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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR SUNDAY. MAY 24. 1981 rAGE 2-SEC. 4 ir Hugh's question had 15,000 answers Sports over lightly TF THIS HAPPENS to fall out of your ham sandwich today and isn't too glommed up with chicken salad, accept it as my effort to take Vour mind off the noise and confusion for a few minutes. like me.

you are more curious about the why than the how when somebody balances on the point of a I'bartgi spear for 19 days. 17 hours and 47 minutes, removes the caps from 103 tuhes of tootpaste in nine minutes using only his toes, or establishes a new meet, course and pool record for the kmgest held kiss with a porcupine, a new maRanne could provide a modicum of comfort. Published quarterly by Dell, it's called, Guinness Naganne The Stories Behind The Records Jt begins with a sketch of the Guinness book's ICS. I begin searching for shade at anything ovpf fifli and laid on a bed of nails while a half ton truck rolled on his chest ONE OF MY FANTASIES is to call that fellnw and be told he is suffering from a toothache and is unavailable Sabra Starr, who holds the belly dance record I of 100 consecutive hours, bogan studying her art to correct a back ailment But. I wonder which is worse a sore back or a collapsed pelvis Did you know lor caret that on Aug 4.

1980, in the shadow of Mt. Fuji. Japan, John Wirkham and -Erez Klein toppled 255.389 dominoes'' The magazine did not list a record for toppling I Mt Fuji McWhirters were hunting with Sir Hugh Beaver, director of Guinness Breweries Sir Hugh, who prided himself in his aim. shot and missed a golden plover ihow delightfully He turned to his companions and asked. "I wonder how fast that bird was flying?" Thus began an odyssey through the nebulous world of trivia that concluded with the first Guinness Book of Records.

The initial effort included 15.0fio items all committed to memory by Norris McWhirter. It did not include a record for the fastest bird The first issue of the magazine covers a lot of olr" ground We are re-introduced to a kook who walked on coals heated to 1.494F ta steak broils at two greatest curiosities Norris and Ross McWhirter. If they hadn't lived, I firmly believe Noel Coward would have invented them and shared them with Gilbert and Sullivan. The twins, one still is living, would make any record book for possessing the world's foremost garbage can minds, nary an iota of trivia ever slipped past them THEY BEGAN HARMLESSLY enough by interrupting drawing room conversations with asides such as, first twin, 'Stonehenge is like the Alamo, not very impressive Second twin, "How could they he' Built 1M0 years before Christ." From there they progressed I assume, to memorizing menus, phone books and serial Bob Collins. Sports Fdlior hers on counterfeit bills.

They were operating a firm that did research for encyclopedias, periodicals and yearbooks when an off hand remark began an assault on our sensibilities that mav continue forever. The Duckworth here to see Cosworth's 'swan song9? MX I PIT If PASS The man whose engine has won the past three Indianapolis IWs is here to watch what may be his fourth and final truimph tKeith Duckworth, creator of the eight-cyhnder English PFX-Cosworth that's dominated Formula One as well as Indy-ear racing for several seasons, faces the prospect of his powerplant becoming written out of the 1982 Indy classic. At the moment, United States Auto Club rules for next war call for standard-production type engines 355 cubic inches normally aspirated or 209 cubic inches turbocharged But there's no guidelines yet for the double-overhead cam Cosworth that's sitting behind 29 of the drivers in Sunday's 65th 500 APPEARS our engine has been altered in its category but not excluded," said Duckworth Saturday in Gasoline Alley. "We have to apply in October and USAC will then decide on what boost pressure is allowed Because the Cosworth is the main motor in the Championship Auto Racing Teams PPG Indy-Car World Series, most people inside racing feel as though USAC will drastically reduce the manifold pressure from the current 48 inches so as to discourage its use. "We'll have to see if there's any sensible course of action and I think there would be if there wasn't a definite political situation," replied Duckworth when asked what he expected the Cos-worth to be strapped with.

"If I were Indianapolis I wouldn't he happy if everyone was running one particular type of engine be it from England or wherever. I think there's room for lots of engines a Indy. But I think it would be stupid to reduce the boost further. I think putting an air restriction on the intake to the turbocharger would be an excellent way to regulate power." I'SAC CLAIMS one of the reasons it's The Indianapolis Star and United States Auto Club official, who died in a plane crash that killed seven other USAC officials in 1978. The scholarship was established by Detroit industrialist Oscar L.

(Ozzic, Olson. The announcement was made Saturday morning at the annual breakfast of the American Automobile Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association at the Speedway Motel. Bote, a graduate of Evansville North and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Betz, has written for the Bloomington Herald-Telephone and works as an intern for Professional Athlete Magazine at Washington, C.

Also recognized at the AARWBA breakfast was the winner of the Ray Marquette Memorial Award, Shav Click, motor sports writer for the Los Angeles Times The award is given annually to the auto racing writer, broadcaster or photographer who best typifies the character, personality and professionalism of Marquette. The award is made by the Olsonite Driver-of-the-Year voting panel AARWBA MADE TWO awards of its own at the breakfast. The Angelo Angelopolous Award, the media association's highest honor, went to veteran car owner Lindsey Hopkins for his numerous contributions to the sport. The award is not given annually and is reserved for those who the AARWBA board feels have given to the sport above and beyond the call of duty and who exemplify the style and grace of the late, great sportswriter for The Indianapolis A'CH'S. "I can think of no person I've met who has given more to racing and asked less of it than Lindsey Hopkins." said AARWBA President Dave Overpeck.

a sportswriter for The Star. "Lindsey's involvement is a credit to the sport of going to a "stock block" way of life in the engine department, is because it will reduce the cost. The Cosworth sells for $42,000 and a true Chevy stock block (there's only one in the 1981 field would probably go for about half that But the stock blocks' reliability is very poor at the moment. "Everyone complains about the cost of our engines but how have we been able to sell 150 of them over here?" exclaimed Duckworth "The Cosworth has become one of the most reliable racing engines ever and the instability of a new engine just benefits the big bucks teams." There are a lot of teams in Gasoline Alley who agree with Duckworth, but they're not making the rules ONE OF THE classiest racing publications to ever hit the streets is out. It's the PPG Indy-Car World Series roundup of the 1980 season and it's 144 pages of brilliant color pictures, race reports and feature articles.

