Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 25

KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS J-C Sunday July 9 1972 CpoofG Gcopo Winners Edge: Quick Pit Continued From Page 1-C it is an automatic 15-second penalty for the car and the normal pit stop doesnt take more than 25 seconds We gas up every time in" says Inman and changing tires is faster than the gasing so we usually put on right side rubber The toughest part of the brief respite for the driver is pulling into the 20 foot long pit stall When spectators watch a driver make his stop it looks easy but it is a difficult thing to do says Nab Allisons chief Bobbys car is nearly 17 feet long and if somebody is in the next pit its like city parking Petty relates dhat overshooting a pit stop at Ontario might have cost him But Friday Inman was puzzled about the intricacy of set up the front end for the high-banked 533-mile oval Its tough because its so fast We like to be able to run everywhere high and low Each year at Ontario Union 76 sponsors a pit crew contest timing the crews as they add 14 gallons of fuel from two cans and change right-side rubber This year Nabs crew took 196 seconds to win Today 29 other crews will be competing against him and it may be a better show and just as important as the on track duels On the way home I gassed up It took five minutes and seventeen seconds for 16 gallons and a windshield wipe But Im not covering 262 miles in three hours victory I came in too fast and slid past and had to make another slow lap A pit chiefs problems dont start or end with one race Herb has done a great job this week just getting the car ready to run here says Allison noting that Nab and crew had only two days to set up the Chevy and travel 460-miles after his third place in Daytona Tuesday Inman was luckier Were running the Plymouth here says Petty because of the handling and it was ready Petty and teammate Buddy Baker have four cars (two Dodges and two Plymouths) between them The Plymouth hes running here was last raced three weeks ago at Ontario Blue jfom heights to depths "I hope faster days are coming" moaned pitcher Vida Blue who has gdne from die heights to the depths in one year Last-place Milwaukee handed the 1971 Cy Young Award winner artdiMVP in the American League his worst beating in the major leagues 9-4 Friday night It was the most runs Blue nas surreuered in a single game in 67 mound appearances dating to August 1969 Blue now 2-5 after a lengthy spring holdout was 17-3 at this time a year ago I just pitched a bad game he noted No action against Thomas Dallas Cowboys president Tex Schramm indicated strongly Saturday that Duane Thomas marijuana case is no longer open to public scrutiny and the time has come to be concerned about football and that sort of thing NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle in a mild surprise said he would not take any action against the controversial Dallas running star who is supposed to begin his third pro season this year with the Cowboys He was convicted last year on a charge of possession of marijuana He pled guilty in court and was given a five-year rotated sentence and a verbal reprimand i i olley dies Allison 9 Petty Agree: Bristol Tough In July i Zora Folley a longtime heavyweight boxing contender and the last man to fight Muhammad Ali before he was stripped of his crown died early Saturday after striking his head on the edge of a swimming pool at a motel Folley 41 died while undergoing surgery at the Pima County Hospital in Tucson Ariz Police said Folley was engaged in some friendly roughhousing with a friend at the pool when he fell and struck his head Pen Duick IV 70-foot trimaran winner Frenchman wins yacht race Frenchman Alain Colas who appeared from out of the blue Atlantic while everyone was waiting for the favorite was declared the winner Saturday of the Singlehanded Transatlantic Yacht Race Colas surprised race officials by crossing the finish line in his Penduick IV Friday night well ahead of the favored Vendredi XIII Friday the 13th which finished about 12:30 pjn EDT Saturday llarrelson in British Open Former major league baseball star Ken Harrelson was among those golfers Saturday who qualified for next weeks British Open golf tournament Harrelson