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1972 USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW

1972 USAC Dirt Champion driver A.J. Foyt 1972 USAC Dirt Champion driver A.J. Foyt John Mahoney Photo

In celebration of the 50th year of USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Racing, we are reviewing the past 49 years of series history.

 

1972 USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW

A.J. Foyt, who has long been recognized as the unchallenged “King of Dirt Track Racing,” won official claim to that title in 1972 despite a serious accident.

When he finished second to Al Unser in the Hoosier Hundred, A.J. nailed down the crown for the type of cars which are virtually unchanged since World War II.

Technically, the cars of the USAC Championship Dirt Division are restricted to a minimum 96-inch wheelbase.  Power limits are the same as those for the short sprint cars.  An engine utilizing an overhead camshaft design is restricted to 256.284 cubic inches; stock block engines are permitted to go as high as 305.1 cubic inches.

The division was a four-race series in 1972.  All were 100-milers.

In the opener at Du Quoin, Ill. on May 28, Foyt was leading by a lap when he made a fuel stop after 86 laps.  In his haste to get back into action, he pulled away before the fuel hose was completely disengaged.

His car caught fire.  He bailed out with only slight burns, but the car ran over his left ankle and fractured it.  He still had enough laps for a 10th place finish.  Tom Bigelow, running second when the accident occurred, was the winner.

Although the injuries caused him to miss four National Championship races, Foyt managed somehow to get back for the second dirt track race at Springfield.

Hobbling to his car, Foyt made a spectacular comeback.  Starting from the sixth position, he took over the lead in only 11 laps and held it until the 28th circuit when Al Unser passed him.  Foyt battled fatigue and held on for the runner-up spot only six second behind Al.

The dirt cars were back at Du Quoin on Labor Day, September 4, and Foyt was not to be denied this time.  Starting in third place, A.J. took over the lead on the fifth lap and held it through Lap 52, when the race was red flagged for rain.  It could not be restarted.

In the Hoosier Hundred on September 9, Foyt started from fifth spot and took over the lead from Al Unser on lap 8.  Unser got it back on the 20th circuit and led the rest of the way, with Foyt 11 seconds behind him at the finish.

But Foyt’s first, two seconds and 10th were good for 550 points and the title.  Al, with two victories and an eighth place at Du Quoin’s second show, finished in the runner-up point slot.  Unser’s passing-up of the Du Quoin opener the day after the Indianapolis 500 proved fatal to his title chances.

A.J. drove the ITT-Thompson Special, which he owns himself.  Unser was in the Viceroy Special owned by Vel’s Parnelli Jones.  Both have Foyt power.  Arnie Knepper finished third in the dirt standings.

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BIGELOW WINS Du QUOIN DIRT CHAMP RACE

Du Quoin, Illinois………Tom Bigelow’s first major USAC racing triumph was in the books today.  It came in the Coca-Cola 100 national championship dirt race May 28 at the picturesque Du Quoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds.

It was tempered, however, by serious injuries to one of racing’s all-time great performers, A.J. Foyt, late in the event.

Bigelow, a 32-year-old sprint racing regular and one of USAC’s fast-rising stars, inherited the lead on the 86th lap of the 100-miler when the frontrunning Foyt incurred injuries in a fire during a refueling stop.

Foyt had led 54 circuits of the race and had built up almost a lap lead on second-place Bigelow when he surprisingly ducked into the pits for a quick quantity of fuel.  As he took off, the liquid sloshed over and ignited.

The famed campaigner leaped from his moving car – clothing aflame – and stumbled across a hedge as an alert fireman sprayed him with an extinguisher almost from the third step.  The driverless car, in gear, moved down into the first turn where it came to a stop against the outside wall.

Foyt was taken immediately to a Du Quoin Hospital where his injuries were diagnosed as first and second degree burns of the face, right arm and right leg and a fractured ankle.  He was flown next day to another hospital in his hometown of Houston, Texas.

Bigelow, once the green flag was unfurled again on Lap 95, sailed to a four-second victory over the day’s fast qualifier, Arnie Knepper.  A late race charge earned third-place money for veteran Carl Williams while half-brothers Pancho Carter and Johnny Parsons finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

The performance by young Carter, a weekend commuter who attends California State College at Long Beach, also was remarkable.  Carter, who’ll reach only his 22nd birthday on June 11, is winding up his junior year at the California school, known more familiarly as Long Beach State.

