European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 17 Ken attach Koosman mets blast braves 9-1 a 13-hit attack with three Fea has the new York mets Seffl the Atlanta braves 9 1surday night to give Rookie by Koosman his seventh in a game halted by Jin after eight Grote who hit a bases naked double in the sixth inning drive in three runs and Cap a or run rally was batting with2-1 count in the top of the into when the umpires halted5y they called the game Ter a 45-minute delay. Koosman who set Down he raves on just five hits Over theft innings boosted his record 7-2 the loss went to braves Tarter Dick Kelley who was locked out in the second Tefs batting .097, was in theneus because shortstop Bud Harrelson is on Reserve duty and Linz witless this season in 25 at bats was playing because Lanager Gil Hodges wanted an All right handed lineup again the lefty Kelley who blanked the mets last Torre s third Homer of the season in the fourth inning produced the Only Brave run. Aweis beyond years new York Atlanta a r h blah Agee of 6131 Fanlou of 4 clones h 2112 Mullan 2b 3 Swoboda or 4110 Haaron or 3 Orote o 3013 Torre in 3 Goossen in 4000 Johnson 3b 3 Charles 3b 3100 Taaron it 3 Linz 2b 4230 Tillman c 3 Wels is 4232 Martinez c 0 Koosman p 4111 Woodward so 2 Kelley p 0 Carroll p 2 r h bi010 010000 111010 010 000000 000000 000 Upshaw p 0000 Lum pm 1000 Gylnn p 0000 As Gurney sees it Here s How i looks from the Driver s seat on the Indianapolis motor Speedway. The camera was mounted on Dan Gurney Seagle and he triggered it with a Button on the steering wheel. When the photo was snapped Gurney was doing closet 200 . On the front Straightaway of the track. Up photo total 33 9 13 9 total 27 1 5 1 Newyork .031 004 1009 Atlanta 000 100 0 0 x 1 . Do new York 2. Atlanta 1. Lob now York 0, Atlanta 3. 2bagee, Johnson , Grote. Or Torre 3wels 1. So Swoboda. . Sf-. In h r Erbb so Koos Raan \v,7-2 ,.8 5 1 1 1 7 Ley l.2-3 1 2 3 3 3 1 Carroll 42-39 4 4 0 3 Upshaw 21-32 2 2 1 2 Gylnn 0 0 0 0 0 0 t-2 30. A21,672. 11 ii i us earns his indy berth then Heads for Monte Carlo Indianapolis ind. A new Sealander Denis Hulme world Champion Road racer needed two engines saturday to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 mile Auto race May 30 but redid it then rushed off to catch a plane and compete in sunday s grand prix of Drivers qualified in High winds leaving eight spots opening the 33-car Field for sunday s final trials. D. Allison in pole spot for world 600 at Charlotte . Up Idonnie Allison of Hueytown ala., and his 1968 Ford Torino were to be in the pole position sunday As a grueling Battle shaped up Between Ford and Chrysler in the world 600 Stock car race at the Charlotte motor , the 1967 Lascar Rookie of the year snared the pole position last wednesday by setting two new track record Sand becoming the first Driver to weak 160 Miles per hour on the Speedway Here. The Alabama Driver hit159.222 for his four Lap qualify ing Speed and 160.180 for a one a Mark both new records at Ine mile and one half super Speedway Here. The qualifying Speed broke the old four Lap ecord of 154.872 set by Cale Brown to fight my Draco Beaumont Tex. Up former lightweight Champion j fi�0 e. Brown of new Orleans will pit Richard Rocky Medrano Sun to Tex in a a Roundel Yarborough of Timmonsville so in 1967 and the one Lap ecord of 155.395, also set by Yarborough last year. A fast Field was expected in therace which was to get underway at 12 30 . Sunday. All of the top ten qualifiers smashed the old qualifying record in wednes Day s time trials. The final 14 spots for sunday s race were filled in saturday was seeking its 12tn consecutive win in races over100 Miles this year in the $150,385, world s longest Stock car race. Chrysler was hoping to halt the Streak and get Bac Kinto the Winner s Circle. The first five cars in the 44-car Field were Ford products. The world 600 May have Bee the first real test of the Dua Carburettor fuel system which Chrysler has been allowed to use. Chrysler used the cars inthe rebel 400 and did Well. One source says the longer straight sat the Charlotte Speedway Aie a definite advantage to the continued on Pate 2- Hulme was running on a tight schedule when he blew an engine in his Eagle Ford in prac Tice and scattered