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AUTOWEEK IVOLUME 2-24NUMBER

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RUT[IZnFORD TPYES.t iL-J 5 C3 LYITHI \LLG"Y

Congratulations to Johnny Ruther- 1976 winning combination.ford and his McLaren Crew. Johnny To be a winner, you have to have-

started from the pole position and the very best. 30 of the 33 starters ofwent on to win his second lndy 500. the racewere Mallory equipped. And.As in 1974, the McLaren engine shop of the 27 finishers, 26 were onagain chose Mallory Ignition for their Mallory. The first 26!. .i E SECRET:ALLORY MAKES

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qntingenq Fund Growth Continues

Rally Chsm

expmdsd its o o n t h ~ n o y WUB Ipropun tor 1878toinclude lw Formula6000 Champiowhip Isllr. InetPidurlt e c t r u s m a u ~ ~ b e a w ~ I l 0 0ummgaat on um otaM.ucngi(attion-Rqdu6. Cap.. .aQV a l v d hOilCo.Cbrplm hu added ma PIpmOuchArmr to ths prsrioudy ~ ~ l l dSCCA National Club Ral lym . n u ( ~ r ' a u t p ~acuIDentondrl*Dodne FamVM"of kthu Dodgu-Calti or PZymouthAnrm a i l 1 nor q d l f y or chlyaIb!r'aNIIL00.1 rally pmgmm on both

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o n t a r t n s ~ r r ~ ~ ~ u a .Brambllla had andher pMtloe .huntu t h s n m ~ t a ~ e p o t s i t s ~ K ~ ~ i ntoohot,he locked up thewheelsudrcurtstraight on no the middie d heiml.nd. The gently sloping curb6

b(mohM his Muoh~~f& ntDthsair. md it went spearingonumu o heother aide and neuly tw-boned J c ~8 e h d r t d s @s-whealad TprnlL JodYw u w y o p p o a i * l ~ 1 ' 1 ~ f r o m m e'Jorau n dnever eMarw hi.aamumlt.

- i t is accelention away tmm.elow camen t b t i s theFs r ru l -grentw m n g t h . It w u dU&oultb fdm y .u rp r i . e . t J 1 t h r t t h ePa l r db

A phfnomema d pr.otios W MPemwn s speed Sudd.nlg dtcamonthsd obmkriw we au ld atut aaUing him

And why as. Ronnie, amits;tIlpd l them we& aince joining Mam bsuddenly erter "in clrss7"

"We& I like thi. imuit. it'i a drivex'seirmiit And I like this new chusia. IskinerdntwmtiomlRs-y n l t h 5 ) l e d d o n e , i t ~ s r i e l t ~ t bm e . "W aP e d he"mM m eH i im e c h d o . Aka Sb~dberg,ut it alittle,mas deeply. "Untilncr WE didn'thave,the oar exactly right for him. The

Fw f u n k infamion mmM: people who wen prspuinp it had a

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PORTLAND. n.-In a more W e d at. tlmuUhg inteblt in noing Volvoa.Import DisirIbu- Go. (IPD) h.lUlrlouscedt b t it wi l l dlsr O O 1 1 ~ o ymoniw for 8CC& M8A and ICBCCxn %CA ~ a t i o n d acing. IPD ia&ring (1sor a fimt plam finish. tiailor I ( E O ~ ~nd &30 for third! irr Rs&d~ t h e o u m s . n , $ 7 6 I o r a tMW f o raasoand.od$2SforthM.InBCCARom y the -10 us 150 or flnt.; $7L5lor.eeondand(60lorwrd.

, IMSA conttnpnoy moniem am imitedto R.cing Stock oedma w h ~ . ttntpl.cs t1nish wi l l pay (800, a ae.xJnd nil1p&y S1M) nd a third rillpqy $100.rntsmrttoIIaI con far^ 0 fBPm t . CU

