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HA THE CHAPLOTTE OBSERVER Monday Oct 18 1965 Scott Finally Gets New Auto But Drive Shaft Falls Apart By MARRY LLOYD Observer Staff Writer Nobody really expreted colei! Pcoit to win the National Kin at Charlotlp Motor Speedway Sunday Yet the Danville Ya driv er who draws enough attention he miep he is the only Negro on the NASCAR circuit was niched a lot closer than usual Scott has a "new" car (or the fni tune in his lone racing career a while fin Chevy cm nerl Ionia Tov Rollon ol Gas- Si nil who had liahirtl a ililapiilated Cord arourtl the NASCAR rirctiit was calm-laird surprise a lew the more abluent pedal pushers But debut in the Chevy didn't surprise anybody perhaps hut Scott On the 89lh lap he wrecked in the first turn "Ain't that said one pig wag Wendell finally gets a car and wrecks it on the first rarp" Scott is a thin man with a narrow tare who shows every one nf his 41 years He bad his own explanation for the failure as he paced pit SSrnw in a worn-out set nf coveralls The sea! nf Scott's racing satins was completely worn through showing that financial support for him is not yet complete Fellow racers mighl say Ihe coveralls were worn that way because careful Wendell sits so tight Anyway his seat showed morp wear than his shoe soles "Drive shall just come apart on me" growled Scott "Threw me plumb up in Ihe Scott's mishap in the first run slightly mjurrd a press photographer who was leaning or Ihe rail plane waits patiently for watching some autos run hy Ken Sturgeon) its owner of course (Observer Thoto Who was out is an airplane Fuit how it looking strangely out of Speedway parking lot the UJ What is is £nt there is guess place in the Charlotte Motor m9 FoollmS! Standings CONFERENCE Pts OP A0 86 105 77 AT 82 01 SI 50 11 00 40 83 35 13 OP 162 66 113 74 112 sl2 im ft' 11? 7 94 73 124 38 94 id 77 35 Game Pt OP 178 10 8ft 5 8ft 41 lft8 I'll 104 85 9' 27 1' 0 7 0 7 1 46 0 5 0 38 8 0 3 0 9 69 0 5 ft 12 96 VMI Cartel (ii alinm Claus Tie For Bogrv Paul (irahain and Bill Claim lied for hngpy honors with 7U at Carolina Sundav southwest conference conference All Gamps Pfo OP Pts OP 3 0 0 93 31 5 143 57 1 0 0 17 14 2 1 1 38 73 Omsen 7 1 0 05 73 4 1 0 98 94 OukP 1 I 0 57 34 4 0 134 40 No Com'ios 1 0 41 65 2 3 0 07 to? So Carolina 0 1 0 14 05 7 7 0 07 107 Maryland 0 10 7 38 7 7 0 45 09 Virginia 0 7 0 25 37 7 3 49 04 S'al BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE Wake Forest Conlorence All Games lrCDirwnFNT8 Pts OP Pts OP MAJOR INDEPENDENTS 7 0 0 85 0 5 0 0 183 31 2 0 0 41 6311 72 33 0 21 7 I 3 0 30 49 Ulah Slate 2 0 1 80 21 3 0 2 28 Xavier 1 1 1 31 61 3 1 1 90 74 West Texas St 0 2 0 11 47 1 4 0 56 Western 2 0 14 42 0 5 0 36 108 New Mexico St 3 0 6 105 0 5 0 16 145 So Miss PACIFIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Virginia Teels All Games Notre Dame Pts OP Pts OP Georgia Teen 3 0 0 74 12 4 0 I 120 38 Navy 0 2B 3 67 57 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE 000 0 0410 79 47 I 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 A3 0 1 f) 14 17 1 1 1 107 7B 0 1 0 12 7 2 54 ft M2 50 1 4 0 BIG TEN Cnnferenet AH Games Pis OP PH OP camima 1 0 0 7fl 1 1 4 29 Fljrmfln HOiunm PlfhmnnfJ TcH am Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma Colorado St Kansas Kansas Calif Stanford St Oregon Oregon St ATLANTIC COAST Conference All Plf OP 1 i 111 0 I 0 63 25 4 1 0 I 011 1 2 I 0 76 3 2 0 1 0 20 19 2 2 0 P0 12 50 2 0 1 3 ft 3- 55 1 0 0 3 0 25 01 I 4 0 WIT Pts 0 0 0 0 0 ft 0 1 1 Conefrenca All Pts OPWLT 3 0 0 115 16 4 1 0 2 0 0 44 7 3 2 ft 21ft 45 41 3 1 ft 71ft 87 7 3 ft ft 41 27 3 1 ft I I 0 14 31 7 3 0 070 13 9ft ft 5ft end of race day in National 400 lie was victim of a blown tire (Observer Photo) LIMPING IN Heading down the pit road the Ford of Lionel Johnson lists heavily to the right front It meant the Lorenzen Oulduels Foyl In Wreck-Marred Thriller Ark SMU Tex Tpxs TCU Pier