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Third Pepsi 150 promTonight’s third annual Pepsi -Cola 190 at Indianapolis Raceway Pam promises to have an outstanding field of cars and driven. The USAC-Valvollne Silver Crown Championship Seriesraosgris the green ftagatoIt wlli be the third visit to the .686-mile banked and paved oval for the USAC driven who competemost of the time on dirt.Two former winnem are entered in this year’s race. The post winners are Rick Hood who won the inaugural event in lflteandNASCAR Winston Cup star Ken Schrader who came back to one his favorite types of racing in the open-wheel, open-eockplt championship cars and won the second event last year.Kokomo’s Steve Butler, who won last year’s qualifying race and was second to Schrader in the 150-lap feature, will be there alongwith Sheldon Kinser. Bob Prey, who came close to winning with his V-« car last year. Tom Bigelow, Kelly Kinser, Duke Cook, Dave Blanev and Jack Hewitt are also entered.Hewitt was the Silver Crown champion last year. He won six of seven events. His only loss came inthePepsi-Cola 150 at IRP—the circuit’s only race on a paved surface.Spectator gates open at IRPat2 p.m. today, with practice scheduled for 3 and qualifying at 6. The 2S-lap Jonathan Byrd’s Kentucky Pried Chicken qualifying race willByBobLongwithstart at Band the Pepsi-Coia 150 at 9.Mid-Season shootout SundayThe Mid-Season Championship for Super Sprint cars is on tap this Sunday at the Kokomo Speedway with the winning driver collecting$1,000in the 40-lap feature event.Last year’s show was a rainout and let’s ail hope the weatherman gives everyone a break this year.Warsa w?s Tony Elliott Joined Dave Darland as the only two-time winner of a sprint feature this season by winning last Sunday’s race. Those two hot shoes can be expected to put on a good race as well as defending track champion Gary Fisher.Local drivers Tim BookmillerJeff Donelson, John Mapes, Mark Owsley and Tom Chalk nave allleyatMTomunautn i snowing well lately idia's Jeff Walker.as well asbeenArcadia1 Don’t be surprised to see Steye Butler make an appearance Sunday . The last time he showed up at the track was June 7 for the All Stars show which he won in convincing fashion. He watched the Kokomo Klassic won hy Dave Darland as a spectator when he came to the track without a car.The regular Sunday night hobby stock and street stock program will also be run.Gates open at 5 p.m. with time trials at 7 and the first race at 8.Butler looks for better lock Steve Butler, driving the Nichols Brothers car, finished third behind Dave Blaney Tuesday In the feature race at Fremont Speedway In Fremont, Ohio, to collect $2,000. Bobby Allen, who won an Au-Star show at Warsaw a few weeks ago, was sixth and KennyJacobs was ninth.Butler had been having some bad luck until the Fremont showing. He had the steering break in his car Thursday. The race was rained out Friday and he wrecked Saturday and was once again rained out Sunday in Wisconsin.The wreck Saturday came in the All Star Outlaw Sprint Speedweek event at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. It came on the 13th lap of the 30-lap feature on the half-mile track.A slower car flipped In front of Steve’s car and he and another car swerved to avoid hitting it.“I think I would have cleared it but the other car swerved to the left and ran into the right rear of my car and turned me into the spinning car,” said Butler. “I wasgoing about 80 or 90 mph and hit im broadside. The car came
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Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Sat, Jul 11, 1987
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