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stock car division Utz win was the second fromhim in as manv years on the* *Fairgrounds mile dirt oval He won a 50-lap EV1CA feature last year, capping a sweep of 1973 State Fair wins This year’s Double-50.wpresented for the first time by Professional Auto Racing of Missouri, Inc.. was cut short due to a lack of time Promoters had planned to hold consolation races and trophy dashes in each division in addition to the two. 50-lap features.Due to a late start after the morning motorcycle show, in which one rider lost his life, the time trials weren't completed until nearly 5 p m Sunday night's stage show was also set back to 9:45 p.m. It was scheduled to start at 8 p.m.Utz. who placed third in last week's Missouri Super-modified Championships, took over the lead on the fourth lap. passingDell Schmidt. Topeka. Kan . on the backstretch. He was never headed, although Tom Corbin.BY VAUGHN HARTSports Editor Bill Utz. just barely had enough time to stop his car. hop a ride to the airport for a fast flight to Des Moines. Iowa, for Sunday nights International Motor Contest Association sprint race It might not have been worth it since Utz managed only a heat victory atDes M oi nes But it was worth it Sunday afternoon at the 50-mile sprintdivision feature of the Double-50 on the mile track, as Utz picked up the first-place check for $ 1.200.Utz. who entered Sunday's race at Des Moines as the division point leader, was committed for the LMCA date He also has a liking for theSedalia mile.Utz shared the spotlight with Mike and Russ Derr, Keokuk . Iowa, who took home the first and second-place checks in thewho finished second, and Eddie Leavitt, the third-place finisher, pressured him most of the way Utz started on the pole with his docking of :36 42 in the time trials. Schmidt started outside on the front row and beat Utz into the first turn when the green fell The Sedalia restaurant owner set a blistering pace. He was clocked in times of :36.18. 36.14 and :35 88 on the 36th. 37th and 39th laps respectively.Derr was just as fast in the stock cars He broke the existing one-lap record he established a year ago at the State Fair with a blistering 39 00 clocking in the time trials Derr, a school teacher by trade, shaved 31-hundreths of a second off his previous record Derr was never challenged. He bolted to the lead from his pole postition on the first lap. wiring up his win.Younger brother Russ startedon the outside first row. but gothigh going into the first turn when the race started and dropped all the way back tofifth by the completion of the first lap On the second lap he passed Dean Roper for fourth place Derr moved into third on the 20th lap. when Ferris Collier dropped out of the race inhis 1972 ChevelleOn the 23rd lap. Derr passed Wib Spalding's 1968 Camaro and the Derr's were running 1-2.Winner Mike was behind the wheel of a 1968 Dodge Charger; Russ drove a 1970 Charger Mike Dibben. Kansas Citv. drove his 1974 Chevelle to third place, while Roper, Springfield, finished fourth in a 1969 Chevelle.Rounding out the first five was Dave Wall. Kansas City. Kan . in a 1969 Chevelle.Corbin won a stirring battle to earn second place in the sprint feature, passing Leavitt at the finish line.Following Utz. Corbin andLeavitt were Rov Hibbard.••Marshall, fourth; and Tom Stasa. Kansas Citv. was fifth.ResultsTime trials (sprints, fast time) —Bill Utz Sedalia. 36 42 (Stocks. fast time) — Mike Derr. Keokuk. Iowa. :39 00 (record, previous record sent in 1973 bv Mike Derr. 39 31)Feature (sprints) — 1. Utz; 2 Tom Corbin. Carrollton; 3 EddieLeavitt. Kearnev. Mo.; 4 Rov» »Hibbard. Marshall; 5 Tom Stasa. Kansas City; 6 Sammy Swindell. Memphis. Tenn.; 7 Jim Braden. Kansas City; 8 Cliff Lilly. Independence; 9. Dean Elliott. California; 10. Ed Grimes. Slater; 11 Ed Finley. Washington. 111.; 12 Dennis Roberts. Syracuse; 13 Wayne Kronk, Fulton; 14 Dell Schmidt. Topeka. Kan ; 15. Gary Scott. Holts Summit. Mo.; 16 Tom Coleman. Columbia; 17. Dick Sutcliffe. Greenwood. Mo.; 18 Phil LaGore. Marshall.(Stocks) — 1. M. Derr; 2 Russ Derr. Keokuk. Iowa; 3. Mike Dibben. Kansas City; 4 Dean Roper. Springfield: 5 Dave Wall. Kansas City. Kan : 6. Wib Spalding. Granite City. 111.; 7. .John Oswalt. Kansas Citv; 8 “Flea Atkin. HoltsvSummit; 9 Tom Frasher. Jefferson City; 10 John Linscott. Kansas Citv. Kan ; 11 Kevin Gundaker. StwLouis; 12 Bob Logston. Collinsville 111.; 13. Dale Roper. Fair Grove. Mo ; 14. Ray Blohm. Arlington. Tex.; 15 Gene Bloomershine. Tulsa; 16. Fred Whisler. Independence; 17. Leland Osborne. Carthage; 18 Len Gittemeire. St. Charles
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Sedalia Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Mon, Aug 26, 1974
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