mlut dimplw an IPD stiolsrdtha on theand last year's 761Marchwere both vary nind.hield oron sMh do. .nd tmud be,.ckA,mtoqbomofthefmtr*s New Steering Gives .mm, - pef m n I P D o r l r o l ~ a n I P D ~ o rdi*ibuDmCompstitora dwtring huther drtrllrmy-valve stesring gear is one of .houid n l t e to Con-y -.m.atwi.ta.tFordMotorCompmy. IPJJ. ZW 2 NE. B-4'. P d W~arord ingoRobertB.~1-der, ~ o r d Orem'Q;re88.vioa preaidaLCar EnginwrIngGroup."how a vehicle mom and raaponds tointended maneuvers oontr ibutes rn -And F-FordRwimportantly to the confidencethe typicrl Road Amerior Tire, the SeaUlab.aaddriver enjoga with his oar. "Our Westsrn U.8. distributor lor Dunlop raosdevelopment wo* at Ford airm, at 4 d l y tires, i n offsring a 61000provldiug stavingthat not only is more conHngancy award to the iirst Formulan t W a but also gives the driver better Ford driver to rrin a Bpolt . Car Club ofcontrol and is more responsive without AmerioaNaHolulpointsnosonth.Weat

Cout r Ro FormulaFord noe t 8MsThe company's latest s teering. Point Intsmatioolul Raoerry usingianovation iu a rotary-vave stealing Dunlop tirss.

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But them b d w s haw not prom verypopulu. Pmd rh om but is wing toabandon it afkm the 1878model run eventhough it ha. a 8.3% instsllation rate onthe Con+.inentrlM u k N uxurycar. Fordoffiaials admit that their cars have beenW e n more often than the other makes.not b e c u m hey uemore in demand butbsc- tb 1 lmam easier to beat.

~oqmmtion IIM begun oflerGg itsd..lsn in 80 e n ( w and central states

th e r e p l a c b m e n t t r a n s m i s s i o ncutmnu)utChrys l e r ' e t e m m u f a c t u r e dt r u u m h d m us baing produced by itsKokomo. 1 trvlsmiesion plant.T h e t r u ~ ~ s s i o n ueconditioned tomeetor exwed origmd Chryaler Corporataonengineering epeciflcatlone, a r ecampaitivaly priced (suggested retailprJw 6?35 esa L85 to $80 credit for oldoom) and carry a sir month (limited)w v ~ t y . urmntly 14 of Chrysler'a 19mglcneIdepot6 stock the tranarmeeionaAs field Btoclrs incream in the next fewmolIth& he progrYIIwil l be expanded to.udepotr

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JUNE 1 E i 9 7 ~

f Ohio Twin

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Bimmer Breaks, KeyserFi ' s T o First Heat Win

LEXINGTON. Ohio-A lo t of people tblrd. Peter took second fou r lops later.exDected Michael Kevser an d Peter when Kemn's ca r benan to ail. TheBMW~- ~"~-~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~Gregg to have ar eal battle lor the lead in weas ome i2 s e c onds be h r nd t he ~ onz a a athefirstCamelGTqualify~ngheatatid- the race came up to the half r a y point.Ohio and they did. but it didn t start out Charlie Kemp pard a vlsit to his pit onthat way. the ninth lap. with a scored pia ton TheThe two startedside by side. aith Gr egg damage was sufficient o put Charlie and

tiki ng the lead go ing into the first turn. his Cobra11 on thesidelineaiortherestofKevser remsaed on the straieht and it the dav.~~~~~~ ~~looked li ie it would &-to uch and gobetween them for the distance. Hourever.a8 hey Came around at theend of the firstlap. Oreg g dove into the pits with a hoodpin miasing. The brief stop dropped Peterinto the middle of the 21 car field. Kevserheldatbree .eacond advantageon ~h & l l eKernp, followed by Ludwig Helmrath.Bob Hapstad Harry T. Brad Fnsselle.and Bob Vincent.Keyser ' s margin over the f ie ldcontinued to gmn. by about three secondsa lap except for Peter Gregg. Gregg'sBMW was flying with lap times fasterthan Keyser. Even though Peter was anumber of cars back. the margin urasn a r m i n g .On the second lap. Harry T put hisMonza out of com mission when he wentOf f at the end of the strai ght and into thesand bank. Theonce-pretty blueca r founditself about a fw t shorter and accordingto Hany's mechanic Bill Mayherry. mdire need of a whole new ch assi s beforeHarry r i l l run i t again.Keyser continued to lead the 21 lap. 50-mile race, building his gap over CharlieKemp in second. Bob Hagestad heldfourth in a tight fight with Heimrath whowas third. By the third lap.. Gregg hadmoved back up to fifth. Warren Agor hadparked his ca r early. when the boltholding the belts driving the oil pump.Poaer steering, and fan came out leavingthe cab with no oil pr essure.On the fourth lap. Oreg g turned a 1:32.9to move past Heimrath and Hagestad for

