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Monday, Jaly 2, 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer Superteams Fare Disastrous Day for Donohue, Poorly Jones Cars Bourbon TVi in i 1. 1 r-w J. v. I L- 'C I I i Blend. Fi ne old Bourbon in a fine pipe tobacco.

Popular Price (Also available in large size tin.) vLENIW were running at the finish as accidents and mechanical malfunctions took more than their toll there were eight different leaders and the No. 1 spot changed hands 28 times, a record in United States Auto Club competition Roger McCluskey's second-place finish kept him atop the point standings with 2,055 while Foyt's victory pushed him into second place (1,370) ahead of Billy Vukovich (1,250) Foyt's victory which elevated his USAC record to 45 was only his second since November of 1971 in the season-finale at Phoenix, Ariz. His most recent victory was in a 150-mile heat at Trenton in April Less than an hour after taking the checkered flag, Foyt helicoptored to Philadelphia to catch a flight to Daytona Beach, where he is scheduled to quality his Chevrolet stock car today for Wednesday's Firecracker 400 Despite the problems with the start at Indianopolis, USAC's chief starter Shim Malone waved the Pocono field on its way while tne taiienaers were a mile behind in the north straightaway. "We can drive the cars for them," he said when asked about his Uninjured Al Unser is lifted from llth-lap accident wreckage as firemen prepare Foyt Captures Pocono 500 to squirt foam on car Race Continued from 1st Sports Page with McCluskey and may have influenced his decision to said. "Up until then I could run right with him but then things began to shake.

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P.O. Box 80278 San Diego, Calif. 92138 A Kaiitrjndultriat AHiliata An Equal Opportunity Employer By BILL SIMMONS TJifl Inquirer Stu LONG POND, Pa. Four of the so-called Superteams that competed at Indianapolis last month ran in Sunday's Schaefer 500 at Pocono International Raceway with even poorer results. At Indy, a team car did win as Gordon Johncock drove one of the three STP Team Eagles to victory in the rain-shortened race.

At Pocono, in the second jewel of auto racing's triple crown, all of the supers finished up the track. It was an especially un- ppnskfi Hac'mtf Team of New- town Square. First, Gary Bettenhausen lost control in the third turn on the 37th lap and spun his Sunoco-McLaren -Offenhauser into the outer retaining wall. Then Mark Donohue, who won the inaugural race here in 1971, suffered engine failure on the 104th circuit of the 2V2-mile track after having gone from his 23d starting position in the 33-car field to first place on laps 78 through 80. One on-looker suggested that Donohue had given his Sunoco-Eagle-Offy a real good ride while it lasted.

"The only time you have a good ride is when you are there (first) at the finish," Donohue said with typical bluntness. It was a disastrous day for the three-car Parnelli Jones team. First, Al Unser crashed into the first turn wall on the eighth lap. Then Mario Andretti was plagued with various problems and, although he wasn't raining at the end, he was credited with finishing seventh. Joe Leonard the defending champ, plodded around with a sick engine to an eighth place finish.

The McLaren Team got a fifth-place finish out of Johnny Rutherford while Peter Revson, who started from the pole continued his streak of poor finishes by placing 21st after dropping a valve. But Rutherford's ride was Results ot Unofficial order of finish in Sunday's Schaefer 500-mile race, with laps completed: 1. A. J. Foyt, Gilmore Coyote, 200 laps.

2. Roger McCluskey, Hopkins Eagle, 199. 3. Lloyd Ruby, Commander Motor Homes Eagle, 199. 4.

Mike Mosley, Lodestar Eagle, 199. 5. Johnny Rutherford, Gulf McLaren, 195. 6. Mike Hiss, Thermo Kins Eagle, 191.

7. Mario Andretti, Viceroy Parnelli, 184. 8. Joe Leonard, Samsonlte Parnelli, 1S3. 9.

Sam Posev, Norris Eagle, 18. 10. Bobby Unser, Olsonite Eagle, 167. 11. Jim McElreath, Norris Eagle, 166.

12.. Dick Simon, TraveLodge Eagle, 163. 13. Sam Sessions, M.V.S. Eagle, 155.

14. Gordon Johncock, STP Eagle, 136. 15. Bob Harkey, Norton Vollstedt, 135. Uniroyat ZET A WHITEWALLS WHITE-WALL FED.

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took the outside pole position with a speed of 178.837 MPH over the 2.5-mile Daytona International tri-oval in another 1973 Chevrolet. LE CASTELLET, France. A collision knocked the two leading cars out of the French Grand Prix, Sunday, leaving Swede Ronnie Peterson free to speed to his first Formula One victory. LE MONT DORE, France. French driver Daniel Rou-veyran was killed Sunday when his Formula One March left the road during a hill climb race here and exploded after hitting some rocks.

Pocono 500 16. Jimmy Caruthers, Cobre Eagle, 124. 17. Mark Donohue, Sunoco McLaren, 104. 18.

Mel Kenyon, Atlanta Falcons Eagle, 94. 19. Rick Muther, Lodestar Eagle, 91. 20. Lee Kunzman, Ayr-Way Lloyd's Eagle, 82.

21. Peter Revson, Gulf McLaren, 75. 22. Jim Hurtubise, Miller High Life Eagle, 73. 23.

Steve Krisitoff, Tecumseh King-fish, 67. 24. Billy Vukovich, Sugaripe Eagle, 64. 25. George Snider, Gilmore Coyote, 62.

