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llllS INDIANAFOLIS S'i'AK I'AGE 31 WINS 31 AKLOV AWAR Kunzman Is Firs Recipient MONDAY, MAY 28, 1073 nuiHiwiiiLiiiii 1 1 1 1. limwbh 1 1 mii tm yMyjwypwrp mmKraiiprmmm.if r-p Lee Kunzman, one of the most promising young drivers on the United States Auto Club championship trail, has been named the first recipient of the Jim Malloy Memorial Award. Speedway, won the event (right photo) in which ix drivers qualified for the 500 and riding mechanics took part. (Star Photos by Jerry Clark) electric-powered machine prior to special two-lap race yesterday at the 500. Hulman and driver Gary Bettenhausen, who will drive in today's classic at the NEW RACE? No, Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman (left photo with hat in hand) isn't climbing into a Martian vehicle, rather a three-wheel The award consists of a specially-designed, cast bronze plaque bearing a deep-etced likeness of the late driver, Jim Malloy, who died May 18, 1972, from injuries sustained during a practice run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Thermo King Corporation, the world's largest transport refrigeration manufacturer, sponsors the award. IN ADDITION to the individual plaque and a cash award of $500 presented to Kunzman by Jim's widow, Mary Malloy of Denver, Colorado, and V. W. Snyder, vice president of Marketing, Thermo King, a permanent plaque, engraved with each winner's name, will be on display In the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. The Jim Malloy Memorial Award will be presented annually to a driver during the month of May at Indianapolis who is judged to be an exem-p 1 a competitor as deter- Other Pictures, Pages 33, 36 Rclaated Story, Page 33 Speedway Records, Timing Chart, Page 36 mined by his skill and per-serverance, determination and resourcefulness and amicable cooperation with the news media and fans.

Judges for the award were Harlan Fengler, Indianapolis 500 chief steward; Ray Marquette, The Indianapolis Star auto racing writer; Dick Mitt-man, the Indianapolis News auto racing writer; Sid Collins, Indianapolis Motor Speedway radio network chief announcer and Snyder of Thermo King. Kunzman, 28, Cuttenberg Iowa, has been a USAC championship driver since 1969. He made a courageous comeback to racing after being se-r i 1 burned around the face and neck in a USAC sprint car accident at Odessa, Missouri, on June 5, 1970. 11 AMICES PAST iEARSON NEAR i'MNESIM Baker Captures World 600 Again at 158.051 mph in Wednesday's qualifying and expressed confidence of victory at that time, saying, "I just have that feeling I'm going to win He held the lead 10 times for 220 laps, including 133 of the last 140. There were two accidents in the race, but no one was injured.

Shortly after the 300-mile mark, Eaker steered out of trouble coming ou of the third turn when a cut tire sent him point for 15 laps because of a ight rain and a heavier shower later stopped the action for 40 minutes with Richard Petty holding the lead. Shortly after the 400-mile mark, Petty bumped Into the wall coming out of the third turn and damaged the alignment of his Dodge so severely it took him out of competition. Petty fell 28 laps behind du-ing a series of pit stops at-tempting to correct his problems. Baker, a hometown driver, borough in a Junior Johnson-built Chevrolet. Bobby Isaac was fourth in a Ford and Benny Parsons was fifth in a Chevrolet.

Baker's victory extended the hard-luck jinxes of Petty and the Wood Brothers. Petty never has won a race at Charlotte, despite hoding a record 18 victories in major races. The Wood Brothers won the National 500 here in 1960 but never have captured this 600-mile test. Baker won the pole position Picture, Page 35 ted under the sixth caution flag of the day. Pearson, who had won four straight superspeedway victories, was In the pit only 13 seconds while Baker stayed about 25.

However, Baker, driving the fastest car on the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway, overtook Pearson 16 laps from the finish and the race was virtually over. The last caution was dropped for removal of debris on the back straightaway. The race was slowed at one became the first repeat winner in he 600 mile event and also its first three-time winner, having captured the rain-shortened 1968 race after 383 mlies. The victory, Baker's first this year, was worth $25,250. His average speed was 134.890 miles an hour.