Another surprise during the afternoon was that of Rick Muther, noted road course and speedway driver.  Muther, handling the Two Jacks turbine, collected eighth place behind Joe Saldana and Jerry Karl.  The only other car running at the finish was piloted by Bud Tingelstad.

Other celebrated performers had their problems during the afternoon.  Early pacesetter Jimmy Caruthers went to the sidelines with magneto failure after 19 laps.  Billy Vukovich, who led for the next nine laps, fell out with a broken coil wire, putting Foyt up front.

Defending dirt king George Snider failed to make one official lap in the new Beck-Crower Dodge-Chrysler and last year’s runner-up in the standings, Jim McElreath, also surrendered early after running among the leaders.

 

USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 28, 1972 – Du Quoin State Fairgrounds – Du Quoin, Illinois – Du Quoin 100

QUALIFYING: 1. Arnie Knepper, 5, CHEK-35.95; 2. Billy Vukovich, 24, UCR-36.69; 3. Tom Bigelow, 70, Smith-36.87; 4. Jim McElreath, 2, McElreath-37.49; 5. Jimmy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-37.70; 6. Jackie Howerton, 44, King-37.81; 7. Lee Kunzman, 55, RB-37.90; 8. Carl Williams, 95, Vatis-37.97; 9. A.J. Foyt, 3, Foyt-38.02; 10. Sammy Sessions, 12, Faas-38.05; 11. George Snider, 21, Crower/Beck-38.11; 12. Johnny Parsons, 22, Federal Engineering-38.27; 13. Joe Saldana, 31, Mataka-38.58; 14. Bud Tingelstad, 17, Spalding-38.74; 15. Pancho Carter, 81, Rieder-38.89; 16. Jerry Karl, 84, Gehlhausen-39.01; 17. Bob Evans, 25, Faas-39.28; 18. Rick Muther, 38, Riley-39.65; 19. Bruce Walkup, 29, Seymour-NT; 20. Don Hawley, 5, Senter-NT; 21. Ralph Liguori, 58, Flynn-NT; 22. Darl Harrison, 91, Harrison-NT.

FEATURE: (100 Laps) 1. Tom Bigelow (3), 2. Arnie Knepper (1), 3. Carl Williams (8), 4. Pancho Carter (15), 5. Johnny Parsons (12), 6. Joe Saldana (13), 7. Jerry Karl (16), 8. Rick Muther (18), 9. Bud Tingelstad (14), 10. A.J. Foyt (9), 11. Jackie Howerton (6), 12. Sammy Sessions (10), 13. Billy Vukovich (2), 14. Jim McElreath (4), 15. Bob Evans (17), 16. Jimmy Caruthers (5), 17. Lee Kunzman (7), 18. Don Hawley (20), 19. George Snider (11), 20. Bruce Walkup (19). 1:07:52.80

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Jimmy Caruthers, Laps 20-29 Billy Vukovich, Laps 30-85 A.J. Foyt, Laps 86-100 Tom Bigelow.

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UNSER RACES TO BETTENHAUSEN MEMORIAL TRIUMPH AT SPRINGFIELD

Springfield, Illinois………Al Unser finished off a victorious weekend in Springfield, Ill. by edging a resurgent A.J. Foyt by 6.2 seconds to win the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial dirt track race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Sunday, August 20.

A near-capacity crowd in the grandstands at Springfield cheered Foyt to the skies as he passed pole winner Lee Kunzman on the 11th lap to take over the lead.

Foyt had limped to his orange Sheraton Thompson Ford machine for the start, where he was in the sixth position.

Foyt showed that he had lost none of his old magic by blasting by car after car to take the front position.

But Al Unser, who had started seventh, also was on the move.  Al passed Foyt on lap 28 to take over the lead and never was headed the rest of the way.

He averaged 93.889 mph for the distance in his Viceroy Ford, compared to the race record of 98.137 set by Johnny Thomson in 1958.

