Weather brightens drag racing picture at area tracks
By LINDA CUDLIN area drag racing benefited from cooperative weather yielding strong turnouts. Ron Lovelace won Run Turf at Thompson Drag Raceway with an 11.82 ET in his Mustang. Loretta Dahl led Stock Eliminator, driving an Andover Camaro to 14.61. Bill Eadelis won Super Pro at Norwalk Dragway in a final against Sam LaMarca. Glenn Rice topped Dragster in Dragway 42 action with a 9.23 ET.
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Linda Cudlin
C-T
Mother Nature
Ron Lovelace
Thompson Drag Raceway
Loretta Dahl
TDR
Norwalk Dragway
Tompson Drag Raceway
Cleveland
Mustang
Gary Weemiller
Lake City
Nova
Loretta Caht
Andover
Elyria Parks Department Seeks Slow-Pitch Softball Players
The Elyria Parks and Recreation Department seeks boys 16 to 18 for a slow-pitch league. Fee is $5 per person. Call 365-7101 to register or request playing with friends. Eligible players include those in other softball or baseball teams. Contact John Hines at the Rec office for more information.
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Elyria Parks and Recreation Department
Rec Department
John Hines
Rec
Auto racing roundup shows Pontiac driver wins at 105.38 mph
Area auto racing roundup notes a Pontiac win at 105.38 mph as LaMarca posts 10.84 at 123.96 mph. A Bike Eliminator final had Rick Frasso versus John Vallachino, both from Berea on Kawasaki, but Vallachino red lit at the start. The Pro Gas field features 15 cars chasing a 9.20 index for eight spots in Super Comp.
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Hihgaesy
Bill Eaalelis
Cleveland
Pontiac
Sam LaMarca
Brunswick
Ken Cameron
Westlake
Plymouth
Ray Hanson 'T
Norwalk
Dodge
Craig Schwifert
Bellevue
Nova
Glen Risner
Greenwich
Chevrolet
Riedy
LaMarca
Rick Frasse
John Vallachino
Berea
Kawasaki
Frasso
Vallachino
Shullick sweeps New York tracks at Oswego Speedway
Dave Shullick won the regular feature at Oswego Speedway and then captured the Port City 150 on the 5/8 mile track. He moved into first in Oswego point standings after two late leads, while Jim Shampine suffered a lap 45 crash and was hospitalized with minor burns.
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Oswego
N.Y
New York
Dave Shullick
Oswego Speedway
Port City
Shullick
Jim Shampine
Doug Herron
Shampine
Bently Warren
Lorainite
Lorain County and
Sandusky
Ellis Wins Summer 50 at Cloverleaf in 16.449 Track Record Pace
Akron driver Walt Ellis drove his 78 Regal to victory in Cloverleaf Speedway's Summer 50 super stocks, breaking his own track record with a 16.449 second lap from 12th on a 25 car grid. He led from lap 23 of the 50 lap main, overshadowing Terry Stineman and Bob Miller. Henry Defer topped sport stocks, with Steve Sopko Sr. and Ed Heulette winning spectator stocks.
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Valley View
Akron
Walt Ellis
Cloverleaf Speedway
Ellis
Randy Stineman
Cleveland
Terry Stineman
Bob Miller
Mogadore
Streetsboro
Henry Defer
Steve Sopko Sr
Cuyahoga Fall
Paul Miller
Duane Workman
Cuyahoga
Megadore
Mike Miller
Bill Kuralak
Lawny Vaughn
Canton
Jim McMahan
Ben Cather
Elyria
Jim Kidd
Paul Muller
Pursuit
Alonzo Henderson
Mike Tiffe
Vaughn
J McMahan
Bob McMahan
N. Ridgeville
Steveland
Joe Hilliard
Westlake
Defer
Nancy Spencer
Northfield
al Stacko
Cleveand
Bob Boyd
Doefer
Kathy
Pyle
Gullatta
Heulette
Francek
Hon Rollins
Lakewood
Elyria Merchants win opener in Berea rout
The Elyria Merchants opened the Cuyahoga County AAA baseball season with a 12 to 4 win over Number One Sports at Berea. Terry Norman, in his last game before signing with the Cleveland Indians, pitched two innings of two hit ball and added three hits and three RBIs while Dave Thompson and Mike Treuel had two hits each.
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Elyria Merchants
Cuyahoga County
Berea
Terry Norman
Cleveland Indians
Elyria
Dave Thompson
Mike Treuel
Eve Berea
Abot
Abo
Luctia
Klesel
Ghormg
Norman
Pro soccer Saturdays results and Sundays schedule
Saturday results include Los Angeles money Portland loss, Houston 1 Vancouver 0, San Jose 2 Memphis Philadelphia 3, Detroit 0, Tampa Bay 3 Seattle 0. Sunday results show New York 3 Toronto 1, Rochester 2 California 1, Washington 3 New England overtime Minnesota 3 Tulsa 2. No games listed for Monday or Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
Portland
Houston
Vancouver
San Jose
Memphis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Seattle
New York
Toronto
Rochester
California
Washington
New England
Mmmnexola
Tulsa
Rees Wins District Pitch Hit and Run Title
Bill Rees of Elyria won the 12 year old division in the Cleveland Metropolitan District Pitch Hit and Run contest held Saturday at Edgewater Park in Cleveland. His score advances to district competition with the top two moving on to Division competition on June 27 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
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Bill Rees
Elyria
Cleveland
Edgewater Park
Rees
Tiger Stadium
Detroit
Elyria Flyers beat Fairview II 2-0 in Class F match
The Elyria Flyers secured a 2-0 victory over Fairview II with two second half goals by Greg Quin assisted by John Mulford. Ben Basinski and Nicky Stevens starred in goal for Elyria. In the other Class F game Fairview I shut out the Elyria Knicks 3-0.
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Elyria Flyers
Fairview II
Greater Elyria Soccer Association
Greg Quin
John Mulford
Ben Basinski
Nicky Stevens
Fairview I
Elyria Knicks
Ford Tractor Rally Sparks 10-8 Victory
Nordson rally falls short as Ford Tractor wins 10-8 behind Mark Kubel's homer. Elyria Moose dominate Nordson 22-4 with Mike Mahone two homers and Mike Ward one. Dana Woods hits grand slam for United Polish Club in 13-4 win over Famous Recipe. Pitchers Shaun Hatcher and Bruce McFarley noted.
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Ford ‘Tractor
Nordson
Mark Kubel
Elyria Moose
Mike Mahone
Mike Ward
Dana Woods
United Polish Club
Dr Pa Pane pitches one hitter in win for Dr Pepper
In a cluttered game report, Dr Pa Pane hurled a one hitter as Dr Pepper beat Marie Insurance. Schlather Insurance, 6-1. Joe Shop defeated Elbert Properties 7-5 with Eric Sadowski collecting two hits. Jeff Wiech and Mark Blair led festival scoring while multiple pitchers earned decisions.
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Dr. Pepper
Marie Insurance
Invacare
Schlather Insurance
Joe Shop
Elbert Properties
Eric Sadowski
Jeff Wiech
Pau Aidyway
Ed Pine
We Maham
Mike Weick
Greg Comstock
Chris Nilges
Triple Comstock
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Lang Optical
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Conn
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Williams
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Erie Dearie
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Luke Danny's
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