Pearson, the hottest driver on the Grand National circuit, earned $15,350 for see-on place, pushing him over the $100,000 mark for this season. Third place, a lap behind the leaders, went to Cale Yar- Fairgrounds Races Reset By DAVE OVERPECK The overnight rain, in the main, made all efforts to form a racing surface at the Fairgrounds in vain. "ITKlll mumM HUMS WSS LBUWUK GAB Uta 17 C3D HDS PETER REVSON, HE US AUTO RACING CHAMPION So, yesterday's doublehead-er of United States Auto Club sprint cars and midgets was called off about noon, 90 minutes ahead of the scheduled start of the Twin 50 sprint show which already had been rained out Saturday night. THE SPRING program has been rescheduled for Friday night, June 8, with the midgets going Sunday afternoon, June 17. The sprints will be a continuation of Saturday night's program.

Qualifications stand from Saturday night, as does the 15-lap semifeature won by Charlie Masters. The June 8 program will consist of warmups at 6:30 p.m. and the two 50-milers beginning at 8 o'clock. The midget show June 17 will be a full program with warmups and then qualifications at noon. The first of the two 50-mile features is scheduled at 3 p.m.

Ticket prices from the sprint races are $6 for reserved grandstand, $5 general admission and $3 infield. Midget prices are $5 reserved, $4 general admission and $3 infield. Tribe Game Is Rained Out STAR SPECIAL REPORT Des Moines, Iowa After winning the two games played at Omaha, the Indianapolis Indians will be trying to whittle front -running Iowa's lead when the series with the Oaks begins tonight. The Tribe returns to Indianapolis to begin a three-game series with Evansville, Friday night. There will be an open date next Monday before Iowa is booked for three tilts, June 5-6-7.

Nobody loves cars more than I do. And nobody feels more strongly that a fine piece of machinery PIT PASS arfu! Charlotte, N.C. (AP) Buddy Baker, driving his Dodge almost flawlessly, charged past David Pearson 16 laps from the finish yesterday and captured stock car racing's longest event, the World 600, for the second straight year. Baker took control of the race about 200 miles from the finish but opened the door for the Wood Brothers Mercury driven by Pearson 21 laps foh the finish when both cars pit- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION Pet. GB Iowa 14 MO Omaha ..,23 16 Vi INDIANAPOLIS 21 17 .544 3Vi Evansvlllt .14 24 .361 II WESTERN DIVISION Pc.

6 Wichita 23 1 .341 Denvar 17 II .484 J'j Tulsa 22 .421 Oklahoma City 13 24 .371 7V4 NATIONAL LEAGUE EASTERN DIVISION Pet. OB ehieaw 27 17 .414 Naw York 20 20 .500 5 Pltttburih 17 20 .5 Vi Montreal 17 21 .447 7 Philadelphia I 24 .442 7' St. Louil 24 .400 WESTERN DIVISION Pet. 6B San Prancifco 30 1 .412 Houston 21 1 594 1 Lot Anqalas 27 If 5S7 Vfl Cincinnati 2S If .541 2Vi Atlanta 17 24 .395 10 San Dieoo It 31 .340 13 AMERICAN LEAGUE EASTERN DIVISION Pet. OB Detroit 23 20 .535 New York 22 22 .500 l'i Baltimore 18 If .464 2 Milwaukee If 22 .443 3 Boston II 21 .442 3 Cleveland If 21 ..452 Vi WESTERN DIVISION Pet.

CB Chicago 24 14 .432 California 22 II .550 3 Kansas City 25 21 .543 3 Minnesota 21 If .523 4 Teas 13 2 7 325 1 2 Oakland 23 21 .523 4 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Omaha, rain. Iowa at Evansville, rain. Wichita at Oklahoma City, rain. Denver 14, Tulsa 5, NATIONAL LEAGUE Houston 4, Pittsburgh 2. St.

Louia Atlanta 4. Chicago 6, Cincinnati 0. San Francisco 4, Montreal 3. Philadelphia 4-4. San Dieqo 3-4.

