1, FORD$: ' : I '

I L.;
By Dand Phtpps European Editor LE MANS, France, June I 5 - In one of the closest flushes ever seen at LeMans, the John Wyer Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx 4 J Ohver beat the Pors+Sa):& Herrmann and G e m a m by about 30 yards aft& U@nm qf ractng.

FRENCHMEN
AUTOWEEk
EMns/3am BaotB8js
h%rCn&V-W

&i%

.arPhld*kr
b q b h W

'

%oorb.bolCilIC,e

s r o ~ * r a f n z s
hm11l.*anplpl+

~5OOrP,ahad.na.'lL.

SxX SktyMwt&#

="$?*
a tap led
d 3 o w r n d b y k i h k S t a y m eq.1.

drollrndqdmitard

QoParls.6*I4d-~

'"gG

Cde Defend Industry

AGE START
~ u d m c ~ o n t h e B n r W. ChrL Amon's F m d 312P -aPbroltabmwlllbkb bo t t b mf I+a&*A*rlua-ur&r
' I b s ~ &uiedtrql*.t$wWt jobs ~ 3 , 3 3 7 of kiwi31,dffrLL , a prh.tetyantaed Ponchc 917,

. M N .

-Wq

dtw of

proslacF*ltl.Soal-ply~

t m msm bdalaty's h

=ad-*
pddmtd

-s-

K w C C A ' s Director ExpWns T a h S

of

r;

w.

(Continued on page 16)

9 n ~ F . l b F o m e q . S .

k.AUTOWEEK
V U I . 13, I Y U L J

By Bob Ldtford BROOKLYN, Mlch, June 15 Lee Roy Yarbrough gambled and lost here today and fellow Mercury dnver Cale Yarborough became the wlnner of the tnaugural Motor State 500 NASCAR Grand Nat~onalrace at Michlgan Internattonal Speedway In one of the most competitive battles that has been waged on any race track, or under any sanctrontng banner, the stocky T~mmonsville, S C , native-and thls year's Atlanta 5 0 0 winner-survlved a white

flag-lap colhs~on with Yarbrough and salled home t o a $17,625 payday The wlnd for the sad was pronded by the great ptt work of h s Wood brothers crew and a determined drtvlng exhibition thdt never saw hlm further back than f l f t h p l a c e d u r l n g the entue afternoon DAMP TRACK The day got off to a bad start as an all-night r a n was ~ t ~present ~n ll the southern M ~ c h ~ g aarea when n t h e fsnv nffmnls drivers 2nd

crews b two-m~l The and th hour f The

<

m r II I

1 1 -

n - w

V R
hon.Emrd Limy.

S # m , Oregon&

a Vabline m r l

-.

L V O t t M OIL COMPANY
of AaMand Oil & ReffningCasrpny

. .

. .. . .
,

*& fine-tune tire

.
~

'three tell-tail radials, you L .

,,,IF

..;

r.
<,

'byour kind of car, f your kind of driving.

.>

;,/:+!:. j.. .A!:1 ,

~..

:".SULIIf
-.

POW, ~ a I-; *ltrai~gt W. An accelerated M . . w a a b d e n hem

A1 .
.>..

.
l . . c

is o h pf the -new tnak's tLrcs backan. Nael Clark. T*. Cak lr

nco by .late summer. That t nillliketmastwtaCar

a:,&. -~
-,. ,

.,2" . .~ . 1 - ., 1:

1B67. a A formal ground-breaking c+semony i r ~ t o b e h c l d r t Slumnit Point rithia the qtIt two

w. Vh.
GARIpENA, Calif.. Jnna 17-It is 'ctpit.L n o t i m p o ~ l c t o ~ ~ rCIr t l ~ 48 mntlnentnl United Statw md the District of Colnmbia in lam &;------&-s-&-tueTin RQCb

I@&&
8

domtwn~osAn&md8161 mikr, fiPe 22 h o w .n 2r .d . minutes lator hd tnrebd mto 48 . statea. ~ b duo worked thsjr way a c the mu@m put of the counby,. up the mstern waboua and thsn back a u o r the n a t h m atat% endin their record trek in

a D ~ t r u n5 10 station k m n mcenuypvdit unbedone. J ~ I B R c s u - J ~ ~ ~ WneChunbft

,~I

QT *-

BEL~VILLP,M. d. 1s - T L N A ~ C A R ~ O O and~ ~~ ~--t-tohere Today nan portpcmrd of h" d m . -

I9

mm &,

rpa#llorthepp~trip
U" the

om.

