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ee i LE SYN TD Se i Freddy Smith wins $100,000 purse in Eldora, Ohio race Saturday night By GENE AUSTIN Special to the Herald Four-time Dirt Track World Champion Freddy Smith won the most prestigious late model dirt track race ever Saturday night at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, OH. Smith collected $100.0-00, the largest purse in dirt track history, for his Gulf Valve Service Racing Team trom Baton Rouge. La. The Bazooka Bass Tube clad #00 started eighth in the feature event and by lap 10 was running second. After a heated battle, § Smith passed Scott Bloomquist on lap 92 for the lead and victory. Running in the same groove behind Bloomquist caused him to use up his tires and fade at the end. Smith is noted for taking care of his equipment. Smith is in his fourth year driv- ing for GVS RAcing, owned by brothers Bob and Ron Hedrick and nephew Joe Hedrick. "I don't know. It hasn't sunk in yet." Smith said when asked to compare Saturday's win with his World Championships. "We've had calls from Atlanta, Chicago, Virginia and Charlotte since getting back home. I've always wanted to win at Eldora, and this is some- thing special - just great." Driving for the second time since breaking his arm three weeks ago, Smith didn't let the cast or the three screws hinder him. He fin- ished third at West Plains last week. In a Friday night heat race, os na PRESTON LEONARD } OOF reborn softhall president Preston Leonard of Kings Mountain has been elected to a two-year term as State Director of Dixie Softball. Dixie Softball, which began in 1991, has grown to more than 20 leagues for girls ages 5-18. The program offers both slowpitch and - fastpitch softball. In his capacity as state director, Leonard will oversee all leagues ‘and district and state tournaments. He earlier served as assistant state director and District II director. Leonard announced that the slowpitch state tournament will be held in Kings Mountain July 15- 17, with the winner advancing to the World Series in Georgia. The fastpitch state tournament will be held July 21-24 in Albemarle. Leonard said two divisions - the Pony Tails and Belles - will be competing in Kings Mountain. Teams will come from Kings Mountain, Southport-Oak Island, Goldsboro, Cherryville and Stanley. Dixie Softball is a division of Dixie Baseball Inc., which spon- - sors Dixie Youth and Dixie Boys baseball. "We just added slowpitch soft- ball last year," explained Leonard, "and it has already grown from four to six leagues. The reason we added slowpitch is that so many of the high schools in the states that Dixie Softball serves has slow- pitch." Fastpitch is dominant in other areas of the country. Dixie Softball operates in 11 southern states. KM Babe Ruth team runs record to 5-0 Kings Mountain's. Babe Ruth baseball team added two wins last week to run its record to 5-0). The Wildcats defeated Union Road Optimist 10-0. David Clark pitched a one-hitter and Jeremy (Cooke added a three-run double. Trip Roark, Kendrick Bell and Chad Jones had RBI hits in a six- run fifth inning. Kings Mountain defeated South Pont 9-8. David Clark led the way with two doubles and Kendrick Bell alo had two hat, GA 12 uidepot ort awote 2 Freddy Smith wins the hardware and the biggest check of his career in Saturday dirt track race in Ohio. Smith bent the rear tube of a brand near. Unaware of his mechanical problem, they started the feature race but quickly wrecked, forcing the team to go to a back up car for the Dream Race. "The back up car has run eight times," Smith said. "It has three wins, two seconds and three third place finishes." As the car pulled into winner's circle, the right rear tire went flat. Smith praised the GVS RAcing Tam and his sponsor Bazooka, the leadingsmanufacture of Bass Tubes for audio systems. His next appearance in the Carolinas will be at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney. He sent his warmest regards and appreciation to all of his hometown fans. The Dirt Late Model Dream race was a tribute to the late J.W. Hunt, who helped so many dirt track drivers in his lifetime. KM Post 155 defeated 10-3 Wednesday in Bessemer City Kings Mountain's American Legion Juniors fell to Bessemer City 10-3 in Area Four action Wednesday night at Bessemer City. Kevin Melton's solo home run in the first inning staked Nelson Connor's charges to an early 1-0 lead, but Bessemer City broke the game open with five runs in the seventh. Bruce Hill went the distance for BC, scattering six hits and striking out eight. David C. Jenkins started for Post 155 and took the loss. He was relieved by Robert Wingo in the seventh. - ! arf 1-all in the second inning on Josh Martin's single, an error and a fielder's choice; and BC took the lead 2-1 with a run in the third on another KM error and a run-scor- ing single by John Ferguson. Bessemer City added singie runs in the fourth and fifth for a 4-1 lead before Duane Patterson's home run and a run-scoring single by Brian LeFevers cut the margin to 4-3 in the top of the sixth. Bessemer City scored another run in the bottom of the sixth on Derrick Neal's double and yet an- other KM error, then put the game away with the five-run seventh. BC collected only two hits during the inning but took advantage of four bases on balls and two more KM EITOTS 0 i: 41. {hivd ion] Leonard “humdi ne KM 100 002 000 BC 011 111 50x 10-7-0 David C. Jenkins, Robert Wingo (7) and Kevin Melton; Bruce Hill and Josh Martin. W - Hill. 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