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THE BATTALION Page 11
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1979
By KURT ALLEN
Battalion Sports Staff
It started off as the same old story-
ne at Texas World Speedway Sun-
but finished differently this
jme, with veteran Bobby Allison
atler than pole-sitter A. J. Foyt win
ing the Texan 250.
Allison won the race averaging
094 miles per hour, despite the
Ithe contest lasted slightly over
■ hours and was plagued by nine
ellowcaution flags on 33 of'125 laps.
In fact, Allison was lucky to sur-
ive the tough race. Of 36 entries
Ring, only 12 were still running
fen the checkered flag came down,
Rest falling prey to anything from
jioil leak to crashing into the wall.
In between, there were some ex
citing moments with Allison and
Foyt staging a constant dogfight for
first place. Foyt actually led the ma
jority of the race, taking 92 laps, only
to finish fourth. Allison led for 32
laps, with Houstonian H. B. Bailey
leading one lap. Bailey finished a
surprising third behind Allison and
Richard Childress.
It was a rare US AC race for Alli
son. A regular on the NASCAR cir
cuit, Allison seldom races USAC
bcause of a busy schedule, but found
time to enter a race Foyt was favored
to win.
Driving an AMC Matador instead
of the Ford Thunderbird he uses in
NASCAR, Allison took over the lead
for good from Foyt on the 107th lap.
Until then, Allison said Foyt kept
the race going at a very fast pace.
“The way the thing went early,
Foyt was really, really fast, especial
ly since he seemed to have on a per
fect set of tires. I pitted pretty early
because we were juggling tires
around a little bit and we saw that
some of them were a little bit quicker
than others.
“We thought we’d try to find out
which were the good ones early, so if
we needed them late in the race we
could get them back on the car. So I
kind of got myself behind early, and
of course it was just a real hot pace for
quite a while. ’’
The pace was kept going by the
pursuit of such challengers as Rusty
Wallace, Joe Ruttman, Richard Chil-
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dress, Terry Labonte and Bailey, not
to mention Foyt. But then the
Speedway began to take its toll on
the cars and drivers, with even Alli
son having a minor problem.
“We picked up a little miss along
the way in the engine, but the car
still would go pretty fast. As time
went on, A.J. (Foyt) had the prob
lems, things went good for me for a
change and we got the Matador into
victory lane. ”
Foyt’s apparent problems that
Allison referred to started after the
107th lap. During the previous 42
laps, the two drivers had fought for
the lead coming out of a yellow flag
on the 65th lap. Allison several times
managed to barely nudge into the
lead, only to have Foyt once again
overtake him.
Following the 107th lap, Foyt
started losing speed after opening a
sizeable lead over Allison. At the
time, it was assumed Foyt was hav
ing some form of mechanical difficul
ty. Officials by then had figured out
he needed only to finish the race to
stay ahead of Wallace for the USAC
championship.
Foyt finished the race, although at
a much subdued pace compared to
earlier. He also won the champion
ship for the second year in a row.
However, Foyt may have dropped
the bombshell of the day when it was
learned he really didn’t have a
mechanical problem after all.
After the race, Foyt drove into the
garage area. An Associated Press
Radio reporter, Chris Butler, fol
lowed him in, looking for an inter
view. However, Foyt was in no
mood for any interview.
Standing far enough away so that
the reporter’s recorder would not
pick up the quote, Foyt alledgedly
said, “I could have won it (the race)
easy, but I didn’t want to, because I
didn’t want to go up there (the press-
box) and put up with all that crap
from the press.”
Butler said he asked Foyt to re
peat it into the recorder, but the
driver would not. What bothered
Foyt is anybody’s guess. Talk around
the speedway Sunday was that Foyt
had become upset about all the pub
licity given to Wallace by the press in
his quest for the USAC champion
ship.
Foyt also was supposedly irritated
that people were saying races at the
Speedway were arranged with his
winning in mind. If he had won,
Foyt would probably have faced
questions about him winning yet
another race at the College Station
track.
Whatever upset Foyt, it put a
cloud over the race’s outcome.
Asked about Foyt’s action, Allison
said it didn’t matter to him, that he
was happy with the win, no matter
what the circumstances.
Sandwiched around the Texan 250
were the two halves of the Texas
Race of Champions, Part 2. Part 1 of
the race was held earlier this year.
The winner of both halves Sunday
was Jimmy Finger, with Jerry Schild
placing second in the first half, fol
lowed by Joe Sturdivant.
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With one game remaining in the regular season, coach Tommy
Kimbrough admits he’s pleased to be where he is. But, he also isn’t
ready to look too far down the road.
Last year Kimbrough’s Plano Wildcats, attempting to repeat the
Texas high school Class AAAA football championship it won in 1977,
made it all the way to the state final against Houston Stratford. This
year, however, the Wildcats lost to Richardson, 3-0, and had to fight
back to the top in district play.
The Wildcats got past Richardson Berkner, 21-0, last week in what
Kimbrough called “less than our best” game. After several first-
quarter turnovers, the Wildcats finally put it all together for its fourth
shutout of the season.
Plano meets Richardson Pearce Friday. Kimbrough said it’s another
big rival for the Wildcats. “We have a lot of respect for Pearce; they
won a big game last week against Highland Park, and we certainly can’t
start looking down the road yet.”
The top-ranked teams won, with Class AAAA’s Abilene Cooper
defeating Midland, 35-0; Class AAA’s Paris downing Atlanta, 30-18;
and Class A s China Spring outclassing Lorena, 96-0. Breckenridge,
No. 1 in Class AA, had an open date.
