Richard Petty
Faces Challenge
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ?Only
two obstacles appear in the
path of Richard Petty that
could keep him from continu
ing his winning ways into the
National... 500 race at
Charlotte Motor Speedway on
October 15. Those obstacles
are his record at the track
and the challenging f ieldof top
drivers!
The demanding banked turns
and swift straightaways of the
mile and a half super track
have never hosted Richard
Petty into the winner's cat
egory in a big race. Charlotte
Motor Speedway is the only
remaining big track where the
remarkable second generation
driver has not recorded a win
In either of its big races,
although Petty did win a 100
mile preliminary race in 1961.
The likeable young pro
fessional racer, who has won
over $120,000 during the cur
rent NASCAR season ranks
sixth in the money winners
column at Charlotte with $40,
090 to his credit. Petty ranks
highest in this department of
those who have now won and
has gained this position
through three second place
finished including the first two
editions of the fall speed
classic.
The Randleman, N. C?
native has already proven this
season that history is not a
barrier to the blue Plymouth
by taking his first Southern
500 win at Darlington on La
bor Day. He has also led the
way to the checkered flag in
several other races which had
previously eluded him.
The other drivers may
prove to be more difficult to
overcome. Among the note
ables who have already filed
entries for the $100,800 event
at Charlotte are Indianapolis
and LeMans winnerA.J.Foyt,
Daytona 500 winner and de
fending USAC championMario
Andretti. sports car and In
dianapolis veteran Jerry
Grant, Don White the 1967
USAC stock car champion,
defending National 500 winner
Lee Roy Yarbrough, qualifying
record holder, Daytona 400
and Atlanta 500 winner Cale
Yarborough, two time World
600 winner Jim Paschal, Dixie
500 winner Dick Hutcherson
and a horde of the NASCAR
regulars.
? Buddy Baker, the huge
second generation NASCAR
driver came in first at Char
lotte Motor Speedway fol
yowed closely by rookie star
Bud Moore. The pair were
racing to sign entry blanks for
the $100,800 National 500 race
racing to sign entry blanks for
the $100,800 National 500 race
set for the mile and a half
track on October 15.
Both of the young profess
ional racers hope that their
signing order is an indication
of the standings at the end
of the 150 mile an hour chase
in mid-October.
Baker, 26, is the son of
two time NASCAR champion
Buck Baker and is still looking
for his first grand national
win despite having led
nearly every race he has en
tered in the Dodge Charger
built by master mechanic Ray
Fox of Daytona Beach, Fla.
The six foot five inch, 240
pounder, who had attracted the
attention of several college
football and basketball scouts
before deciding to follow the
Ure tracks of his famed father,
teamed up with the fabled Fox
for the first time at Char
lotte Motor Speedway in the
1966 World 600 race. In that
event the husky astonished the
experts by jumping to the lead
early in the race and staying
their until sidelined a
broken engine.
Prior to joining the Wiley
Florida car builder, the hand
some father of two sons had
scored a pair of impressive
second place finishes while
driving a 1965 Dodge for his
rather. Young Baker was
second the A. J. Foyt in the
July 400 miler at Daytona,
Fla. and followed that up with
a second place finish to Ned
Jarrett, now retired, in the
Souther 500 at Darlington. S.
Bud Moore, a natlveofChar
leston, S. C. who now resides
with his wife and daughter in
Charlotte, filed his entry for
the 500 mile event just sec
onds after Baker. He re
turned to grand national com
petition, the 26yearoldMoore
has attracted a great deal of
attention from the fans, press
and his fellow competitors by
driving the A. j. King owned
uodge Charger to fifth place
finishes in the Dixie 500 at
Atlanta and the Southern 500
The driving performance
by the bespectacled in the
Darlington event onLaborDay
earned him the Bob Colvin
'Little Guy" Award as voted
?y the members of the press
covering the race.
Many of the knowledgables
in racing are predicting a bril
liant future for the young pro
fessional and have tabbed him
as one of the future stars
of racing.
?Despite Petty and Ply
mouth, Ford drivers have
served notice that they have
of w'nning the
$100,800 National 500 race at
Charlotte Motor Speedway on
October 15. 1
During a series of tests
for the racing division of
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company at the mile and a
half track last week. Ford
^wiVe.rS Darel ?ieringer of
Charlotte andDickHutcherson
of Camden S. C? put in some
1,500 miles of testing at
speeds in excess of 152 miles
per hour.
Goodyear engineers noted
that the tests were run in
ideal weather conditions with
cool temperatures and part
ially cloudy skies.
Hutcherson, who scored his
first super speedway victory
n-war!?^ugust ^ w'nning the
Dixie 500 at Atlanta's one and
a half mile oval, broke into
the la5 MPH bracket while
?Q^ep?fel of Bondy Long's
1967 Fairlane. The tall for
mer citizen of Keakuk, Iowa,
boasts one of the best finish
records among the NASCAR
grand national competitors.
Also shattered, although un
officially, were the track qual
ifying standards established
by Ford driver Cale Yar
j borough turned in a 4 lap,
jsix mile, qualifying run of
154.385 MPH including a
fast single lap of 154.816.
Lee Roy Yarbrough's marks
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afternoon. Porceeds from the gospel program will go toward the rebuilding of the Towns
County Hospital. All shows will be in the big tent on the fairgrounds.
are sure to fall when time
trials, used to determine
starting positions in the
44 car field, get underway
on Wednesday, October 11.
Goodyear representatives
also stated that Cale Yarb
orough's marks should also be
surpassed provided the same
cool temperatures prevail in
Oct.
"We fully expect it to take
a speed of about 156 miles
an hour to win the pole pos
ition for the National 500."
stated a Goodyear represen
tative. "Of course that speed
will require the same idealic
weather and track conditions
which we have had during
this test program." He added.
The record for the 500
mile distance stands at 130.
743 MPH set by Yarbrough
in the 1966 event.
Other drivers filing entries
for the eighth annual edition
of the fall classic at Char
lotte included Wendell Scon
in a Ford, James Hylton in
a Dodge, Roy Tyner in a
Chevrolet, Clyde Lynn in a
Ford and Bobby Johns in a
Chevelle.
Over 60 cars are anticipated
Oct. 15 at Charlotte.
Richard Howard, vice pre
sident and general manager,
commented last week that he
is expecting one of the largest
fields of entries with the larg
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est percentage of outstanding
drivers in the eight year his
tory of the Charlotte track.
"It looks like we will have
more than 65 cars trying to
get into the starting field of
44." stated the portly track
official. "This is the kind of
entry field every promoter
dreams of but seldom gets.
The racing fans are in for
one whale of a show here
on October IS." concluded
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