LUND CAPTURES BUDDY SHUMAN 100
Hickory N.C. (AP) -
Tiny Lund has won his fourth national
stock car driving title. The Cross S.C., driver clinched the title with
room to spare by winning Sunday's 100-mile Grand National East race at Hickory
Speedway. Lund wheeled his 1973 Camaro around the .363-mile paved oval at
an average speed of 73.550 miles per hour. He needed to only finish the
race to win the Grand National East title of the National Association for Stock
Car Racing (NASCAR).
The race victory was worth $1,000 to Lund. He gets another
$10,000 for the driving championship. Bobby Isaac of Catawba N.C.,
finished second, a full lap behind, in a Chevrolet. Isaac came out of
retirement briefly to run in this event, the Buddy Shuman Memorial race.
In third, three laps back of Lund, was Bobby Allison in a Chevelle.
Allison led the first 66 laps of the 276-lap race. Isaac took over then
and held on until Lund moved into the lead on the 113 circuit and remained there
until the finish.
Fourth place went to Buddy Baker of Charlotte in a Dodge, and
fifth place went to Neil Castles, also of Charlotte, in another Dodge.
Allison and Isaac started on the front row of the 24-car field after identical
record-setting qualifying speeds of 80.56 mph.
| Fin
|
St
|
Driver
|
#
|
Owner
|
Car
|
Laps
|
Money
|
Status
|
Laps Led
|
| 1
|
3
|
Tiny Lund
|
55
|
Toy Bolton |
1973 Chevrolet Camaro
|
276
|
1,000
|
running
|
164 |
| 2
|
1
|
Bobby Isaac
|
1 |
Richard Howard |
1973 Chevrolet
|
275
|
650
|
running
|
45 |
| 3
|
2
|
Bobby Allison
|
12
|
Edmund Allison |
1973 Chevrolet
|
273
|
400 |
running
|
67 |
| 4
|
5 |
Buddy Baker
|
71
|
Nord Krasukopf |
1972 Dodge
|
272 |
350 |
running
|
0 |
| 5
|
8 |
Neil Castles
|
06
|
Neil Castles |
1970 Dodge
|
270 |
525 |
running
|
0 |
| 6
|
19
|
Ed
Negre |
8
|
Ed
Negre |
1971 Dodge
|
268 |
300 |
running
|
0 |
| 7
|
6 |
Richie
Panch
|
98 |
Richie
Panch |
1972 Ford
|
267 |
275 |
running
|
0 |
| 8 |
14 |
James Hylton |
48
|
James Hylton |
1971 Mercury |
266 |
270 |
running
|
0 |
| 9 |
12 |
Elmo Langley |
64 |
Elmo Langley |
1971 Ford |
264 |
265 |
running
|
0 |
| 10 |
10 |
Tommy Houston |
73 |
Houston
Racing
|
1972 Dodge |
263 |
260 |
running |
0 |
| 11 |
21 |
Earl Brooks |
26 |
Earl Brooks |
1971 Ford |
258 |
255 |
running |
0 |
| 12 |
17 |
Ernie Shaw |
17 |
Ernie
Shaw |
1971 Mercury |
257 |
250 |
running |
0 |
| 13 |
16 |
Wendell Scott, Jr. |
34 |
Wendell Scott |
1971 Ford |
241 |
245 |
running |
0 |
| 14 |
20 |
Bobby Fleming |
54 |
Bobby Flemming |
1973 Chevrolet Camaro |
199 |
240 |
Oil Leak |
0 |
| 15 |
18 |
Jerry Hufflin |
37 |
Kent
Cothran |
1972 Chevrolet Camaro |
196 |
235 |
Rear Gear |
0 |
| 16 |
9 |
Wayne Andrews |
97 |
Jack
St. Clair |
1971 Mercury |
171 |
230 |
Overheat |
0 |
| 17 |
13 |
Richard Childress |
96 |
Tom Garn |
1971 Chevrolet |
74 |
225 |
Suspension |
0 |
| 18 |
11 |
Dean Dalton |
51 |
Strong
Racing |
1971 Chevrolet |
38 |
220 |
Oil Pan |
0 |
| 19 |
15 |
Rick Newsom |
20 |
Rick
Newsom |
1971 Ford |
30 |
215 |
Oil Leak |
0 |
| 20 |
7 |
Harry Gant |
90 |
Junie Donlevy |
1971 Mercury |
24 |
210 |
Transmissn |
0 |
| 21 |
4 |
Cale Yarborough |
11 |
Richard Howard |
1973 Chevrolet |
17 |
205 |
Rear Gear |
0 |
|
Time of race: 01:21:43
Average Speed: 73.909 MPH
Fastest Qualifier: Bobby Isaac 1973 Chevrolet
80.562 MPH (16.22 seconds)
Purse: $8,900