The race was slowed for 11 laps by yellow lights due to minor mishaps.  Pancho Carter spun and hit the fence on lap 34 but continued around to the pits for a tire change and stayed in the race.  Sammy Sessions’ car stalled in turn four on the 74th lap after the engine failed.

Unser also had won the 100-mile stock car race at Springfield the previous day, so he won in the neighborhood of $11,000 for his weekend’s work at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

The race was over by 4pm, in plenty of time for a caravan of drivers with a police escort from the pits to make a flight from the Springfield airport to take them to Chicago and then to Ontario, Calif. to begin practice for the California 500.

 

USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 20, 1972 – Illinois State Fairgrounds – Springfield, Illinois – Tony Bettenhausen 100

QUALIFYING: 1. Lee Kunzman, 55, RB-33.91; 2. Ronnie Burke, 33, Burke-34.45; 3. Ralph Liguori, 58, Flynn-34.55; 4. Larry Dickson, 98, Leader Card-34.70; 5. Sammy Sessions, 12, Faas-34.75; 6. A.J. Foyt, 3, Foyt-34.76; 7. Al Unser, 7, Vel's Parnelli Jones-34.91; 8. Dick Tobias, 17, Ruppert-35.02; 9. Greg Weld, 60, STP-35.22; 10. Carl Williams, 31, Mataka-35.26; 11. George Snider, 1, MVS-35.36; 12. Billy Engelhart, 64, Conklin-35.41; 13. Johnny Rutherford, 15, Caruthers-35.50; 14. Billy Vukovich, 24, UCR-35.59; 15. Rollie Beale, 44, King-35.62; 16. Bill Puterbaugh, 70, Smith-35.63; 17. Tom Bigelow, 84, Gehlhausen-35.87; 18. Pancho Carter, 36, Rogala-36.17; 19. Arnie Knepper, 6, CHEK-36.24; 20. Bruce Walkup, 29, Seymour-36.25; 21. Jim McElreath, 2, McElreath-36.67; 22. Rick Goudy, 25, Faas-36.69; 23. Bob Evans, 99, Hunt-37.08; 24. Darl Harrison, 91, Harrison-36.16; 25. Karl Busson, 59, Cedoz-37.57; 26. Bob Harkey, 8, Harkey-37.97; 27. Curt Waters, 21, Crower/Beck-38.85; 28. Joe Saldana, 22, Federal Engineering-NT; 29. Jerry Miller, 65, Miller-NT; 30. Jigger Sirois, 38, Riley-NT; 31. Johnny Parsons, 95, Vatis-NT; 32. Don Hawley, 5, Senter-NT.

FEATURE: (100 Laps) 1. Al Unser, 2. A.J. Foyt, 3. Lee Kunzman, 4. Johnny Rutherford, 5. Bill Puterbaugh, 6. Tom Bigelow, 7. Ralph Liguori, 8. Billy Engelhart, 9. Rollie Beale, 10. Arnie Knepper, 11. Darl Harrison, 12. Dick Tobias, 13. Bob Evans, 14. Ronnie Burke, 15. Pancho Carter, 16. Sammy Sessions, 17. Bruce Walkup, 18. Greg Weld, 19. Rick Goudy, 20. Jim McElreath, 21. George Snider, 22. Carl Williams, 23. Larry Dickson, 24. Billy Vukovich.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Lee Kunzman, Laps 11-27 A.J. Foyt, Laps 28-100 Al Unser.

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FOYT’S COMEBACK NETS RAIN SHORTENED Du QUOIN VICTORY

Du Quoin, Illinois………Returning to the track where he suffered serious injuries in May which sidelined him for nearly three months, the terrific Texan racked up 200 points with his triumph in the 52-mile event, which as shortened from its 100-mile scheduled distance by rain.

Arnie Knepper was second, while the “Silent Screamer” Riley Turbine of Leon Duray (Jigger) Sirois was the big surprise of the Labor Day event.

Sirois set a new track record of 106.509 mph in qualifications, only to see it topped by late qualifier Lee Kunzman with a speed of 106.698 mph.

But Sirois passed Kunzman on the first lap of the race’s second start and stayed in front for the first four laps, before yielding to Foyt, who had started third, on lap five.

