Large Can Am entry looms for Mid-Ohio race weekend
More than 40 cars have entered the Valeo time Can-Am at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with no driver yet securing dominance in the Citicorp Cup. Heavy title contenders include Peter Gethin, Patrick Tambay, Tom Klausler, Don Briedenbach, John David Briggs, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, George Follmer, and Bob Nagel, as well as a VW Gold Cup round and Scirocco Cup race on the weekend schedule.
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Peter Gethin
V.D.S
Watkin's
Glen
Patrick Tambay
Haas/Hall
Lola
Hazs/Hall
Tambsy
Road America
Tom Klausler
Palatine
Ill
John David Briggs
Woodside
Elliott Forbes-Robinson
la Crescenta
Calif
Paul Newman
Mid-Ohio
Bob Lazier
Vail
Cole
Can-Am race builds to weekend at Sandusky Speedway
Forty cars line up for the Can-Am event as Lazier drives the Mix ard Auto Club Lola T224 and Eddie Waehs faces Paul Hacker in a Scirocco/Bilstein Cup showdown. Practice starts early with 8 a.m. action. Sundays main events include a 25-lap VW Scirocco, a 25-lap Robert Busch Gold Cup, and the 58-lap Valvoline Can-Am. Tickets are $5 for adults tomorrow, with $1 kids ages 6-12. Sunday admissions are $10 for adults and $2 for kids.
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Lazier
Eddie Waehs
Chicago
Wachs
Paul Hacker
East Greenbush
N. Y
Colonie Motors
USAC Sprinters Return for Sandusky ISS Race
USAC sprint division returns to Sandusky International Speedway for a 40 lap feature after four heats and a semi. Gary Bettenhausen and Pancho Carter headline the field, aiming to reach the main event from 28 qualifiers. Qualifying starts Sunday at 6 with racing at 7 p.m. in a Thunder and Lightning program.
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United States Auto Club
Sandusky International Speedway
Gary Bettenhausen
Pancho Carter
Thunder and Lightning
USAC
Daredevil Jump At Lorain County Speedway Tomorrow
Lorain County Speedway hosts a racing program featuring supermodifieds super stocks and spectator stocks with time trials at 5 30 p m and racing at 8 00 p m. Kent Travelstead known as Evil Rollerball will attempt a three car jump on rollerskates behind a motorcycle traveling 40 50 mph then release. He is batting .500 in his attempts with a prior successful jump at Painesville Speedway and a prior crash at Cloverleaf.
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Lorain County Speedway
Kent Travelstead
Travelstead
Painesville Speedway
Cloverleaf
Speedways Notes and Power Steering Woes at SLS Meet
Speedway notes report Black Flag of the Week on Sandusky pit road after glass, nails, and metal fragments were found causing damage. Sparse turnout at Lorain County 100 lap event saw Les Olexen win with no power steering in No. 62, then win at SLS the next night. Dave Shullick led at SLS until a power steering belt slipped, dropping him back.
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Jay Les
Dave
Tim Akin
Elyria
Sandusky Speedway
Tim
LCS
Jim Sexton
Sexton
Sis
Fulper Auto Parts
Sandusky
Dave Beverly
Toledo Speedway
Ution
Elyrian Bob Frey
O.R.A
Speedway
Pit Road
John’ Evans
John
Lorain County Speedway
Loramite Les Olexen
S.ls
Dave Shullick
Shullick
Nicklaus to play in Ohio King Island Open at Nicklaus Center
Pro golfer Jack Nicklaus announced he will compete in the Ohio Kings Island Open in September 1925 at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Center he designed several years earlier.
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Nicklaus
Mason, Ohio
UPI
Jack Nicklaus
Akron
Ohio
Firestone
Lesteros
British Isles
Aoki
Driver of the Week Jim Calhoun Drives No. 37 Stocker
Berea racer Jim Calhoun nicknamed Grizz is named Driver of the Week. He pilots the No. 37 burgundy and white stocker at Lorain County and Sandusky ovals, a car bought by Gene Singleton and rebuilt for safety. The 1967 Chevelle carries Raggedy Ann dolls on the roll cage. Singleton owns the car with a pit crew including Bob Drake Gene Calhoun David Calhoun Bill Garland and Rick Wise.
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Jim Calhoun
Lorain County Speedway
Sandusky Speedway
Chuck Klier
Jim
Grizz” Calhoun
Berea
Gene Singleton
Warren Goodman
Singleton
Lorain County
Sandusky
Mike Fontana
George Kerns
Lakewood Shell and Ignition
Bob Drake
Gene Calhoun
David Calhoun
Bill Garland
Rick Wise
Petty Seeks Better Chevies After Talladega Qualifying
Richard Petty voiced fatigue after his Talladega 500 qualifying run saying he needs more horsepower and a better Chevrolet while admitting the Chevrolets beat him. Janet Guthrie set a women’s closed course speed record, and Benny Parsons claimed pole with a 192.684 mph Chevrolet, as GM teams dominated the top spots.
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Talladega
Ala
Richard Petty
Richard
Petty
Miss Guthrie
Indianapolis
Benny Parsons
Mount Pocono
Parsons
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Parma
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Jim Kidd
Randy
Terry Stineman
Mike Tiffe
Rick Suchy
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David Pearson
Buddy Baker
Dick Brooks
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