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TUCSON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1976 THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR PAGE EIGHT SECTION Fuel Altered Nationals Attract 6 Arizona Cars Jackson Scared After Being Hit 1976 Chicago Sun-Times Even the big guys experience the terror. They don't like to admit it but the fear of a baseball thrown at speeds approaching 100 miles per hour gets to all of them. A couple of weeks ago Reggie Jackson of the Baltimore Orioles was hit in the eye. With a pitch. He came as close as fry Track Changes Hands FasTrack Dead, Long Live PI By CALVIN REYNARD The Arizona Daily Star FasTrack International Speedway is dead.

Long live Phoenix International Raceway. Everybody knew the tricky one-mile paved oval built southwest of Phoenix as Phoenix International Raceway or PIR. When it was sold three years ago and renamed FasTrack, well it just didn't fit. Oh, the track itself is pretty fast but the people running it weren't too swift. It was just a toy for now-bankrupt millionaire Malcolm Bricklin.

It never had good management and should have died a long time ago. Only the spring and fall U.S. Auto Club events, and a couple of races by promoters leasing it, kept the track alive. Hopefully, all of this has changed now. A group of Phoenix businessmen, headed by Bob Fletcher, can get to being blinded.

He hasn'Lforgotten. West and John West pilots Plan A. Aleman of Casa Grande listed Henry Harrison of Los Angeles as his driver while Maroney handles the driving chores on the car from Sierra Vista. Defending champion Al Jackson, Denver, has entered his High Heaven altered. The car won the July 4 race at Tucson Dragway.

Dave Hough, Highland Park, has entered his new car. Hough formerly drove Antonelli's Nanook. The Fuel Altered Nationals will be the new car's first test. and at the Sheraton Pueblo Inn, which will be race headquarters. Entries for the Sept.

4-5 Fuel Altered Nationals dt Tucson Dragway. Don Wilson. Costa Mesa, Bad Actor. Bill Frontuto, Rosemead, Black Magic. Jack Maronev, Sierra Vista, Blind Faith.

Sandv Johnson, Denver, Deliverance. Rick DeMegllo, Hurst, Different Drummer. French Connection (No driver listed) Darrell Dentler, Akron, Ohio, The Godfather. Mac McCord, Lafayette. Gorilla.

Jim Grechco, Canton, Ohio, Grechco Bros. Cat Jackson, Denver, High Heaven. Dick Kurtzebon, St. Louis, Insanity II. Dennis Geisler, Anaheim, Instant T.

Ed Moore, San Bernardino, The Mob. Joe Antonelli. Tucson, Nanook. David Benjamin, Albuquerque, Nasty Beniamin. Johnny West, Chandler, Plan A.

Art McLaren, Buena Park, Pure Heaven. Carl Stone, Dallas, Rollin' Stone. Ron Bartell, Dallas, Rollin' Stone. Lee LeBaron, Norco, Savage, Jr. Henry Harrison, Los Anoeles, Sheephearder.

Dave Hough, Highland Park, Super Nanook. Jim Trillo, San Jose, Trillo Bros. jimmy West, Chandler, Wild, Wild West. Rav Higley, Carlsbad. Climax.

Stan Lucas, Buena Park, Scrounger. Lyle Fisher or Mike Savage, Tucson, Speed Sport. Six cars from Arizona, including Nanook and Speed Sport from Tucson, are among 27 early entries for the fourth annual Fuel Altered Nationals next Saturday and Sunday at Tucson Dragway. Topping the Arizona group is Joe Antonelli's Nanook, the winningest car ever at Tucson Dragway. Antonelli, who received his fuel license two weeks ago, will pilot the car for the first time in competition.

The Speed Sport, a recently-completed car owned by Lyle Fisher, will be driven either by Fisher or Mike Savage. The other Arizona entries include the West brothers from Chandler in their Plan A and Wild, Wild West cars; John Aleman's Sheephearder and Jack Maroney and Mike Day's Blind Faith. Jim West Drives Wild, Wild entries are ex- Additional pected. up there and swing when the game started." Reggie Jackson wasn't fooling. He was talking about a deadly serious business, and it was clear he wanted to communicate the terror a batter feels when he realizes that a pitcher is throwing at him deliberately.

