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cars' went to the post Saturd
“Ray (Fox) and the rest of the
It was a particularly chilling windup Yellow Flag For
make cars really safe. Anyone with boys did a wonderful job of setting —zvu winners j at the finish there were 20 survivors.
the brains of a retarded termite knows up the car. That’s the difference between for Rod Eulenfeld of Jacksonville.
that the Grand National race cars winning and losing," the 6 foot, 160 Records for the nine. previous Daytona.,gOO’s listing << 37 Laps Of 120
as it is possible pound Blackburn said.' win. cubic " Inch1 -et tfl"
to make a vehicle, proven by the “Actually, we didn’t have any pre­ engineer-mechanic for the car and the average speed: S came out of the east turn and spun The yellow caution flag was out for
fact that many of today’s race drivers race strategy except to get out in 1959— Lee Petty, 1959 Oldsmobile, 394 c.i., Richard g his Ford. It finally halted in the middle 37 laps in the 120 lap NASCAR 300
mile modified-sportsman race Saturday
have survived crack-ups at speeds as front fast and then play it by ear,” of the track with cars whizzing past. A, as follows:
high as 170 or better. With a showroom the 32 year old part-time insurance Petty, 135.521 mph. S Eulenfeld was credited with placing No. 8 lap, caution flag out for seven
counterpart a crash in front of Lyndon’s agent said. 1960— Junior Johnson, 1959 Chevrolet, 409 c.i. Ray sixth in the final standings. laps; Gus Linder, Pittsburgh, spun his
Bunkie, a favorite with Daytona Beach
house on Pennsylvania Avenue at 35 race fans, moved here from his native Fox, 124.740 mph. # Ironically, only casualty at the Chevrolet wildly out of the east turn.
or 40 could easily spell curtains for Fayetteville, N.C. in 1962. 1961— Marvin Panch, 1960 Pontiac, 389 c.i., Smokey Speedway Saturday as cars skidded The car skidded backwards, then smash­
the driver and his companions. Trouble From Tiny Yunick, 149.601 mph. £ and spun sideways and backwards was ed the infield wire fence before stopping.
Assuming that Mr. Boyd is thoroughly Blackburn took the 1965 Charger out 1962— Fireball Roberts, 1962 Pontiac, 421 c.i., Yunick, g a child who was standing on the grand­ Linder was not hurt. The car sheet
honest and dedicated, he couldn’t ahead of the pack but soon learned 152.529 mph. $ stand ramp. A large Bell System box metal was crumbled.
fell from the television tower atop the
possibly make a better move than that Tiny Lund in No. 55, a 1961 press box and struck the boy on the No. 15 lap, flag out for six laps;
having a team of knowledgeable in­ Ford, was going to give him more 1963— Tiny Lund, 1963 Ford, 427 c.i., Glen Wood, 151.566 g head. Maynard Forette, S. Hadley, Mass.,
vestigators look into stock cars. They of a fight than he or his pit crew mph. He was taken to Halifax Hospital. in a Ford, and Ralph Arnold, Merced,
Calif., in a Dodge, spun out on the
might soon learn how today’s race expected. 1964— Richard Petty, 1964 Plymouth, 426 c.i. Lee Petty, The story of the race was narrowed b ackstretch.
drivers live to tell and drive again ‘‘We didn’t really think Tiny could 154.334 mph. £ to four cars: Blackburn, Bobby Allison, No. 27 lap, flag out for five laps.
after wrecks at fantastic speeds that go as fast as he did. That surprised 1965— (rain, 332 miles), Fred Lorenzen, 1965 Ford, 427 § Red Farmer and DeWayne (Tiny) Lund. Hank Thomas, Winston Salem, blew
us. He made it tough for a while.”
would have wiped out old Herman Lund was leading but Bunkie had c.i., Jack Sullivan, 141.539 mph. g Allison lost precious time in the the engine on his Ford on backstretch.
Schultz doing 30 on the way to the cut the lead to one lap and seven pits on the 79th lap when he stopped No. 58 lap, flag out for five laps.
pickle factory. seconds on the 61st lap when Tiny 1966— (rain, 495 miles), Richard Petty, 1966 Plymouth, £ for fuel and his engine stalled. Boscoe Lowe, Asheville, Ford, blew
• • • ran out of gas on the east turn coming 426 c.i., Maurice Petty, 160.627 mph. Lund charged ahead in the first lap, engine.
INCIDENTALLY, if there are any into the homestretch. 1967— Mario Andretti, 1967 Ford, 427 c.i., Ralph Moody, £ tailed Blackburn on the second. Lund’s No 70, flag out for four laps. Carl
kids around from the Health, Education After he got back in the race, Lund 146.926 mph. Ford nosed in front on the 29th lap Stevens, Rohobeth, Mass., Ford, came
and Welfare Department in good old came on strong again, and at 109 laps ★ ★ ★ sliding backwards out of the east turn.
He limped to the pits, made a short
Washington D.C., I wonder if they’ve was running third behind Bunkie and Leaders And Speed stop, and was allowed to continue in
checked the emission controls on the Hoss Ellington in No. 64, a ’64 Ford. the race.
