The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia (2024)

Staunton, News-Leader, Sunday, March 16, 1980 C3 Baiter holds Atlanta pole just hit the right combination. But, by race time, we'll be right up there." Wheelchair meeting on tap March20 An organizational meeting to form the Virginia Wheelchair Athletic Officials Association will be held March 20 at 7 p.m. This meeting. will be in the administration conference room in the Administration-Medical Services Building at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center. All former wheelchair sports officials, helpers and persons interested are invited to attend.

For further information, 'call Jackie Sprouse, Special Department, WWRC at 885-9623. HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) Buddy Baker, sitting in the pole position, will be the rabbit and the rest of the field will be the hunters in today's Atlanta 500 Grand National stock car race. Baker, who won the pole position at Atlanta International Raceway with a speed that was more than two miles an hour faster than anyone else, likes it that way. "One thing about being on the pole is that you probably won't run into anybody when you get the green flag, and you'll have a clear track ahead of you for at least a little while," Baker said with a grin.

"And being up front is a whole lot better than being behind." ,1 I 4 1 Baker's speed of 166.212 mph broke his own Atlanta 500 qualifying record of 165.951. Neil Bonnett qualified second on the 42-car grid with a clocking of 164.087. Cale Yarborough, who won last week's Carolina 500 and is the only winner this year who has not started from the pole, joins Donnie Allison in the second row Row three is Ricky Rudd and Dave Marcis, with rookie Rusty Wallace and Richard Petty, NASCAR's all-time winningest driver, in row four. Also qualifying near the front of the field were Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, the only two-time winner on the Grand National circuit this year. Baker won the other Grand National race, the Daytona500.

Bobby Allison, an old pro, wasn't overly concerned about Baker's domination on qualifying day. "Every race is a new race," Allison said. "Baker GRAND NATIONAL RACE FANS Coiner Ports Present! GRAND KATIGXAL RACE CONTEST Pick The First Five Drivers In Order of Finish For SOUTHEASTERN 500 March 30, 1980 Bristol, TN. And WIN $15.00 of MERCHANDISE from Coiner Parts. Fill In Coupon Below and Bring To COINER PARTS CO.

542 Greenville Ave. Before Race Day. All Winners Will Be Notified. No Purchase Necessary. IROC TANGO Darrell Waltrip, left, is pinned to the wall with the rear of Buddy Baker's car as several cars crashed in the second lap of the finale of the International Race of Champions (IROC) Saturday at Atlanta International Raceway.

The crash put seven of the 12 drivers out of the race. No serious injuries were reported. (APLaserphoto) Allison eludes crash, wins IROC I 1 another stoppage with a one-car accident on the 41st lap. Whittington lost control coming out of the fourth turn, banged the wall and slid down the front top, followed by Mears, Rutherford, Don Whit-tington and Johnco*ck, whose car was damaged but able to continue. Allison, Mears and Rutherford battled door-to-door after the restart of the race and Mears was on top when Whittington caused HAMPTON, Ga.

(AP) -Bobby Allison eluded a grinding crash that eliminated "more than half the field and -went on to outduel Rick -Mears and Johnny Ruther-Iford in the International Race of Champion VII series -finale Saturday at Atlanta International Raceway. Allison, a longtime veteran of the NASCAR Grand Na tional wars, won $75,000 from the total purse of $278,000 and becane the first stock car driver to win the IROC series championship. Mears finished second in the race, less than one second behind, and the series, winning $35,000. Rutherford' finished a close third in the race, with Gordon Johnco*ck the only driver on the track 4 vom straight-away with debri: flying off the car in all fourth: directions. I WHlMF 1 That delay was about 10 minutes.

at the finish. The spectacular crash occurred as the cars were coming across the start-finish line at the completion of the second lap of the scheduled 66-lap, 100-mile race. Mario Andretti, running fifth, started the wild chain reaction that eliminated seven cars from the 12-car field. Andretti, a former Formula I world champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, tried to pass two cars on the inside of the three-lane, banked oval. He clipped the rear end of another car and spun sideways into the inside wall as everyone else in the field tried desperately to avoid the melee.

There were no injuries, but the crash eliminated Andretti, Darrell Waltrip, who went into the series finale with the overall point lead, Neil Bonnett, Bobby Unser, Bobby Baker, Peter Gregg and Clay Regazzoni. "It was quite a mixup," Andretti explained moments after the wreck. "I went out to pass and I guess I caught the corner of the guy in front of me. Then I really hit the wall hard." Rutherford, a two-time In-dy 500 winner and one of the survivors of the crash, said "I was running back in about seventh place and it just looked like World War III in front of me." The race resumed 40 minutes later with Allison on t. r- m.

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In the two-mile, after exchanging the early lead with Amos Korir of Villanova and John Gregorek of Georgetown, Nyambui shot to the front shortly after the half-mile mark. He then led the rest of the way, fending off only two ineffectual challenges from Gregorek, and appeared to be toying with the field as he leisurely circled the 11-lap-to-the-mile track at the new Joe Louis Arena, In the mile, Nyambui, called the best runner in his school's history by Coach Ted Banks, again appeared well in control. The former elementary school teacher seemed content to just stay with the field in the slowly paced race. After running the early laps in last place, he bolted into the lead, then backed off until the gun lap, when he charged ahead and coasted home in the lackluster time. Nyambui's two victories were the only triumphs for Texas El-Paso on the final-day of the two-day competition.

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