The initial start was aborted when Larry Dickson hooked a right front tire under the guard rail and did a couple of flips in the STP Oil Treatment Plymouth.  Dickson was unhurt but the car was badly damaged.

Foyt built a lead of two seconds over Sirois by the 10-lap mark.  The yellow came out on lap 12 after Bob Harkey hit the guard rail in turn four after the brakes locked on his Harkey Offy.

The green was back out on lap 19.  Foyt was cruising comfortably in front of Sirois by two seconds at the 30-lap mark.

The yellow came out again between laps 35-38 due to a tow-in for Johnny Parsons, who had lost power in turn three.

The bunch up again cut Foyt’s lead and it was down to three seconds at the 40-lap mark.

Rain brought out the yellow again on lap 47 and it stayed on through lap 52 when the red flag fell.

 

USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 4, 1972 – Du Quoin State Fairgrounds – Du Quoin, Illinois – “Ted Horn 100”

QUALIFYING: 1. Lee Kunzman, 55, RB-33.74 (New Track Record); 2. Jigger Sirois, 38, Riley-33.80; 3. A.J. Foyt, 3, Foyt-33.87; 4. Arnie Knepper, 6, CHEK-33.96; 5. Al Unser, 98, Leader Card-33.99; 6. Pancho Carter, 81, Rieder-34.00; 7. Bill Puterbaugh, 70, Smith-34.30; 8. Rollie Beale, 44, King-34.32; 9. Johnny Rutherford, 36, Rogala-34.33; 10. Johnny Parsons, 95, Vatis-34.39; 11. George Snider, 1, MVS-34.41; 12. Joe Saldana, 22, Federal Engineering-34.48; 13. Greg Weld, 60, STP-34.48; 14. Ronnie Burke, 33, Burke-34.48; 15. Tom Bigelow, 84, Gehlhausen-34.50; 16. Larry Dickson, 40, STP-34.53; 17. Sam Sessions, 12, Faas-34.58; 18. Bob Harkey, 8, Harkey-34.74; 19. Jimmy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-34.77; 20. Don Nordhorn, 54, Speedway Motors-34.81; 21. Carl Williams, 31, Mataka-34.93; 22. Karl Busson, 59, Cedoz-34.99; 23. Dick Tobias, 27, Ruppert-34.99; 24. Ralph Liguori, 58, Flynn-35.01; 25. Don Hawley, 64, Conklin-35.02; 26. Rick Goudy, 25, Faas-35.05; 27. Bob Evans, 99, Hunt-35.10; 28. Darl Harrison, 91, Harrison-35.25; 29. Billy Engelhart, 83, Sohm-35.29; 30. Jim McElreath, 2, McElreath-35.30; 31. ?? Allen, 17, Spalding-35.43; 32. Larry Cannon, 72, 36.02; 33.Bruce Walkup, 29, Seymour-37.03; 34. Jerry Miller, 65, Miller-NT; 35. Billy Vukovich, 24, Davis-NT; 36. Curt Waters, 21, Crower/Beck-NT.

FEATURE: (Scheduled for 100 laps, called for rain at 52 laps) 1. A.J. Foyt, 2. Arnie Knepper, 3. Jigger Sirois, 4. George Snider, 5. Bill Puterbaugh, 6. Rollie Beale, 7. Johnny Rutherford, 8. Al Unser, 9. Ronnie Burke, 10. Joe Saldana, 11. Sam Sessions, 12. Carl Williams, 13. Greg Weld, 14. Lee Kunzman, 15. Jimmy Caruthers, 16. Ralph Liguori, 17. Tom Bigelow, 18. Johnny Parsons, 19. Dick Tobias, 20. Don Nordhorn, 21. Bob Harkey, 22. Pancho Carter, 23. Karl Busson, 24. Larry Dickson.

**Dickson flipped on the opening lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Sirois, Laps 5-52 Foyt.

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FOYT THE DIRT KING AS AL WINS THIRD STRAIGHT HOOSIER HUNDRED

Indianapolis, Indiana………Al Unser won the battle but A.J. Foyt won the war as USAC concluded its 1972 dirt track championship with the Hoosier Hundred September 9 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Foyt finished the season with 550 point by running second to Unser.  Al’s final total was 450.

