Rally Capri aims for spotlight in 350 mile New York event
Hillcrest Orchards owner Bill Dodd prepares a heavily modified 1972 Capri for the Sports Car Club of America's Happiness Is Sunrise Pro Series Rally. He swaps engines, adds a roll bar and navigator instruments to race 350 miles through New York and Pennsylvania in darkness starting 8 p.m. tomorrow. Navigator Gerhart Rosenger will guide. Dodd seeks a top finish despite balancing orchard duties and a busy rally schedule.
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Hillcrest Orchards
Henrietta
Bill Dodd
Dodd
Porsche
Volvo
Bill
Olean
N.Y
Sports Car Club of America
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
Gerhart Rosegger
Shaker Heights
Jim Weese
Erie Shores Sports Car Club
Weese
Buckeye Cup Formula 5000 at Mid-Ohio Hots Up
Andretti backs himself in the Buckeye Cup F5000 at Mid-Ohio with Brian Redman. Both drivers have two wins this season as Redman leads the points race 99 to 77. Lola and Shadow teams field competitive cars while Warwick Brown and Vern Schuppan join the strong field. Practice starts tomorrow, with two 50 mile heats and a 100 mile finale on Sunday.
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Mid-Ohio
Redman
Lola
Carl Haas
Chaparral
Jim Hall
Brian
Andretti
Vocar
Viceroy
al Unser
UOP
Jackie Oliver
Oliver
North America
George Follmer
Lotus
Sam Posey
Surtees
Scheckter
Trojan
Warwick Brown
Australia
New Zealand
Vern Schuppan
Dan Gurney
Schuppan
Gurney
Glenn Petermann
Sandusky
Evel Knievel
Stagecoach of Ashland headline at Lorain County track event
Lorain County Speedway hosts Fan Appreciation Night featuring a wheelstanding Stagecoach dubbed Last Stage West by Ashland's Tom Maras. The display includes a burnout intermission act, free corn on the cob, photo opportunities, and a 20 event program from 8 p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m. Complimentary corn boil follows the final checkered flag.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Dragstrip adds show car at Sandusky feature
A wheel standing Magecoach dragstrip show car will headline at the half mile paved Oval of Sandusky International Speedway Sun day. Golden Agers Day at SIS offers free admission for all 60 plus seniors courtesy of Warehouse Tire Company in Norwalk.
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Sandusky International Speedway
Warehouse Tire Company
Norwalk
Thompson Drag Raceway Hosts Co-Driver Night event
Thompson Drag Raceway invites drivers to bring a passenger under a co-driver program as gates open at 4 p.m. and racing begins at 8 30 p.m. The night combines with the season final Cash Bash offering a 1200 dollar purse and 32400 dollars in contingency awards across AHRA classes and elapsed time brackets.
Beadle Leads Top Drag Racers to Winston IHRA Nationals
Raymond Beadle headlining the Blue Max Funny Car along with Dale Pulde and Gene Snow headline entries for the Winston IHRA Nationals at Dragway 42 West Salem Ohio August 15 16 17. Pro Stock and top fuel divisions feature Peter Roy Hill Bob Glidden Dyno Don Nicholson Don Carlton Gary Beck Don Garrits Pat Dakin Paul Longe and more with a 60000 plus manufacturers fund in play. Gates open 4 p.m. racing 8 30 p.m. local racers prepare for a large 16 car field and a major IHRA comeback at Dragway 42.
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West Salem
HIRA
Raymond Beadle
Dragway
Dale Pulde
Gene Snow
Beadle
Miami
Dale Purde
Amarillo
Rockingham
Snow
Bristol
Richard Petty
Roy Hill
Bob Glidden
Wayne Gapp
Don Nicholson
Don Carlton
Gary Beck
Don Garrits
IHRA
I-71
Ohio
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Wayne Prechtel
George Phillips
Jack Gannon
Chuck Prince
Gene Kemp
George Miles
Lou Nagy
Ron Cather
Bill Stauder
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Ernie Lowe
Bob Seelman
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Avon Hardware & Tack Shop
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