"I went up to bat for the first time in the game and I was really afraid," Jackson said. And then Reggie Jackson hit the first pitch for a home run. But even that didn't dispel the anxiety. "The second time I came to bat," he said, "I was still afraid to look for the breaking ball for fear that I wouldn't be able to get out of the way." "That makes you realize they have control. When they hit you, it isn't any accident.

"It's just so frightening to see a man hit. I saw Sal Ban-do get hit right in the face one time. Another, time, I saw Lee May get hit square in the head." DARRELL WALTRIP Waltrip Threat At Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) The National Assn. for Stock Car Auto Racing's point battle continues today in the Volunteer 400 Grand National race with Darrell Waltrip of Dayto-na Beach, a big threat to throw a roadblock at the leading contenders.

Waltrip served notice he means business in the race at the highbar.ked Bristol International Speedway track by MOTOR SPORTS "I was afraid to come back to try to hit again," Jackson was saying as he sat in the Little Corporal restaurant in Chicago eating lunch. "The first game I came to play was a tight game. So I went out to the Ipark at 2 o'clock with Jim Frey, one of our coaches. "I told him to throw at me. I wanted him to throw behind head and at me.

I wanted make sure I'd be able to go 31 Horses Die In Track Fire TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) At 31 standardbred horses destroyed yesterday in an early morning fire at Race-Iway Park, a spokesman for track said. Rick Zielinski said the fire broke out at 5:30 a.m. and destroyed four of the 19 stables at the track. Zielinski said no track employes were injured. Advance tickets for the race are $9 and will be on sale this week at Speed Hut, Peerless Auto Supply, Don's Hot Rod Shop, Hot Rod City, Speed Equipment World, Speed Merchant, NuWay Cleaners announced earlier tt.is month its purchase of the track.

Fletcher owns the Cobre Racing Team that runs on the USAC championship trail. Dennis Wood, track manager at Manzani-ta Speedway, and a former racing writer and public relations man for Cobre, has been hired to manage the 320-acre facility. Finally, PIR may realize its potential. "For the November race (the Indy cars race there Nov. 7), we'll have to do some Dwight Just Had To Play 1976 The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO More than anything else, Dwight Dillon wanted to play baseball.

But his doctor told him he couldn't because of a heart condition. So the 16-year-old boy would read all he could about the game: books, newspaper stories, sports magazines. He was a Chicago Cubs fan and his favorite player was left fielder Jose Cardenal. He admired Cardenal for the great catches he made in the outfield. Dwight also liked to stay close to the game.

He couldn't play, so he became the batboy for a neighborhood Softball team. Whenever there was a game or practice session, he would walk over to a park near his home in south suburban Calumet Park and watch the Ro-sie's Sports Club team play. Dwight didn't mind being a batboy, said his stepfather, Frank J. Jendras-zak. But Dwight, Jedras-zak added, wanted to get into a game.

Last Sunday, he got his chance. The sports club was holding an intrasquad game and it was one player short. Dwight persuaded the players to let him just go into the field and get anything hit his way. In the fifth inning, with a runner on first base, the batter hit a pop-up behind second base. Dwight raced back and the ball struck him on the chest.

But as he fell, he closed his glove over the ball and was still holding it when he got up. Dwight took a few steps, staggered and fell. The other players tried to revive him and an ambulance was called. Dwight Dillon was dead on arrival at St. Francis Hospital of Blue Island.

"It's a terrible thing," his stepfather said. "But I suppose nothing could ever have kept him away from baseball. He loved it so much." work on the track surface, do some painting and cleanup and make sure the track is as safe as possible," said Fletcher. "But for the future, the track definitely will be Redman Wins, But It Isn't Much Fun ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) Brian Redman of England took the lead yesterday in the Foimula 5,000 auto race series, winning an 80-mile contest he said he didn't enjoy.

