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By Jeff Hutchinaon
In wmmentinguponthe ermination ofthe co-sanctioning agreement,
Arget-abger expressedhis regret that it becameiapwsible to achieve
the 1978 goal of aoDmmon engins formulr inW t i o u he:Sued. "The
series will continue nextobirand I hopewewillmu11have putici-w o n
y USAC drivers."Tsn dates fo r the lefl Formula Sa)0Championship s
e r i a have been a pproved, and a m on the FIA cajendar of.sents
with Full I r I te~t iOnel u n g .Argotsinger added that the w r h
ache-:dub of dates and venues would be an-
''*he '77 Formula 5000 Chunpionship.BCCA plsns 10 event. for the
Tc8ne-American Championehip wries and be-h e e n eight and 10 r m
~or the RobertBsechVW Gold wa%a for Formula Super
25 Driven of Britbh ~ e y l a n danwill eChampim Cbsr at Road
Atbnta as dchmpon r . lad WE& WE listedCENDIVNOPE, AND SPMC.
Hsn in henrub
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Unser an d Gordon the green flag fo r th e 30-lap. 76-mileional
road racing on Riverside International Racewibility also ex - t of
England. Jody 2.54-mile road course on Saturday.Africa an d Al
Holbert 16.Th e third round will be run on Su nventh, earningv e r
or Jones
ti e would he ues through Friday, Oct. 15. Practiceevents have
produced some qualifying for Formula 5000 Champ
The Redman-Oliver-
who probably knows more about how
One Grand Prix 'Iiver Brett showroom stock events throughout the
veteran knows th e car inside
tition. CarandDriver executiveeditor Pat Saab 96.Thanksgiving
Weekend Will [email protected] this year in Grand National
~ - -~ ~ ~ - - - ~ -k e s , College Station. ex as and
Phoenix.McLaren.nd Gunnar Nilsson have signed for '77with Lotus.
The team will spend the winter testing then ew, as ge t-unraced,
Type 78.An eight-wheel ? I t could happen, say some;P constructors,
a1 Goodyear is not particulsr-,@.y interested in encou re
mini-wheeled cars.It would appear th k will remain with the
worksMarch F1 team nex g to the British racingJublication Motoring
apparently no word as tohether Vittorio Brambilla will stay, or who
will follow Ronnieeterson into the team's numer on e seat. There is
speculation,lowever, that Clay Regazzoni may join the team.
ohnny Rutherford reportedly has turned laps in excess of198mph
at Michigan International Speedway in the new M24lDFXcar that will
replace the team's trusty MlGC/DlOffy.A Porsche spokesman has
squelched rumors that the firm~ o u l deturn to Formula One, saying
F i is show business, not a>lace or serious technical
devel~*&~he company will remain
Full R a c e ~ c h e d ~l e t DaytonaDAYTONA BEACH Fla -Dayt
onaInternat~onal peedway has announcedthe schedule of eve nts
forthe Inlernatro n-a1 Motor Sports Assn's Thanksglvlngweekend cham
plons h~p oad raclng fl-nale.The three-day program Includes
twoqualrfylng heat races on Saturday. No-vember 17th and a double
header show-down on Sunday. Nov 28th to determrnethe lMSA Radlal
and Camel GT Chal-
o- . ..n endurance racing. c ,*~::?.:Graham McRae will ru n hi s
owiio&in place of the Bob Smith~ o l a rininallv scheduled for
Neil B-ett a t Riverside Oct. 17.3onnett k i l l bedoing the
Charlotte spo;tsman race that wa s rained,ut Oct. 9 and rescheduled
for Oct. 17.There haa been a setback in Volkswagen's time table for
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ f " ~ , " $ , " , ~tion a t it s Pennsylvania
plant, with full fending Championaimed for 1980 or 1981. k. Iowa by
a merehas a total of 1850
World Speedway's , trails Stott byry Ryan s i t s onts standings
with
lenge championships.The Thanksgiving weekend of IMSAracing will
begin Friday. Nov. 26 withregistration and practice. On Saturday,
anew dlmens~onhas been added to theIMSA championship finale as two
10-lapheat races will be held to determine thestarting positions
for the IMSA Radial150 to be ru n the following day a t Noon.More
than 70 of the sub-comoact carscompetlngon the IMSA Hadlal
Challengecrrcurt wrll be dlvlded Into two p o u p s furthe twln
10-lap sprlnts w h~ ch rorntse urbe fender-banging dashes.Also
scheduled for Saturdny is the
Stock Title A t OddsCOLLEGE STATION. Texas-The Na-tional Stock
Car Championship of theUnitedst ates Auto Club will he decided
atTexas World Speedway the weekend ofOctober 30th and 31st.A
season-long battle which started onthe "world's fast est speedway"
in CollegeStation back on June 6 comes down to
qualifying fo r the Camel GT Challengcars. This will proved a
first indication chow th e turboporsches, making t h e l i ~debut
on the Daytona track. will stack ub: :against Al Halbert's Chevy
Monza and.*the lightning fas t BMWs.