Raylnr 'Texas Iowa Okia So CaMf Wash UCLA Wash 2 0 0 56 21 2 2 1 95 2 0 0 17 20 7 7 1 4 3 83 I 0 0 15 46 7 7 0 61 81 1 I 0 77 71 2 3 0 63 90 1 7 0 60 63 2 3 1 75 0 7 0 22 41 2 3 0 70 57 0 3 0 30 47 1 4 57 61 0 3 0 11 96 14- 0 62 130 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Conference All Games PIS OP Ptv OP 72 Georgia iMiss State Auburn Alabama Tennessee Florida LSU Kentucky Mississtonl Tulane Vanderbilt 3 0 fl 65 36 4 1 0 I ft 0 18 4 1 0 1 0 1 16 31 2 2 1 3 1 ft 90 48 3 1 1 1 0 2 44 23 2 ft 2 ft 4d 4 1 0 1 1 ft 3fi 36 4 1 0 1 1 ft 56 61 3 2 ft 1 3 0 47 67 2 3 0 ft ft 7 51 1 4 0 ft ft 17 46 1 3 1 Pick Thc Football iBalloli Du it Obiervr by Duke 3 Maryland 4 Carolina 5 Virginia 6 Davidson ci 65 It 85 si 8i Neon Graham Armstrong Don Fdgrr-96 H(mry Stokes and Benny Roe hit the next number 79 Low gross honors went to Frank McNeil with a 79 Kny held Ihe lead unlil hr pilled on lap 209 afler Sam Mrtjuigg blew a tire and hit the wall going into the first turn McQuagg slid along Ihe top guard rail through bo! turns finally coming to a slop al the beginning nf the hack-stretch When Foyt pitted Lorenzen took over the hard-to-hold first position Foyl got back in the battle for first by lap 21fi and from then until he hit the wall Itf and Lnrentzen put on one of great duels thal luo drivers had ever displayed MOKE WRECKS and the usual engine difficulties plagued even Ihe contenders Cale Yarborough the squat blond who started second and took an early lead went out after 47 laps when his engine bad "Harmonic balance went said Yarborough meaning after a form that vibrations got Ihe best of him MARVIN PANCH another member nf Ihe populous factory Ford team threw a rod in the same lap At the end of Ihe hackstrctrh Sam McQuagg blew a tire while following closely behind leader A 1 Foyt on the 20()f lap Nlrfjuagg marked the wall and his windshield popped out landing just off the track "I'm just happy that thing didn't go into the stands" he said That wall was hard believe me I'm going to tell them here to put some stakes in front of it to keep it from jumping out in front of you like THE Fred Lorenzen waves to the crowd after winning National 400 stock car race in one of the most exciting finishes in the event's history (AP Photo) Touch October 23 1965 Winner Contest luturdny TCU Octbr 71 "()() Illinois N7c7 StaVe Wake Forest VMI (J iYale A 1 Says Cliani Continued from Page UFA laps Petty finally fell from contenlion when he blew a tire and hit Ihe wall at practically the same point Foyt experienced his disaster was about the same as 1964 wasn't Lnrenzen asked pausing to wipe some nf (he dirt from his grime-streaked fare A and I were doing the same thing today that Richard and I did a year ago We were playing cat and mouse out there attempting to set each other up for a move on the last lap started thinking about a last lap move early when it appeared that the rare would go down to the wire I wanted to be ready for anything Foyt night do on the last lap because I remember how he outsharped Bobby Isaac and won a race al Daytona hv flipping below him in Ihe final turn strategy? it had been necessary I was going to go high on thp barkstretch on the final lap then come to the apron off the fourth turn and try (n heat him to the flag" Lorenzen conceded that the Foyt wreck was a break and revealed that he was the recipient of two others also half way through the race 1 ran out of gas on the said the loquacious driver I was high in the third turn and this enabled me to coast to my pit for fuel "And I was really lucky when I blew a tire on about (he 135th lap but didn't suffer any damage to the car If I hadn't got a break then I very likely would have sailed over the guard rail and oui of the track" 1 i Lorenen that Snmennp I old ivers i winds caused handling other drivers had stated that pH handling gusting Winns caused nanumiK problems and asked if this also gave him trouble replied