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Phil Tp Purvis Morning News Sports Writer 7 7 Something New for Race ans: Grand National Illustrated It was several years back when Rob Griggs and Gary McCredie began hawking a new publication on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand circuit Billed as a weekly paper devoted to the sport Grand National Scene took off slowly and the duo intensified efforts to promote the paper The hard work has been rewarded with a growing subscription list and a 40 issue per year paper featuring some of the sports top racing writers churning out stories and pictures by photographer Dave Chobat that satisfy a hunger for Grand National racing fans which be sastified by the limited space in daily newspapers Now the Griggs Publishing Company has come out with their premiere issue of Grand National Illustrated a magazine that features color pictures portraits by lorence artist Jeanne Barnes indepth feature stories and photo album sections Excutive Editor Steve Waid said in his open letter in the first issue of the quarterly publication Grand National Illustrated was conceived we imagined a magaTinc that would devote itself primarily to the people of NASCAR Grand National Racing and to the color excitement and life they bring to the sport was our goal to capture the vibrant personality of racing by presenting to you the reader a new look at those individuals who mold that personality endeavored to do this in words as well as Waid went on to explain how close the first issue contents came to fulfilling that ideal saying think we have succeeded We have probed deeper into the thoughts and backgrounds of such diverse racing people as Richard Petty Junie Donleavey and Betty Jo Yarborough We present a look at some of the individuals who usually receive much attention yet have a major input into the functioning of Grand National Racing These are people like Henry Benfield Joey Arrington Jimmy Means Cecil Gordon and Bob Rogers" Chobat is perhaps the best photographer on the circuit and one of the best anywhere His cameras have caught the people and the action in the premiere issue of Grand National Illustrated more than that they have captured the action emotion and most importantly color rom the intensity of a Petty pit stop to the serene setting of a Dale Earnhardt poster you will find it explains magazine is a race fans delight If a Richard Petty fan find an interview that covers all facets of his racing career in a 15 page interview Also the feature stories provide new insight into drivers See RACING Page 5C 1 1 I I ilo rcn re illofnimj Section SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8 1981 1 Sports I A ff Covering the Sports World for58Years iff iv Wff A ff 1 'Cfi' jar ff wtW a WfB iX 4 VIM fW am i ML Itx fish wliW i i 4 Ci ff i £'S CLEMSON RUNNING BACK JE McCALL LEAPS OVER TEAMMATE CLI AUSTIN OR BIG YARDAGE McCall Led Tiger Running Attack with 84 Yards in 14 Carries and Scored Only TD Tigers Top Tar Heels By BILL GILBERT Morning News Sports Editor CHAPEL HILL NC ullback Jeff McCall scampered seven yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and Donald Igwebuike booted a 39 yard field goal in the third quarter as the second ranked Clemson Tigers held off the North Carolina Tar Heels to take a bruising 10 8 Atlantic Coast Conference football victory Saturday af ternoon The Tiger defense led by tackles Dan Benish and Jeff Bryant and middle guard William Perry shackled the most prolific attack without a touchdown and turned aside several Tar Heels threats in the final period Clemson for the first tune in 33 years moved into sole possession of first place the ACC with a 5 0 lead while the Tar Heels dropped to 7 2 overall and 3 1 in the league to share second place with Maryland opponent next week The North Carolina attack was bolstered by the partial duty of tailback Kevin Bryant and quarterback Rod Elkins However Bryant was obvi ously not the same runner that had scored 15 touchdowns if four games before being in jured in the Georgia game nearly a month ago Elkins was little better as he played half of the first period and much of the second before leaving the game with a reinjured ankle thought if he could go 25 plays that would be a good day for coach Dick Crum said of his star tailback missed so much time that not in the best of Bryant carried 13 times and gained only 31 yards as the Heels managed just 84 yards on 42 carries against the tenacious Tiger defenders think the injury stopped Bryant as much as we Clemson coach Danny ord said ord told his players after the game that maybe the coaching staff had the team a little to high and said played too tight emotionally but very glad we won We played good defense when we had to but we played too conservatively on offense We should have passed Quarterback Homer Jordan passed the ball only 10 times completing 7 for 83 yards but the Tiger offensive line was opening canyons for the backs and Clemson pounded out 171 yards on the ground against the second stingiest defense McCall led the way with 84 yards on 16 tries while while Cliff Austin added 39 yards on 10 carries Chuck McSwain eight tries for 31 yards and Kevin Mack 29 yards on nine carries punting game put the Tigers deep in the hole in the first period and tne ligers spotted the Tar Heels a 3 0 lead on a Brooks Barwick 22 yard field goal early in the second quarter Clemson faked a fourth dowr punt at the Tar Heel 37 an i Austin was stopped short of the first down giving North Carolina the football at th UNC 31 Thirteen plays later Barwick split the uprights wit! 12:44 remaining in the half stun the Tigers On their next possession though the Tigers mounted one of their finest offensive drives of the season marching 81 yards on 14 plays wit McCall going the final seven In the drive wide receive: Perry Tuttle caught a crucia third and five pass to giv Clemson a first down and was the All