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i i 6 SKC. 1 1UI ltM.YU'OU MAK 4 5f 1 i' 4 vV- "1 9 HI 1 'tiiL jfl (AP Wiiepholo) l.niViiit Crewmen for Wally Dallenbach cover his Patrick Racing Team Entry in the pits yesterday as the rains came and delayed qualifications for the race. His car was in line for qualification when the showers began. iSur Ptotoi enthusiasm and moved in over the Speedway and dampened stopped the cars. Tower Terrace appeared to be the most popular place at the track as fans flocked together to keep dry as the thunderstorms A.

J. Foyt Leads Opening-Day Qualifiers Continued From Page 1 John Martin. Included in this list aas John Rutherford and Al Unser none of the final eight have a chains; at working into the "first-day" speed-lineup. ''t Only one driver who started away, from the Line yesterday didn't conv plete his qualifying run. That was Ben-tley Warren in the Vatis Finley hose' attempt was waved off by his crew, before he could take the green flag.

Davton-Walthcr McLaren, Vukovich's backup ear, Al Loquasto's Martin Guitar McLaren, Dick Simon's Trave-Lodge 'Eagle, Tom Bigelow's Bryant Heating and Cooling Vollstedt, Jerry Karl's machine and Mario Andretti in the No. 5 Viceroy Eagle will be the final man with a shot at the pole and working into the "first-day'' lineup. Eight other cars were in line when the track closed yesterday, headed by to go. After today's regular day of practice from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., the remainder of the Speedway entry will work for five more days then resume qualifying next Saturday.

AT THAT TIME, Gordon Johncock will be first up in his STP Eagle, followed by Mike Hiss in the Norton McLaren, John Mahler in the Hoy Woods McLaren, Salt Walther in the where close to the 192 mph he had been running in morning practice, Gary Bettenhausen seemed the best bet to challenge Foyt for top spot but Gary never did figure out why his speeds dropped steadily with the Score McLaren after the first two laps. "I don't know what happened. I kept trying just as hard in the fourth lap as I was in the first," he said. Bill Simpson, another rookie, averaged only 1S1.041 mph with his American Kids Racers Eagle and still can't convince himself he is "safely" in with another full day of trials still Track Melee (180.605) fill out the 15-car field that still can be revised when trials resume next Saturday. Foyt was a little more than upset with himself after his run.

'I honestly thought I would get 193," he said. ''But it was hot out there when I ran and I had some handling problems I almost got in the wall between the second and third turns on my third lap." Bobby always a challenger for the top spot, couldn't understand his unexpectedly slow run. "I must have had a pop-off valve that worked too well," he quipped. "I lost 400 rpm when they put it in my car. I was trying even harder to compensate for tnat, but couldn't get it done." DALLENBACH, using a king-sized ''blower" that was installed in his car Friday night, had to be happy with his run.

"''It's a fine place to sit," he said of that middle spot on the front row. Mosley. of course, was tickled to death with his spot although he almost was nudged out of it by Sneva, the third rookie to make the "temporary" race field. The rain started getting me in the second turn on that last lap," said ths man who used to be a high school driving instructor. "I was just happy to finish and this isn't bad for a backyard racer, is it?" The yellow flashed on immediately following Sneva's run and the heavens joined the waiting drivers in weeping with frustration.

WITH RUTHERFORD'S ineligibility and Bobby failure to come any now stand-with a lS9.6S:t mph average in his STP Eagle and Mike is on the outside at 1S5.319 mph with his Lodestar Eagle. Mosley was one of two drivers who completed their runs in the rain. He came in at 12:25 p.m. and the track didn't reopen for the next 3 hours and 40 minutes. Then Lloyd Ruby put his backup Eagle into the field at 181.699 mph.

IN BETWEEN those two qualifiers there was the darndest first-turn don-neybrook in Speedway history when the crowd simply shoved the restraining fences down and surged all the way onto the track and celebrated with some mass streaking. But they cleared the area in time for five more drivers to complete their runs and gave a temporary lineup of 15 cars with an average speed of 184.252 mph more than 8 miles slower than last year's 192.377 mph figure for the same number of machines. Bobby Unser (185.176 mph), rookie Tom Sneva (185.149 mph i and Englishman David Hobbs (184.833 mph. are in the second row temporarily. Gary Bettenhausen (184.492 mph), Jimmy Caruthers (184.049 mph) and George Snider (183.993 mph) are third-row candidates.

STEVE KRISILOFF is on the outside of the fourth row (182.519 mph); Bill i 1 182.500) and Jerry Grant (181.781) are outside him. Lloyd Ruby (181.699 mph), Bill Simpson (181.041 mph) and a Carter These Values For Sunday, Monday, Tuesday May 12, 13, 14 Continued From Page 1 his clothing, confiscated starter Pat Vadan's checkered flag and christened the Speedway's tower at the finish line by climbing it. The crowd roared its approval. He stood atop the 30-foot tower, waving the checkered flag before beginning his descent. He fell the final 15 feet, injuring himself slightly and was escorted by Speedway guards for treatment.

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