Although Foyt has won the National Driving Championship five times, this is his first dirt track title.

Al Unser captured the dirt track championship in 1970 when it was an adjunct of the national championship trail.  This was Al’s third consecutive victory in the Hoosier Hundred.  George Snider was the champion in 1971, the first year the dirt track competition was an entirely separate division.

Al finished 11 seconds ahead of A.J. after they had twice exchanged the lead.

Al started on the pole by virtue of posting the fastest qualifying lap of 104.926 mph in his Viceroy Foyt-powered machine.

Foyt started on the inside of the third row in his ITT-Thompson Special, also powered by a Foyt engine – naturally.

It took Foyt only eight laps to pass three other cars and then slip around Al to take the lead.

But Unser was more than equal to the challenge and got around Foyt again on the 20th lap.  He never again was headed.

Snider was third, Sammy Sessions fourth and Greg Weld fifth.  Roger McCluskey, winner of the rich California 500 less than a week before on September 3, subbed for the ailing Billy Vukovich in an unfamiliar car and came all the way from a 20th starting spot to finish sixth.

The race was marred by an unfortunate pit accident which resulted in three crewmen on Arnie Knepper’s Elder Cadillac Chevy being hospitalized and two other persons suffering lesser injuries.

The fuel tank exploded during a refueling operation.  Most seriously injured was Walter Kroeger.  Also burned were Larry Griffiths and Charles Johnson.  All were taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.  The fire was extinguished quickly before it could spread to adjoining pits.

 

USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 9, 1972 – Indiana State Fairgrounds – Indianapolis, Indiana – Hoosier Hundred

QUALIFYING: 1. Al Unser, 7, Vel's Parnelli Jones-34.31; 2. Lee Kunzman, 55, RB-34.37; 3. Rollie Beale, 44, King-34.70; 4. Sammy Sessions, 12, Faas-34.97; 5. A.J. Foyt, 3, Foyt-35.08; 6. Larry Dickson, 8, Harkey-35.14; 7. Jimmy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-35.39; 8. Jim McElreath, 2, McElreath-35.58; 9. Arnie Knepper, 6, CHEK-35.61; 10. George Snider, 1, MVS-35.62; 11. Ronnie Burke, 33, Burke-36.07; 12. Ralph Liguori, 58, Flynn-36.20; 13. Don Nordhorn, 54, Speedway Motors-36.21; 14. Mike Mosley, 98, Leader Card-36.23; 15. Joe Saldana, 22, Federal Engineering-36.24; 16. Rick Goudy, 25, Faas-36.30; 17. Bill Puterbaugh, 70, Smith-36.31; 18. Greg Weld, 60, STP-36.37; 19. Carl Williams, 31, Mataka-36.46; 20. Roger McCluskey, 24, UCR-36.47; 21. Bob Evans, 99, Hunt-36.53; 22. Jerry Miller, 65, Miller-36.65; 23. Bob Harkey, 17, Spalding-36.67; 24. Tom Bigelow, 84, Gehlhausen-36.72; 25. Pancho Carter, 81, Rieder-37.00; 26. Karl Busson, 59, Senter-37.01; 27. Bruce Walkup, 29, Seymour-37.18; 28. Johnny Parsons, 95, Vatis-37.28; 29. Charlie Masters, 64, Conklin-37.40; 30. Billy Engelhart, 83, Sohm-37.51; 31. Art Pollard, 38, Riley-37.77; 32. Darl Harrison, 91, Harrison-37.86; 33. Don Hawley, 5, Senter-37.97; 34. Dick Tobias, 27, Ruppert-NT; 35. Johnny Rutherford, 36, Rogala-NT; 36. Billy Cassella, 72,; 37. Salt Walther, 77, Walther-NT