who quit baseball last year to pursue a pro-golf career shot rounds of 68-80138 at Gullane which was only two strokes less than the top qualifier South Africas Tienie Britz Weiskopf singes golf course Tom Weiskopf shot my finest nine holes ever Saturday as he practiced with ex-title winners Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin for the Open Weiskopf scored a magnificent six-under-par 30 for the front nine He racked up five birdies and an eagle against a bogejr on the outward 3442 yards trek Two more birdies against a second bogey on the inward half gave him a seven-under 64 for the 6892-yard course Casey Tibbs comes back Casey Tibbs several times a world champion rodeo cowboy is coming out of retirement to enter a saddle-bronc event at a weekend rodeo near Travis Air Force Base Tibbs a rodeo consultant for many movies and TV shows came out of retirement at the request of his longtime friend Cotton Rosser stock contractor for the upcoming event Rose Bowl hero signs pact Greg Sampson the 265-pound Rose Bowl hero from Stanford who was Houstons No 1 draft choice has signed his contract He reportedly inked a no-cut three-year pact which called for between $75000 and $100000 TOP QUALIFIER Bobby Allison (L) listens to crew chief Herb Nab before putting his Chevy on the pole Friday Nab and crew reconditioned the car and hauled it 460 miles in two days after Allisons third-place finish at Daytona Tuesday ZORA FOLLEY horseplay victim here qualified 21st Saturday with a lap at 100490 mph Allisons qualifying speed bested Pettys old Volunteer 500 mark of 103589 and was shy of the absolute track record of 107375 mph which was sri before NASCAR rules called for restrictor devices on carbuietors There will be three other Chevy drivers besides Allison in the top 10 of todays starting field They are Ron Keselowski Richard Brown and Coo-Coo Marlin The 267-mile race a $38725 Winston Cup Series event gets underway at 1:30 pm and a capacity crowd upwards of 30000 is expected to be on hand for the grueling race Wells back with Raiders Wide receiver Warren Wells once the scourge of the American Football League because of his ability on catching long passes is returning to die Oakland Raiders after a one-year absence Wells missed the entire 1971 season after he was sentenced to prison for violating probation in an attempted rape case He was transferred from prison to Synanon a drug and rehabilitation center Jan 14 Alameda County Superior Court Judge Stanley Dieden altered the terms of Wells probation Friday to allow him to practice and travel with the Raiders this season Dieden ruled that Wells must live in a Catholic retreat house when he is not practicing playing or traveling with the team I suppose that was the closest race that I ever came in second Voice inflection of NASCARs all-time win leader was on the word second ALLISON attributes the disparity in his success on small and large tracks to the poor aerodynamics of the boxy Monte Carlo "We run better on the small track like here The wind resistance hurts us on the long straightaways of big tracks but weve done pretty well there too Allison set a new track record in qualifying first Friday at 106097 mph PETTY will start alongside Allison on the front row He qualified at 105151 mph LeRoy Yarbrough took third with a 104612 and Cecil Gordon got fourth with a 103347 Time-wise hotshot Bobby Isaac turned in lap that would have given him fourth position but he was a day late Isaacs pit crew was unable to get his 1972 Dodge ready in time for Fridays opening qualifying but he was Saturdays top driver with a 103805 speed around the halfmile-plus oval BLUFF CITYS John A Utsman a relief driver in the Southeastern 500 spring race BRISTOL Front row sitters Bobby Allison and Richard Petty agree on one thing whole-heartedly Bristol Speedway in July is the toughest track they run all year Its really demanding physically says Allison a three-time winner here This is one stop Im sure to get a good nights sleep before and after the race" Petty cites the track as tough because "You take more risks here when the competition is close The high-banked oval allows 100 mph plus speeds but nearly constant G-forces exhaust drivers Both Petty and Allison have mechanical aids to