26. Jerry Karl, Orient Express Eagle, 54. 27. Gary Bettenhausen, Sunoco McLaren, 37. 26.

John Martin, Eagle, 28. 29. Wally Dallenbach, STP Eagle, 25. 30. Johnny Parsons, Two Jacks Eagle, 25.

31. David Hobbs, Carllng Eagle, 24. 32. Tom Bigelow, Bryant Heating Vollstedt, 22. 33.

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Ii. Tai and tmaan I ISBOOO Manrentaie Voire Cqqf Indy winner Gordon Johncock was an early Pocono leader but hit wall, quit Koda Didn 't 'Fill 'er Up weights had come off my wheels or if a half shaft was getting ready to let go. "But I wasn't about to take any chances on stuffing it into the wall at that point, then I figured I'd better stop for a sure second and I wound up winning the whole thing." Ironically, neither Foyt nor McCluskey was much of a factor in the early going as Mario Andretti, Jimmy Ca-ruthers, Bobby Unser, Gordon Johncock and Mark Donohue set the pace at various points. Andretti was the first to have troubles, pitting after leading the first 10 laps. He eventually wound up in sixth place, 11 laps behind, even though his car wasn't running at the finish.

None of the others were around at the finish either. In fact, Foyt was the only one of the eight leaders who was running at the end. Caruthers went out widi a blown engine on lap 124, Unser had clutch failure on 167, Donohue succumbed to engine failure on 104 and Johncock was sidelined by the blowout on 137. Other front runners who failed were Billy Vukovich, fuel pump, 67, and McCluskey. Foyt, who ran as high as third at the 50 and 75 mile marks before dropping back by making prudent and fast pit stops under caution, got the lead for the first time on lap 102 but held it only four laps before making a pitstop.

He led three more times for a total of five laps before pacing the last two miles. "We ran the race just about as we had scheduled except for those two stops to change rear tires," Foyt said. "We detuned the engine for longevity and mileage and it worked 1 out." Things didn't work out well at all for Al Unser, the two-time Indy champion who starter Peter Revson on the front row. While running third behind teammate Andretti and pole starter Peter Revson no the eighth lap, Al crashed into the-outside retaining wall while exiting the first turn. His Viceroy-Parnelli-Offy hit with such force that it cracked a weld in the earthen-backed -inch boilerplate wall, necessitating a 45-min-ute halt to the race while repairs were made.

"I just plain lost it, but that wall giving the way it did saved me from getting hurt worse," Al said from his room in Monroe County General Hospital in East Strouds-burg where he is in traction for a severe neck sprain. That was the first and, by far, the most serious of four accidents. The others involved Gary Hettenhausen who hit the third turn wall on lap 39, Lee Kunzman who went into the first-turn wall on lap 83, and Johncock who scraped the front straight wall after his tire blew. But despite the violence of the accidents, the Schaefer 500 was remarkably free of fire. And, after the tragedy of Indianapolis in May, it was a welcome change.

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couldn't figure what was wrong with the Foyt A reporter for ABC Sports stuck a microphone in front of Koda and asked him if McCluskey could make it to the checkered flag. "We intend to run all the way," Koda said, and the interview was over. The happy signs started appearing for McCluskey. A member of the crew held up a "Roger-40" sign for Mc- four straight Sunday features at the Fairgrounds, finished second but never threatened Keppley. Bob Hauer, of Lebanon, turned in a fine performance and finished third with Don Kreitz getting fourth and point-leader Bobby Gerhart fifth.

Brightuill, who took the lead from Keppley on the 14th lap, lost it on the 18th, and reclaimed it on the 19th, had to drop out on the 24th. That was two laps after Gerry Chamberlain, running third, came up with a flat and spun in the second turn. There was a fourth-turn accident on the first lap and another delay on the fifth when the leader at that point, Don Riley, lost power. Keppley tok over then and there were caution lights on the eighth for Billy Ellis, the 10th for Bobby Braxotn and the 18th for Paul Fitzcharles. The final dela came on the 48th lap for Red Coffin who spun in the second corner.

Heat winners were Glenn Fitzcharles, Hauer and Fred Adam with Ronnie Dunstan and Joe Lingle winning consolations. tires You pay enly for what yea wont Continued from 1st Sports Page to head for the pits one final time on the 193rd lap, McCluskey gained to at least 40 seconds. When Foyt emerged it looked as if the Schaefer 500 had become Mc-Cluskey's toy. He was running considerably faster thaa any car on the track and increasing his lead by the lap. WHITEWALLS ii Keppley Wins at Reading To Snap Tobias' Streak 4i i I i R'PfAL 4QOO 11 WHITEWALLS WHITE-WALL FED.

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The crew, unaware of what had happened, waited for McCluskey to come around that final time. Car after car flashed by. Then the PA announcer told the sad truth. "What drama at he finish!" boomed the announcer. But Don Koda wasn't interested.

He was looking at those big black figures on his notebook, at the calculations that somehow went amiss, thinking of the 30 gallons of fuel, now useless, that remained in the pit tank fuel it would have taken maybe 15 seconds to put into McCluskey's tank. "I don't know how it happened," Koda said several times. Roger McCluskey never appeared at the pits or at his garage. He left the track quickly. Don Koda was left to answer the questions.

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