Lnrenzen I 0 Jjumnui i didn't have timp In notice the (HUM i Iid mu I wind OX I Was keeping me busy" 1 1 I I kept the leaders in single lilr order from lap two through 16 and from lap 18 to 27 Darel Dicringer and Calc Yarborough dueled first for lhal lop position swapping the lead several times before Yarborough was forced out on lap 47 with a blown engine Foyt who had started in the No 8 spot moved ahead retaking the lead after his first regular pit stop He held it until lap 98 when another caution flag was thrown as Wendell Scott Elmo Langley and Junior Spencer tangled in the first turn with Spencer ending up at the top rail between turns one and two The No 1 spot was occupied hy lcvenrn Turner Hutcherson and Karl Rainier before the green was again displayed Then Turner showing he still is as hard a charger as ever grabbed first staying there unlil lap 131 Dicringer passed him and Turner was trying to return the favor when he seemed to hit some wind suction on the third turn Turner slid up to the guard rail hut did a remarkable job of driving and got everything hark to normal Turner finally pitted on lap still only a car length behind to get his handling problems solved hy the Glen Wood crew Then hark out he went Dieringer pitted nil lap 153 and Jarrett took the lead By Ihe 189th lap Foyt and Dieringer were again running one and two They swapped the No 1 slot six times before hoi went into the pits under another caution flag Dieringer was first back on the track hut on lap 199 hr blew a tire coming mil nf Ihe second turn and hit Ihe wall Rv this lime Lorenzen had madp up the lap he had Inst earlier lipcaose of a blown tire Three Top If) Members lloiv For 1st Time By The Associated Press Here's how The Associated Press' lop 10 college football learns did Saturday: 1 Texas 4-1 lost to Arkansas 27-24 2 Nebraska '-0 heal Kansas State 41-0 9 Arkansas 5-0 heat Texas 27- 24 i Michigan Stale VO lira' ilim SI ate 92-7 Georgia 4 1 lost to Florida Siam 10-5 fi Southern California 4-0-1 heat Stanford 14-0 7 Purdue 4-0-1 heal Michigan 17-1-3 8 Noire Dame 3-1 play 9 Florida 4-1 heat Nor'h Carolina Stale 29-6 10 Mississippi Stale 4-1 Inst to Memphis State 93-19 Ci r-- from Pace lll-A the llini Rrand National point chainpinnOiip for Jarrett who also on (he tit in 1963 The 267-la grind had 28 lead changes with the drivers in the first two spots nevermore than a ear length apart Six caution flags one of them for IS laps cut the winning speed In a low lit! 117 miles per hour far under Lorenzen's 132 -KM in last National 4nn The first two caution flags LiuliVs' Day ME! a slow Carolina? Golfers Rip Virginias 'T1 Cnrolmas golfers won back the Captain Putter from the Virginias tram Sunday as they swept 11 of 12 Scotch foursome matches for a 140-76 victory in the Ihrer-dav competition The Carolinas Irani wrapped up their victory ith a 38-14 Sunday after taking an 82-82 lead into the final day In Sooth foursomes play the goiters hit alternate shots Rillv toe Patton dtp Leonard Thompson scored the Carolinas' most spectacular victory Sunday nvev the 704(1-yard pir-72 Country Club nf North Carolina rnurse Patton chipped in from 80 feet for an eagle 2 on the 13th as he and young Jack Lewis of Florence SC defeated Bill Campbell the 1964 national amateur champion from Huntington Va and Benny Giles 5-1 Sunday's results: SENIORS Bill Terrell and Clint McCombs (C) defeated Sid Davis and Jack Muther 51 td Mustard Doug Gunter (V) dpt Ed Board and Rocky Zamiello 5-1 Pat Brady and John Pottle (C) def Evans and Smith 6-0 Ben Goodes and Wiley Flrenor (C) def Wafts and Auhck Burke 51 REGULARS Jay Harris and Pat Foy Brady (C) del Billy Deemfr anrl Foutche 4-? Ros' Shawaker and Bryant (C) def Moss Beecroft and Jordan Hall 4-2 Clyde Mangum and Jack Garrett fC) ttpf Bill King and McClarv 4-0 Dr Bob Watson and Harry Welch (C def Ned Baber and Frank 5-1 Sonny Grant and Charlia Smith (C) def Harry Easterly and