The race was now for the lead. ssff reg gcont inued to chop in to Keyse r ' sadvantage. Peter was being helped by thefact that the Monza's engine was goingflat. As Michael explained i t "The hoodSCOOP on the car i s a little lower than onthe other Monzas and we aren't able tog etenough cool air in through the engine.With hotter air going into the manifoldthe engine loses about 30 horsepower andjust doesn't have the torq ue and top endthat it does when it run s cool."Peter u7asmov ing the BMW closer eachlap. taking nearly a second off on eachcircuit. As they came aroundfor the finallap they were no se-to-tail. with Keyser'sonce invincible advantage all but gone.Had it been an other track. Oreg g mayhave found a way past. Hou~ever.Mid-Ohlo ison eof hemost difficultcoursesinAmerica to pass on and Peter couldn't getby. He pulled alongside sev eral times butjust couldn't get in front. Keyser held theadvantage through the last turn an dontothe s traigh t, winning by 0.181 secondsand a BMW plaster ed to the re ar panel ofhis oar.

Holbert 's Monza An

-a fourspeed. Carl founi h e h a d t h m . thentno. and finally one. just fourth. as th eheat wore on.Holbert continued in front whilebehind, Dyer gave up ~ e c o n dn th e ninthlap. He coasted to a s top on course with abroken rocker arm, eaving hi m 2181 inth e 22 ca r field. Busby had a firm gr ip onsecond bu t he too would only hold it for acouple of laps. Holbert came around onthe 13thla p withnot a threeor fow secondadvantage. bu t closer to 20. Busbyeventually came wobhlthe aee r ing wheel in e

; - : 2 ,-. .g=&=&&JUNE 12 . 1976 AUTOWEtK . .--

Easy Heat VictorLEXINOTON. Ohio-The second th e straights. Th e left front. hub hadqualifying heat for th e 1W-mile Cams1 broken. giving Jim's crew something toGTfeaturewas a complete reversal of th e pass the time away before the feature. Hefirst one. Here. al l the racing usas done would make it to the line. barely. fo r th eearly, with the finish being a total walk- final. after hi s 16th place finish in th eaway for A1 Holhert. heat.H o l b r t started on th e pole. with Busby Holbert had nothing else resembling aa t hi s side. Al jumped into a lead, with challenge for the re s tof the raceashewasBusby second. and Lime Rock winner intent on just runninglas t8r thanKeyserOeorge Dyer third. Craig Carter wa s a had to take the pole for th e feature. Hedistant fourth alter th e first lap. with Ji m accomplished his goal. completing hisCook fifth. John Ounn managed to spin 50-miler a t an ave rage speed ofhis way down to 12th place while Carl 90.512mph. This was just the slightsst hi tSharer, who missed the pace lap. started faster than Keyser's 90.502 in the firstfrom the pits with a balky transmiss~on. heat. Holbert hadwon thepolefor thersar

It would take hi m awhi le to move up , by just rnoreUya nths of a second.Holbert held th e lead. although it wa s Behind Al.: , ! eteriorated into anot by a great margin. just over a second. contest of slag$!!$. ' u r n managed toBusby and Dyer were nose to tail, with t e e he secilfid ~ p o t ' h n e reveral spins.Shafer charging to fourth. Ji m Cook and finishing a full la p behind Holbert'sWalt Maas did their share fo r he crou~d's Monza Cmig Carter urss hird after bothentertainment, coming together on th e he and Gunn passed the ailing S h i e r onthird lap end losing acouple of positions. the 19th circuit. Carl did salva ge fourth.By the fifth lap. Holbert's margin wa s follon'ed by Ji m Cook an d Walt Maas.three seconds on Dyer wh o ha d passed George Stone pu t Bob Bessley's CarreraB w by on the straight. Carl Shafe seventh spot, also a la p down.fourth. but he was no longer chargi s in arrears was Rick Moyer'she found hia transmission limitin followed by Tom Fiscus'mar wlections at this w i n t . Rathe ar .W Parts Bookg h as announced theita new 1876 p an s w.WogI ntPin lnlormstlon on morethan 750 different part numbera for VWengine and transm ission pmdncta, allofwhich aredesigned an d thoroughlytestadto giv e better performance and reliabilityfor street, oil road and all out rsar. Thecatalog is available for $1 from GeneBerg. 1775 N. Lime. Orange.Calif. 92885.

