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paved oval smoke in one of the.Dennis, Ellis, Bubba Tatum, most thrilling three-car battles Hank Thomas and Sammy Long.seen 'here in many years.The race wasn't settled until two laps from, the checkered flag. Radford had wrestled the lead: from Royster with six laps left: only to almost' lose his racer;in ,a spin with .the white flag in sight. Royster; not to 'be outdone,- shot jpassed Radford while he was trying to regain control'and ipicked up his first South Boston ” victory of the season in his first outing.Rpdford, without a taste of victory at South Boston this year, lead the big bore machines in the point chase followed by Hensley, who only trails by four. Richmond’s Ted Hairfield, another hot Oheveile driver who has two wins to his credit this year, is third and only 20 points behind.Two other Virginia drivers, Bobby Parker of Lynchburg and Tom Ellis of Richmond, round out the top five 21 and' 24 pointsback, respectively.All of the area’s top named drivers are expected to he on hand for the 50-lap thriller Saturday night, including Royster, Radford, Hairfield, Sonny Hutchins, Mel Bradley, Runt Harris, Ray Hendrick, BillTwenty-three late model sportsman cars were on1 hand for last Saturday night’s event and .more'' are expected ’ for Saturday night’s action.Admission is $2.50 for adults with children under 12 admitted free; -BftSouth Boston—After one of the -most thrilling late model sportsman shows on record at South Boston Speedway last {Saturday night, the popular,. liglitiung-!fast, 'highbanked oval prepares for another thriller Saturday night when the hot late model .stackers return for a 115-lap racing program. • Saturday night’s card calls for , a 50-lap late mod e l •sportsman feature, -a 25-lap limited sportsman feature and four 10-lap heat events, two for each class.Gates open at 6 p.m., with the first heat race slated for the green flag at 8:30 ,p.m.Veteran NASCAR, driver Eddie Royster of Middleburg, N.C., returned to South Boston Speedway last Saturday night and: showed some 3,500 spectators on hand that he had lost none of his driving ability that made him last year’s late model .sportsman champion at the speedway.The hot Royster Chevclle,prepared . by Frank Edwards, battled another fast Cheveiie, driven by .popular Paul Radford of Ferrum, for most of 50 laps while stiil another Oheveile, driven by Jimmie Hensley of Ridgeway, made the .357-jnile
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Thu, Jul 23, 1970
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