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BY CLYDE BOLTON, News sports writer
Briefly ... final Grand National date . . . Gloor hopes for an early-June

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The Automobile Racing Club of America may move its 100-miler, and he realizes that any further Grand Nationals at
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headquarters from Toledo, Ohio, to Birmingham, Anniston or his track would be paled by AIMS ... He also hopes for a

Talladega when Alabama Motor Speedway is completed. Grand Touring race in July or August.

Bill France, the man building the track, is Bobby Allison may not know it, but he can thank
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trying to talk his old friend John Marcum, boss Montgomery International Speedway general manager Bob •V. &

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yC of ARCA, into coming South to enjoy the waters Hannon for his victory over Richard Petty in last Sunday’s
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headquarters would '-move. bolted out of the judge’s stand and directed it himself . . . The TOM GLOOR

green flag came out two laps before the end of the race and .. . Last GN race
Rumors persist that Chrysler will try to
• ••••• Allison passed Richard Petty on the last lap to win . . .
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switch to Ford by hiring Ford’s Donnie Allison
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HARMON, INCIDENTALLY, dropped a ton of money on
they’ve said things to other people,” Allison said.
the Grand National, which was twice rained out and finally run
Local cadet drivers Windle Morgan, Wayne Ferguson,
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(harlie Brown and Ralph Lewis are being advanced by _ leld Overt

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NASCAR to the sportsman ranks for next season. The local sportsman circuit may see a Plymouth in some
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CHARLOTTE MOTOR Speedway in its year-end statement
w fit ■:s a announced a gross income of $943,431 for 1968 with well over . . . It would be nice since the situation has boiled down to a The

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>y. half of it being put back into the track through purse or the
lilli ■IF 1 improvement program. ONE LOCAL Ford dealer isn’t happy over Ford signing Review

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5SX- Richard Petty . . “Now if he doesn’t win big, what are the WITH
Darlington Raceway will get a $100,000 facelifting prior to
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BIRMINGHAM GOLF ASSOCIATION’S OFFICIAL FAMILY the May 10 Rebel 400 .. . Included are complete resurfacing people going to say?” he argues . . . What they will say, of

•.. Seated, Falkner, Dwyer. Standing, Griffis, Wilkinson, Coxe and a new press box. course, is that Plymouth was responsible for Petty’s amazing Great Fire Dancer

success. four lovely

TICKETS FOR the Sept. 14 NASCAR Grand National The new “Talladega” Ford model will be nicknamed, quite hula maidens
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500-miler, the Oct. 25 Suortsman 250-miler and the Oct. 26 naturally, the Model T . . . Cale Yarborough is in Vietnam and ADRIAN
I ■ • ••••••••••••••a. ARCA 500-miler at Alabama International Speedway will go on Thailand touring U. S. service installations for the Department Voice of Paradise
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sale in January. of Defense. THE PRINCE'S

AIMS, it turns out, will be a 2.6-mile track rather than a MUSICIANS

2.5-layout . . . That makes it a 10th of a mile longer than DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL Speedway Corp., which

Daytona and Indianapolis . . • Donnie Allison, who recently hit operates the track at Daytona and Alabama International Dinners
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191 miles an hour in a 1968 Ford in tire tests at Daytona, says Motor Speedway, has changed its name to International

speeds in September at AIMS will top 200 miles an hour Speedway Corp. . . . Top 10 in Grand National standings as NO COVER NO MINIMUM
into sixth He guessed it will take 195 to win the pole at Daytona in they rest until the Jan. 19 Riverside 500 are: I * * • ■

February.
Richard Petty, 149; James Hylton, 144; John Sears, 137;

Neil Castles, 134; Henley Gray, 127; Ben Arnold, 126; Elmo
MANY OF the local modified drivers are competing in 5th Ave. at 20th S I
122; Bobby Isaac, 115; Bobby
NeWS sports writer >•••••» • . _ A A ■ I al Langley, 124; Cecil Gordon, 122; Bobby Isaac, 115; Bobby < • • ■■ *
••• »•• • >•••••• race at Pensacola today . • • It’s a 100-lapper paying a
.c4n.l00k tack on five to‘° its sixth yCar’ whopping $5,500 purse with $1,000 to win. s Allison, 114.

A new set Big Eight Nagle wins Aussie

golfers through what'Vromfse^Mt.7 3t the helm to 8uide 0,6 Look for a major development in the NASCAR point fund rgl The Cambridge Shop

(Not including Saturday games) next season . . . Rumors are that the Grand National
Francis Dwyer “ ‘° another banner year. TEAM Overall League tourney by stroke
W-L W-L champion will be a rich man r°m s share of the point fund AUCKLAND, New Zealand (J1)
Prestdent. succeeding L 7(2’. v°™try Club) the new 1.Woodlawn .... . 5-0 3-0 alone . . . “We’re not in a posit on to make any announce­ Kel Nagle, veteran Australi­
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Ralph Falkner rcL . * VeStaV‘a C°Untty Cluh- 4. Ramsay .......... . 2-2 2-1 ment,” said NASCAR president Bill France Saturday . . . “We an, won the $5,600 internation­ ^,s of «> <««
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8. Banks ................ . 1-3 0-3 this thing develops all divisions uld receive considerable surburban Grange course
TEAM OFFENSE
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“ “s* tt" z TEAM Games 334 Ave. money.” International Raceway president Tom Saturday by a single stroke. Jantzen Sweaters_
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3. Ramsay ............ .......... 4 251 62.8 with a five-stroke edge but
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