CAMELGTROAD RACING

Bob Hagestad had an easy third plat,finish in the heat, iollon.ed by LudwilHeimrath. Bred Frlsselle was in goooshape in the GTU class for the final.coming in fifth, olloured by BobVincent.a lap down. Norm Ridgley in Heimrath'ssecond car. Rusty Bond's GTU Porsche911. Dave McClain's similar caran dDa veCausey in yet an other 911.

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Mau l The :Pest hr:Ohio fAbad sorted themselves out, it WM th.front-run4ers' hun to entawn thetmops. A1 had made up the deli& andbegan to challenge seriously Ke yr r forthe l e d Michaal'e mgiwwa8 onceagungoing nat becauw ofan bdfide nt flowoi em1 air into the manifold, but heW Mnot about to mu ovsr and quit. In9-h a . pgump his braken ever timeS%eat to uss them. Halbert was finallyrbloto -1 in Keyser on the e3rd lap. WdnghlminthehrstturnuhedidattheNrt.This time. Michael wa8 unable to rep-.sonon itwas blue MonsaintrontofwhiWThe wo were 35 rsconda up on Bumby.who had .bout (be srme gap on PaerOregg who had worked up to fourthp l w.hedofGunn.HeimIathpittedwith t h tand wa8 a \ap down. ahead of Mmaellewho was now comfortable in the OTUlead. Wuran Agor had put Ma MmtsaWw mn Brad and M6a8 by this point. Idam- to 6 edk.1 yst.m -and Holbert had (be I&, but be w u by no -H s q s d ntinued .lowly, mennu .ecursa8 the twoaR nddrltrersbody damage . n d + t e n a d t i n . To wen about u evenly matched M youy that he LameRoa* dunor1 u ud e oould wish. R.lllc rather than dri-by (be turnof te would bw a aaoounMforthwuylngdiffwmnmsthatp I "bumpee"a# Holbert'ecu .puttered aMt Lb.tlm, ut not thir Ume.all-Ian Miohael to dmtheled. As- -. JimM b y had UwWrdmmt r-.- - - - -----

-eby thestutfinish ine,Keywr ??aid way8b h h l he I&M but wellolw al, a mven ~SCQIUI d v a n e Gm&8BMWlnlourthurdtbeonls~W t t h i a l . p a t o ~ ( b e ~ ~ ~ ~ u n o t~ ~ L b . ~ m ~ ~ ~ p M t h e ~I war, cs Al. .Bit.tOd to a w the I& Gunnheld on forWb, & l I dW BXWI, began to cut into the wgin.A aaoond in ~ i x t bor thebs in. Walt' hara a hrll r w n d there. with 5U.t fhe M a uD U ~la014-6Ponche in tbr =a-*- . --spotbihlrrdBrad'. D&un Z w , p u d n pwsrren l lganBUtheendu~.1orrdwith a aoft t in. C u l Bhr n d dsone-gear ou into ninth Lb.Ld 01 achuging -atad who had too mw hd l ~ t o m . b u p r l t u h l . t r r o ~ P P i t

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' % m n a s r u . - ~ ~ ~ k ev a a y l ~- ~m rb. NW.m d o srlhb& t 81.a6mph fortbeCIRFclur.Irv mWea Keymar 01Wsr- Woregg in the point d.adinip for th.cama1 GT cltlu@- IIelbml & w i t h w ~ f ~ w n - - ' -

- a M r & m . r a a t M t h e g w e r e b o t hb ~ * 8 . . K e y m r w i t h t h . O U g l I I ~g o l n l ~ t m m t h e ~ a n d H o ~ r l t hthw b r r t r oahbgaonp DiokiaDonau.evmbJIIMdoUtA l h d aLb . f r o n c ~m l n l t h e PO ( bI . p ~ o l l ~ e . p . l p h t h ~ -K m ad to nvbe hi8 mow. In ab M k . ~ a l ~ r b . n B q . b g . a deL.(h.:-Ongp c u m 0(.thr. Keg.er came h.om, c o n b . d r l t h A l u d U w b o t b ~ t ~the c Again like ontarlo. th.---&* g o t - O o r o p o i t h e