"Eight laps from the finish," he related, "the front left tire blistered. I had to nurse the car all the way to the finish, hoping the tire wouldn't burst. setting a qualifying record of resurfaced and possibly redesigned. We can see no reason why 110.307 miles per hour in Fri- we shouldn't have a facility that will be first rse not only for a day's time trials. Championship race, but for sprints, stock cars and maybe even That earned Waltrip his a dragstnP first-ever pole position at the Tom Taber is president of the group.

Other members of the local track and wiped out the ownership are Bill Hardy, David Lehman, Bob Stephens and previous record of 110.162 Jack Gilmore. Taber is president of the Phoenix Racing m.p.h. by NASCAR point lead- an organization of super modifieds. er Cale Yarborough of Tim- Terms of the were not announced, monsville, S. C.

But Yarborough, a Chevro- VarOOtTl! SpldSh! fhfl ft let anver iiKe wannp, earnea M4 Jtl the outside pole with a quali Goll Tennis was selected over all other repair facili ties to do all Power-Bill repairs West ot the Mississippi WHY1 Because of the quality and pride we take in our work. TVfaf ttot bring your clubs to Boynton to prepare them for the Fall Season Replace those worn grips with new Golf Pride rubber grips made to the proper That's no fun, I'll tell you." He averaged 111.6 miles an hour on the Road America track, finishing 4.1 seconds ahead of Californian Danny Ongais. Each was in a Lola-Chevy. Al Unser was third in a Lola Chevy. Redman's victory raised him to 116 points in the series standings, passing Alan Jones of Australia who was entered instead in a Dutch grand prix.

Jones is tied for second at 84 points with Jackie Oliver of England, who qualified third behind Redman and Teddy Pilette but who dropped out in the eighth lap with brake problems and finished 25th. The Havasu Classic World Outboard Championship has been revived and will be run over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, but the Havasu Sports Federation wants to test the market earlier than that. The California Outboard Racing Assn. will bring 60 to 70 boats to Lake Havasu Sept. 12 for a day of sprint races on the mile and a quarter course.

The Havasu Classic was a victim of the late, not-so-great fuel shortage, but for nine years prior to that it was one of the top events in Arizona. Classic official Skip Guarini said last week that there is already a $50,000 purse and it's expected to grow. The classic races will feature three-hour marathon events on a 2.6 mile course, featuring the "Havasu Boomerang," a tricky right-hand turn unique to outboard racing. size ONLY $3 per club in sets of 4 or more. 75t spt while beina annned artrtmnna Der uu.

Set Lie and Loft COMBINE ALL only $5.50 3 repairs ft FRANK BOYNTON'S Rotty Running 10th Wll Lola 1. Brian Redman, England, Peterson Captures Pole Spot ZANDVOORT, The Netherlands (AP) Ronnie Peterson of Sweden, driving a March, won the pole position yesterday for the Dutch Grand Prix. The Swede clocked 1 minute, 21.31 seconds around the 4.2-kilometer circuit that will be the site of Ferrari's official return to Formula I racing today. James Hunt of Britain, the defending champion who posted Friday's fastest practice time, was second fastest with a time of 1:21.39 in his McLaren. Tom Price of Britain, in a Shadow, was third in 1:21.55, and countryman John Watson, in an American-built Penske, was fourth in 1:21.75.

Watson had the second-fastest practice time Friday. In the fifth qualifying spot was Clay Regazzoni of Switzerland, driving for Ferrari, which earlier this week announced its return to the Grand Prix circuit. Ferrari had pulled its cars from the circuit after Grand Prix points leader Niki Lauda of Austria was injured seriously in a wreck at the West German Grand Prix three weeks ago. The starting lineup for today's Dutch Grand Prix: 1. Ronnie Peterson, Sweden, March, 1 minute, 21.31 seconds.

