Bryan-College Station Eagle from Bryan, Texas • 26

RACING ENTHUSIASTS will once again see a sight similar to this on Speedway Many familiar names will be on the entry list as the Speedway Sunday when the Texas 500 will get the green flag and over 40 drivers will1 hosts the first US AC race of the season be trying for part of the almost $100000 purse at the Texas World Page 20 Thursday June 3 1976 Bryan College Station Texas The Eagle LTTt I 1 flWirh A 1 fnfi BRMlBLHBsJnBBQME3lv r7itkSWV'sH a BK i KaSSKKl Sr I ZjSSaflgjr JM Trifitfi 1 Speedway Once Again Opens Gates BY JERRY WAGGONER Eagle Managing Editor After almost three years of inactivity Texas World Speedway once again will open its gates for auto racing fans Sunday when the track hosts the Texas 500 has scheduled the championship cars for a return visit in October The weekend race at TWS comes right on the heels of the Indianapolis 500 which was run Sunday And the Indy 500 Cars and drivers from United States Auto Club USAC will be vying for $75000 prize money The race begins at 1 pm Sunday weather permitting This is the first promotion to be staged by new owner and operator Dick Conole of Pennsylvania He and two other Pennsylvanians bought the track from the Holloways who last held a race here in October 1973 race will be 500 miles by the super stackers There will be no championship cars in this race but Conole winner Johnny Rutherford of ort Worth will be here racing in a 1974 Dodge Other Indy 500 winners entered include Texan A qyt of Houston in a 1976 Chevy and Gordon Johncock in a 1974 Dodge Charger If that enough incentive for a race fan consider this Also entered are NASCAR specialist Bobby Allison one of the best drivers in the country USACs 1975 stock car ar TEXAS WORLD iSPEEDWAv 4 aWML wJJRlLl Ta I 3yigtMssM three years of inactivity The Texas 500 is the IT COULD BE this close at times when cars hit the Texas World Speedway front straightaway Sunday during the Texas 500 USAC stock car first of three major events scheduled for TWS this year race The raceway is re opening after almost USAC Points The United States Auto Club stock car championships are determined by a point system The drivers entered in this Texas 500 will be able to collect their first points of theyear after the Sunday Texas World Speedway race as this is the first race of the season The winner of the Texas 500 will receive 300 points while second place earns 250 points and third place 210 The remaining finishers receive in descending order: 4 180 5 160 6 150 7 140 8 130 9 120 10 110 11 100 1240 13 80 14 70 15 60 16 50 17 40 18 30 19 20 Balance of ield 20 25 oWy A inished Jewelry SILVER AWN i iHf QiftllpP 'il i Sterling Silver Turquoise 404 ed Mart Drive College Station Texas 77840 844 7877 champion Ramo Stott four time champion Butch Hartman and third place finisher in point standings last year Sal Tovella Presently there are 40 cars and drivers signed up but the list may grow before racetime An expected entry is former national champion Roger McCluskey McCluskey won the last USAC stock car race at TWS on Oct 6 1973 He won the 200 mile race (abbreviated to 152 because of rain) in a Plymouth The track records for stackers are: AJ oyt for one lap at 171551 miles per hour in 4197 seconds and Johncock in another Chevrolet for the 200 miles in April of 1973 at one hour 30 minutes and 5654 seconds one lap time makes the TWS track the fastest in the country Also the track record for championship cars is held by TWS 214 plus mph by Mario Andretti There are several Texans entered besides oyt and Rutherford including Martha Wideman of Lufkin be joined in the ranks by another woman driver Arlene Hiss of Tustin Calif The other Texans are HB Bailey of Houston Tom Willianjs of Schertz and John Haver of Borden The ladies will be presented the opportunity riday after the practice session to break the closed course speed record Stock car driver car owner Earl Canavan of ord Johnson New York and his sponsors Labar In ternational and Benihana of Tokyo have offered the women the Labar Benihana of Tokyo Dodge Charger for the attempt car is powered by a 426 cubic inch hemi engine and is capable of speeds better than 220 miles per hour Activities begin riday when an Open House is to be held sponsored by the Bryan College Station Chamber of Com merce The track will be open to practice runs all afternoon Souvenir programs and posters from previous Speedway events will be given away free There will be door prizes and the opportunity to participate in the Grand Prize drawing Miss Texas World Speedway will be crowned and will reign for all activities mmlE THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN Make your Pit Stop here and well put you on the right Track 807 Texas A wwt 1 846 9513 Caffege Station.