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Don Myers of Honey Brook, Pa. Is about to be overtaken by (5) DuHamel and 71 Baumann late In the 200 mller.
Motor sports observers rated
the 1968 Daytona ZOO and the
preliminary Handlebar 'Derby
events as financially the .m ost
successful since the races began
here in 1937.
A crowd estimated at 17.500
paid S5 per head to aUend the
Daytona ZOO on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, It .. as estimated
II.ZOO paid fans aUended the
Friday-Saturday races at the
speedway. In addition, more than
10,000 paid fans aUended the
speedway sponsored short track
races Friday-Saturday nigbts at
municipal Memorial Stadium.
The Daytona ZOO motorcycle
crowd ..as larger than attendance for the 24 Hours of
Dayton or for the ARCA 300
mUe stock car race run by
the speedway In February. The
Daytona Z4 promotion Is also
much more costly. as factories
as well as 'name' drivers demand s'ubstantial sums before
they ..III race. The speedway
purses for the Daytona Z4 and
the ARCA 300 are also bigger.
Speedway figures reveal prize
purses paid for the three days
of races at the track totaled
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Abo.e: A lady who's known as Bruce decorated the Harley-Davidson garages. Below:
Actlon In the 7S mile novice race.
118,750.
