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The Boston Sunday GlobeFebruary 13, ld 59 1 Panch Tells Teenagers: I 'VV Fv 'If f9 --v- I i Future in Racing Dim for Dropouts Teen-agers keep stock car race driver Marvin Panch mailbox filled with letters asking advice on how to become a race driver. "vi.e un a one of the most successful of all N.A.S. C.A.K. drivers, answers every one of them. His advice: "Finish your close to starving as well as all en-Me" through the comforts Youngsters high school and then go to col- should know that dfivteg lege if possible.

Make your a race car is about like other driving yen secondary to jobs glamour today, no learning You may get a late glamour tomorrow, just a start on the track but your steady effort to give your education will enable you to best and take what happens "KiHhJhiS a 40' 1 SUPP every Kids who ache to drive a driver has retirement plans in Porsches and Women Surprise at Daytona By ARTHUR KELLEY If you just go for "who won?" in a big 24-hour enduro like the Daytona Continental, you're missing half the fun. The win by Ken Rifles and Lloyd Ruby in a Ford and the 1 2 3 placing of the Mark II 7-liter Fords is like the frosting on the cake. There's a lot more No less a coup than the prize mcmey. The other gals duro 500 in a Jasua. Suzv Miles-Ruby win was the re- were Donna Mims of Bethel, Dietrich is the wife of Charles markable performance of the Suzy Dietrich of San- (Chuck) Dietrich and ha3 little Porsches from Ger- dusky, and Janet Guthrie been helping Chuck to build, many, placing 6-7-8 overall of Great Neck, N.

Y. in 39th race and sell sports cars for and first in the sports divi- place. many years, sion class with engines less All five women are skilled Rosemary Smith, fashion than half the size of the win- and experienced handlers of model and designer, was sports cars. And they chose a rope's outstanding woman The performance of the most formidable field of men driver in 1965. having won Porsche Carrera 6 driven by drivers to run with.

the Tulip rally outright Hans Herrman and Herman And they were not running against the best men drivers Linge of Stuttgart, making its in a special women's class. on the continent. -debut in this race, was im- Donna Mims is the only Sierra (Smokey) Drolet pressive. woman ever to win a Sports won the Nisonger K.L.G,-,in- The Carrera was sixth Car Club of America national ternational for her victory' in overall, right on the tails of title. Janet Guthrie, a physi- the women's championship the big engined Fords and cist, finished in the first 10 during Bahama Speed Week Ferrari, In one of the most in the 1964 Watkins Glen en- in Nassau, amazing demonstrations of SPEED GALS Only women's team ever to finish a 24-hour endurance race of international stature, Sunbeam Alpine team at the Daytona Continental.

From left. Suzy Dietrich, San dusky, Rosemary Smith, Dublin -Ireland Janet Guthrie, Great Neck, N.Y.; kneeling, front, is Donna Mims, Pittsburgh, and at back wheel, Sierra Drolet, Miami, Fla. (UPI) xne DacK 01 his mind. I ve thought about quitting, long before I reached 40. 1 only am sure that I will quit when I know my physical condition isn't up to the demands of driving." (Cale Yarborough says stock car driving is tougher than pro football and he has been tops in both sports.) Panch says: "My own experience has taught me that physical condition rises and falls, no matter what age a man is.

I actually feel better today than I did threee years ago. Lots of things enter into a feeling of physical well-being. Chronological age is not the true and final answer." Panch still looks at stock car racing with the bright-eyed enthusiasm of a youngster. "Stock car racing is in its beginning. Onlv a few Won '500' Two Years Ago Petty Family Returns to Daytona SPARE PARTS Soupy Surface Cancels Woljeboro Ice Races- Ml than the Fords and 2-3 m.p.h.

faster than Petty and his Ply- Whether or not this figur- ng proves to be correct will v- a jj By LEO LEVTXE Herald Tribune News Service DAYTONA BEACH Fla. uaiiuka bialh, ita. As the last of the sports cars were bein? loaded on trans- porters after last weekend's MARVIN PANCH The annual Wolfeboro firanH Prix 2-hour ire races were cancelled last week-end when the ice on Lake Win- nipesaukee was found un- suitable for the event. Thaws, freezes and snowfall had al- 4-nour race, a low iruts. month, with a different type of vehicle aboard showed up at the main gate of the Daytona In- ternational Speedway.

