Wild racing weekend across multiple majors
Jackie Stewart won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone setting a track record and earning 42 points in the World Championship. Richard Petty won the Northern 300 at Trenton, Mark Donohue dominated Trans Am and USAC events, and Dave Weber, George Friend, and Shirley Clifford claimed wins at regional tracks. Watkins Glen hosts the Six Hours of Endurance and Can-Am races with top teams from Alfa Romeo Ferrari Porsche Matra and McLaren fielded, featuring Stewart Donohue Revson Hulme Ickx Andretti and others.
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Jackie Stewart
Stewart
Tyrell-Ford
Silverstone
England
Jacky Ickx
Belgium
Trenton
N.J
Richard Petty
Petty
Elkhart Lake
Wisc
Mark Donohue
Javelin
Mustang
Bacon
Donohue
Michigan International
McLaren
Dave Weber
Elyria
Thompson Dragway
George Friend
Norwalk
Lorain County Speedway
Shirley Clifford
Shirley
Glen
Watkins Glen
New York
Alfa Romeo
Ferrari
Italy
Porsche
West Germany
Matra
France
Team McLaren
Denis Hulme
Peter Revson
Mark Donahue
Mario Andretti
Racing This Week End at Watkins Glen and Nashville
Racing events listed for July 24 and 25 include a 6 hours World Manufacturers Championship at Watkins Glen, a 250 mile Winston Cup Grand National at Nashville Fairgrounds, the Canadian American Challenge Cup at Watkins Glen, and the USAC Stock Car Championship at Terre Haute Action Track. The schedule highlights NASCAR and SCCA series across multiple venues.
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Fairgrounds Speedway
Nashville
Tenn
Watkins Glen
N.Y
Action Track Speedway
Terre Haute
Ind
Cleamons Earns Big Ten Medal of Honor Honor
Ohio State basketball star Jim Cleamons is among ten graduating seniors tapped for the Big Ten Medal of Honor for academic and athletic excellence. He scored 1,335 points in three OSU varsity seasons and posted a 28 grade point average with a major in education.
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Chicago
UPI
Ohio State
Jim Cleamons
Cleamons
OSU
Michigan Madman at Dragway 42 two-wheel freebie
Rick Case's Honda Kawasaki event at Dragway 42 West Salem offers free advance tickets from six Case locations for a day of motorcycling and jet car contrasts. E. J. Potter the Michigan Madman will race his motorcycle against Art Arfons' Cyclops 11 jet dragster, with head starts and world record attempts.
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E.J. Potter
Michigan
Art Arfons
Akron
Rick Case
Dragway
Arfons
Potter
West Salem
Ohio
Honda
Cleveland
Barberton
Cuyahoga Falls
Kent
Wooster
Rick Case Hondawasaki
Bob Motz
Case
Dragway 42
Route 42
Martin Lowe lead in stretch at Lorain County Speedway
In Lorain County Speedway action at South Amherst seven weeks remain in the season. Martin Wake man and Ernie Lowe Akron lead Sport Stock and Super Sprint standings with 745 and 1275 points respectively as Hollifield tops Super Sprint car owners at 1200. Other leaders include Buchan Elyria Owen LaGrange and Sexton Vermilion. Tomorrow night features a double feature for Sport Stocks and Super Sprints plus a "Stamp Out The Bug" contest.
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Lorain County Speedway
Boyd
Martin
Wakeman
Ernie Lowe
Akron
Cecil Hollifield
Bucky Buchannon
Elyria
Rich Owen
LaGrange
Jim Sexton
Vermilion
Speedway
George Friend
Norwalk
Jack Houseworth
Marion
Armond Holley
Lowe
Don Bleily
Roy Smith
South
Amherst
Sucker Punch Defends Honor at Dragway 42
WEST SALEM Ohio Tim Campbell of Mentor drives Sucker Punch a Camaro set to defend its honor Saturday night at Dragway 42. The car established its standing June 12 when the Mid-America Pro Stock circuit debuted at the West Salem strip. Dennis Manning of Cleveland finished runner up in Al's Toy II a Barracuda after a red eye start penalty.
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West Salem
Ohio
Tim Campbell
Mentor
Campbell
Dennis Manning
Cleveland
Demolition Derby Launches Sandusky Speedway Season
Sandusky International Speedway seizes the track for its first Demolition Derby of the season on Sunday with about 26 autos expected. Competitors travel from Painesville and Sandusky as Indy type supermodifieds, Stock Cars, and Pro-Stock cars prepare a five and six event program respectively, all in thirty lap features. Time trials begin at 4 00 p.m. with the main races at 7 00 p.m. Gates for Dragway 42 open for inspection at 4 00 p.m. Pro-Stock and IHRA class racing starts at 8 30 p.m. on both tracks.
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Sandusky International Speedway
Painesville
Sandusky
Same tire rule proposed for west 500 at Ontario
The USAC rules committee proposed applying the Schaefer 500 tires rule to the California 500 at Ontario. The rule requires using the same four tires that qualified to start, with possible compound changes only at pit stops, and allows replacing a damaged qualifying tire with an identical one by a committee. The panel will reconvene August 16 to review other changes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Pennsylvania
California
Ontario
U.S
Auto Club Rules Committee
Usac Board of Directors
Pocono International Raceway
USAC
Firestone
Goodyear
Corvettes Time Trials at Nelson Ledges Raceway
Corvettes from the National Council of Corvette Clubs headline a time trials speed event at Nelson Ledges Raceway in Warren Ohio on Sunday. Open to Corvettes only with driver must be 21 or older and possess a valid license. Registration from 9 am to noon, practice at 9:30, first car at noon, entry $6.50 nonmembers $5.50 members $1 spectators, after-event party. pre-registration via Jerry Lancaster Parma.
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Corvette
Cleveland
Council of Corvette Clubs
Nelson Ledges Raceway
Warren
NCCC
Rt. 305
Rt. 422
Jerry Lancaster
Hetzel
Super Mark Donohue Drives to More Racing Glory
The Cambridge Junction tale of Mark Donohue paints a mild mannered, media Pa. driver as Super Mark. He wins the SCCA Trans-American series at Road America and the Michigan 200, then defends his Javelin McLaren switch with Penske Racing claims. The piece blends myth and fact about the rising star.
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Cambridge Junction
Michigan
Mark Donohue
Media
Donohue
Clark Kent
Mark Donahue
Good Ole
U.S. of A
Roger Penske Racing Enterprises
Sports Car Club of America
American Motors
USAC
U.S. Auto Club
McLaren
Man of Steel
Mark
Javelin
Penske Racing
Philadelphia
Ohio fishing outlook stays good to excellent for weekend
Ohio Division of Wildlife reports strong fishing across regions including Lake Erie where walleye bite on deep running lures and evening hours, white bass feeding schools, catfish at Catawba Marblehead and Bass Islands, and perch and freshwater drum in western basins. Also muskies near Clearfork and Pleas ant Hill areas with various lures. record note on mercury caution for certain catches. Novella Calligaris clocks European record in 800m free.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Lake Erie
Crib
Toussaint
Niagara
West
Catawba
Marblehead
Bass Islands
Port Washington
Gene Scott
York
Antonio Palafox
Mexico
Adv- Northwestern Anced
Y. Scott
Bob Barker
Sands Point
N.Y
Palafox
Mike Marcin
San Gabriel
Calif
Pop and His Fish Tales Attract Deep Treasures Bribe
A playful fish tale quotes Pop claiming fish seek bribes for his bait, suggesting magical rewards from the deep. The whimsical line centers on his claim that fish deliver treasures if appeased with bait.
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Pop
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