-;hT4mp

27. mUca p a pnOn of gas. T h e o n l y mdchan!wl m r h d b n was. Wt e c h

tstm

Ei l u C&SF W i for thc man. CB73, thc dtimb A tO n d tin Wplldftr~uptol2Smph. ...awWinthcW.Dtrilndfor h k r m d b d m r l b d d maah $125 aPh.Shar to fit lnod

Um

Ln* f.fh4%lofl. OtPsr -relisi stop.,

ltoppsd~thstrlp.cmlmd lt-s j o o t tddrkw, md t1oqj.l. .4 . uakd tbsir

S%L n-

mdU"

on all Dunlop tiresfor high performance American sect p u r Duntop.man. He's in the Yellow Pages. .
t.
, ~ .
~

-w O b s r 0 A a f e d - d on the mute Lid out fosthemby '

Kentuckbus r h o had made a reamt aad prolowd trip to 8 ~~

~.

. _I-.
, -

*a had%.i*Mmltmu obpredby E.rMd

t a.

PAGE 6
CQUPETITION PRCGs 6 A

." \

.d .

-.
.

-A 1088

.. . ,

( 0

-"

T*
n .

:
'

6M's Ed Cole Defends Auto I d sy n ut r

MARTINSBURG, W Va, June 13-Edward N. Cds, . Gaami Motom todry d e f d a l rmny usll of ths automo againat ih aitiq with pnticuhr cmpluda on product 8cmim.

Industry News
Detroit Wire Opening Up Tkde With Japanese Firms

b d d i m 3 q u d l t y , h@-nlue i oncoulagu~#our n deabn t m o e p m p t and satisf.dag raies at mmnabIt

I I I

with J ~ p l n s aauto

mA OL ...-m R . OmB -

thc alltomrtic tnaunirdon

motor

s p e n msrgnarcegfls arS BQUlPldENT

the new &@. a Ladum m a & ~ ~ l ~ sm asto acoidsnt. And, p in d One day not wonlda't you lolow, tho dda Lulhmr, 43, o Hlrrbon, f o was en rouh to work in his 1969 Saved Chnrolst Mp&, OM o the GM cm quipped with the Safety feature. f M fis was bxoadrWa $tM intsnsction by a a 1968 ar driven by two om ltudcnlr in 0 t h ywn, the cnrh probably would l v a ue assd in the side of L&uds or. But in th& use, the tids p d nil a witbbod tho uwb ud ho waked w a y with four broken ribs, which appercntly h.ppewd rhsD the impact thnw him into the door.

?fEbrr

of the safety rsrareh lab at the G M Paul Skeek, e m in Rcaim Grounds, Milford, M&, said about 20 d the aaidents Itudhd i. m fu, iecbdhu l d u m ' s , were w r cnouab w that "We a we ss n

Altlraar, D W that fmWicaUy asU" with r h l l d e impact device. S1 lad a , Dr. Alan Nahum, investigate a&tr in loutlMm QlEod8 to ace how well the present ufoty feahlrrr am
of rronte. and his brother M I I Y ~01.c I O U , h o l l l ~ c New )10,114s r s n d e z r ~ ~ s 10, rhc metor ,.ring world.
I l l o s l 4 9 r h 5lre.t New rorh. N . 1 . 10017

Tie uMr tht about a year ago a friend of hi# was killed in a drr"" ~&datPUt"I-tlLiaL d have naved him."

..

unes Up r"'3 S Win R I

seconds f o r fourth overall. Still further back, Myles winbigler a n d R i c h a r d Moscr, usually in that order but not at the checkered flag. slipstreamed their way for 3 0 m i n u t e s i n t h c u bugeyed HP S D rites. bfoser w o n b y 1 . 1 se.conds-about 1 4 inches--after Winbigler went wide o n turn three a n d s c r u b b e d off his exhaust system o n some rocks. B-D sedan, C-D prod, and C and D SIR was all Porsche. Don Pike in the Vasek Polack C p Porsche. won by 41 seconds over the B sedan 9 1 I of Bob Kennett.
S C C A N A T I O N A L RACE. O R E G O N R E G I 0 N S E A T T L E 1 N T E R NATIONAL RACEWAYS. K E N T . WASH.. J U N E 15 FORMULA SCCA. F O R D . V E E : 1 Glenn B ~ u w n . McLaren: 2 - Fred Will~ams, Brabharn: 3 - Blll Munsan.