Lot Angelas 2, New York 1. AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas Cltr 13-2, Bolton 1-7. Taut New York 1. Minnesota at Baltimora, rain. Cleveland at Chicago, raw.

California at Milwaukee, rain. Oakland at Detroit, rain. TODAY'S SCHEDULE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Iowa, night. Evantvillt at Omaha, night. Wichita at Denver.

Tulsa at Oklahoma City, night. NATIONAL LEAGUE Houston (Wilson 4-4) at Pittsburgh. (El-Ill 3-3), morning. Chicago (Hoolon 5-3) at Cincinnati II-llngham 7-1). Naw York iSaavar 5 3) at tan Prancltco (Marlchal S-4).

Atlanta (Harrison 0-1) at St. Louis (Wise i t), nlghl. Philadelphia (Lenborf 1-3) at Lot Angolas (Metsonmlth 4-41, night. Monlraal (Renko 2-1) at Jan Diego (Ar-Ini 3-1), night. AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimora (Aletandar 4-0) at Minnesota (Kaat 3-D, morning.

Ttiai (Merrlt 0-0 ar Hudson 1-0) at New York (Peterson 1-4). California (Singer 7 1) at Milwaukee (Bell 4-S). Boston (Petltln 3-7) at Kaniat Clly (Draoo 4-4), night. Oakland (Blue 3-1) at Detroit (Coleman -3), niqht. Cleveland (Wllco 3-0) at Chicago (Wood 11-3), nlghl.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS 3, Omaha I. Tulsa 14, Denver 4. Iowa 2. vaflivllle 1. Wichita at Oklahoma Cltr, tain.

NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louil 1, Atlanta 0, eight Innings, rami. Chlcege Cincinnati 0. San Francisco 10, Montreal 3. Philadelphia 4, San Olesa I.

Los Angeles Naw York I. Pittsburgh 7, HoosIm 1, AMERICAN LEAGUE Naw York 10, Tevai I. Detroit I. Oakland I. Milwaukee) California f.

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Then, if you jQENNY IIULME WILL be in the pits at the Speedway today after all. Not since 1970 has Hulme been a participant at Indianapolis. That's the year when he missed the race after being burned on his hands and feet during a practice run. Today the popular New Zealander will be the No. 7 crewman and "starter" on the crew of Pete Revson's Gulf-McLaren.

"My job is to jack up the right front wheel, clean the right-hand radiator and tell Peter when to go. It sounds like harder work than driving in the 500," said Hulme. GEORGE WALTIIER called together the crew on the Day-. ton-Walther car to be driven by his son Salt and presented each one with an engraved Omega wristwatch. As Phil Cole, the P.R.

man who keeps the Walther name going, strapped his watch on, he looked at the No. 77McLaren and said "everything seems to be perfect I wonder what we forgot!" FOR SOME strange reason, Gary Bettenhauscn wound up as the winning driver in yesterday's two-lap Electric Powered Vehicle race. The other five entries figured the fact that Tony llulman was Bettenhausen's riding mechanic might have somelhing to do with how fast their machine really was. The No. 4 finishing combination of Gordon Johncock and Ray Marquette tried to protest the driving tactics of Johnny Rutherford and Sid Collins, the No.

3 finishers. Unfortunately, neither Johncock nor Marquette could afford the $500 protest fee, based on Rutherford running their machine into the dirt on the backstrctch then stopping a slingshot effort coming out of the fourth turn by forcing his competition into the outside A "FIRST" was recorded at the (rack hospital yesterday when a doctor flew up from Tampa, and brought a patient into the hospital-then removed the stitches from a silicone operation he'd performed several days earlier on the woman patient. The gal said "Dr. Tom ll.inna, the track physician, Just shook his head, smilrd-thon said "I've seen it all now." W1IKN JOHNNY Parsons was presented the JiKRer Rirois award from the American Automobile Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association, he I over the inscription that said "From Finlcy to Foyt to "What was that last word REALLY supposed to be?" grinned Johnny. JIM WILSON of WISII-TV has been reelected president of the AARWBA.

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