The Indianapolis 500, which This was the Petty team, flSur to be a walkover for complete with father Lee, somebody with a Ford engine, sons Richard and Maurice my not be 3ulte the on and the Plvmnuths. Snme- one asked them what they were doing here so early, considering that the Daytona 600 isn't until Feb. 27. Father Lee grunted. "We're vMr hehinH airoariv" The Pettys, winner of usea t0 be at the Speed-America's premier stock car way" honors in 1964, weren't here Parnelli Jones, driving a last year when a rule change Lotus equipped with this en-banned their "Hemi" engines, gine, broke all records for a They're back now, and al- one-mile track while test-though Lee may be right in ing at Phoenix recently, aver-one sense, driver Richard aging better than 122 nvp.h.

doesn't figure to run behind for his best lap. many people when the time In addition to going auick- racing car find that advice years ago people stood open-hard to take, but it is so true, mouthed to watch a stock car I didn't get a full education go 135 m.p.h. at Daytona In-and it has been a handicap ternational Speedway. Now ever since. In the days we live they yawn at speeds of 160 In, a man to succeed must be m.p.h.

It won't be too long, able to communicate, to maybe this year in the Day-understand and to have a full tona 500, before cars will picture of his job." reach 180 and 185 m.p h. Youngsters who have their Tires improve, bodies are bet-sights set on racing would be ter and horsepower still keeps wise to listen to Panch. going up." He is one of the best. He When asked about the '66 has been racing for a long Daytona 500, Panch time, even though he has just should be one of the greatest reached 40. He has won at ever run.

We'll all be there, in Daytona, at Atlanta and he Fords, Plymouths, Dorges and has beaten the best- He lives the rest. I feel that the Plym- today on a handsome ranch, outh and the hemi-head just out of Daytona, with Dodge will be a bit faster his wife Betty and two chil- thn the Ford but in a race dren. as long as 500 miles and on a "Racing has been my life," track as fast as Daytona, Panch said, "and there will be horsepower isn't the only no complaint from me al- answer." though it has brought me. ARTHUR KELLEY Yachts 8C Yachtsmen Ocean Racing 1 Schedule Complete ternated in such a way as to to Miles' rescue. produce alternate layers of The Yenko Stinger, a racing ice, slush and water.

The top version of the Corvair Qocsa, layer was too thin to bear the has been officially recognised as a Class production. car Ah alternate road course by the Sports Car Club of was tried but the width of America and will race in that the road and the difficulty of class during the 1966 race spectator control made it un- season in regional and jia- safe for a speed event. tional events. Next ce races, the Six The car will be produced at Brunswick, on by Don 20. tional Corvette champion Ken Miles came very close driver, in his shop at Canto not winning the big race nonsburg, Pa.

at Daytona when he was The Stinger will be" offered stopped at the pit- area gate in different stages of tene by a sheriff. Miles had done for racing, rallying or tour-a three-hour turn on the ing. In its basic form track, turned the car over to will offer distinctive styling Lloyd Ruby, and left the pits changes: a bob-tail rear, deck to get a coat. lid with functional air scoops, When Miles tried to get and a wide rear pillar treat-back into the pit area the ment sporting the Stinger sheriff on guard stopped him emblem. and asked for his I.D.'pass.

Suspension, steering and Miles didn't have it. Miles 'breaking have been upgraded opened his coat and showed to' cope With added engine the: sheriff his 'blue driving "performance coveralls' with the name Ken' ARTHUR KEEfiEY throw them away. Then go out and buy a good set To which all this writer can add is amen. Sports Car Races, Rallies TODAY STATE LINE rally by Sports Car Club of America; 11 TT T-1 sloils ii a.m.. jnnnsnn Rt northbouni Lexine- Ends Lunenburg iCe TOIT hv TRIALS by Quanna- fy.l1"..

N.H.; if ice conditions per mit. Starts 1 p.m. SNOW FLAKE rally, Abel Ford Mustang Club; starts 12:30 p.m., Bell Circle, Re-, vere. All foreign and U.S. cars welcome.