FEATURE: (100 Laps) 1. Al Unser (1), 2. A.J. Foyt (5), 3. George Snider (10), 4. Sammy Sessions (4), 5. Greg Weld (18), 6. Roger McCluskey (20), 7. Jim McElreath (8), 8. Rollie Beale (3), 9. Joe Saldana (15), 10. Ronnie Burke (11), 11. Jimmy Caruthers (7), 12. Tom Bigelow (24), 13. Carl Williams (19), 14. Ralph Liguori (12), 15. Rick Goudy (16), 16. Bob Evans (21), 17. Bill Puterbaugh (17), 18. Mike Mosley (14), 19. Lee Kunzman (2), 20. Arnie Knepper (9), 21. Jerry Miller (22), 22. Don Nordhorn (13), 23. Bob Harkey (23), 24. Larry Dickson (6). 1:06:07.00

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Al Unser, Laps 8-19 A.J. Foyt, Laps 20-100 Al Unser.

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1972 USAC DIRT CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINTS

1. (550) A.J. Foyt, Houston, Texas

2. (450) Al Unser, Albuquerque, N.M.

3. (350) Arnie Knepper, Belleville, Ill.

4. (290) Tom Bigelow, Whitewater, Wis.

5. (260) George Snider, Bakersfield, Calif               .

6. (200) Bill Puterbaugh, Indianapolis, Ind.

7. (180) Johnny Rutherford, Fort Worth, Texas

8. (170) Rollie Beale, Toledo, Ohio

9. (150) Carl Williams, Grandview, Mo.

10. (150) Sam Sessions, Nashville, Mich.

11. (150) Joe Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind.

12. (140) Lee Kunzman, Guttenberg, Iowa

13. (140) Jigger Sirois, Hammond, Ind.

14. (120) Pancho Carter, Huntington, Beach, Calif.

15. (100) Johnny Parsons, Indianapolis, Ind.

16. (100) Greg Weld, Independence, Mo.

17. (80) Roger McCluskey, Tucson, Ariz.

18. (70) Ronnie Burke, Houston, Texas

19. (60) Jerry Karl, Manchester, Pa.

20. (60) Ralph Liguori, Tampa, Fla.

21. (60) Jim McElreath, Arlington, Texas

22. (50) Rick Muther, Laguna Beach, Calif.

23. (50) Billy Engelhart, Brownsburg, Ind.

24. (40) Bud Tingelstad, Speedway, Ind.

25. (20) Jackie Howerton, Speedway, Ind.

26. (20) Darl Harrison, Tiffin, Ohio

27. (20) Jimmy Caruthers, Garden Grove, Calif.

28. (10) Dick Tobias, Lebanon, Pa.

 

1972 USAC SILVER CROWN OWNER POINTS

1. (550) A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Houston, Texas (#3)

2. (400) Ray Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#70)

3. (400) Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing Team, Torrance, Calif. (#7)

4. (350) CHEK Racing, Belleville, Ill. (#6)

5. (260) MVS, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. (#1)

6. (190) Mike Riley, Troy, Michigan (#38)

7. (190) Grant King Racers, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. (#44)

8. (170) Federal Automotive Association, Detroit, Mich. (#22)

9. (150) LAF-GEF, Inc., Yorba Linda, Calif. (#12)

10. (150) Carl Gehlhausen, Jasper, Ind. (#84)

11. (140) Vatis Enterprises, Inc., New York, N.Y. (#95)

12. (140) R.B. Racing Associates, South Bend, Ind. (#55)

13. (140) D.J. Caruthers, Anaheim, Calif. (#15)

14. (120) Rieder Racers, Weehawken, N.J. (#81)

15. (100) STP Corporation, Des Plaines, Ill. (#60)

16. (90) Mataka Brothers, Maplewood, N.J. (#31)

17. (80) United Championship Racers, Syracuse, N.Y. (#24)

18. (70) Danny Burke, Houston, Texas (#33)

19. (60) Walt Flynn, Indianapolis, Ind. (#58)

20. (60) Don Rogala, Erie, Pa. (#36)

21. (60) Jim McElreath, Arlington, Texas (#2)

22. (50) Harry Conklin, Denver, Colo. (#64)

23. (50) Leader Cards, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis. (#98)

24. (40) Wib Spalding, Granite City, Ill. (#17)

25. (20) Albert Harrison, Parma Heights, Ohio (#91)

26. (10) Windmill Truckers Center, Inc., Wheeling, W.Va. (#27)