Petty still dominates but thrill fades for racing great
Richard Petty wins the Dixie 500 at Atlanta in a record pace but says the thrill of victory has waned with age. He dominates heat and laps, earning 19,600 and pushing his yearly total near 95,125 dollars while rivals like Yarborough and Hylton clash for points.
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New York
Richard Petty
Victory Lane
Petty
Atlanta
Iron Randleman
N.C
Plymouth
Mont Treblant
Que
George Follmer
Arcadia
Calif
Tiny Lund
Winston-Salem
Lee Petty
Richard
Cale Yarborough
Mercury
Lee Roy Yarborough
Ford
Charlie Glotzbach
Yarborough
David Pearson
Hart Beaten at Dragway 42 by California Crew
Hart Automotive at Dragway 42 faced a challenge from Stone Woods and Cook car crew. The California 427 blue Mustang ran 8.88 seconds at 157.84 mph to Hart's Willys in 9.67 seconds. In finals the same trio won in 8.84 at 160.14 mph as Ohio driver Montgomery’s red 427 SOHC hit 8.91 to beat Hart’s 9.22.
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Mickey Hart
Cleveland
California
Stone, Woods and Cook
Blue Mustang
Hart
Gold Willys
Stone
Woods
Cook
Ohio
George Montgomery
Black Willys
Sub-seniors lead at fourth Road Runners in Amherst
At the Amherst event Jim Stanley wins the six mile race in 32 11 and Paul Schlather takes the three mile in 16 05. Nearly 50 runners compete with multiple sub senior and junior class winners named including Brad Ellis and August Garis.
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Amherst
Jim Stanley
Paul Schlather
Bob Washburn
Jim Flaherty
Glenn Wilburn
Tim Wasco
Brad Ellis
August Garis
Eldo Newfeld
Chuck Hauser
Jim Oster
Roger Monttaux
Vern Snoddy
Kiff
Doug Sanders
Royals end season series with Orioles in gloom
The Kansas City Royals were swept by the Baltimore Orioles for the 23rd straight time, losing 10-8 as Curt Morton drove in five runs for Baltimore. Mike Cuellar improved to 15-6, and the Orioles completed a season sweep of 12 games, with prospects of facing them again next year. Meanwhile Bill Zepp stayed with the Minnesota Twins, boosting his record to 6-1 after a 4-3 win over Detroit. The Milwaukee Brewers drew 20,365 fans in a 9-5 win over the Yankees, pushing their season attendance past last year. California beat Boston 8-3, Cleveland edged Chicago 4-2, and Washington won 6-2 over Oakland before losing 1-0 in another game.
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Bill Zepp
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Twins
Brewers
Kansas City Royals
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
Royals
Detroit
New York Yankees
California
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Oakland
Curt Morton
Baltimore
Mike Cuellar
Bob Lemon
Epp
Jll Rigney
Zepp
Tigers
Ron Perranoski
Stan Williams
Tony Oliva
Harmon Killebrew
Elvrra Pear Trees sweep non league softball weekend action
Elyria Pear Trees took two wins over Western Automatic and Parma Pizza King in non league play. Barbara Snyder led with four hits while Jill Losh and Joan Dusky added three each, and Laura Atkinson and Kathy Gutzeit homered in the Parma game that went to extra innings.
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Elvrra Pear Trees
Western Automatic
Parma Pizza King
Barbara Snyder
Joan Dusky
Ill Losh
Laura Atkinson
Kathy Gutzeit
Poammars
Metle Innisbun
Joan Duskey
Jill Losh
M. Osbun
J. Pritt
Lyan Knapp
Western Auto
Kathy Gutzeil
Dottie Ivansie
Elvria Pear Trees
Merle Osbon
Elyria Pear Trees
Lyn Knapp
Chers( Klingshirn
Barb Snyder
Lyon Knapp
Rue Harwedel
Mary Nagowski
Pat Sooy
Jill Losb
Joan Desky
Kathy Gotzeit
Merle Osbun
Nancy Radar
Blaise Saxby
Evie Steinmetz
Millie Toman
Lori Bittner
Beth Miller
Ginger Antolik
Scorebo
Northfield Racing Lumber Blaze Seeks Second Start At Free Cash Night
Lumber Blaze trained by his owner and driven by Herb Morris will run in the sixth race at Northfield Park on Free Cash Night. The top prize now totals 4.00 with the Early Bird $500 drawn after Race 1. The two year old son of Lumber Boy out of a Ball Gallon mare has one start and has worked at Medina and Wellington, including three of five heats wiring.
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Lumber Blaze
James T. Wiseman
Elvna
Northfield Park
Herb Morris
Medina
Wellington
Lumber Boy
Carol Galion
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