Can-Am race brings 35 cars to Mid-Ohio weekend
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course hosts the Canadian-American Challenge Cup with 35 high powered cars. Team McLaren engines lead, led by Peter Revson and Dennis Hulme as qualifying opens for the 192 mile race. Jackie Stewart and Jo Siffert are among notable challengers in the field.
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Calif
Tony, Dean
Yorkshire
England
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Midohio
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McLaren Team Builds Success On Sponsorship Pledge
Pete Revson and Denis Hulme lead McLaren toward a fifth Can-Am title as the squad nears $1 million in Can-Am purse winnings. Four major sponsors Gulf Oil Goodyear Reynolds Aluminum and Coca Cola fund about 60 percent of annual costs, with GM and Chevrolet engineers present at races.
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Drivers Battle for Titles at Lorain County Speedway
Ernie Lowe of Akron still leads the Super Sprint standings but faces a fierce chase from Armond Holley Gordon Dukes and George Friend as the battle tightens over the championship. In Sport Stock, Boyd Martin clings to a slim lead over Jack Clifford Rich Owen and Bucky Buchannon amid a weekend with demolition derby added for fans.
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Elyria
German driver tops Talladega practice in NASCAR race
German Grand Prix driver Rolf Stommelen, making his first stock car outing, qualified third at Talladega behind Donnie and Bobby Allison. He clocked 183.286 mph in the Mercury and earned a spot beside Richard Petty with twenty drivers in the initial session and twenty more to qualify for the 120000 dollar Talladega 500.
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Bobby
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Ala
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Pete Hamilton
Plymouth
Mercury
Top cars clash at Dragway 42 in Pro-Stock duel
A Plym oush Barracuda driven by Akron Arlen Yanke meets Wally Booth's Rat Pack Camaro in a featured Pro-Stock showdown at Dragway 42 West Salem. Both stock-bodied cars top 140 mph, running the quarter mile in just over nine seconds. Gates open 4 p.m. with time trials and inspection, 8:30 p.m. pro stock racing. Dragway 42 sits on Route 42, four miles from I-71 West Salem exit.
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Hot Rod Grand Nationals to Race at Marion Ohio
The American Hot Rod Association will hold the Grand Nationals at Marion County International Raceway near Marion Ohio August 27 to 29. More than 500 dragsters chase over 100000 dollars in prizes and contingencies. The event, postponed from July by rain, marks the first Ohio hosting.
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Donohue and Follmer Clash in Watkins Glen Trans-Am
Mark Donohue won the Watkins Glen Trans-Am in his Sunoco Sears Penske Javelin leading from lap 33 after George Follmer started on pole in a Mustang. Follmer finished second with Peter Gregg third in another Mustang as the Javelin led the race to the checkered flag.
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