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y-i--V- x-: i tfAN" iPRIPAyMl1 27113 pacs: 4-bJi vqginia-tennessian BIS It World's Fattest II Util of action1 A total of 17 cars the largest ever to enter an event on a half-mile track win be scrambling for the top' positions in time' trials (fatHm from Fags On) It thd beet in the Tt pair collected 13500 tor the tWflfy-rS i -y IW year's "Vduniaer 500 promises more of the same kind Army Parachute TeanvHoldsl9 World Rocords Mrs! Baker Is Scbrer Johrison'is Favorite In Race For i- 1-4 How does the wife of ace ribs Baker bqwOvdrr 1 wbo musttimde her ittsntionibo- tween Buckand tMUiPsoni-adr 91 ILm ilnm sdaJa driver fed about her busbandk hazardous oocimatioh? toa jtarti "Well after seven years of following hhn around and acting his official scorer IYn rather used to his says Mrs Buck Baker of Charlotte CL "In tact I rather enjoy But it wasn't always so for the Tha United States Army' Parachute Team with 19 world record jumps behind them wO put on a demonstration at the Bristol International Speedway on Sunday at 11 a prior to the running of tha Second Annual 500" The stoiy of the United States Army Phracfaute Team is a success story in the grand tradition written and edited by men dedicated to tin Airborne mofto-MAB the Tha Parachute Tram baa come a long way since the Army secure! the aid of a civilian free-fifl parachuting instructor who in 1937 trained a hand picked group of military parachutists at Fort Bragg Tint same year the Army published an official 1 regulation which authorized participation by military personnel in free-fall activities and encouraged the formation of Sports Parachuting Chiba at military instalatJona as wdL There were significant hurdes to overcome for the team Free-faB parachuting vu a traditionally European dominated sport As early as 1931 intrepid Frenchmen had been startling placid Gallic cows by plunging headlong from aB manner of aircraft and descending under brilliantly colored canopies The Soviet Union perhaps realizing the potential propaganda and military value of the sport soon began turning out jumpers by the thousands from hundreds of state-supported parachute centers By 1957 there were an estimated million sports parachutists behind the hen Curtain as compared with a few hundred in the United States Early in 1961 the STRAC team became a Ctass 1 agency of toe Continental Army Command and was redtesiguted the United States Army Parachute Team When the dust settled at La FerteGaucher Franco in August of 1961 the Army Parachute Team had captured all five first place trophies defeating Russian French and Bulgarian teams In the Coup becoming the unofficial world champions for the year Unde Sam had a crown ha might well be proud of (Csettased hem Page One) NASCAR records than any other driver But when it comes to competition you must list several others in the dsss with Fireball especially Johnson Johnson is without a doubt the most competitive-minded driver On the 1 Speedway as on the grepu Oaf race 4 For Budttyg usually apt ther9 too trying towin- a littto fncqrf mdniey When Buddy jwt fflot- ing his' own dsrL ugiaBj 1 speBiiig hisd bdiindtiu wfced Despite eBipf too risks Mrs Baker hu'hud only a tar' acares at toe trade Once in tie wife of one of stock car "He was a race driver before I married him but I thought like many women I could changea him JSjIwH tf JiawatM ana didn't Dnjgooa 500 Buck Map's tiseaad 1 1 into the guard ralL Ha slammed Highway Amy Skydlver la Action I He dunged me Most women would figure about have enough to worry abdlit game out oC ft with a last week aC on "what 'I thiilk li toa roughest ipNASCAR Buck came ou( of i plenty Wife bardty a acrptcht 1 'fi td vfth one member of the family constantly flirting with injury and death two and three times a week 61 Was Banner is your Safest ESode! the fact (hat be has led in all the major events of the year Other Favorites Other drivers who wiB be among the favorites are Rex White Rich-aid Petty Jack Smith Joe Weatherly Fred Lorenzen and Ned Jarrett In the last year Vhite was leading the pack until hit Chevrolet gave way with a doud of blue smoke in the third turn He came back for the "Southeastern and was leading shortly before the finish but be had to pit and the race was won by Joe Weatherly a Ppntiae-Yiving piece of -raring dynamite who hails from Norfolk Vs Little Joe is presently on top of the peck in the Grand National point standings and is threat in any race he enters NASCAR Year VOLUMTEER BOX' v-J PICNIC FREE SERVICE TIRE STORES For NASCAR 1961 was a banner year Records were set in every department as memberships went up trad meetings went up total prizes went up the number of tracks operating NA9CAR rules went up and the point fund which goes to front-running drivers in various divisions expanded Every record was broken and rebroken as the year also saw NASCAR make new strides to OVER EAST ii Golden Home Baked Beans The Pet Label is your Guarantee of highest quality- 4 i ft Whether It's Crisp (ole Hone Baked 'Apple'Pie Keep Cool while enjoying Pet Ice Cream marks in aB phases of operations And once again NASCAR President Bin France reported that the organization was entering the year with more new and' renewed memberships than ever Gradation of the semi-monthly Newsletter had soared to 12000i and was still growing as the year 1 OPOCOs NASCAR gave every indication of heading into another peak year With the ending the organization had 9065 members mostly driven and mechanics and tha fan membership (noncompetitive) was growing steadily Total membership increase over 1960 -was more than 1500 Throughout the United States and Canada 1327 race meets of al kinds were held under NASCAR sanction an increase of 171 over the previous year These events were runon 99 (racks six mors than the 1960 total AB tha races paid a total of 92091 J73 in prize money against 91969019 paid in I960 with the Grand National circuit alone ae-coujting fcr 9717310 of the toUL There were S3 Grand National races eft more than in I960 Point fund a bonus divided among top drivers at the annual Victory Dinner at Daytona in rose to 999 MMO an Increase of 915000 Accessory awards and other prizes hiked tha total weB over 9125000 of the VOLUNTEER 500 Opn 6 AM to Midnight' gURB SERVICE And DINING ROOM Phone SO 49825 Bristol International Speedway MS i a 2 Miles From SpdwayaAt City J-imits BenniesDrive-Irt iiUCI (ampin KT Dairy prrindsviAiByilhin Mean-time i i I 1 Snack-tome Picnic-time ANVY0ME i JS 'II Enjoy FQTATO CHIPS It's The Crisp Chip Flavor That MakesMeal-rime -Anytime-Right! 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