.ULY 5.19G9

COMPETmTION PHESS& AUTOWEEK

PAOE 7

Dee Norton KENT, Wash., June 15 - Duane liamson and Spence Stoddard mmered at each other for 2 0 d & m u t e s o n Seattle International . @ a c e w a y s h e r e t o d a y bcfore .,qilliamson finally wedged a slower .. m r in behind o n the final lap f o r a {6ne car length victory : j , ; , l t w a s Williamson's f i s t outing in t h e McLaren M3Chevy and his first real competition in some three years. Williamson and car owner Ed McBee used the feature event o f the S C C A Oregon region's national n c e s a s one of several planned .tune-ups before jumping into thc Cani\m Challenge Cup series. S t o d d a r d , in a n identical McLaren also powered by a 3hScid C h c v r o l e t , snuck in ahead of Williamson for onc lap when the latter got caughl in traffic. Thc two McLarens ran more than half of thc 30-minute event :IS if they were att;sched t o each other by a ropc less than a car length long. The C?IC ; ~ n ddrivers wcrc so well m a l e h a today, they kept t h e dislancu the aUno on t h e long s t r d i g h t a w a y s and through t h e t w i s t y l o w e r s e c r i o n s of t h e 2.25-mile, n h e - t u n circuit. But t h e i r m o m e n t s 0f glory wcrc possiblc only after the dry sump system in S f a n Burnett's Burnett-M3Chevy idiled. Rurnctt blasted into a 12.1-second lead aftcr I I Paps, but pitted r ~ t h e than risk exploding his r 427cid Chcvy. Ken Lcgf's Lotus 23-BRM, making its competition dehut, was runnlng fourth overall a n d zcroing in o n Eric Haga's third-place McLarenChevy, when a rear brake locked u p and Legg had t o slow his p a c e , although h e secured the B SIR class win. In t h c same cvent, Evcrcl Hatch pulled o f i what was considered almost imposs~blc here this s e a s o n - d e f e a t t n g '68 C'anadLn sedan champion John Hall in his Camaro. Hatch grabbed a small, rarly lead and gradually opened the gap with llall unable t o close in. The opening r;lcc of the day w w Glen Blren rrpe;st what is getting t o be a tradition for him at thc track here. Ile roared his B-K Special o f f int(, t h e distance and won the Formula Vee race by 3 6 seconds over Bob D ~ n o n .dr~ving Zink he a now calls an Avenger. Overall formul:~victory went t o the McLaren of Glenn Brown. Ile i n h e r i t e d t h e lead aftcr Fred Corbett's winged IaglcChevy blew a lcft rcar tire at about 150mph io t u r n t w o . C o r h e l t r o d e thc three-wheeler into llle tall grass without further damagc o r injury. In t h e sm:~ll bore production contest. hlcrle Rrcnn.in turned the tables un Bob Illackwood. winner o f the nationals hcrc a month ago, and pulled o u t a 22-scc<1nd victory in F production with the Huffaker MCB. Blackwood was in a Porsche. Further back a race-long battle ended with Bob Tucknott's Porsche edging Bob Rinde's Alfa by 1.3

grabham. CLASS W I N N E R S : FlA Brow"; FIB - Munson: FIC - Williams: F/F - G a r y Johnrotl. Lotur; F/V . Glen B~,~~,BKS~.~~.I. E-H PROD: 1 - Merl'? Brennen. MGB: 2 - Bob Blacuwood, IPorrche; 3 . Jon Woadner. Midget. CL4SS W I N N E R S :
E . . B.,: ,.
FD

Woodner: G D

M'arrhall ~ e y e i .Sbitfll-e; H p - kichart Morer. Sprlte. B-D SEDAN. C-D PROD. C-D SIR: 1 Don Pike, Panche: 2 - Bob Kennett Porrche; 3 . Ray ICaenler. Datrun CLASS WINNERS: B *%Jan - WIIII Blum BMW; C $man - Jef* Kline. Alfa GTA; C redan - Emmett Wilder, NSU; Cp - Plkr D p - Kaehler: C SIR - BIII Overhourel LeGrand; 0 SIR - Gar" Pacheco. Shor 2

- s p e n c e Stodclard. McLaren M 3 - C h e v y : 3 - E r i c Haga. McLaren-Chevy. CLAS!; WINNERS: Ap - ~ e r bcaplan. Corvltte; B p - Rob Rodgerr. Cobra: A SIE - Wllliam5on; B S/R - Ken Legg. Lot"!-BRM; A sedan Everet Hatch. Camalo.

H'EB A.B SIFI,A SEDAN: PROD, Duane Wiiliamron. McLaren M3-Chevy;

Raceways during the SCCA national races June 15, was knocked out of Cp when obewers say he was lightly tapped and sent sp LeCrand of Bill Ovedtouser (70) as O v e ~ o u x was foUowing r turn. Berry, who had hdd off the LeGrand for several lap& finished third in (Roy Urban photrt) Cp and Ovcrhouser finished fist in C SIR.

'9rr Hansen 3 Idn't use Wyn s Charge!" u less it reavy works.

I

-3

i r

Jerry Hansen, winner of the '88

power

-seals in victory.