FEB. 19 SCOTCH TAPE rally, by North Shore S.C.C.; starts 8 P-m-. 31 Dayton Danvers. Short fun and social type rally. FEB.

19, 20 ANNUAL SIX HOURS ice races, Brunswick, all' sports cars and small Entry, Bates and Cunningham, Brunswick, JVIe- CORVETTES, of MASS. ice. trials, Webster Lake, Web-V ster. Entry tel 491-7477, ves' FEB. 20 SNOW RALLY by Western Mass.

S.C.C.; starts 1:30 p.m., H. Johnson. Rte. 2, Greenfield. 80-mile event, with -special features.

SIGN OF THE TIMES rally by Touting Club of NE starts mf Rte. 128, Newton, (be- tween Rtes. 30 nd "16). Standard event, three tro- phies each in two classes by equipment. Ends Westford.

FOREIGN CARS COMPARE ANYWHERE! '66 TRIUMPHS TR-4A's $2574 SPT. MK. It's $2047 HERALD C0NVS. $1809 ALL FULLY EQUIPPED 1300 DOWN S14 PER WX. GAUTHIER'S OF SALEM 105 CANAL SALEM 744-4057 744-8256 Atk For Arthur Baiuliau CARS FOREIGN CARS 000 fans at the end of thii uiuwr race it was in lDO Dale Drake, now the sole i uucim-ss- er ene.

has come up with something new a super- version of the old reiiaDie louT-cyiinaer which ly, the engine also put in 400 trouble-free miles at Phoenix so reliability figures to be fairly good. with the mandatory two pit stops now the rule at Indy( a supercharged car is not at disadvantage. They consume more fuel, but since everyone has to stop, that makes littie difference. Indy limitations say a maximum of oniirme nf With tw0 Dit st0D, thj means 210 gallons or in otner wor(js the car can average about 2S4 miles per gallon it could be winner America's richest auto race. Sam Hanks, the director of racing at Indianapolis end a public relations man for sev- eral auto-oriented companies.

was in New York last week for a presS conference and advocated two things: Don't run your car with less than 30 pounds of air in tires. Take those original-equipment shock absorbers and FOREIGN CARS PORSCHE if 911 Coups Ivory, Immed. Del 912 Coupe Aga blue, Immed. Del. '63 Normal Coupe Blue, many extras $2850 v55 Chev Monza coupe Maroon, 4 tp.

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FOWLE Another of the Bay State's major yachting dates for 1968 goes up on the board today along with the complete schedule of the New England Ocean Racing Circuit as announced by chairman James A. Carroll, i The big date, affecting a large number of the small boat racing classes of the area, is Aug. 3-7 for the 29th annual Quincy Bay Race Week. Thus the event will follow Marblehead Race Week, July I 23-30, by only three days but I the close scheduling will per-mit many sailors to compete in both race weeks within a 6peed and durability in a small sports coupe that the race world will ever see. And the Porsche 904s driven by Mitter-Buzzetta, 1 a -Schuetz were next in order.

And the two women's team Sunbeam Alpines went all the way, making it the first time that any women's team had finished a 24-hour interna- tional endurance contest The Pals wpra Sierra Drolet of Miami and Rosemary Smith of Dublin, Ireland, in 36th place to win the Nison- ger K.L.G. international tro- phy and a special share of the PURCHASE of Brady Ford Sales, Portsmouth, N.H., is announced by Arthur Brady," former gen-eral manager and vice president of Stilphen Motor DoBchester Brady is past president of Metropolitan Ford Dealers Assn. and a former member of New England Ford Dealers advertising committee. A graduate of Notre Dame, Brady was a Marine during the war. A resident of Hingham, with seven children, he plans to move to Portsmouth.

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The Charger underwent secret tests at Firestone Ft Stockton, 7.7-mile test track last month and the re- suits were encouraging de- spite the use of a small 405 cubic men engine. ine Charger recorded laps the neighborhood of 183 m.p.n. thafs some neighborhood. At Daytona 2 -mile uaCK, wnicn nas aieepci bankings than Ft. Stockton, that should work, out to 176-177 m.p.h.

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