The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 31

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1979- THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR -PAGE 33 l'ROMOTEK FUNDS WORLD OF OBSTACLES PENN LIQUOR I ONE LOCATION ONLY 6321 EAST 16th I WOO-USAC Sprints Showdown Ailing probably head onto Kokomo Speedway for Sunday evening's program There are 53 entries for the 31st annual Little 500 at Anderson with qualifying set for May 25 the day before the race Indianapolis Raceway Park and The Speedrome are offering a 'Supertickef to the USAC midget doub-leheader on May 26, which also features the Mini-Indy Super Vees at IRP and stocks at the 'Drome. The ducat, priced at $12, provides VIP grandstand seating at IRP plus reserved box seats and VIP parking at the 'Drome. They can be purchased at the USAC office on West 16th Street or by calling Speedrome promoter Jep Cadou at 888-7265. I IZ in I 199 limr ohU HEAVEN f5PA nAO I II LAMBRUSC0 1 750 ML I CALIFORNIA WINES 99 ml. 7ml CROWN RUSSE VODKA "Ricky Hood, Johnny Beaber, Chuck Am-ati and Steve Smith won't be here," confirmed Hill.

"Some of them think it's too dangerous and others think it's too hard on their equipment." Since it's an invitational race. Hill opted to phone the Hoosier hot shots Butch Wilkerson, Bobby Black, Danny Smith, Mike Johnson and Lee Osborne are a few of the invitees. "We need at least 48 cars to put on the show (there are 24 starters in the first two 33-lappers and the first 12 in each meet in the finale) and if the USAC guys get to run I think we'll have close to 55," stated Hill. Of course whether or not Pancho Co. are allowed to compete, there will be some ex-tremly talented people on hand.

WOO point leader Ronnie Shuman, 78 WOO champ Steve Kinser, Doug Wolfgang, Lealand McSpadden, Eddie Leavitt, Dub May. Bobby Allen, Rick Ferkel and Roger Rager should keep one's attention at 120 miles an hour. And if they don't, good old Ralph Ligouri is also entered. Hill would like to make it clear no wings will be allowed, pit passes for non-participants are $10 and hot laps begin at 4:30 p.m. And in keeping with the way things have been going, the rain date is Sunday afternoon.

THE WOO BOYS open the weekend Friday night at Bloom ington and many of them will TT BEGAN AS A promoters' dream -Athe free-wheeling spirits of the World Of Outlaws vs. the cream of the United States Auto Club in a sprint showdown on the fast dirt of the Indiana State Fairgrounds during the month of May. Strangely enough though, the man who came up with the idea last winter has been met with one cold shoulder after another. Bill Hill, sprint car racing's No. 1 tub thumper, never could have envisioned all the obstacles he'd be faced with when the light went on in his head six months ago.

The race, a trio of 33-lap features, definitely will be Saturday night as scheduled but there may or may not be any of the expected rivalry. FOR STARTERS, there may not be any USAC drivers running because there's a USAC show at Martin (Mich.) Sunday afternoon and two rules blocking their path. The USACers, six in all, have been informed they will not be granted permission to run at the Fairgrounds because it was within 250 miles and 24 hours of the Martin date. However, since everything in the world of speed lately has been settled in the world of law, Pancho Carter got attorney Larry Conrad (the former secretary of state) to seek some legal satisfaction. Pancho, a three-time USAC champion, Bubby Jones, Bruce Walkup, Roy Hicks, Bob East and Junior Parkinson appealed USAC's ruling and will have an answer by noon today.

"There are some things they must do from a legal standpoint," said USAC President Dick King, who recently spent three days and nights in court with CART. "I understand the six drivers must sign an affidavit that says they'll appear at Martin," explained Hill, the media's go-between at Terre Haute and the Fairgrounds. HILL, A FORMER USAC public relations' director who also covers USAC and WOO sprints for the Speed Sport News, thinks USAC is treating Fairgrounds' promoter Don Smith (also a member of the USAC board of directors) "pretty shoddily." "Don has promoted triple 33 USAC sprint races at the Fairgrounds for the past seven years two nights before the Indianapolis 500 and the lastest USAC newsletter (a weekly publication) has one little paragraph about it," continued Hill. "It's like they're trying to tell him 'you don't promote an outlaw race in this USAC town If this situation wasn't enough of a problem. Hill learned this week some of the WOO regulars were staying home.

Chatard Girls Win City Tennis Tourney Defending No. 1 singles player Mary Hammond of Scecina was upset while Chatard dethroned Cathedral, 35-23, Wednesday at the Riverside tennis courts in the fifth annual girls' city tennis tournament. The Chatard girls won their third team title since the tourney started in 1975, taking the No. 2 and 3 singles with Jill DuBois and Kathy Fagan posting victories. Trojans Jill Sylvester and Michelle DuBois then finished runner-up in No.

1 doubles and Eileen O'Brien and Lisa West won the No. 2 doubles. Scecina's Hammond was beaten in the top-seeded singles competition, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 by Ritter's Lisa Wisner. 99 MATT1NGLY MOORE bourbon 4 v. ONE LOCATION ONLY 6921 EAST 16TH STIR NEWS Quick-Action WANT ADS Gtt Fast Results Bonnett May Not Get Shot At Indy Birmingham, Ala.

(UPI) Neil Bonnett, who already has made a name for himself on the stock-car circuit, may not get a chance to prove himself in the Indianapolis 500 because of engine troubles in the experimental car he was hired to drive. Bonnett has turned in practice laps of around 184 miles an hour at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and told UPI in a telephone interview from his suburban Hueytown home the car was capable of 188 and possibly laps averaging 190 miles an hour. Those times would be fast enough to qualify for the 33-car field, but problem is reliability. The team owned by Californian Warner Hodgdon has had internal problems with all three of the experimental, aluminum stock block engines they carried to Indy. THE PROBLEMS KEPT Bonnett from qualifying last weekend and they might prevent him from his final qualifying chance this weekend.

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