debris a third of the length of the straight ail american racer s Crew from Santa Ana calif., installed new engine in less than five hours. Hulme qualified at164.189 Miles per hour and left for the Airport in his racing uni of saturday s qualifiers approached the 171 .bracket of Lotus turbines which qualified the previous Kenyon. Lebanon ind., was fastest at 165.191 for the 10miles with a Best Lap at 166.574 in his Gerhardt turbocharged second Best Veteran Bud Tingelstad Hawthorne calif., was second Best at 164.444 in another Ger Hardt Turbo offy. Two newcomers with familiar names made the tentative line up tentative because next thursday s starters will be the 33 fastest cars Over the two weekends and some of the present list May be Gary Bettenhausen 26, and Billy Vukovich 24, qualified on the Indianapolis motor Speedway where their fathers National Champion Tony Bettenhausen and two time Indianapolis Winner Bill Vukovich would have Bee proud of them. High winds and track conditions were so miserable that two cars crashed and two other spun off the track before the youngsters made their 10-mile trial aired Bettenhausen from Tinley Park 111., got faster on each of his four laps around the 2-mile track Start ing at 163.073 . And finish ing at 164.264 for a 163.562 aver age. He drove a Gerhardt Turbo charged offenhauser. The dark haired Vukovich from Fresno calif., was just a Shade slower than Bettenhausen with an average of 163.510 in his Shrike turbocharged offy. The elder Vukovich was killed while leading the 1955 Indianapolis classic which he had won in1953 and 1954. Tony Bettenhausen crashed in a practice run in1963, testing a Friend s car. Drivers who had trouble sat urday none injured were Rookie Sam sessions Nashville,mich., who crashed in the South East turn Rookie Jerry Titus Sherman Oaks calif., who hit the Wall in the Northwest turn Arnie Knepper Belleville ni., who spun in the Northeast turn and Rookie Bruce walkup Dow Ney calif., who spun in the Northwest turn. There was an unprecedented disqualification of a car Quali fied by Ronnie Bucknum Aford team Driver from la can Ada calif., but a Rookie at Indi Anapolis. His 164.211 . Average was the Best of the first six runs saturday but the Eagle Ford weighed out at 20pounds under the 1,350-Pound Speedway qualifiers included Speedway veterans Johnny Rutherford Bob Veith Bobby grim and Ronnie Duman Alunder 164. Tentative indy lineup Indianapolis ind. A the tentative lineup of 25 qualifiers for the 500-mile race May 30at the Indianapolis motor Speed Way with eight positions open for final trials Row Joo Leonard san Jose calif., Lotus Pratt & Whitney Turbine 171.559 . Graham Hill London. Lotus Pratt & Whitney Turbine 171.208.bobby Unser Albuquerque n.m., a Yle turbocharged offenhauser. 169.a07.second Row Mario Andretti. Nazareth pa., Hawk turbocharged Ford 167.691. Lloyd Ruby Wichita Falls Tex., Lay cock Mongoose Tirb charged offenhauser 167 613.al Unser Albuquerque n.m., Lola turbocharged Ford 167.065. Third Row Roger Mecluskey Tucson. Art/., Eagle turbocharged offenhauser 166.976.a. J. Foyt Houston Coyote Ford 166 821.gordon Johncock. Hastings mich., Ger hard turbocharged offenhauser. 166.775.fourth Row Dan Gurney. Santa Ana calif., Eagle Gurney Ford 166.512. Art Pollard med font ore., Lotus Pratt & Whitney Turbine 166.297. Walls Dallenbach East Brunswick,n.j., Finley turbocharged offenhauser 165.548. Fifth Row Jim Mcelreath. Arlington Tex., Coy ote Ford 163.327.jim Malloy Denver colo., Vollstedt turbocharged Ford 165.032.jerry Grant san Diego calif., Eagle Ford 164.782. Sixth Row Jochen Rindt Switzerland Brabham Repco 164.144.mel Kenyon Lebanon ind., Gornard turbocharged offenhauser 165.191.Bud Tingelstad Hawthorne calif., Ger Hardt turbocharged offenhauser 164.414. Seventh Row Denis Hulme. New zealand Eagle Ford. 164.189.johnny Rutherford fort Worth Tex., Eagle Ford 163.s30.gary Bettenhausen Tinley p a re111., Gerhardt turbocharged offenhauser 163.562. I Flyth Row Billy Vukovich Fresno calif., Shrike turbocharged offenhauser 103.510. Bobby Vieth Santa Rosa. Calif., Gor Hardt turbocharged offenhauser 53.b4j. Bobby grim Indianapolis Mongo Oao turbocharged offenhauser la Sod. Ninth Row Ronnie Duman. Indianapolis. Hayhoe Turov charged offenhauser. 102. Jos
