MALTA  (Amsterdam Recorder ) Monday, July 3,1972 - Bobby Allison, who has captured three Winston Cup Grand National and three Grand National East races through the first half of the NASCAR season, has become the first entry for the Albany - Saratoga "250", Tuesday. July, 11th. The racer of Hueytown. Ala.,will be driving the Coco-Cola Mustang for the $10,500 event at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway. Last year in the Albany-Saratoga " 2 5 0 " . Allison qualified third fastest but was forced to leave the fray with an expended engine at the end of 144 l a p s. However, 1972 has been all good for the native of Miami, F l a.  Allison has won five pole positions for superspeedway  events and was the first stock car driver this year to top $100,000 in winnings
His victories include t he Southeastern "500" at Bristol. Tenn., the Mason-Dixon "500" at Dover. Del., and his unforgettable match with the great A. J. Foyt in the Atlanta "500" which Allison won by a scant two feet.

"We a re very pleased that Bobby again chose to compete in the Albany-Sa r a toga "250", said speedway  President  Larry Mendelsohn.  " He 's the hottest
thing going in stock car racing this year and I 'm sure our northern fans will get a kick out of his p e r f o r m a n c e ."  The Albany race will go for 250 laps over the 362-mile oval with a starting time of 8:30 p. m.  Practice will be at five in the afternoon with time trials starting at 7:30 p. m.

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1   4   Bobby Isaac   71    K & K Insurance  1972 Dodge  250   1,300   running    2     Neil Castles   06    Neil Castles  1971 Dodge  249   800   running    3     James Hylton   48   James Hylton  1970 Ford     500       4     Elmo Langley   64    Elmo Langley  1971 Ford     350       5     Tiny Lund   55    John McConnell  1972 Chevrolet     525       6     Jim Vaughan    7   Wayne Vaughn  1969 Chevrolet Camaro     300       7     Phil Spiak   99     1969 Chevrolet Camaro     275       8     Baxter Price  3   Patsy Price  1969 Chevrolet Camaro     270       9     E.J. Trivette  0    E.J. Trivette  1972 Chevrolet Camaro     265       10     Roy Hallquist   58    1971 Chevrolet Camaro     260       11     Ernie Shaw    17   Reid Shaw  1970 Ford Mustang     255       12     Richard Childress    96   Judy Childress  1972 Chevrolet     250       13     Tommy Lechlider       1969 Chevrolet Camaro     245       14   1   Bobby Allison    49   Melvin Joseph  1970 Ford Mustang  147   240   engine    15     Ed Negre    8   Ed Negre  1970 Dodge     235       16     Jerry Hufflin       1969 Chevrolet Camaro     230       17     Wendell Scott  34   Wendell Scott  1971 Ford     225       18     Bill Hollar  29   Bill Hollar  1971 Ford     220       19     Les Covey       1970 Chevrolet     215       20     D.K. Ulrich    40   D.K. Ulrich  1971 Ford     210       21     Bill Chevalier       1971 Chevrolet Camaro     205       22     Frank Warren  79    Frank Warren  1971 Dodge     200       23     Rick Newsom   07   O.L. Newsome  1971 Chevrolet Camaro     200       24     Don Haupt       1970 Dodge     200       25     Jabe Thomas    25   Don Robertson  1970 Plymouth     200

 Time of race: 01:24:50
Average Speed: 63.894 MPH
Pole Speed: 17.54 seconds
2 cautions for 20 laps
Race Purse: $ 10,000

SIGN UPS CONTINUE FOR GRAND NATIONAL - Amsterdam (NY) Recorder (July 6, 1972)

MALTA — Veteran stock ca racer Neil Castles and popular young Chevrolet driver Richard Brown have become the latest two drivers to sign up for the July 11 Albany-Saratoga "250"MASCAR Grand National East race at Albany-Saratoga Speed-way Castles has one of the longest track records of any Grand National driver, covering some 20years, but it wasn't until April that he finally won his first race, this coming at Greenville.S.C. Since then, the Dodge driver from Charlotte. N.C.. has gone simply wild, winning yet an-other race and aiming for the driving championship of the Grand National East division Castles is currently in third position behind Elmo Langley and the leading Jimmy Vaughn Brown, who earned the Rookie of the Race honors in the prestigious Daytona "500" last February, will be driving a car prepared by Ralph McNabb. Brown has evolved into one of the most promising young drivers in the Winston Series this year In 11 starts he has won more than $12,000.And when he's-not racing on a track, he's working on one. Brown. 29. is the assistant general manager of the Hickory Speedway in North Carolina and he spends much of his time involved in the promotion of the events at that track. By the way. his boss at Hickory is two-time Grand National champion Ned Jarrett, and he's not a bad man to have around when ad-vice is needed on racing. The Albany-Saratoga "250"will get underway promptly at8:30 p.m following time trials which begin at 7:30 p.m. Practice for the Grand National cars will start at 5 p.m.