Donohue sweeps weekend USAC and Trans-Am wins
Donohue wins the Trans-American race at Road America and the USAC 200-mile championship at Michigan International Speedway on consecutive days. He widens his lead, while Al Unser falters with a broken turbocharger. Petty nears the million dollar earnings mark with a Trenton 300 victory. Hobbs secures his third season victory at Elkhart Lake.
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Mark Donohue
Donohue
Elkhart Lake
Wis
Michigan International Speedway
Donahue
Brainerd
Minn
Billy Vukovich
Roger McCluskey
al Unser
Unser
Richard Petty
Buddy Baker
Trenton
N.J
Petty
Baker
Bobby Allison
Pete Hamilton
Hobbs
Hansen
Falck wins 1971 National Air Races at Cleveland
Bill Falck of Warwick New York piloting the Rivets racer won the 1971 Formula 1 race on the Lake Erie pylon course at 213.02 mph earning 10000 dollars. Col Robert Moeller finished second in Boo Ray at 2122 mph and Bob Downey won the B class in Old Tiger at 196.51 mph as the three day event closed with Navy Skyhawk jets and a large public air show drawing nearly 100000 spectators.
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Cleveland
API
Bill Falck
Warwick
N.Y
Lake Erie
Falck
U.S. Air Force
Robert Moeller
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Moeller
Bob Downey
Whittier
Calif
Jim Dulin
Fred Wofford
Tahoe City
U.S. Naval Reserve Air Barons
Schlather Insurance Edges Kiwanis 3-2 In Seven Innings
Schlather Insurance defeated Kiwanis 3-2 in seven innings in weekend Big League action. Jeff Smith doubled and scored on a bunt miscue as Rick Tiech bunt gave Smith the winning run on a wild throw. Chapel and Wyneski each had two hits for Schlather. Kovacs, Youngless, and Smith contributed elsewhere.
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Schlather Insurance
Kiwanis
Jeff Smith
Rick Tiech
Smith
Schlather
Chapel Simon Kovacs
Wyneski
Jkovacs
Korona Youngless Smith
Gienke Robbins
Kwians
Sito Dixon Myers Hart Madison Nelson Hutchins
Sabo Ausin Gronowski
Trevel
Kromer wins rally prize in multi-car open event
Bob Kromer of Huron took first in a Lake Shore Corvettes fun rally breaking a three way tie by total rally times. Jim Dineff Oberlin finished second, Dick Howell Sandusky third, Bill Robbins Elyria fourth, with two non Corvette owners among the winners.
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Bob Kromer
Huron
Lake Shore Corvettes
Jim Dineff
Oberlin
Dick Howell
Sandusky
Bill Robbins
Elyria
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Elyria, O
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United Press International
George Follmer
Mustang
Javelin
England
David Hobbs
Minneapolis
Jerry Hansen
Bill Falce
UPI
Security
Motorola
West Bend
eBcape
Security FeDeral Savings and Loan Association
Elyria, Ohio
Middle Avenue
Painesville
Chardon, Medina
Chapel and Wyneski
Kromer
Bill and Maddie Little
Ginny Smith
Tim Benko
Huan
Biarritz
France
Lu Liang Huan
Lee Trevino
Tony Wyneski
Tralph Treuell
Mike Myers
RBI
Ralph Hart
Dim Dixon
Ralph Truell
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Mexico
Schlather Ins
Kwians Club
Ohio Edison
Akron
Ohio
Aluminum
Alumin
Sarfer
Lorain
Leo
Chronicle-Telegram
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