So whether you're o to cross the finish-linr(.fimt or to simply bypass cost$ repairs, you too should use Wynn's Charge!. Get afree Wynn's rac ng decal for your car by writing: Dept. JH, Wynn Oil Co pany, 1151 West Fifth Street, Azusa, Califwnia 91702

Alitalia Award For Canada's Prairie Region

MONTREAL, Que., June I I Alitalia Airliries has extended their a w a r d s progratn t o t h e Pratrie region o f the Canadian Automobile Spert Clubs f o r this season. The .,ward consists of a traveling trophy with a "keeper" and a roundtrip ticket from here to Rome via l i t a l i a . I t is presented t o t h e driver earning the most points from seven r:lces held within the CASC's Prairie region. .A similar trophy also g u c s t o t h e runner-up I winner. i\litalia first made such an L in the Quebec regton in 1966 and l a t e r i n O n t a r i o a n d British Columbia.

y Hans

:ing to victor)

Watkins Glen, N.Y. 1489

At St. loviie
RlmUmaholplglO) M o w r findiry~it o a b way back from 14th place, but pacer held topsthcr and he . moved into dxth on the 44th lup. lhrse laps later, Eaton, an tasy k o u r t h , stopped t o have r . wnwmatl011'yi~ crew. A sbodr hb lbsorbsr had come adrift with one ' a d jammed into the hub when a iaou~~ting bmke. To nuke a bad car worn, the clutcb bspn to dip , @ly the slme time. Eatons mdamc, Paul Cooke had to leg it for the starter's stand to usurs the ofticids that the car wasn't going to tali apart oo the track. The black

& %

r-

=-

...

P 0 Box . . 3 Daw. mlar.r*

19901
(or

"Mna#+olra300 msu&.
-TKUI8
1 1lo*r kr* ( 0

EnsM.ra find Int.rnatlo~l

hr* 01 nuYUY aO.r. #Mb

Sped-y

th. July 6:
m

MAIN GRANDSTAND (AIRCONMTIONEq

U

--riilutr
-ik*.t8

for uppr hl. rorn 1-10. e80.W uch for u p w IemI. row8

.......-.-8 11-17, e S OO UdL...... 1 . O 8

.....
hot8

to DaU olorrtno tkLU te t M

J Damr 1
I I I

STOCK CAR RACE

300 Exciting Miles of Action

87.00 u... c... h...

......................:.-.$-Tic*.ts for MAMOND LOUNQE Mr. I b-"re& L se k dinnu). 850.bO .............-..-.-. .. ta -8

-SUM1119

-TkIt.tsfor.upp.~(N.l.

row8 1&20. e 815.00 N C ~

$7.00 .rh

room 1 kI k .~

'? ,

I CLUB HOUSE. .125.00.

-Tick.U

SOLO OUT FOR THIS RACE....

I I I
I I I I 1
I I

mCWTRETCH DRANmTAND (PIT SIDE1 for rows 1-5.

'

86.W.Uh

............................. 8 ..............-.,.$-

TOTAL ENCLOSED

I I

TO:

Uae Fonn Order Your Tick& NOW! ------------------------- I

&low to n o W~ s~ a lntu11.1MII.ISPQrn~
1 -

GRAND NATIONAL LATE H D L OE

Dan I i M N O *
pod
-. ..

--- ,-, - --&mspacu JOhBulbil

- - --

--

A& u4
to *id

~~-.

won t MGB.

2nd: ALFA GTA k

uaCI*dn I ;ALFA GTA n

.-

R a m b M r i FIC .LUX4 BrabbmForcli FV I H Y M

va&ni

5 Sadan

- --

D Cullon. n

s*..(s. H u . .

..231 Jdunon Am, Nawulc. C WQ f f h and mEaGR m

WaanMv*ion: 216DousbrSmet

W I N G SINCE

ArJretti's Normal Ford On Pole

. . ,
,

(Con-jue 1) only @igfY.n-pontoo~ on their es but lacked even

stopped." himself. As far as Unser was concerned, The only one among the "hot dogs" to gamble with the 255cid the rain couldn't have w m e at a Ford, Andretti lost his lead just worse time. past the starting line and spent the next 15 to 20 minutes trying to . keep up. WRONG GUESS Oddly enough, Andretti didn't think it was the lack o f power that hurt him, but a wrong guess on Firestone racing rubber. "It was killing me on the nght front," commented Andretti. "I had t o work like heck to keep up and could just barely d o it. And the heat was sort of blistering my tires . . too." During the fust 15 minutes of rain after the race was stopped, most of the Firestone cars changed rubber on the right side, trying a different compound. "With this tire, I can race with Bobby or anyone else here," said Andretti, "so maybe it's a good thing for everyone that the race was