make the ride easier today Richard has the only car with power steering in the race and Allison is trying a new softer rubber compound tire for the first time Sunday We hope to get better adhesion and with it so I can hang in the groove easier Both have two-way radio hook ups with the pits Both concede that a hot day may necessitate relief drivers but neither would name possible back-up men FRIDAY Richard was still talking about the Firecracker finish last Tuesday when he was second to David Pearson by less than a car length With a grin he said: Volunteer 500 Field Fischer-Spassky Match In Doubt Again 16 Spender Bluff City Tenn 70 Plymouth 101 653 17 Bill Champion Norfolk Va 71 Ford 101 457 18 Bob Brown Milan Tenn 72 Chevrolet 101 447 19 Ben Arnold Fairfield Ala 71 Ford 101 171 20 Walter Ballard Houston Texas 71 Mercury 101 020 21 John A Utsman Bluff City Tenn 70 Dodge 100 490 22 Henley Gray Rome Ga 71 Thun derbird 100 432 23 Ed Negre Concord 70 Dodge 100 204 24 David Sisco Nashville Tenn 72 Chevrolet 100 163 25 David Boggs Mornsville 70 Dodge 100 156 26 Richard Childress Winston Salem 72 Chevrolet 99 966 27 Charlie Roberts Anniston Ala 71 Ford 99 950 28 johnny Halford Spartanburg 70 Plymouth 99 787 29 Earl Brooks Lynchburg Va 71 Ford 99 725 30 Raymond Williams Chapel Hill 71 Ford 99 667 The starting field 1 Bobby Allison Hueyfown Ala 197? Chevrolet 106 097 2 Richard Petty Pandleman 1972 Plymouth 105 151 3 LeRoy Yarbrough Columbia 1971 Ford 104 612 4 Cecil Gordon Horse Shoe 1971 Mercury 103 347 5 Benny Parsons Ellerbe 1971 Mercury 103 111 6 Dave Marcis Skyland 1970 Dodge 102 311 7 Ron Keselowski Dryton Plains Mich 1970 Chevrolet 102 102 8 Richard Brown Clairemont 1972 Chevrolet 101 97S 9 Coo Coo Marlin Columbia Tenn 197? Chevrolet 101617 10 John Sears Ellerbe 1970 Plymouth 101 675 11 Bobby Isaac Catawba 72 Dodge 103 605 Dean Dalton Asheville 71 Ford 102 759 13 James Hylton Inman 70 Ford 10? 263 14 Frank Warren Harrisburg 70 Dodge 101 882 15 Gabe Thomas Christiansborg Va 70 Plymouth 101 675 friend and chess player Freysteinn Thorbergsson on a salmon fishing trip Russian officials said Spassky would be back Monday at the latest Thorbergsson also invited Fishcer along but the American turned down the invitation to observe his Church of Gods Sabbath Gudmundur Arnlaugsson of Iceland will be in charge of final preparations which in- elude the touchy job of picking the chess sets and board to be used Schmid said he had invited the two players to come to the hall together on Sunday to check on the facilities and hopefully approve them But this meeting was called off Saturday after Schmid left Spassky also left town and went north with Icelandic REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) The Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess championship match already delayed for nine days ran into new problems Saturday when the chief arbiter left Iceland US chess sources said Fischer the 29-year-old American challenger is at peak form and raring to go into the first game Tuesday against the world champion Russias Spassky But the sources said there might have to be another postponement until Thursday since chief arbiter Lothar Schmid will not be back in town until then Schmid a West German grandmaster and the owner of a book publishing firm in Bamberg flew home Saturday morning and said he would return Thursday He said he was leaving because one of his sons had been injured in a traffic accident Schmids assistant arbiter mi ranc E1LOTEX MviMtee MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 3 BIG DAY SUSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM Hide pipes duct work cracked and unsightly ceilings the easy way with a suspended ceiling All you do is lay 2'x4' panels in the suspended grid system for a beau tifol new ceiling 2x4 DECORATOR PANELS IN CARTON LOTS (8-PCS PER CTN) SCULPTURED WHITE 106 ea FISSURETONE (ACOUSTICAL) 143 ea SON ANTA (ACOUSTICAL) 151 ea FIBERGLAS PANELS ALSO AVAILABLE Grid System 2' Tee 19 4' Tee 37e 12' Main Tee 129 a 12' Wall Angle 68e ea Wire To Hang Grid box 157 Reg 990 Sale 3 DAYS ONLY- sn House GfTrifli O' Coat High G0 SJ36 CeloteX Gridlume TRADEMARK LIGHTING FIXTURE Ideal concealed lighting! 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