2. James Hunt, Britain, McLaren, 1:21.39. 3. Tom Price. Britain, Shadow, 1:21.55.

4. John Watson, Britain. Penske, 1:21.75. 5. Clay Regazzoni, Swtizerland, Ferrari, 1:21.85.

6. Mario Andretti. USA, JPS, 1:21.88. 7. Vitlorio Brambilia, Italy, March, 1:21.88.

8. Jodv Scheckter, South Africa, Ty-rell, 1:21.91. 9. Carlos Pace, Brazil, Brabham, 1:22.03 10 Jacques Larftte, France, Ligier, 1:22.06. 11 Jacky Ickx, Belgium, Ensign, 1:22.13.

12. Carlos Reutemann, Argentina, Brabham, 1:22.16. 13. Gunnar Nilsson, Sweden, JPS, 1:22.16. 14.

Patrick Deoailler, France, Tyrell, 1:22.27. 15. Jochen Mass, West Germany, McLaren, 1:22 48. 16. Alan Jones, Australia, Surtees, 1:22.51.

17. Emerson Fittlpaldi, Brazil, Coper-sucar-Fitlipaldi, 1:22.55. 18. Hans Stuck, West Germany, March, 1:22.59. 19.

Larry Perkins, Australia, Boro, 1:23.10. 20. Jean-Pierre Jarier, France, Shadow, 1:23.18. 21. Boy Halie, Netherlands, Penske, 1:23.26.

22. Henri Pescarolo, France, Surtees, 1:23.55. 23. Arturo Merzarlo, Italy, Williams, 1:24.09. 24.

Harald Erkl, Austria, Hersketh, 1:24.37. 25. Rolf Stommelen, West Germany, Hesketh, 1:24.71. 26. Conny Anderson, Sweden, Surtees, 1:24.74.

0602 E. Tanque Verde Phone 886-0658 Lhevy, laps, s.mju, ii 1.6 m.p.n. 2. Danny Ongais, Costa Mesa, Lola Chew, 20 laps, 3. Al Unser, Albuquerque, N.M., Lola Chevy, 20 laps, 4.

Peter Gethin, Belgium, Lola Mo-rand, 20 laos, $1,300. 5. Teddy Pilette, Belgium, Lola Mo-rand, 20 laps, J90O. 6. John Cannon.

Hollywood, March Chevy, 20 laps, S700 7. Skeeter McKitterlck, Sherman Oaks, Lola Chew, 20 laps, .50. 8. John Briggs, Woonslde, Lola Chevy, 19 laps, $600. 9.

Arlon Koops. Denver, Lola 19 laps. $550. 10. Ranov Lewis.

Los Altos, Lola Chevy, 19 laps, $500 0 mmm WW few A fying speed of 110.123 m.p.h. in his bid for a second straight Bristol victory. Yarborough won the Southeastern 400 here last spring. Third place in the qualifying went to Buddy Baker of Charlotte, N. who hit 109.401 m.p.h.

in a Ford. Baker holds the track record for qualifying with a speed of 110.727 m.p.h. Involved in the battle for the point championship in the third leg of the season series are Yarborough, Chevrolet driver Benny Parsons of El-lerbe, N. and Dodge driver Richard Petty of Randleman, N. who won both the Southeastern and Volunteer races last year.

Parsons was fourth in the qualifying with a speed of 109.314 m.p.h. and Petty was ninth at 108.217 m.p.h. Only four previous Bristol International Speedway winners are in the 30-car field for today's race. Yarborough has won here four times, while Petty and Bobby Allison of Hueytown, have won three races each. Parsons has won once.

Allison had Friday's eighth fastest qualifying speed, hitting 108.757 m.p.h. in a Mercury- Although he's won just one Grand National race this season, Petty won the second leg of the point series after Yarborough took the first leg and is bidding to become the first NASCAR driver to win the point title three years in a row. -JUMP, iaafc. MB Tucsonan Kevin Rotty is now 10th nationally in the National Hot Rod Assn. pro stock point standings.

