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First Two Weeks At Fairbury, Competitive! By Lorry Kniland s After two weeks of running of Fairbury's American Legion Speedway, the eight-cylinder division has seen a steady Bob Line, a threatening Don Chandler, a speedy Denny Carpenter, and a waiting Jack Tyne . Line took the feature on opening night . passing Tom Rients on the 12th lap for the top spot lust before Rients tangled with cars he was lapping . Chandler, fast qualifier at :15.54, nabbed second place . Carpenter did not show up the first night, but Tyne did - minus his new car, which still needs some pans . Tyne will drive the Fosdick Poultry 911 until the latest version of his 89 is together . The 98 mount will give him an opportunity to pick up points in defense of his 1982 Fairbury championship . And on opening night he got third in his heat and fourth in the feature . The next week, Carpenter towed in from Darlington . Ind . and gave a late-lap driving lesson in the feature . Chandler had taken off from a front-row starting position to lead through 19 lops . But a series of yellows kept the field bunched - and after the last one, Carpenter used a high groove and "longer straights" to rip past Chandler for the trophy . Chandler lost power and slipped to fourth behind Line and Rients. Rients had been fast qualifier at :14.49, with Carpenter at :14.74 . Above Tom Rients, Streator, Ill ., currently Ist in points at Fairbury Speedway . Bob Line holds down second, while Joe Williams . Saybrook, above right, .is in third. (Late Model Division) 0 lS Photos ■ ■ ■ S S Ia a .~.a 51 Tyne found his drive for points rougher the second night, getting hit hard while lining up for a heat and taking several licks in the rear in the feature - including a lost-lap whack that eliminated him about a hundred feet before the checker . Gary Eden and Billy Shoemaker have provided fireworks in the six-cylinder class . with Eden winning the feature on opening night and setting a new qualifications mark of :15 .61 8 the next time out . Shoemaker. second in the dash and his heat the first night, won his heat the next Saturday over Fred Wahls, and did the some in the feature . He led all the way despite being challenged late by Wallis and Matt Melvin . Ai Fairbury Points y ~: Tom flak (Streator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rd? 2 . Bob Line (Kankokee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a5 3 . Jae Williams (Arrowsmith) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 4 . Don Chandler (Pontiac) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 S . Steve Tyne (Streator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 S . Denny Carpenter (Darlington, Ind .) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Super Sizes I . Larry Ellie" (Ellsworth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 2 . Gory Eden (Flanagan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 3. Bill Shoemaker (Bloomington) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 2 Frank Wright (Danville) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 S . Fred Wohls(Strewn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 Romer's East Lane Kennel Grooming - Boarding Rte . 3 Mendota, III . 61342 m QUAD CITY USED RACE CARS "a" PARTS (309) 78616739 3142 5th Ave., Rock Island, ILL . Monday thru Thursday 3:30.9:301 Sat. & Sun . 9-5 ■ 1-1 0 0 0 -1 0 http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ecb81b00/pdf AKC Poodle Puppie s Phones (913) $39 .532 1 Support Our Advertisers
Tom Rients of Streator has powered his bright orange No . 49 late model to 2 feature wins, 3 heat wins, and also a 3rd place in another feature to pace the point standings in the late model division with 101 points . Bob Line of Kankakee is running a strong second by compiling his 85 points with a feature win, a 2nd place feature finish, and a heat win . The other lone feature winner was Denny Carpenter of Darlington, Ind. Joe Williams (Arrowsmith) is third in points with 72 points, Don Chandler (Pontiac) 63 points for 4th, and Steve Tyne (Streator) and Carpenter fifth with 57 points. On June 4th Carpenter set a new track record in qualifying for late models with a 13.509 second clocking . The old record was held by Bob Pierce of Danville . In the super six cylinder class Gary Eden (Flanagan) has two feature wins and a heat race win to go along with a new track record of 15 .488 seconds established on June 11 . Eden had set a track record on May 28 with a 15.618 only to have Frank Wright of Danville clock a 15,590 on June 4 with Eden breaking http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ecb81b00/pdf More Racing ... From Fairbury (thru 6/11 ) By "The Space Racer " -19- it the following week . Larry Elliott (Ellsworth) and Bill Shoemaker (Bloomington) are the other feature winners . Elliott leads the tight points race . Godfrey Speedway Godfrey . II linoi s Our first article of the season comes on a vary said note . On Saturday, May 28, Rob Jones lost his life in a one car modified accident . Rob was 27 years old, married and had one daughter, Rhonda . Rob and his father Gene who was also racing the same program in the sportsman division have been racing several years . Rob began his career in 1974 in the sportsman class at Godfrey and St . Charles . He was track champion for two years in late model and sport . smon . He mode his home in Maryland Heights, Mo . We at CARA will feel a great loss and will miss Rob for o long time. Our hearts go out to Rob's wife Jan and the entire family. Rob was a good Christian and was prepared to meet God . (Sea photo front page) . 2570808 I
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