. .--...7(1 R p .j 74 five more than ~ t u b y .~ ~ p ~ i s u t ~ t ~ d ~ i u n hpoint* followedbyJohnOw 'mS . Bn 4. -mud lehuaf i rmgr tpamt luOTUh o M n . ~ 1 1 6 ~ s t O w m . W I t hBhup out. the o h u n p i e ~ h l p ill m&~ l y b e ~ i d s d ~ t h e h m .00.wcs again, a Camel GTM db IJWIdd by .ome f ~ - b . n ~ .~ a r n . n ~ t i v e U l d o l o m a n d u.*bum inpdoaooour.It@m~ldbO, , .h&ug%*-rh.ntbemmakw it . wwnd .top at YidUhiolor athrmhourspdum.Attbemt~tfirtllbeKsp sr urd H o l m u the top tan.turinl w- m m .q.inp u a n t m d ~ t h e c u d e r d ~ i n t h i am.

obrly to drop to four withm a n thspenultimate lap. the 'g.p w u darn o awood with Al ohyghg. 'lbough thekoybole,anddomthebMkstnigh*~wmtwitb Al cloming. Into thee-. overtbshUl a n d h r t h a br idp . themughgo- rrmrller md wallor. Onto thekinkadmtraight intotheCuousd. -0parting like the Red 8er u no othsr ,dTim wantsd to interfere with (be flgMfortbelead. Nonthey w e n n o w t o t . i lwith f i d a fewhundredyard8tugaOutofthe CuoumL through the quiok rlghtonto the *might. Lsss than a hundrddy8rda Holbart moved to the inddaKeyem on the wulda for the "pedal-to-t bme td '* u a to the end.Twenty-ilorM aat the w&rt-lini.h line. Al putthe now of hi8 ou n front but it didn?

Ever lose a race =causeour brakes didn't performas well as your engine? I .;'q+. ; t y -Dab,"gsOm : 1 ,&..:I$.;;Racer P a h i .mat*,. What RM imwrisut WM that 2Sfeet W o n , the none& ~ e y m f a u w uovwr thw line h.Li a nud-fonder's lmgtband 4e n u he winner.Ndthw driver WM mall$ bpp y r t t hthelroault. Kaymr fdt it WM a hollowdotory for be knewthebumping betwee41t h e t m h d ~ h i w f a u l t lwunudandd i u i ~ ~ h t s d a t t h e & t b u t ~ ~ h u epmbb;rdonda be .cospted it u one oft h a e tbingn which bppena Not redly1lkiug it, but amepthg it.Ndither m r illssd hqa elom heh d ' ~ t o l d U g ~ l I t U . i r e ~ U e ? M O ,~ & a rightfront rhssl and Al ' aM tnu bo a hi d their r b a ent in owo~r lswt. fmm the .hunt. The Oood~eu& p l e rsle s m ~ e d t hew eld ~ h .ompwtition put. c ~% o ~ ' I E :the t u r on both rtme with the damage a1.U.M. ia U fmm .qp of the Om. n d t b e e o I w n s o d ~ B a M n y ~ a nm I t d a m h i p . throughout the,i n t h e p u L b o t h w ~ . ~ w t o e . t o p t omt.dW.lr

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y a 2ndptawD ProductionAtlanta, 1975C t o 8 e -m t&wIncluderWengine; 4eddlUond ,

~ w o u l d . n y o n e ~ t t o ~ ~ ~ n s o uthst bss Iaakluster perlormuroe.muidu~e ling and poord?ook. t U ~ e n u n ~~u i n ~ on t b e i a s . T h r t ' epur oi tho nuos for m&ng itd a o b b l e . Plum thenlmo"limbf' nd-a 01p thew&.ometUg to Anglopbllr. Andw,ainto- OldN u hpula0.ma k d y t o r n &a Includwtmhenglne.2-feBBSwheslqmiclc.rpareparb

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Z Approved Rollbarsl d ~ n g$8.95. FF DS le e catalo Mar t eard. VI C & % i ~R E UlPYtn inU&1=4r BlRSmm , 8". .

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pessenger-.Thh yeer, 31 out of:-, 33Valvdine. For the ye.. .gy+; ;k&- j+-..,