Unfortunately, the Competition Images publication isn't allowed to be sold on the Speedway grounds. But there's an ad in today's Star for the book which is a must for the Indy-car buff. KEVIN W. BETZ. a senior from Ev-ansville majoring in journalism and political science, is the 1981 inner of the Ray Marquette Memorial Scholarship at Indiana University.

The $1,000 stipend is given annually to an I U. journalism senior in the memory of Marquette, a former sportswriter for War PMH tv Jtrnt Clara) Saturday's drivers' meeting at the Speedway drew one of the largest erowda ever auto racing and the racing media have never had a better friend." The other AARWBA award given Saturday was the annual "Jigger Award," which goes to a driver, person or entity which endures uncommon bad luck during the month of May at the Speedway. This year it went to rookie Bob Frey, who missed a shot at a qualifying attempt on the final day when his engine died three times as he was trying to beat the 6 o'clock qualifying gun. The engine failure was the culmination of a month of frustration for the FOUR DRIVERS, plus the starting field, have been approved to drive relief in this year's race. They are Larry Cannon, Dick Ferguson, Bob Harkey and Bill Vukovich.

The approval to drive relief is virtual'-' ly meaningless. Though a common factor in early races, relief drivers have been virtually non-existent in the last 25 except where a team's primary driver has taken over a backup car after his mount has gone out. The last true relief driver in the rare was Cannon, who replaced John Mahler late in the 1977 race because USAC officials felt Mahler was too fatigued to continue. It was a charge that Mahler denied. personable, 30-year-old Frey.

His car was one of the first to take the track back on May 2. But that was about the last good day it had "When the engine was ready to run, it was raining," said Frey. "When it wasn't raining, we had engine troubles." The award us named for Jigger Sirois, a driver who had his qualification run waved off by his crew on the first day of qualifying in 1969. Had he completed his run, Sirois would have been on the pole for the race, under the rules then existent, because rain wiped out the rest of the day. As it turned out, Sirois missed the race entirely and never made the starting field for a 500.

Bonnett sitting on World 600 pole 4 Fussy Customer civicc Beech Grove Spring SOFTBALL TOURNEY May 30 1 Mans Gasa Slow Pitr Ooutx liimnatian Tearrjj, Emiy fea S7S0O Trocws Sirtrt part lor omm fourrh pace lor individual For mlormation Mil Pale McNama'a al flafl FritjFrt! 7HS-144 Charlotte, NC (AP) Neil Bonnett will lead a park of 42 cars across the starting line Sunday when the green flag falls for the start of the World 600 NASCAR Grand National event at Charlotte Motor Speedway Starting time for the 400-lap race is noon, with drivers in pursuit of the $43,500 first-place money. The top prize could be richer for Dale Earnhardt. The track has put up $100,000 in a challenge bonus if he can add the World 600 title to the National 500 crown he won here last October. Bonnett, whose speeds throughout the week were among the fastest, will start from the pole position alongside Cale Yarborough. "MAYBE Tins RIGHT here is what we need to break the ice," said Bonnett, who is winless in eight 1981 starts.

His pole victory was the first for the famed Wood Brothers since October 1979. "Somebody's going to dictate the Bonnett said. "I don't know if I'll be that person, but I'll stay close. All year long we've run with the lead pack and been a threat to win, but I feel this is our best shot. We will be there at the end." Bonnett appeared capable of running away with the Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover, in his last start, but engine failure after 459 laps relegated him to the 13th finishing position.

His pole-winning speed was 158 115 mph with Dar-rell Waltrip, starting 16th because he did not qualify until Friday, the second-fastest at 157 794. The average qualification speed of the field was 155 190. Waltrip, who won the race in 1978 and 1979 and finished second a year ago, was cautious in his approach because of his starting position "The biggest thing is that there's been major crashes early in the race the past two years," Waltrip said "I'll have to take it easy the first few laps until they've sorted out. "I'VE ALWAYS HAD success here," Waltrip added. "But it's obvious the first four or five cars ran well and are the ones to beat." "The 600 should be one of the closest, wildest races since this place was built because of several factors," said defending champion Benny Parsons, who will take off from the 11th position.

"Namely. Goodyear tires for the race will have a positive effect on the competition because we won't worry about blistering them. They're a very hard tire and should wear like iron. "The thing that bothers some of us is that there is a lot of inexperience out there in some pretty darned good race cars," Parsons said. Seven rookies are in the lineup and an eighth, Tommy Houston, is the first alternate.

Fastest of the new faces is Morgan Shepherd, the reigning Late Model Sportsman champion, who opens in the 10th spot. Yarborough reported to pit row Friday with second-degree burns on his right arm, right side of his chest and right leg. He said it will not deter his efforts to win. He was burned when boiling water from a coffee pot spilled on him. Mm with everyday LOW SERVICE PRICES! I TOYOTA BRAKE I 95 Benitez adds 3d title on knockout in 12th SPECIAL withCOUPON REGULAR $38 95 I HIM Includes front disc pads, and labor to install, inspection 4-PLY POLYESTER CORD IMPERIAL FALCON I 8 ol master cvlindor fluid level, brake calioers.

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