The field did get in an official 27 laps after the race start was delayed 4 5 minutes by rain showers. But the gentle drizzle suddenly turned into a downpour and it was all over but for the drying out. START ON 28TH U . S . A u t o Club officials a n n o u n c e d the race will start beginning with the 28th lap next Sunday in the same order in which the cars were parked as starter Shim ed the red flag then shelter along with

s that Bobby Unser, e-sitter Mario Andretti turn on the first lap, ber one with Andretti In behind him. Gordon ncock will be third followed by a ly Dallenbach, Lloyd Ruby, Art ollard, Gary Bettenhausen, ohnny Rutherford, Mike Mosley and Billy Vukovich. Jim Malloy had been running loth until he came into the fourth turn on the 24th mile and ran into a huge pool of oil deposited by Mickey Shaw's Halt Special. Fighting desparately for control, Malloy tried to back into the wall but saw he was going to hit a ton and then f i e d tailed his Vel's Parnelli Jones Soecial and smacked the wall broadside. The impact broke both right wheels on his machine but Malloy continued for two more laps before pitting and losing his position. T i was the onlv mishar, of the hi m r a c e , w h a t t h e i e was' o f it. Rutherford had spun Patrick Petroleum Special on his second qualifying lap but didn't hit a thing and Arnie Knepper burned a piston in . ..h ..s .. , , Svecial during ,,i . .M,.V.S. , practice. UNSER'S RECORD There were still 26 cars available . .." . ; t o vie for the 24 starting spots. t on the pole for most of Tying, with a track record 64mph. That's a time of seconds and broke the record for a mile paved by Andretti and Johncock c ' m t t i stepped into his Treatment Special powered n-supercharged 255cid Ford e and turned the mile in :28.055. 128.319moh. to win the pole anh claim th; iecord all to
~

b a c k in- t i m e f o r Sunday's postponed show at Langhorne and last month's 500-mile race winner said he'd have to wait a day or so before making a decision either way-although he had said earlier today he definitely would return to Langhorne for a rain date if the race was postponed.

Offy ovt-accelernted Mario Andretti's non-mboehPged255cid Fod at the s t u t of me Ianghome 150 and led every lap before it was halted at 28 circuits due to a downpow. Fdomng the leadas are Gordon Johncock's Gahardt-Offy (12) and the tightly bunched pack of Wally Dallenbach (22). Uoyd Ruby (251, Art Pdlnrd (57) and Johnny Rutherfonl(56). (Dennis Koelmel photo)

Bobby Unser's b&turbochsrged

your Andy Granaklli True or False Quiz:

.
I:,

Check the boxes below for those sta Granatelli that you think are true. L for statements you feel are false.

t Andy s blank

Andy Granatelli's first job was salvaging coke bottles from the Chicago World's Fair Grounds. Andy Granatelli used to be a peony salesman. Andy Granatelli was at one time Chicago's big time "front end man. " Andy Granatelli ran a bus service from Chicago ru California, but most of his passengers didn't last beyond St. Louis. "underground" drag raL=a 0Andy .Granatelli conducted3am. ln Chlcago: Starting time . drove to 0Andy. - his first lndy car -from Chicago on Ind~anapol~s over the highways with a wired . license plate. Andy and his brothers made and sold nearly 100 of the famous Fordillac cars. Andy Granatelli built and drove the first ''Rocket
*, ,

LANGHORNE ISOSTARTING GRID

P 1-Mua AIrMh l a HwCFad : l a 0 S . I X I I ~ 1h ) ~ l S . Z b 4 ~ ~ 1 ~ 1 F

'""h.yM

I t talk dl in the wrwm and rewaling style that a n d ~ H ' & t h e ~ w i tt h e ~ l e t s ~ 1 , h A & m y mntnmndtw ahot hew nmrked his dy % n

m.

So check the last box, bet& and send the coup today1 It says you " l " my want the most compellin of ming people you've ever read.

A ma~lrnan kept Andy Granatelli from becoming a bowl~ng .' alley operator. Andy arrived at lndy with his first Novi with everything but a driver. Andy Granatelli tells all about the famous turbocar controveney in his new book, 'They Call Me Mister , ,

Alamo 's s p Y dprice $6.95

-,.-

must .dd 5% u*l

All right, bright guy, they're all true. know all about the fabulous career of ra personality until you've read his book. remarkable man's rise from the "wr Chicaqo tracks to one of America

. .-

..

. . - 7. 1. .. . , .- . ' - . .. . .. .. . . . .

-,. ~. -

---.

-. 2

, .

...