American idate's 29th consecutive game See TIGERS Page 5C Despite Heat Terriers Prevail psL ff Pfp' TIM RENROW New Season Record BY PHIL PURVIS Morning News Sports Writer SPARTANBURG It could have been the warmer than usual Novemberf Saturday afternoon but whatever the reason the Wofford Terriers and Mars Hill Lions had trouble holding onto the football before a homecoming crowd of 5506 is hard to believe you can win and fumble the ball away six said Wofford coach Buddy Sasser afer the Terriers beat the Lions 17 0 The Lions fumbled and lost the football four times and had three passes intercepted One of the interceptions was by Tim Renfrow of Lake View and enabled the 5 8 162 pound defensive back to establish a season record of seven interceptions He is three short of the career interception record of 14 never had a football team that fumbled that many times in a explained Sasser after the Terriers improved to 5 4 on the season before invading The Citadel Saturday afternoon know what it could have been It could have been some aggressive tackles by Mars Hill we would make a first down and fumble Defensively we played super This is the first time this season our defense has been healthy and our offense wasn't See Wofford Page 5C BERNARD WILSON 73 Yards 14 Carries I Pacific Gamecocks 23 21 By MARK MAYER Moming News Sports Writer The Univer sity of Pacific traveled nearly 3000 miles to play a USC team that from Los Angeles and they thumbed their noses at all who took them lightly from Stockton shouted team members in a festive locker room scene following the shocking 23 21 victo ry over the heavily favored Gamecocks Saturday af ternoon at Williams Brice Stadium before 51679 non believers No one expected the vis iting Tigers (Pacific not Clemson) to win not even their own coach Bob Toledo who earlier in the week said he understand why our school would even schedule a trip to South Carolina just so we could get our heads beat Toledo sang a different tune Saturday "This is the greatest win in the history of the Univer sity of Toledo said thinks the PCAA (Pacific Coast Athletic Conference) is obscure Well it There are some very fine teams in our league like San Jose State which beat Stanford and California "We have a great bunch of guys who are young and hard working We proved you can win despite being outmanned South Carolina is a very physical team We felt if they had a weakness it was in the secondary I felt we needed to throw every Toledo said as sweat poured down his face that we ever beaten a good football the exuberant Tiger coach continued beat Washington State last year very proud of the PCAA and West Coast football We pass a lot out there and I know we confused their (USC) defense many Toledo and the Pacific team wait to talk to reporters letting them en tente locker room only minutes after the outcome Things were different at the other end of the stadium was impressed with Pacific and can take nothing away from Gamecock Coach Jim Carlen said in a quiet locker room chat proud of my players When you dress out a (DeWayne) Chivers you dress out a (Cas) Danielowski you dress out an (Phil) Ellis then you get a player like Emanuel Weaver hurt on the fourth or fifth play of the game it has to have an effect on you never had a rash of injuries like this and it took something out of Carlen stated What really took its toll on USC was the very thing top ranked Pittsburgh utilized so effectively the forward pass Pacific 3 5 entering the game threw 58 passes between their quarterback tandem of Harley Miller and Grayson Rogers All 58 were of the short to medium variety No bombs just success The Gamecocks seeking their fifth straight victory as bowl representatives from the Hall of ame Peach and Tangerine looked on got off to a great start when Harry South recovered Garry fumble at the Tiger 17 on the opening kickoff Two plays later from the 13 quarterback Gordon Beckham lobbed a perfect pass to Ira Hillary in the back comer of the end zone for a 7 0 lead following Mark leetwood's con version only 1:22 into the game Those were to be the only points USC would muster in the first half as Pacific took charge The Tigers were denied points on their next two possessions both drives being hurt by penalties The second march ended when a fourth and two pass by Rogers from the USC 19 was broken up by Troy Thomas and JD uller Pacific struck suddenly late in the period when for the second week in a row Chris Norman had a punt blocked Darryl Ragland broke clean and deflected punt through the end zone barely beyond the reach of a Pacific defender resulting in a safety instead of six points The Tigers got the ball back at midfield after the free punt and moved through the air on this possession with Rogers at the helm Rogers who was the starter last year but had thrown only seven times this season hit tight end Tony Camp for 19 yards to the USC 31 On second down from the 28 Toledo unveiled one of his surprises called We tried it on a two point play against resno State and were successful We line up everyone on the left side and throw the opposite play worked to embarrassing perfection as after a quick huddle Rogers angled a pass across the grain to a wide open Parcells who waltzed in for the touchdown that gave the visitors a 9 7 lead with 25 seconds left in the quarter While the Pacific defense was holding USC to a measly 19 yards for the half 16 rushing) the Tig Jo gained a wide statistic edge chalking up 227 yard' passing of the 239 yard' they accumulated In the final five minutes of the half Pacific put on a passing clinic not as a quick strike attack but as a ball control device With Rogers back in the lineup Pacific drove 7" yards in 16 plays using the See GAMECOCKS Page I Wiff J' ffi 'ffTMc Mir A A 1 Iff fff Av SOUTH CAROLINA DEENSIVE BACK PAT BOWEN GOES ATER UMBLE BY TEAMMATE TROY THOMAS Thomas Had Intercepted a University of the Pacific Pass at Wllllams Brice Stadium Saturday.