Holbert racing to th e wire. with Holbcrt'Monza eventually
taking the w l e . .
PHOENIX. Ariz.-The date for thBobby Ball 150-mile U.S. Auto Clu
'Indianapolis ca r race at Phoenix Irternational Raceway has been
changed ttSunday. Nov. 7. -:=:.ps.Originally scheduled fo rchange
wa s prompted W~Z@ '& ? - T ~official notified PI R that the
event woui,be taped for nation-wide television viewin g instead of
th e earlier planned liv,telecast on ABC-TV's "Wlde World
osports:."This i s what we were hoplug wouldhappen." said PIR vice
president BillHardy."Westill ge t th e nationalexposure
we wanted fo r Ar izom, plus it allowsmany people to come (a ihe
w e whrmight no t have ha d the:*. due twork committments." ~-
A:,Speaking of th e data change an d thtightest battle fo r th e
national drivinlchampionship in recent years. Hard:said "we're more
optimistic than ever wfca n achieve ou r goal of hav'$100.00 gat.f*
autO r
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1977ANNUAL
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It wasn't that wa y
Speedway officials Humpy Wheelerand Bruton Smith had arranged
rides fo rthe USAC and road racers knowing fullwell none of them
would be able to ru nwith the top NASCAR teams. It made forgood
pre-race copy, but none of th e four"outsiders" made it into the
latter stages.Holbert. in fact. was the f irs t ca r ou tafter just
seven laps. Johncock followedhim Into the garage areaafter41
aps,andPoyt wa s the third driver to fall out.making 59 circuits.
Rutherford tasted 208laps before losing an engine.Th e "Stop
Pearson Movement." in fact.was one of several side-storiesthat
made
the National 500 a bonanza of intrigue.There was the accusation
that the Woodbrothers. for whom Pearson drives. havebsen Using some
super-secret petro-chemical that boosts horsepower by 35or
fying.
For 500-Mile SponsorshipHARRISBURG. N.C.-After 17years of
Repeated questions about NAPA's rolebeing the "National Something"
(it wa s in the National500 brought thisresponsethe '4M)' for its
first six years. lhen a 500- from both Smith and Rollins: "A s
such.miler). the 1977 fall ra ce a t th e Charlotte NAPA is not
paying the purse for theMotor Speedway wa s th e NAPA National
race. It is not paying a percentage of the500 this year. purse.
either. NAPA will help us promo1The National Automotive Parts Asso-
th e race through it s 5200 stores in all :ciation (NAPA) joined
with CMS to s t a t e s , s t o r e s wh i c h g e n e r a t
eannounce the new sponsorshipon theeve $800.000.WO in business in
1975. NAP.of this year's National 500 on Oct. 10. ha s no plans
right now to sponsorMaking the announcement were Paul
team."Rollins, vice president and general ma - Smith said that
NAPA's involvemernager of NAPA; and Bruton Smith. chair- with the
National 500 would allow Chuman of the board of the Charlotte Motor
lotte Motor Speedway to put the fall rerSpeedway. on a pa r with
the May World 600.NAP."This 1s NAPA's first step in a long- will
help us make the National 500 onecterm commitment to automobile
racing." the three or four most important races iRollins said at a
Thursday luncheon on the country." he said. "Their participr
the speedway grounds. "Racing people tion i s one of the most
important boos1are our kind of people a t NAPA-they ar e ou r sport
ha s had in years. Their la1ca r enthusiasts whodomuch of theirown
leader awards program is the morwork. They make up the
cross-section of progressive innovation in the format cAmericans
that we're hoping to reach." major motor races since thecomingof
thWhile neither Rollins or Smith would superspeedways."place a
dollar amount on NAPA's spon- Rollins pointed out that
ademographisorship of the NAPA National 500. both survey across the
country indicalmen agreed that themoney was"suhstan- 82% of the
racing fans surveyed f,tial." th e top consumer ag e bracket of 1-
.-"This weekend we're offering$18,000 in years. Of these.
two-thirds are marrielNAPA Charger Awards to the leaders of almost
6090own their own homeand80'specific la p segments.'' Rollins
added. drive a ca r that i s a t least four years oh"We'd like the
NAPA National 500 to he Over 60% of them drive 15.000 or mo1equal
to the Indy 500 n the eyes of the miles a year.public. This is the
kind of challenge Stock ca r racing's spectator app8.LNAPA
likes-going head-on against col- helped lure NAPA to the
CharlotteMototlege and pro football and ihe baseball Speedway.
Latest figures showed fhqt1.234.053 fans attended the 32
NASCARyears, including the 1977. 1878 and 1879 pointed out. wa s
300.000 more fans thanraces. Rollins said a more formal an- went to
68 major drag racing eventsovernouncement regarding NAPA's sponsor-
the same period of time.ship 01a 4W)-kilometer race at Riverside.
The 1977NAPA National 5
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Allinonhacm't had too shabbya car
on-mostly on-for the better part oiThursdayand Friday.The
ieldwanfilledout by the 19cam that tried toqualifyon
winning at CMS.
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