, T

II
,

PAGE 16

WMPTITION PRESS h AUTOWEEK

JULY k t8BB

::

i "

After 24 Hourr of I!*(Cerobdrm~pl) a w t fin,but Am06 minculowjy e d c q d UnhUIt. Them ruonly one other bad crash-Udo Scutz' ~ o n c h e the M on stmight He sscaped major injury thrnhr tc t h ~ imtaUati6n of yardrnn slog the whole Len@ of thq m . t EMBARRASSING DEFEAT Having clinched the Work Manufacturers' Championahia a 1 the Nurbwgrhg, Ponrche rn considered mis LeMans-particuMy as they at the center of a row with tl about the m o m b b epoilers 1 incredibly fort but fearsomely unstable 9 17s. After loaim all but one of thsi works entries, and being beaten by a t is baalcally a six-yar-oid Croup 4 CP, they pmbably wish they had stayed away. Pmari was nacn in t h e m Mng one car on the 6nt lap pll( the other soon after half distancs. and m n tho@ three of the four Matns finished tkey nsrm nany looked like wiudn& The Uitsr Alpines were t o m y o u t c l d and aU fell by the wayside, but as d one of the smaller Alpines rrm t e Index of h F'erformana. Porscfles only reward for all their eff* was victory in the GT category with a 91 1; driven by J.P. caballly. i p . k m

--

-<= d

.
>

'I

'
'

IJacky IC~I'S Ford1 .

s-~a*-e 908-(3:
--,.

.-'-w

"

"@

was LiUcd a& Hemi Pl o badly injured the whole .of the LeMuu att had been lined with Armco banier. Gumhila had atao bean mtutitutsd far the sand banks on som d . t h a Ibwm corners. and t b e circuit wan n e n d v a neat deal safer than it

I"

917a and than minsbted them when Rico Steimman thmatsned to with& all hia cam. In a Mans fa * statement it waa said LE W S . Pnncc,JnDe 1s - that this had been done becaw the A o l a h l Sam Pamy, t w were part with Teodore Zeccali in a spoilon they an integralwhenof the car-0s had been they P a p 1 365GTB. W e d &hth were ori@aRybanned tha weeks om9 in the U h o w mdnran~

At

w.

2749

ora the 8 . 3 M e

8 fhat i elus b IW i n n Scbrieg's l M o w mce.

I.DARKW ESS AT DAYTONA, (

SEBRING, LE MANS, MADE LIGHT OF IT!
As top speeds of 200 m.p.h. continue into the night, d r i i don't take chancas; ttlry haw to see every marker and apex ir the road. Their srccesr in the race, their lives, dapends on it That's why so many trust CIBIE lights to other kinds in night rallyas, races w other events. No matter what speed you driw at night. y w ned the bed-lights. Ask f u ClSlE lights.
SEE V O U ~ C ~ OR ~ E R FOR A BROCHURE: ~ WRITE

FRENCH PROTEST Mptra protested this htm-pbout was unfair, an they had modifiid the& can to comply with the new m t i o n s , and there was a g e m 4 feeling of dissatisfaction o n thi6 114oreasthecuahaiupinfro@of the pits for the LeMan8 "print. At the head of the hnc, with a nraeties time of 3 . --- , - - 5 - -- - - - - - - -- - 2 2 9 12 seconds forter tbaa lad year's p r a c t i c e r e c o r d , war Rolf Stommeten's Ponrbe 917. Than