Only two teams among the rated — both in Class AA — were
defeated last week. Seventh-ranked Hays Consolidated fell, 24-14, to
Boerne, and lOth-ranked Refugio was beaten by Taft, 23-14. Three
others tied, with Class AAAA’s No. 7 Klein and No. 2 Conroe dead
locked at 14-14 with Klein winning on first downs. And, Class A No. 2
Haskell tied Quanah, 21-21, and won on penetrations.
La Porte, rated third in Class AAAA, defeated Clear Creek, 42-7;
fourth-ranked San Antonio Judson edged by Houston Strake-Jesuit,
15-14; fifthranked Temple blanked Copperas Cove, 65-0; ninth-
ranked Dallas White downed Dallas Hillcrest, 28-0; and lOth-rated
Bryan defeated Round Rock, 32-12. Eighth-ranked Lubbock Mon
terey was idle.
Class AAA No. 2 Huntsville defeated Tomball, 41-7; No. 3 Kerrville
defeated Fredericksburg, 19-13; No. 4 Beaumont Hebert downed
Little CypressMauriceville, 35-14; No. 5 Gregory-Portland defeated
Rockport-Fulton, 52-0; No. 6 Lubbock Estacado defeated Levelland,
24-6; No. 7 San Angelo Lakeview defeated Sweetwater, 34-6; No. 8
Jacksonville blanked Center, 33-0; No. 9 Brownwood whipped
Stephenville, 38-0; and No. 10 San Antonio Madison outclassed San
Antonio Southside, 67-0.
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Playoff schedules:
Bowling
Playoffs Begin:
Bowling
Meetings:
Extramural Sports Club
Special Events:
Cross Country Meet
Long Driving
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Monday, November 12, 2PM
the IM Office
Tuesday, November 13
Tuesday, November 13
Rm. 231 G.R. White
Thursday, November 15
5:30PM New Beef Cattle Road
Sunday, November 18
2PM Next to the polo fields
IM Picks
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a good purpose (or so he thinks). The IM Whiz has decided to try
bowling picks this week so here are his predictions for the playoffs. The
teams are in no particular order.
We Want And Need
Your Opinions!
The Intramural office is seeking help from the Students Faculty and
StaffofTexas A&M University. IfYou have played in Class C Competi
tion please respond to the questions listed below. Your opinions will
help us to serve you better in our Class C programming.
Check One: Male Female
Please respond YES or NO
1. Do you prefer a recreational (fun) atmosphere with win
ning as a secondary goal?
2. Did the elimination of awards and points help improve
the recreational atmosphere in Class C.
3. In Class C would you prefer to play 4 to 6 regular season
games and have no playoffs for a champion?
4. Will you continue to play Class C if no awards or points
are offered?
5. What sports have you played in Class C in the past?
Please list the activities.
6. If you have some helpful comments of suggestions please
note them below.
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Caught
CAUGHT IN THE AC
TION this week is Bill Con-
natser. Bill is a junior pet
roleum engineer major from
Houston. Bill is the presi
dent of the TAMU Badmin
ton Club and also belongs to
the Petroleum Society. He
just recently won the IM
Men’s Class A doubles bad
minton championship, Co-
rec Class A Championship in
badminton, and plays safety
and wide receiver for the
EZ’s. He likes Intramurals
because it gives him a
chance to be active and meet
new people.
Men’s Independent
Fish
Corps
Hookers
Squadron 2
S-2 Marauders
Strike Outs
Squadron 5
Squadron 7A
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Fanatic 5
Company K-l
Snarps
A Company
B Company #1
Venebowl
A-l Fishies
Squadron 11
Women’s Independent
Men’s Dorm
Women’s Dorm
Strikers
Mclnnis II
Baby P’s
Squadron 14
Ho Rollers
Mosher Pin Pals
Co-Rec
Moore Strokes
Mod Squad B
Pack 8
Schuhmacher Club
Fowler Fowes A
The Nads
Magnum Force
Lycra Hoggs
Grill Cheese
D-G Big Bowlers
Men’s Open
Puryear Ramp 5
Mini Maxers
Puryear Ramp 4
Brass Balls
Bag Rats
Spence Spares
The “I Spy” photographer this week selects Fred Salazar to be
eligible for a Be Our Guest card for free food from McDo
nalds. Fred is shown here concentrating on rolling another
strike during Intramural Bowling action.
SPORTLIGHT: Did you see. . .
Last Monday, although Squad
ron 10 was announced as bowling
484 with each player breaking 100,
the winner of the competition was
Squadron 2 with a total of522 pins.
Each of Squadron 2 also exceeded
100 pins that night.
Acknowledgments
This ad is sponsored by your local MacDonald Restaurants
at University Drive and Manor East Mall. Stories by
Michelle Wolstein, Pictures by Gary Reyes.
New Records
Tom Heansley broke his own re
cord from last year during the
men’s non-sight competition of the
Bowhunters Archery Contest.
Tom’s new record is 73 points. The
old record was 68 points.
We missed announcing a new re
cord in the women’s portion of the
Field Goal Kicking Contest. Debra
Minifee kicked a 15 yard field Goal
for a 1979 record.
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Anyone interested in officiat
ing Intramural basketball
should see Dave Kerr in the In
tramural Office in DeWare
Field sometime before Novem
ber 27. The pay rate begins at
$3.10 per game for new officials.