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THE BATTALION Page 11 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1970 US AC championship —io he decided at TWS By SEAN PETTY Battalion Staff Imagine if you can, driving 170 l.p.h. for 250 miles. Imagine the lental and physical strain on your y as you circle a two mile track times with 29 other cars right on bur tail and some, literally, right on your bumper. If you can t imagine that, you at fast have the opportunity to watch ien who drive like that for a living latch machine, minds and speed at jwcas World Speedway for Sunday’s Hexan 250 and Texas Race of Cham- jons. The Texan 250 is the last stock car ice of the season for the United lates Auto Club and the USAC lampionship will be decided right Ire in College Station. The whole [ar’s driving, battling and money Dent to keep the cars running imes down to this one race for all itbe marbles. A.J. Foyt, who leads the USAC Hidings with 1,825 points, will be ying for his first USAC cham- onship since he last won it ten ars ago. Yet, there are three other men io would like to keep Foyt from King that victory. The race fea- res the top four men in the point ladings. All have a shot at the pwn. Foyt leads the point race fol ded by Terry Ryan with 1,640, |y Darnell with 1,620 and Gary bwsher with 1,595. These four en will be battling down to the Ire to see who wins the big money ' id AC championship, m’tfeellli Many people may not realize how world record for fastest lap average there, averaging 181 m.p.h. The track definitely has its history. A good crowd is expected to view the final race as the weather should be ideal for watching and racing. Connor said a favorite in the Texan 250 would be hard to pick. “Out of the 30 starters, 20 are ca pable of winning the race, ” he said. “That shows you what caliber of race we have down here.” A.J. Foyt There will be drivers from 18 states with 12 coming from Illinois alone. The total investment in race cars this weekend at the Speedway is estimated to exceed $2 million, which is a lot of machine. “This is the largest field of race cars we have ever had for a similar event,” said R.C. Conole, president of TWS. “I think it is proof that interest is building in Texas auto racing. The quality of cars and driv ers assures these to be great races.” Qualifying will be held Saturday for the three races on Sunday. One Texas Race of Champions will be run followed by the Texan 250 and then followed by another Texas Race of Champions. Approximately 56 cars will be fighting for the 40 available slots for the TROC, and out of 52 entrants only 30 will make it to the final USAC shootout. The cars should average speeds of 170-174 m.p.h. reaching top speeds of 190-200 m.p.h. down the back straight. “The thing that makes this race (Texan 250) great is that the drivers go all out from the start because it is a short race,” Connor said. “The strategy is different from a 500 mile race because you can’t wait around and see how things develop.” All of the action will not be on the track this weekend. The Speedway has scheduled an Interplanetary Chili Cookoff for the spectators Saturday. Along with this will be beer drinking contests, a wet T-shirt contest and various other interest ing events set up to entertain the public who camp out at the Speed way. The whole show kicks off Satur day morning with qualifying all that day followed by the final races on Sunday. Bati Q Pix Week 10 David Boggan GAME Houston-Texas Houston by 13 Arkansas-Baylor Arkansas by 23 SMU-Rice SMU by 17 Texas Tech-TCU Texas Tech by 21 LSU-Alabama Alabama by 10 Oklahoma-Nebraska Oklahoma by 14 Washington-USC USC by 9 Dallas-Green Bay Dallas by 7 Houston-New England . .New England by 4 Pittsburgh-Los Angeles Pittsburgh by 3 Last week’s record 7-3 Season’s percentage 700 Mark Patterson Texas by 4 Texas by 6 . . .Arkansas by 11 Arkansas by 17 SMU by 16 SMU by 14 .Texas Tech by 13 Tech by 17 . . . .Alabama by 10 Alabama by 10 . . . .Nebraska by 9 Nebraska by 2 USC by 3 USC by 12 .Dallas by 17 Green Bay by 6 . .New England by 7 .New England by 9 . . .Pittsburgh by 6 Pittsburgh by 7 .7-3 .688 .5-5 .633 FACTORY OUTLET Maroon towels have arrived — Special Group Placemats and napkins 50c and LESS 707 Texas 846-6836, Wilson hospitalized Texas A&M head football coach Tom Wilson was admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital Thursday with kidney stones but Athletic Director Marvin Tate said Wilson was ex pected to return to practice sessions by Sunday. “He is resting comfortably,” Tate said Thursday afternoon. “Hope fully he will be up and out of here by tomorrow. It’s just a good thing that since this had to happen we had an open date this weekend.” The Ag gies are not scheduled to play this Saturday but resume action next week against Arkansas. ne. I don! luable the Speedway is to the think it's ce beinj s and you u.” s in Me And the ■e able to: al and vii beads yan-College Station area. Accord- ' to Mike Connor, vice president the Speedway, this one race puld pump over a million dollars to the community. jit starts with the hotels, restaur- ill be nil f s anc l stores and filters down ough various channels,” Connor d. “Plus we hire a big staff from area to work the race so you local people involved all the ith schooi Yaround.” o the gain Mthough car racing may not be p of the bigger spectator sports in Southwest, the Texas World 1 up in ik jther, eci Be( bvay can boast some things no II weeb ler race tra ck in the country can. has been called “the world’s fas tspeedway” and for good reason. Irio Andretti set a closed course ford there with a lap time of 214 p.h. Gary Bettenhausen set the / 11 year, o the vei formatio: iphasis being i a said. n i now rel j" Igested Dr. Houston. He’s prob- " e “y the best in the business.” lohnson injured the knee when stumbled during an open field against Dallas Aug. 19. 10 an: White Shoes’ ohave surgery out. He il the L United Press International Smiths I0USTON — Knee surgery is ames it eduled today for Houston Oilers iming b | e receiver and punt returner ; first let yjohnson, who led the National started! itb a U League in punt returns last partofE S o n . ffense. C he 5-10, 170-pound Johnson, of the fastest players in the L, will be lost for the season, spokesman said Dr. Jack Hous- a nationally known orthopedic a splitf geon, will repair torn cartilage in nson’s ailing left knee in Colum- ; Ga. backli The knee won’t heal itself,” said ler physician Dr. Tom Cain, high t ach time it flares up on him he !e punt: [ravates it further. 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