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1/11/09, 3:51 PM   #21
Re: USAC Sprints - Terre Haute - 8/9/70
Bruce Harrison
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Thought I'd fill in the rest of the car owners not listed (from the Carl Hungness USAC Sprint History):

29 - "Boston" Louie Seymour
30 - Dick Hoffman
32 - David LeFevre
61 - Lee Brayton
82 - Carl Williams

How about the results from the September 1970 race at Terre Haute? That was my 1st USAC race. I remember 3 things about that race: Bruce Walkup won the feature in the Seymour 29, Johnny Rutherford ran the no-cage Meskowski #15, and since I'd recently broken my arm playing football, and got AJ Foyt and Tony Hulman's autographs on the cast:thumb
 
1/11/09, 4:15 PM   #22
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You know what, I was rooting for Duke that day, I think he drove a heck of a race and I believe in a couple more laps it would have been a different winner.
I know a couple post on here just to try to rile Duke up, but I'll tell you what, I bet you that you would have liked to do just 1/2 of what he did in racing.
 
1/11/09, 6:12 PM   #23
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Quote:
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How about the results from the September 1970 race at Terre Haute? That was my 1st USAC race.
Happy to oblige Bruce. Think I'll start a new thread for that one though.
 
1/11/09, 8:18 PM   #24
Re: USAC Sprints - Terre Haute - 8/9/70
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Hey guys, I dug around a little bit and was able to come up with some info on a couple of races in Indiana including the 1978 Hulman Classic and the race the night before at Haubstadt. Pretty sweet weekend if you look at an amazing lineup of drivers. Hope this satisfies some curiousity, sorry it wasn't more detailed!

Terre Haute Action Track - $7000 to win Tony Hulman Classic, Terre Haute,IN
Date of Race: 5/6/1978


1: Tobias, Dick (17) 2: Cook, Duke (28) 3: McSpadden, Lealand (75 - Stanton) 4: Leavell, Rich (61 - Welch) 5: Vogler, Rich (74 - Leyba) 6: Gurney, Chuck (41 - Coulter) 7: Olivero, Bobby (22 - Hill) 8: Templeman, Clark (30 - Trost) 9: Leffler, Greg (106 - Siebert) 10: Rager, Roger (35 - Bowen) 11: Bigelow, Tom (43 - Armstrong) 12: Cassella, Billy (29 - Seymour) 13: Shuman, Ron (6 - Siebert) 14: Parkinson, Junior (65) 15: Walkup, Bruce (42 - Moorman) 16: Carter, Pancho (44 - Stapp) 17: Kinser, Sheldon (1 - Hammond) 18: Hicks, Roy (19 - Niebel) 19: Parsons, Johnny (38 - Hodson)

Fast time: Eddie Leavitt (Siebert 86); (Sanction Note - $7000 Tony Hulman USAC Classic)

Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt,IN
Date of Race: 5/5/1978
USAC Midgets

1: Tripp, Sleepy (26 - Miller) 2: Shuman, Ron (9 - Pool) 3: Caruthers, Lonnie (78) 4: Kenyon, Mel (43 - Armstrong) 5: Cannon, Steve (48 - Heerboth)

Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis,IN
Date of Race: 5/26/1978
USAC Sprints

A1 Feature
1: McSpadden, Lealand (86 - Siebert) 2: Vogler, Rich (74 - Leyba) 3: Engelhart, Billy (7 - Weaver) 4: Alderson, Mark (66 - Enslow) 5: Oskie, Jimmy (55 - Knepper) 6: Weeks, Jerry (35 - Bowen) 7: Miller, Jerry (79 - Watson) 8: Cannon, Steve (71 - Babb) 9: Olivero, Bobby (22 - Hill) 10: McClellan, Mack (78) 11: Miller, Phil (58) 12: Lovelace, Malcolm (80)
A2 Feature
1: Cassella, Billy (29 - Seymour) 2: Tobias, Dick (17 ) 3: Bigelow, Tom (43 - Armstrong) 4: Kinser, Sheldon (1 - Hammond) 5: Snider, George (20 - Rhoades) 6: Parkinson, Junior (65) 7: East, Bob (21 - Dorathy) 8: Cook, Duke (28) 9: Leavell, Rich (78 - McClellan) 10: Hicks, Roy (19 - Niebel) 11: Browning, Hal (31 - Campbell) 12: Peperak, Dave (77)
A3 Feature
1: Tobias, Dick (17 ) 2: Cassella, Billy (29 - Seymour) 3: Bigelow, Tom (43 - Armstrong) 4: Vogler, Rich (74 - Leyba) 5: Kinser, Sheldon (1 - Hammond) 6: Snider, George (20 - Rhoades) 7: Engelhart, Billy (7 - Weaver) 8: Shuman, Ron (86 - Siebert) 9: Weeks, Jerry (35 - Bowen) 10: Olivero, Bobby (22 - Hill) 11: Oskie, Jimmy (55 - Knepper) 12: East, Bob (21 - Dorathy)
 
1/11/09, 8:44 PM   #25
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Was leading the feature at the fairgrounds and blew the new titanium rod motor all over the place. A picture of this (leading) is on the front page of the 1979 or 80 state fair program. That would have been a big win because leffler was not a dirt man.
 
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