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There was a great auto race going on Sunday at
Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Richard Petty's fans were on their feet again as they
had been for so many years as the King of stock car
racing Grand National Style roared to the front bringing
back memories of the days when P?tty was always the
. man to beat.
The .Cale Yarborough fans were screaming too as
their man went from the front to fourth to back in front
again.
And what about the David Pearson fans as they
watched the Silver Fox lay back in wait. "
. Yes the fans were really^ PULLING Sunday inside
Charlotte motor Speedway. Meanwhile, outside, two
wreckers were doing quite a bit of PULLING
themselves.
Long before Bobby Allison coasted to victory after
Petty and Yarborough experiencae mechanical difficulties
and Pearson's waiting tactics proved to be fruitless,
some 25 fan cars were towed away on the orders of
Highway Patrol Sergeant James L. Fisher.
And while the independent drivers on the circuit
were less than happy with Humpy Wheeler's distribution
of the m oney, both before and after the race, they
weren't half as mad as the fans who came out to find
out their autos were nowhere in sight. /
"I've been coming to this track for more than 15
years," said one man, "and I've always parked in the
same spot and never been towed away until today. This
. is the last time Charlotte Motor Speedway will get $25
out of me for a ticket."
This writer just happened to be among the group that
was left without rides after the towing. Appearing atthe
track carrying his clothes?on~his?back after
experiencing car trouble, the group from his hometown
was already there ready for the race, having parked just
off the highway across the street from the track.
Ervin Carlton, a long time racing fan who attends
nearly allNASCAR races had led a group of 10 people,
in three cars, to the track and had them park in the area
he had always used. "There were no parking signs
there, but none of the signs said anything about a tow
away zone," said Carlton as we made our way to the
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on the other side of the speedway entrance.
Knowing the tow bill would be high, the drivers
walked slowly to the motor home entrance to seek
information about their cars only to be met at the door
by a trooper who said he didn't know where the cars
were taken. "You'll just have to wait till the wreckers
come back and maybe they can tell you something,"
was his reply to the group of anxious fans.
So, it was back to the median to sit down with their
riders to wait for the tow trucks to return. Finally, one
of the two wreckers returned and announced that some
of the cars were at a service station about two miles
down the road, "and for $25 dollars you can drive them
off," he said smiling.
"Climb on fellows I'm headed that way right now."
Two of the three cars were at the station and the two
drivers crowded on the back of the tow truck with about
12 others and the driver roared out with what seemed
like more than 10,000 cars, legs, arms, programs, and
coolers dangling dangerously off the back.
That left about 16 other drivers still with no
information about their cars. "I've got to drive all the'
way back to Virginia, pick up my son and take him back
to school toTTHghl," said one frustrated fan as he sat
down to wait for the other truck. "I've already driven
200 miles, paid 525 to see the race and now I ve got to
drive 600 more tonight if I can find my car and pay the,
$25 tow bill."
Finally, the other truck arrived and the huge driver
calmly sat as the worried driver attempted to find out
where their cars were. After getting his load of drivers,
he, too, roared off to collect not $25, but $35 for each
car he towed away.
As the truck disappeared into the throng of cars, one
r!- fan cotiW be heard ttv say, "I've been coming to the
races for a long time and I've always gotten my
I money's worth, but not today."
And many of those fans left the track vowing never to
I return. It surely wasn't Humpy Wheeler's fault, but he
may have to bear the blame for what one fan called
"The Big Charlotte Rip-off."
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football coach dreams of Mahan relates. "It's a
landing the super recruit, smaller school, one^that 1
the genuine blue chip pros- knew 1 could comfortably
pect, the really great foot- fit into. The social life is
ball player that can turn a better and there's a lot
program around. Hampton less pressure here than at
Institute coach Walter Tennessee/
Lovett's wildest dreams
and hopes were fulfilled Lovett is waiting for Ten
when Martinsville's nessee coach Johnny MaDennis
Mahan enrolled in jors to officially release
the Peninsula school last Mahan from his national
week. letter of intent.
The 6-fPOt-1, 174 pound _
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a 45-3 record during his
illustrious four-year career.
They posted a 40-0 confer?ence
mark. Mahan was the b ? ? A
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the other coaches. He
simply wanted me to come
to see Hampton Institute.
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Salisbury--Winston-Salem
State won its 6th cousec- V
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contest by crushing Living* -- r"r~m
stone College before the Jsgl \
largest crowd ever to attend
a Blue Bear. game.
Five Rams scored TDs, 3 P^H H
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of them twice, and placekicker
Derek Brewington, Kirkpatrick
kicked extra points until his i I
big toe was sore as the st0ne 15 and raced into the
Rams won 55-29. end zQne
Running back Arrington_ After an eXchange of
Jones scored twice in the punts, SWWU took over on
first half on runs of 15 and 7 their own 49 and scored 6
yds. to put the Rams ahead plays and { penalty later
for the night. Quarterback on another Jones rush, this
Kermit Blount ran 56 yds. one from 7 yds. out.
with 1:49 left in the first That score seemed to inhalf
and plunged 1 yd. with spire the offenses of both
^?!:40-remaining in the third teams. The punters got a
quarter for his L scores. rest as the Blue Bears
Third-string running back scored on their next 2 posChris
Kiik pa trick scored-2? sessions, and the Rams on
touchdowns in the last 5 their next 3. Livingstone's
minutes of the game qil= highly-touted Leroy?Nes?
runs of 12 and 32 yds. mith broke the ice with a
Timmy Newsome and i yd. plunge, and than a
Randy Bolton, both run- 23-yd. Marshall Meadows
ning backs, only scored 1 pass to Josh Bryant made
TD apiece on runs of 1 Livingstone the first'learn
and 39 yds. respectively. this season to score more
! Brewington was 7 for 7 in than x TO against the
the PAT department, defending C1AA champs.
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night by scoring on their made by Timmy Newsome
first possession after for- on a i-yd. plunge that
cing Livingstone to punt, capped an 89-yd. drive in
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the Rams needed only 11 the drive with a 46-yd^_
plays before Jones burst romp, and on the next play
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and suddenly^ changing^ Livingstone-^s last score of
directions and racing a- night
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the Blue Bear defensive ver the Ram defensive unit
line could do was wave was aU apologies. The two
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yds. into the endzone. rington and Willie Jordan,
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clock, the Blue Bears scor- worst game of the entire
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and Daniel Gore kicked a beaten Rams host the Bronfie'd
goal as the clock ran cos of Fayetteville State,
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