in the Open, taking a major cut of th e
$66 3 purse.
Late Sunday night, we learned th at
Gary Culpepper, who h ad crash ed in the
100 class, died of br ain dam age at
.Parkland Hospital in Dallas, d espite
neurosurgeons' efforts. Gary, a fine
yo ung m an of 14, will be misse d by his
pa rents, two brothers and sister, all his
friends , and everyone who loves racing.
Our sinc erest sympathies to the
Culp epper family .
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Results in Results Sec ti on.
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Schellenberger,
Shobert double up
at Ross Downs
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By Dave Nielsen
COLLEYVILLE, TEX., MAR. 26
The 1976 short track season got
underway tonight at Ross Downs,
with
m igh t
mite
Roger
Schellenberger riding Yamahas to
wins in 65 and 85cc action, fo llowed by
another double win by Lubbock's Don
"Bubba" Sh obert, who aced the 125 on
a Kaw asaki and the 250 on a Bul Astra.
In the 360 Main , Bill Orr drove his
Honda thumper by Phil McCasland on
the last lap for first place gold .
The
Ross
Downs
facility
is
considerably improved from last year,
and now sports plyboard fencing nearly
all around, plus a new oil-clay surface
on the banked quarter mile oval. This
year, both Ross Downs an d Buffalo
Park Speedway are sanctioning all races
the
with
AMA,
deviating from
"Semi-Pro." programs of last year. That
is, . all races will be - purely Amateur
(trophies only) except for one " Class C"
or all-pro event at each track per month.
Results in Results Section.
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...
(Ab ove ) Bill Or r (1 ) waited u ntil the last lap to pass Phil McCasland (237)
for the main. (Below ) Texas' best 125 Experts bliti Mos ier Va lley with
Shaun Kelley (46) leading Doss (437). Tu rnbo (84) and Reeve s (125).
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