Tony Elliott; 5. Leon TmcksiunSecond heat — 1. Mark Alderson; 2. Paul Hun lington, 3. Jeff DoneJson; 4. Mark Owsley; 5 Dave Oar land rThird heat — l. John Althouse; 2. Ray Kenens, Steve Imel; 4. Jeff Walker; 5. Mike Blake Dash - 1 Tony Elliott; 7 Bobby Kinser; 3. Mike Mann; 4. Leon Thickstun~ 1 Tony Elliott; 2. Dave Darland, 3. ^ if i!?*nn;c4, BobbV Kinser; 5. Tim f Re«ves,- 7. Leon Thickstun;i. Tom Chalk; 9. Kurt Hawkins; 10. Jeff Donelson; n Gary Fisher; 12. Scott Fisher; 13.Pep* Marches!; 15. Randy Hu»W.,WHun,a°W5,e¥; ” Mafk Alder**Hobby Stocks c . L*ta Season ChampionshipFast Qualifier — Butch Boggs : 10.221 1 D*i!on Gates; 2 Ron Phillips,3. Mike McMahon; 4. Cliff Burns; 5 Jim Taylor Second heat — l. Robert Johnson; 2. Rick Rod,E^,anl' 4 Fred Click; 5 Jim WeirG,t.n 2. Butch Boggs; 3Dalton Gates; 4. Chuck Piker- 1 G,en Bradley. 3 Butchi dI^dki u 4‘ Mlke WcMahon; 5. Fred *• 7 Chuck Piker; a jackrtlmZtiL «. inDaJt7 10 Mark Henson; IIo RObCrl Johnson; 13. CliftBurns; 14. Phil Draper; 15. Dolton Gales; la Rod England; 17. Rick Day, 18. Jim TaylorStreet Stocks Late Season Championship First heal - !. Jim Davis; 2. Gene Head; 3 Denny CleJland, 4. Lee Loy; 5. Pat Hofer Second heat — 1. Randy Louks; 2 cnvJlmRolIer Hun,er‘ *■ Darrell Benn, s.™ird h.tot Swede Bolander. i, rovJerr^Van Ness Ul 4 Jim Abstler; sFeature m laps) - i jim DdviS; j. RoyTVS'i USSI Le*. cSV’ Ul Sharp; ? Robert Green; 8 ?,e!d 1Rh*w9' ^'ke 6iMwr,; *«■ Steve HatII iim Vnser Jr- 15 Darrell Benn, 13. Jim Absher, U Gene Head, 15 SwedeBolander. »A pat Moter, 17. j.m RQiier; )«19 Roy ». Randy
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Kokomo, Indiana, US
Mon, Aug 24, 1987
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