George Fulton 3-1 Dale Morey and Dillard Traynham (C) def Johnston and Marshall Hawkins 4-0 Bill Harvey and Leonard Thompson (C) dpf Dick Bailey and Nelson Broach 6-0 and Billy Joe PaMon and Jack Lewis (C) dtf Bill Campbell and Vinny Giles 5 1 National 400 stock car race Sunday al Charlotte Motor Speedway tObserver Phofo bv Ken Sturgeon) NARROW ESCAPE Paul Lewis cNn finds a tiny opening to steer past Putney (No 1 whose car is skidding broadside in the middle of track during Street Kile Survived Killed In 400 Two Wais First Lap -ity CONSOLATION TIE-BREAKER Forecast the total number of points that will be scored in this game: duke-illinois In case of ties for the most number of games (where there are no perfect ballots! the entrant closest to the total number of points scored by the two teams will receive the $100 eon-eolation prize Check will be mailed approximately 10 days after winner is announced State ballots are sent in the guess cloaest Ihe "tie-hreaker seore win Be- road race Mostly he'd hern running short races at home but he wanted something bigger to do well on a NASCAR Kile sprved with Gen (leorge Patton in World War II and was awarded a battlefield rnmmission He came out nf that war a Captain and was promoted to Major in Korea Kite's wile and Iwo children reportedly listened to Ihe race on the radio at home May's voice showed no sign of emotion when hr ennchirled "I suppose this is my last rare Then a race marshal strode down pit row took Mays aside and told him officially that Kite was dead Contest Rules Mail To Football Contest Editor Box 2015 Charlotte Observer Charlotte 1 (Or Leave at Observer Business Office First Floor) DEADLINE All enlries must be re- WHO'S ELIGIBLE The contest Is reiver! at Ihe Observer by norm Sal- nnPn t0 all evrept employees of the urday on the dale names are played Kmrht Publishing (n and their Ua They must he al The Observer bv iic5 that' lime Merely posting entries at that time is not sufficient Winners PRIZE Fvh week The Dbser'er 'will be announced the following i award 2(1(1 for a perfect ballot fT-'dav nf 21 games If two nr more perfert rave fans who slipped past gale guards mlo the fenepd garage area Helms' car had ripped into the Plymouth from the right side raving in the sheet melal from in front of the wheel In the rear fender Koll liars were torn apart where they had been welded-A blue and while clad rival crew member looked with pitv on the mangled wreck Mays I he owner of Kite's tf said lie had no connection it any other dnv or "I guess 1 was just in racing because Kite liked it" he said "He started about 1 P-tfi 'NASCAR rernrds say 1939' and came up with Buck Baker and other fellows He had done well at times One year '1930) he won on Ihe Daytona Beach Continued from Page lll-A mend was not hurt even though his car was wrecked "It looked like he 'Kile) went into a spin and Helms hit he explained Kile and Helms were both carried to the infield hospital on Ihe while van ambulance was dead when wp go! In said an ambulance worker of Kile Fn-sl aid experts from I hr Cabarrus itm uc squadron tried heating on the driver's chest Inii there was no response Speedway Piosident A Cioinps made sure the body was sent to a local hospital "In assure his wife we did everything we could Kile's ear was a mutilated renter nf attention for curious Games are lisled on the official contest ballot which is ready out riac-e an In Ihe lermme Ihe winner hox beside the team vou nirk to win wh to pi edict a lie game' If there is no perfect hallot lftft ihf'n the maik in Ihe box al prize goes In Ihe hallot with the great- the sxtreme right An esael hand- est number of correct games In the 1 ti for the number nf rnrirct fh entrant hrrAkrr" sup it rlonrnt he accepted tret will reeelie Ihe 100 extreme nent An esaci nann- esi nm Idrawn facsimile of the ballot corned exent frnm The Pbfrlpr wlU ha accepted games Vechamrallv produced facsimile will tie-brs.