: i s Y o * i . ~ & : W 908 c o u p . ~ d Ru@ 1 l l " .h uu " k Kauhsen (3:32.61 ., Pedro Rodrkuez (3:3SJ). had The LE MANS the best Fermi time, a tenth of a ULU~ 24-Hour Race second .fort= thrn Amon, and Johnny SemzCavin was in the M e r t of the Matras (3:3Q,4& a fir& of a mm slower wan 10 o3 Bonnier's Lola. The Ickx/Oliver GT40 was 13thin line with 3:37.5, ELECTlON INFLUENCE , The start was brought forward two hours, t o 2pm, w that election. The w e p m at this time when the 45 d"ivsn specratom CMJd home in time was hot and ovacut, with a red track and ~ U I P ~ , il ~I into thefr can for the ' t o vote in t v'r nreaidenthl threat of rain, but it was &l Y dry. . . . tuditiarul LeMm start SENSIBLE MOVE Many of the more d l s o m , lckx amongst them, cham t n u l e o a r e thsk aart belts were sscurrly fastened before starting their engines and h u d i i out into the traf8c itrum, w the cua were already fairly well stout u thew m d d m inlo the E a s . along to Tertm koW and out into the Mulslnne Stnisht. TRAGIC ACCIDENT ~tommelen's9 17 wan well in the Lead at the end of the fuat lap, fouowed by Elford's 917, but a umn of smoke above White ~secorner indicated that all was nnr well further back.in the field. -. -. -~~~~ For some time it was not clear what bad happened, but evmtudly news came through that Woolf's - . nrtsnte 9 1 7 had &cd. . and .- .- - . - .. . - - .- - - . . disintemated. Amon's Farari had run into some of the debris, including the Ponrche'r f6el tank, -and both can had caught fie. As t h e race settled dm*, Porsche held the- f i t five places, with the two 917s followed by the 908: of Siffert, Schuh and Herrmam. Sixth was Bonnier's Lob, followed by Li' Ponrbe, Scrvoz-Gavin's Matra, Teddy Piette's Alfa Romeo and N & Galli'a Matra. 'he ffnt round of r f e e W u m led to a general reQuffh# of : order. and then t h e ,mmelenlKurt Ahrenr car pped back as a d t of two lory ~ e d u l e stop. d P s o a l y ~ ~ a t ~ k i h e d d v a a ' 6 . 4 f q r l L a L u a h B e After two horn, the 908 of t d l t b a l rtllt of 61s 24410111aa Rdl Stamndsa i the new m a l a d m d n Siffert and Brian Rcdmrn nu in 9 1 7 ~ ( 1 4 ) ~ ( k ~ d r r d h d a k d n d a &lead,mthtBeEIford/Atmood i d ~ ~ ~.PakdnghboU~e&lk(LeB1&~o8YIrtCbleL.968 917dopbehinddt)rathrse more 900s-S&ulz/Csrhsl U&tar, U O ) d tLs 917 ofVk WaMlkk Athod ( 2 W S.cnOlr +to#) lb
I.

n?$k

[ ry-7
C

'I.:

. : ..

&s%

---

Flrsche for LL
H3h.i&-, and eightk. . ..., .

9x2

,: -T.
'

: ~ 'to p
.

B e l t o h r o ~ J p further 2he

rctp tkps he

H e r r m a n n / L a r t o a r r e awd LjnrlKauhscn. Sixth rmB ansath w er e t h e M atras of ServozGavin/Hnbert MdIer and JeahPime Belto~seIpimComge, followed by the BonnierlMasten the Galli/Robbin atra and the

-""""

During t h e afternoon t h e weather became quite misty, but towards 6pm the sun came out to give promise of a fme night. Andrea de C By this time the 917 of Elford and Attwood was back in front and the Siffert/Redm I8 ha( le an unqchedu .st?? h

h h d uone

It

The only m& duriog the night o t c l d when the

World
Construetom'

Championship

Pomch4 Ford

Frrarl LOIa-Chwr0l.t ChwrongMW Alh R o b 0

Maha AlplmRa~ult

lpne Pit stop.:

- 1 ,

~'

rkmj5om'
The ad retired 10, the St ad finally ruoj:.eW e l oil, t h e Bonnier/G& ; 34% h d blown its engine aa(l'tk Seno&avin/ Muller M a w M I breakfast tew startas were s t m w

W C I RB m N B nB I D
And m 10:30am, w u Bq

l0condpLce Porsche made N &st of several o u n s c h e d u l r d $to 8 w i t h trnnsmigion . & the ~ a p s p of ar b g m to op, from.3 a u t e a to over fire m md by 1lam , both cpn aa:*ef*~Ia$e.

k.k&

&I until moue

*:ULtlp3

riaw d l M i M l a a d d n u into

Y TV

171 Route # 4 Paramus, New Jersey 07652 Telephone 201-843-7722 New Yark: 212-563-0930

Fred Opert .:acing

' .

:.t::.:T

POWER BY

&w! .
EQUIP. ,

2295 S. Grand. Dept. Dhl. Qanta Ana. California 92705 Telephone (714) 540-9150

ENTERPRISES, INC

Torrance. Calif. 90502

Competition Cars
ELVA MARK VI. bBr(l WalWSNbtb R CHEW M R LEQRAND MASERATI A-BSIR, n e w l a n d n ~ - s ,f d cell. new u QoodW* w l h WUa& WE I t , r aub ~x*r. icon) *~QII am