Rotty has won three regional events this season. Topping the pro stock points list is Warren Johnson, winner of the American Hot Rod Assn. Winter Nationals at Tucson Dragway this year. Johnson leads Larry Lombardo, 7,626 to 7,307. Rotty has 3,247.

Other NHRA point leaders going into next weekend's U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis are Richard Tharp in top fuel and Don Prudhomme in funny car. Tharp is driving Candies and Hughes car. The latest AHRA point standings available show Tom Hoover as the funny car leader, but that's because Prudhomme won't race in AHRA president Jim Tice's national events. Winter Nationals winner Frank Bradley, second in the NHRA ranks, leads the AHRA point standings while Ken Don-dero leads Johnson in pro stock.

Grumpy Jenkins' team cars are first in AHRA pro stock and second in NHRA! Noel Zweigler and Glen Pucilowski are third and fifth respectively in AHRA's super stock standings. BRIAN REDMAN Follmer Starts Eighth Despite Being Fastest LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) George Follmer of Huntington Beach, turned in the fastest qualifying lap for today's G.T. Challenge three-hom race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but could do no better than eighth place on the starting grid. Follmer, driving a turbo-charged Porsche Carrera, turned in a speed of 89.76 miles per hour yesterday on the twisting 2.4-mile circuit. But his time was good enough for only eighth place because the top spots on the lineup were decided by the finishing order in Mid-Ohio's 100-mile G.T.

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41 02 EAST GRANT ROAD CALL NOW! 326-4379 NOW AT 4110E. 22nd ST. MWMMWMOnnMMIHIHBBBMMMHHMNMNHnMaHHMBMHnMMHMnM Stock Car Report Central Arizona Raceway lost the stock car battle last week. Only 12 late model stock cars made it to the track near Casa Grande while 24 raced in Tucson at Corona Speedway. CAR is regrouping but not to do battle with Corona.

The Saturday night programs at CAR have not been as successful as hoped or as successful as the Sunday shows the track started the season with. Serious consideration is being given to returning to Sunday racing. Ruben Federico of Tucson won the main event. Dan McPhedran and Barry Warner were second and third. Herb Laing, who started the season helping CAR promote its races in Tucson and then wound up in the middle of the fight earlier this month, says at least it was good for drawing attention to racing.

"I believe in everything I've done and said," Laing said. "I wouldn't back down if the situation were the same again. But all I really want is to get everybody racing again. "I really want to see racing go." Laing and a small group of Tucson racers became disgruntled over track conditions they felt were unsafe and vowed not to race at Corona again. So CAR and Corona butted heads last week.

The track surface at Corona has since been repaired and Laing said he'll race at Corona next Saturday night if he gets his car repaired in time. He cracked the heads while running with a faulty pressure cap last week. SHORT CHUTES Speaking of NHRA's Indy Nationals, there is a quartet of distaff racers who are rated pretty highly for the event. At the top of the list, of course is Shirley Mul-downey, last year's runnerup and a National's winner this season. The others are Judy Lilly, runnerup in Super Stock in '75 and Stnrk rfrivprQ Tharlpno UnnH nnH Dam QanHarc WnrtA The starting field tor today's Volunteer 400: 1.

Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 110.307 m.p.h. 2. Cale Yarborouoh, Chevrolet, 110.123 m.p.h. 3. Buddy Baker, Ford, 109.401 m.p.h.

4. Benny Parsons, Chevrolet, 109.314 m.p.h. 5. Dick Brooks, Chevrolet, 109.306 m.p.h. 6.

Lennle Pond, Chevrolet, 109.035 m.p.h. 7. Dave AAarcIs, Dodge, 106.991 m.p.h. 8. Bobby Allison, Mercury, 108.757 m.p.h.

9. Richard Petty, Dodge, 106.217 m.p.h. 10. Terry Bivens, Chevrolet, 107.749 m.p.h. 11.

Richard Childress, Chevrolet, 106.546 m.p.h. 12. Skip Manning, Chevrolet, 106.046 m.p.h. 13. D.