’68 cars out on the track. Rumor Then Tiny blew his engine and was Africa's Henning Leaders at 100 miles (40) laps: No 76, flag out for four laps. Aaron
has it that the hydrocarbon vapors out of the race. 1. Dewayne (Tiny) Lund, Ford: 2. Gailey, Livonia, Ga., Ford, and Don
“But he had me more worried than
(smog fixings) around the trioval are anyone while he was in there,” Bunkie Lee Roy Yarbrough, Ford; 3. Red Bumgardner, Kings Mt., N.C., Ford,
several points below Los Angeles stan­ said. Farmer, Dodge; 4. Hoss Ellington, Ford; went into spinouts coming out of the
dards — golly. Firestone Praise Takes Tucson Lead 5 Bobby Allison, Ford; 6. Bill Wimble, west turn and hit each other lightly after
While still in Washington some of His lips slightly smeared by lipstick Pontiac; 7. Jeff Hawkins, Ford; 8. long slides.
you may have heard that there are from blond Mrs. Blackburn’s en­ TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — South Africa’s four-way tie for second when he three- Don Bumgardner, Ford; 9. Bunkie No. 98, flag out for six laps. Red
some serious rumblings in Congress thusiastic victory kiss, Bunkie said: Harold Henning fired a four-under-par putted from 35 feet on the 18th hole. Blackburn, Dodge; 10. Pete Hamilton, Farmer, Hueytown, Ala., running second
in a Dodge, went kaput and lost his
Ford. Leader averaging 138.248
to put speed governors on all cars. “When I had the lead there toward 68 Saturday for a 204 total after three Defending champion Arnold Palmer, Leaders at 200 miles (80 laps): 1. drive shaft on the course.
These would hold absolute top speed the last and was running smooth and rounds and took a one stroke lead stricken with a touch of the flu, had Farmer; 2. Wimble; 3. .Ellington; 4. ★
to 80 or 90. If such a law were ahead of traffic I got to feeling pretty in the $100,000 Tucson Open Golf Tourna­ a 37-36—73 to card a 54 hole total Blackburn; 5. Hawkins; 6. Bob Allison; * *
good.” Shuman Award
passed it wouldn’t take the biggest “That’s more than I did,” interjected ment over four players. of 216,12 strokes off the pace. 7. Lund. Leader averaging 136.804 mph.
brain in Detroit to figure out what Mrs. Blackburn. Henning, 33, was one stroke off the The pros generally wrecked the rambl­ 300 miles (120 laps): 1. Blackburn; The annual Champion sponsored Bud­
this would do to the hot selling sporty “Unless you’ve won a lot I guess pace set by second round co-leaders ing 7,200 yard, par 72 Tucson National 2. Ellington; 3. Bob Allison; 4. Wimble; dy Shuman Memorial Award for stock
car racing in 1967 has been given
car market. Don’t for a moment think you keep worried until that final lap Dale Douglass and host pro Bill Ogden, Golf Club Course, with only seven 5. Hawkins; 6. Eulenfield. Winner to Goodyear for promoting safety on
such a thing couldn’t happen because and you know you’ve won it,” Mrs. and took the undisputed lead on the (See TUCSON on next page) averaged 140.423 mph. the race tracks.
it could. Remember this is the arena Blackburn said, smiling. final hole when Douglass missed a ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
where prohibition was bom. If all cars “It was a wonderful thrill, though. seven foot putt for a par to go U-under.
are forced to have governors it would I was scoring for Bunkie — I have Henning’s round included a near
not only affect racing but could be for all his races,” the attractive wife disastrous double-bogey on the 165-yard,
the straw that would send the country of the winner confided. par-three fourth hole, but he overcame
A young man introduced himself as
sliding into a depression. The hottest Peter Firestone of the tire family and this deficit by rolling in birdie putts
market for automobiles today, regard­ said; “Congratulations and thank you of six and four feet on the next two
less of who makes them, is for the for winning the race for us.” holes.
One stroke behind Henning at 205
jet-set screamers such as Mustangs, Bunkie shook hands with Firestone were Douglass and Ogden, who shot
Camaros, GTOs, Road Runners, Charg­ and explained about “losing” the tire a two-under-par Saturday, Frank Beard,
ers, etc. The writer happens to know that sent him in for the first pit who had a 34-31—65, and Bruce
that none of the major camps have stop that lost him the lead. Crampton who came in with a 31-35—66.
rainy-day models tucked away for an “I must have cut it on a piece The South African has won a total
emergency, even though they realize of something on the track because of $16,000 on the winter tour so far,
the four-door-sedan buff can’t be counted I didn’t have any other tire trouble. his best pay day was $9,000 for his
on to buy every year like the typical It was the right rear and it felt third place finish in the Bing Crosby
hotshots. to me like it had been cut ... I’d Open.
guess that it cost me about a full
Douglass, 36-34—70 Saturday, came
Before such laws are passed I’d lap.” into the final hole tied with Henning
like to point out a fact that I’ve High Speeds after recording a birdie on the par-three
used in columns in the past, which Bunkie made four pit stops, the last 17th.
no one has ever been able to answer. one for gas when the caution flag The slender 31-year-old Denver, Colo.,
If you should meet Secretary Boyd was out with about 20 laps to go. tour regular had three bogeys to go
you might ask him. In 1937 (thirty-one “I think it was about somewhere with his five pars.
years ago) 37,000 people were killed around the 87th or 88th lap when Ogden, 36-34—70, was bidding to
in auto accidents and there were only I got the lead back for the last time.” become the first host pro to win on
29 million-plus vehicles of all sorts A reporter asked Bunkie if he was the tour since Earl Stewart took the
on the country’s roads. Last year, racing in today’s Daytona 500 and 1961 Dallas Open at the Oak Hills
Country Club.
with more than 90 million cars and he shook his head and said, “I wish Crampton held the lead for most
I did have a good factory ride.”
trucks, they only managed to kill 53,000. DUEL AT DAYTONA
The fantastic speeds the Grand Na­ of the day after firing a five-under . . . Bunkie Blackburn (3) and Tiny Lund (55) duel for
(See McCahill On Page 3C) tional cars jre making this year was 31 on the front nine and went 12 lead
mentioned to Bunkie who last drove under on the 16th but fell into the