Page 2B-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, February 3, 1988
MARK BYERS (33),
PATRIOTS GUN
FOR 25TH IN ROW
Patriots
Win 24th
Straight
Kings Mountain Junior
High’s basketballers split a
twinbill with Crest Wednes-
day with the girls losing 61-51
and the boys winning 64-39.
It was the eighth straight
victory this season and 24th
in a row over the past 21
seasons for Coach Gary
Blake’s Patriots.
The Kings Mountain teams
host Castle Heights of Rock
Hill, S.C., in their final home
games Thursday at 5 p.m.
They then close out the
season with doubleheaders at
Rawlinson Road and Sullivan
next week.
Blake’s Patriots, who have
already established a school
record for most consecutive
victories, will be trying to
close out their second
straight undefeated season
and run their victory string to
27 straight in the final three
contests.
Darius Ross scored 28
points in last week’s win over
Crest. Tony Currence added
11 and Marquiz Williamson 10
and Mark Byers played a fine
defensive game.
Others in the scoring act
for KM included Era Vaughn
with four, Quam Jackson and
Kevin Moss with three each,
Rick Lewis and Darrell Pat-
terson with two each and
Shane Crocker with one.
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Card Available
The American Lung
Association’s Golf Privilege
Card makes a wonderful
valentine present for the
golfer in your life.
The 1988 card entitles the
golfer to one free round (io
green fee) at 57 different
courses in Piedmont and
Western North Carolina. The
cost of the card is only $30
and it is valid through 1988.
Cards are available at the
Lung Association office on
Main Street in Conover or
write Post Office Box 130,
Conover, North Carolina
28613 or call (704) 464-2413.
Another Chapter To Wi
Purolator Filters began
another chapter in its proud
history of stock car racing
sponsorship when they an-
nounced their backing of
driver Derrike Cope and Jim
Testa racing team in the up-
coming NASCAR season.
Cope, a former Winston
West Rookie of the Year, will
be trying to add even more
luster to Purolator’s legen-
dary track record. As racing
fans will no doubt recall,
Purolator-sponsored cars
dominated the NASCAR cir-
cuit a decade ago winning a
total of 43 races at such
tracks as Talladega,
Daytona, Darlington, Rock-
ingham, Atlanta, and others.
Purolator’s involvement
with NASCAR racing began
in 1969 when it took over spon-
sorship of the Holman-Moody
racing team which had David
Pearson as its driver. But it
wasn’t until the company
hooked up with the famed
Wood Brothers team and
driver A.J. Foyt in 1972, that
its incredible string of vic-
tories began. Foyt, a four-
time Indianapolis 500 winner,
won the Daytona 500 that
year in the Purolator Mer-
cury. He led 167 laps of the
200-lap distance and finished
a race a full lap in front of
runner-up Charlie Glotzbach.
Later that year, Pearson
replaced Foyt in the driver’s
seat and promptly won the
race at Darlington. He went
on to win five other races in
1972 in the gold-trimmed red
and white Purolator Mer-
cury. In fact, in 14 races for
Derrike Cope....
the Wood Brothers that first
season, he placed in the top-
five 11 times and placed in
the top-ten twelve times. His
racing earnings topped
$131,000.
In 1973, Pearson won an
astonishing 10 superspeed-
way events. ioncluding two
victories at Rockingham,
Atlanta and Dover and vic-
tories at Talladega, Darl-
ington, Daytona and
Michigan. He also had a short
track win at Martinsville. In
all, he won 11 of the 18 races
he entered that year.
nning Story
Pearson won seven more in
1975. In 1976, he won the
Daytona 500 in perhaps one of
the most memorable finishes
in racetrack history. He and
Richard Petty tangled as
they exited turn four and
headed for the checkered
flag. Both cars slid towars
the finish line, but stopped
just shy of the checkered
flag. Pearson managed to
keep his car running and
limped past Petty, who fran-
tically attempted to restart
his racer, for the win.
Pearson went on to win
more races before leaving
the Wood Brothers team in
1978. In the six and a half
years he drove the Purolator
Mercury, won 43 NASCAR
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Winston Cup races and more
than $2,000,000 in prize
money.
Neil Bonnett picked up the
gaunlet to win five more
races for the Wood Brothers
before Purolator ended its
sponsorship in 1981. In 1988,
the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based
firm will sponsor Jim Testa
Racing in all 29 races with
Derrike Cope handling the
driving chores. The Kings
Mountain N.C. operation will
field Ford Thunderbirds.
It’s a multiyear contract
and, if operated successfully,
it probably will be long-term
deal similar to what they had
with the Wood Brothers,”
Testa said. “They want to
stay with one organization.”
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1984 CHEVY CORVETTE
Brown with brown leather seats. This car has only 13,000 miles on it, power win-
+ dows, power seats, stereo cassette, aluminum wheels.
1986 BUICK REGAL COUPE
1986 CHEVY CAVALIER 2-24
Red in color. Tilt, cruise, stereo cassette, sunroof, 26,000 miles. Just like new inside
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1985 CHEVY CAPRICE 4 DR. SEDAN
White with blue vinyl top, tilt, cruise, stereo, wire wheels, new tires, V-8 engine,
nicest 85 Caprice you can buy. 48,000 miles.
1983 GHRYSLER FIFTH AVENUE
Charcoal grey in color with grey leather seats, fully loaded, stereo, cassette, wire
wheels. Just like new inside & out. 53,000 miles.
1985 CHEVY CAPRICE ESTATE WAGON
Light brown with the wood grain. Tilt, cruise, stereo cassette, power windows,
power seats, power locks, new tires. This car has only 28,000 miles. Nicest wagon in
1987 CHEVY CAMARO COUPE
Red with black inside. Tilt, cruise, stereo cassette, rally wheels. This car also has
t-tops and only 7,300 miles. Showroom condition.
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1986 MERKUR
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White with maroon inside. Auto, air, power steering. A super nice buy!
1986 JEEP COMMANCHE TRUCK
Gold & tan in color. Auto, air, power steering, power brakes, rally wheels. This
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1985 ISUZU IMPULSE 2 DR. GOUPE
White with saddle inside. 5 spd., air, stereo, cassette, power windows, tilt, cruise,
sunroof, alloy wheels. A super nice car.
1985 FORD CROWN VICTORIA WAGON
Beige on beige with tilt, cruise, AM/FM stereo, wire wheels. This car has only
43,000 miles on it.
1985 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
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1983 BUICK REGAL ESTATE WAGON
Beige with brown inside, tilt, cruise, and wheels. A super nice car.
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1986 CHEVY CUSTOM DELUXE SHORTBED
Navy blue, V-8 engine, auto, air, power steering, AM/FM stereo cassette, rally
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1985 CHEVY CUSTOM DELUXE LONGBED
Red in color. V-8 engine, auto, air, power steering, AM/FM stereo, wire wheels,
45,000 miles. ? :
1986 GMC HIGH SIERRA LONGBED
Two-tone blue, V-8 engine, auto, air, power steering, AM/FM stereo cassette, rally
wheels, 57,000 miles.
1984 BUICK SKYLARK 4 DR.
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on it.
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