TAB-8CCA -b*IK.4~-*WI. '""L QOO~Y.Y*

I I 1966 SMEUY OTSW 21

ana ,r.ctm rut w v e J % Z -Mr--*rOk#Rur.a00~ M ~ r p r r l ~ n H -Rslcr-locl*.lulDErLu. R.d,,#, mn, w 1 . nm59Uh.YgOd b*)rbOl.C.l(f.-wR% (2141 3 a M s n . C

t~*r

-m w r w - b nu

O. alU

H PROD SWb. FOt and p4MAQED LOTUS C& 7, A4 r*)6*. WW O&kBt)a WMs t . nph. rm optlons. Traller aod s p y y B . rvpr~a wont and m r . w m d r n I m m p on th. C 1 r*ia l ~ a p UOQ ~ 1 0 a 0 ~ R M ~ m ) ; 9 Wa ros HII1Boro. WU. ~ 1 0 i Baker. F m o . w !% s %" z , (m) S&316l). 1 201-8394 )

c ,rsz-l?X$ m

.am.
T -

ALFA

llik ~IICIIIA~ CI~Y. s;I*.-

ma

olrn ouuw. uun tmPa*r exw*I*Iy aronp, wc and nH.Mr lk fmutrmc conmtion throwbout. Sgrr.

VE~GL ARRC ww i~oa

.qurmmt

-.

rm.

16m. B ootkr. . $7- T*nru St. -8 (21t

-9 full up,hul D * l , . M md.rr 400 plus np hdory 28s oun8lltd srtrt h.mudmnt aB4oa *I000 in

1W16 Comrt 5L Ct Y a WH. w SZ~SIS(~~I UZ.LIK n

sa t o * &

M Corqtr. .

Dune Buggies
., .

~.

~IOFCWMD - , i EWulln Mtdwrt mhtrlYl(aWP~' mu PRooucTs . . .< . , ... ..,

bupn -a l .

SPRITE. HP. perfect. fa NIWOnbl ehunglOWllp lap t(nus O 1425 w . f 1841 MnlDoro. F s t a in A . ~ * r r ~*OIJ s I a l~~~~~ + *i H w !C'LOSE RATIO #MI% = ~

-*

B ~ + H o t v w b

riaoo

pl

~ tT ~ .

WS.601pllr. .U ?P for

MI~I-T. D ~ W n q d r r l

' t miar Iweek

...submibe to

Huylui4207Blg, (301) 7-0.

. .

&CY A SHOW AND 00 Ut of wnaus dwlened f o r fun I n th. a h.Wu*wndaaroum tn ~ R C * I Y W ~ & I I D # ~ I ~ . I ( C K i wul(*n.-hbMmaBodha VWhrr.nd-plwtThrr*no" bldtobrlWryvwown-WYho*l I For mltnu I l I f ~ W o n ntu( o W b W MMu(utuin. Ca...21U S o U m H Ma Kmnn CltK Mo. (616) JL 1 2 a 4z,

1;
1

Elm:
.A -

......

{ :9 ;

.; I a " ....;..:.......;.................... : t: ................... :....................:.:* ........................... ! ~. ...... .....A ...................... w d your Zip Coda:.....;.;i.~. .~;.;;~;,,:+,:,--:;- ,. +~.,,:. 2. ..
~

1;;

.,{ .,-

,;

Ed'&
SUPPLY COMPANY
Call (213) 059-1438 or write to: 14611 Hawthorne Blvd.,

m
> C L b , " L

r",bc"

TEFLON BRAKES LINES

ADAPTERSINCLUDEO SPECIFY CALIPER T I I R E a D S I Z E

~t.,?i:L"55 Fend,,,,

I,,

1kii.l

DISTRIBUTOR FOR FIRESTONE RACING TIRES U S . MAGS CRAGAR MAGS KONl SHOCKS

COMPETlTlON PRESS
-

t
%!

~ h m u g irueling Memorial h D a y heat, Andy G n ~ t e l i i ' 5 CTP 011 T r e a t m e n t

CaleSMercury Wins Wild Michigan 1

i&;Lt &to

n e e in ncord-sluttering t i m e w l t h M a r i o A n d n t t i a t the wheel.

Andretti hrought owner Andy Granatelli his first long-sought victory and heat the field to the finish line by alnlost 3 full laps. In averagc speed alone, the S T P ' Special's 156.867 mpb record was the most sizzling in Indv history! , , T h e whole winnin wav Andretti relied o n S%P ~ r o d u c t s give him t h ~ to iacer's ed e t S T P 017 ~ r e a t m e n cut friction end wear in his powerful engine, kee ing heat down to a bearable jegree. STP Gas Treatment helped him get the mileage he needed t o finish, kept his fuel system clean and trouhlefree, kept his engine tuned as he drove. gave him the go-power to win. I f STP nroducts worked so well for Marlo Andretti. think what they'll d o for +our own family car. Have your service station a r a n of S T P 011 Treatment today and keep Your sncinr running smoother. cooler, quieter. Ion er ~ d adcan of S % Gas T ' TreaLment to our fuel today to dean vaur &el svstem. .-.. .. tune your engine & y o u drive and give you the go.power that helped Andrelti

( LeMans Upset!

.&I

~~~