Well, I finally found the results SUPERDUKE was looking for. Not the '65 Eldora opener....not '66, not '67, but this one, the '68 midwest USAC sprint opener. That year Billy Vukovich, Jr. won first round in Irwindale, CA. Then Larry Dickson won at Reading, PA and finally we get to this, OUR season opener.
Time Trials - 41 Cars - Track Record 17.92 by Johnny Rutherford
12 Mickey Shaw.................19.50
14 Johnny Capels................20.55
91 Charlie Masters..............19.65
-9 Ralph Liguori..................19.41
69 Ted Wise......................20.48
-8 Scratch Daniels..............19.44
98 Dick Jones.....................19.81
95 Jim Hines.......................20.22
47 Dee Jones.....................19.46
50 Bill Puterbaugh...............19.07
53 Burt Wilson....................20.45
68 EDick Bonnell..................20.30
44 Wib Spalding..................19.38
46 Jerry Poland...................19.61
-1 Greg Weld......................19.29
99 Jay Woodside.................19.69
35 Bobby Adamson..............20.56
82 Benny Rapp....................20.25
74 Steve Krisiloff.................20.53
45 Al Loquasto....................20.19
57 Norm Brown....................20.56
59 Jerry Karl.......................20.41
75 Bob Seelman...................20.66
20 Tom Bigelow...................19.03
-7 Chuck Booth...................19.46
36 Duke Cook......................18.61
Quick Time
B4 Larry Cannon...................19.45
69 Ray Lee Goodwin..............19.42
15 Dale Breedlove.................20.15
-3 Rollie Beale......................18.96
28 Lee Robinson...................20.50
11 Hal Minyard.....................19.72
43 Tom Corbin.....................21.28
42 Herman Wise...................19.95
21 Carl Williams....................19.19
27 Gene Tallman...................21.74
93 Al Smith..........................19.88
83 Sammy Sessions...............19.39
58 Gil Hess..........................21.69
-6 Bob Pratt.........................DNQ
-6 Don Thomas.....................DNQ (Flipped in Hot Laps)
The Dukester in the Stahl Bros. Chevy had them covered in qualies with only he and Rollie Beale cracking the 18 second barrier.
First Heat - 8 Laps - 2:44.34
42 Herman Wise....................8
99 Jay Woodside...................7
12 Mickey Shaw....................1
-8 Scratch Daniels.................6
83 Sammy Sessions................5
47 Dee Jones........................4
50 Bill Puterbaugh..................2
36 Duke Cook.......................3
Second Heat - 8 Laps - 2.45.37
15 Dale Breedlove..................3
11 Hal Minyard......................1
46 Jerry Poland.....................5
B4 Larry Cannon....................8
-9 Ralph Liguori.....................7
44 Wib Spalding.....................4
21 Carl Williams.....................6
-3 Rollie Beale.......................2
Third Heat - 8 Laps - 2.36.53
45 Al Loquasto......................3
98 Dick Jones.......................4
91 Charlie Masters.................5
-7 Chuck Booth.....................1
69 Ray Lee Goodwin...............2
93 Al Smith..........................8
-1 Greg Weld........................6
20 Tom Bigelow.....................7
Semi-Feature - 10 Laps - 3:17.53
20 Tom Bigelow.....................1
21 Carl Williams.....................2
-1 Greg Weld........................3
93 Al Smith...........................5
83 Sammy Sessions................4
-9 Ralph Liguori.....................11
B4 Larry Cannon.....................6
46 Jerry Poland..................Scratched
91 Charlie Masters..................7
99 Jay Woodside....................8
42 Herman Wise....................10
95 Jim Hines.........................12
68 Dick Bonnell......................9
Feature - 30 Laps - 10:18.04
36 Duke Cook.......................12
-3 Rollie Beale................
The Winner 
20 Tom Bigelow......................2
50 Bill Puterbaugh...................3
21 Carl Williams......................7
-1 Greg Weld.........................4
47 Dee Jones........................16
44 Wib Spalding......................5
83 Sammy Sessions.................8
69 Ray Lee Goodwin...............15
-7 Chuck Booth......................6
12 Mickey Shaw.....................9
11 Hal Minyard......................10
98 Dick Jones........................14
15 Dale Breedlove..................11
45 Al Loquasto......................13
+Duke had mag problems and fell back early before pulling off.
+Larry Dickson missed the show in Ray & Sissy Smith's car.
But, he added 11 more wins to his Reading victory to win the championship over rookie Gary Bettenhausen who, for whatever reason, wasn't at Eldora on this day.
+I didn't recall this but it would seem that heats, consy, and feature all ran from green to checkers without yellows or reds, as I had listed times for all events.
+Drivers from west, east, north, southwest, and of course the midwest. Impressive!
+Back page of the program has a photo of what they say was the biggest crowd ever at Eldora, 9000 fans for the 4/2/67 USAC Sprint show.
+Also program photo showing '67 Eldora Modified Champ, Chick Hale with Miss Eldora, Rose Mary Goodpastuer. WOW....ummm, that would be Rose Mary, not so much Chick.
+It was cold, cold , cold that day. Pretty much the norm for the Eldora opener. At least they got it in.....later it has often been weathered (or dusted) out.
+When I get to giving weather reports it's time to throw the