K. Ulrich, Chevrolet, 105.964 m.p.h. 14. James Hylton, Chevrolet, 105.174 m.p.h. 15.

Jimmy Meams, Chevrolet, 104.829 m.p.h. 16. Dick May, Chevrolet, 104.504 m.p h. 17. Bobby Wawak, Chevrolet, 104.022 m.p.h.

18. Buddy Arrington, Plymouth, 104.01 m.p.h. 19. Henley Gray, Chevrolet, 103.915 m.p.h. 20.

John A. Utsman, Ford, 103.556 m.p.h. 21. J.D. McDuffle, Chevrolet, 103.556 m.p.h.

22. Dean Dalton, Chevrolet, 103 550 m.p.h. 23. David Sisco, Chevrolet, 103. 511 m.p.h.

24. Frank Warren, Dodge, 103.327 m.p.h. 25. Travis Tiller, Ford, 103 211 m.p.h. 26.

Ed Negre. Dodge, 103 089 m.p.h. 27. Cecil Gordon, Chevrolet, 100 050 m.p.h. at.

Baxter price, Chevrolet, 101.384 oarv rovers, cnevroiei, 101.138 wuh me muibun urananauonais at Montreal eariv tnis month m.p.h. Frasson, Chevrolet, 100 256 30. Joe m.p.h. I he field for I ROC IV (the International Race of Champions) is at seven now. Challenging defending champion A.

J. Foyt are Formula One drivers James Hunt and Jody Scheckter, Indy winner Johnny Rutherford, stock car racers David Pearson and Cale Yarborough, and Al Unser, who is in the running for the Formula 5000 championship in the United States. UCSON OROS Darnell Tops Field In Stock Car Race DUQUOIN, 111. (AP) Bay Darnell of Deerfield, 111., took INSTRUCTIONS "STINGER" IS THE NICKNAME OF LEE STANCE, THE TOROS' NEW MANAGER. IRON YOUR "STINGER" DECAL TO A T-SHIRT AND WEAR IT TO THE TUCSON TOROS GAME FRIDAY, SEPT.

3RD! THE SHIRT IS YOUR GRANDSTAND ADMISSION TICKET! JOIN THE FUN ON FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT AT HI CORBETT FIELD! iKe Martin Asks For New Contract national championship U.S. ANAHEIM (AP) Billy Auto Club stock car race yes- Martin, who has led the New terday oh the mile dirt oval at York Yankees to their best the DuQuoin State Fair- season since 1964. said vester- notebook or bond typing paper it perfect) over the desgn. 5. Be sure your iron is on the cotton setting and moke sure the steam is turned off.

Press the iron ocaross the design with firm, even pressure for about one minute, covering the entire design orea. Let the design stay in place for another minute while the whole thing cools off. 6. Wash ond dry by machine as you would ony permanent press garment, avoiding chlorine bleach. Colors will soften just a bit with the first washing, but shouldn't wash out rf you've followed the instructions.

1 You'll get best results with permanent press material of cotton and polyester. The decol will eventually wash out of all-cotton fabrics. 2. Cover your ironing board with plain white paper (not porous paper towels) to prevent staining. Notebook or bond typing paper will do nkely.

3. Slip your T-shirt over the end of the ironing board so the orea you wish to imprint is over the protective paper. Have the outside, or good side, of the shirt focing up. 4. Carefully cut out the deed and place it face down on the shirt.

Pin the decol to the shirt to prevent sliding. Place another ptece of protective paper (again, grounds. would like a three-year contract. "I think it will be resolved the way I'd like it," the former Yankees second baseman said. "His (owner George Steinbrenner's) reaction wasn't all that bad" regarding Martin's request for a three-year pact.

1:04.58 $20,618 Darnell's time was and his share of a purse was $3,711. day he expects to sign a new contract with the American League team. Martin, who was dismissed from his first three major league managing jobs, said he the A crowd of 9,170 saw accident-free race..