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54 Akron Beacon Journal, Monday, February 24, 1969 Lee Roy Yarbrough Edges Glotzbach By Car Length Did Fire Change Decide Daytona 500 Race? in the faster NASCAR competition and won $3,450. He got a special award as rookie of the race. Defending champion Cale Yarborough of Timmonsville, S. was the only driver taken to the hospital. He was checked for foot and nose injuries with no broken bones found after his Ford hit the outer wall and rode along the concrete until it ground off the body on the right side.

The first four finishers rode on Goodyear tires, Baker riding on Firestone. David Pearson of Spartanburg, S. who set a qualifying record of 190.029 mph in his Ford, ran into multiple troubles including fan belt bolts but managed to finish sixth for $5,600. BENNY PARSONS of Detroit, who won the ARCA 300 a week earlier, drove the same FOrd to seventh place DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ID Sheer determination and Bkffl brought Lee Roy Yarbrough his biggest payoff in eight years of big-time stock car racing.

But pit crews will debate for a long time whether a tire change might have made the difference between the winner and second-plaee Charlie Glotebach In the Daytona 500 Sunday. In the background of the mechanical controversy were two former champion drivers Junior Johnson, who prepared Yarbrough's 1969 Ford Talladega, and Cotton Ownes, who did the same with Glotz- bach's 1969 Dodge Charger 500. Yarbrough, who was runner-up in both the Daytona 500 and Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway last year, passed Glotzbach one mile from home and finished a car length in front. YARBROUGH, giving his account of the final laps, said: "I actually caught him on the lap before but decided to wait till the last lap, where he could not gain enough momentum to pass me back." They waged a two-car duel through the last 100 miles after Donnie Allison who led 87 of the 200 laps around the When both cars went into the final laps, it appeared the three-second difference had won the race for Glotzbach, the comparative newcomer from Georgetown, Ind. But Yarbrough steadily closed in.

AFTER he got past a dangerous situation just before passing Glotzbach, he had the tiny speed margin that brought him $38,950 in prize money compared to $18,425 for Glotzbach. That dangerous situation cropped up when the two cars overtook a slower one on the backstretch. "I went past him on one side and Charlie on the other 2.5-mile high banked track brushed wall and lost some of his speed. The crucial tire change came 50 miles before the finish. Yarbrough pitted 21 seconds.

In addition to fueling, his crew changed the left rear tire. Glotzbach was in the pit only 18 seconds, just for fuel. "We put on a soft tire," said Herb Nab of Yarbrough's crew. "It wouldn't go a long distance but it grabbed the track rpal good the time he needed it." Ownes said he decided against a tire change on the last stop because "we were trying to save seconds." single four-barrel carburetor. Last year, Ford could use two carburetors, but the rules changed.

Aerodynamic desip of the Talladega model was credited for faster speeds, and Yarbrough actually set a race record of 157.950 mph. It wiped out the 154.334 mark set by Richard Petty in 1966. Ford took the next two places behind Glozbach. Donnie Allison of Hueytown, finished third, one lap back, and collected $13,275. A.

J. Foyt of Houston was fourth and got $5,800. Buddy Baker of Charlotte, who started a Dodge on the pole, came home fifth for $10,050. side," Yarbrough recalled. "I just hoped he was experienced enough to look in rear view mirror and wouldn't just move over the other way when he saw the first car come by." It was a big double over the weekend for Yarbrough.

He also won the Permatex 300 race for older sportsman type cars Saturday and collected $9,225 for that one. SUNDAY'S victory was a sweet one for the Ford factory team, denied use of its new 429-cubic inch stagger-valve engine and forced to rely on the old 427-cubic inch tunnelport power plant with a 10. Ray Elder, Caruthers, 1969 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Re- Dodoe. 190, $2,935.

suits or tne oayiona soo lara moaei stock car race, with laps completed end money won: 1. Lee Roy Yarbrough, Columbia, S. 1969 Ford, 200 laps, 131,950. 2. Charlie Glotzbach, Georgetown, 1969 Dodge, 200, SII.42S.

3. Donnie Allison, Hueytown, 199 199, $13,275. 4. A. J.

Foyt, Houston, 1949 Ford, 199, 11. Vic Elford, England, 1969 Dodge, 181, $2,650. 12. Richard Brlckhouse, Rocky Point, N.C., 1967 Plymouth, IBS, $3,560. 13.

Friday Hassler, Chattanooga, 1967 Chevelle, 187, $3,460. 14. Jabe Thomas, Chrlstiansburg, Va 1968 Plymouth, 187, $2,495. 15. James Hylton, Inman, S.

176J Dodge, 185, $2,445. 16. Neil Charlotte, 1969 Plym-oulh, 185, $2,385. 17. Dave Marcis, West Salem, 1967 Chevrolet, 181, $2,360.

18. Bill Seifert, Skyland, N. 1961 Ford, 179, $2435. 19. Frank Warren, Augusta, 1967 Chevelle, 171, $2,245.

20. Elmo Landley, Charlotte, 1961 Ford, 178, $2,215. mm J3.BUU. 5. Buddy Baker, Charlotte, 19a9 Dodge, 191, 110,050 i.

David Pearson, Spartanburg, S. 1969 Ford, 191. SS.600. 7. Benny Parson, Detroit, 1969 Ford, 197, $3,450 I.

Richard Petty, Randleman, N.C., 1969 Ford, 196, $3,150. 9. Andy Hampton, Louisville, 1969 Dodge, 191, $2,500. HURRY Sale Ends Saturday! IF 31 teJ ffif mm Hsffi(E (s1ImIFD(DIii fflffiHTilFl' 2-W SB Original Equipment GUARANTEED BRAKE RELIHE Choice of 3 grades of fine quality Firestone brake linings nnnnnnnnrnD Guaranteed 10,000 Guaranteed 20,000 Guaranteed 30,000 miles or one year miles or two years miles or three years Prices include Ford, Chevys, Plymouths and American compacts. Other models slightly higher.

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Va. Observers saw Kunitake take the lead in the stretch, but then fade back to let the other half of the entry win Mexico's Efren Torres scored a technical knockout in the eighth round to strip Thailand's Charchai Chionoi of the world flyweight title in a bout at Mexico City The death of driver Don MacTavish at Daytona (Fla.) Speedway Saturday has brought about a review of safety precautions at the track Baseball WALTER ALSTON, the manager's manager, signed Sunday for his 15th season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Alston got an estimated $65,000 salary. His coaches Danny Ozark, Jim Gilliam, Red Adams and Roy Hartfield signed at the same time, but most of the Dodger stars were missing because of the players owners dispute over the pension fund Eugene "Bubbles" Hargrave, who won the National League batting title by hitting .353 for the Cincinnati Reds in 1926, died Sunday in a Cincinnati Hospital. He was 76 Winter Sports CANADA defeated the United States 4-2 In the hockey finals of the Kennedy International Memorial Games at Lake Placid, N.

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Basketball OPENING round pairings were made Sunday for the Ohio Conference basketball tournament which opens on two fronts Thursday. In Northern Division play at Wooster Thursday, Oberlin meets Kenyon at 6 p. Wooster clashes with Mount Union at 8 and Heidelberg takes on Hiram at 10. Baldwin-Wallace drew a bye. In Southern Division action Capital plays Marietta at 6, Muskingum meets Otterbein at 8 and Denision takes on Ohio Wesleyan at 10.

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