FIRST PLACE CAR, Maeser 1st, left and second tion derby at the Maeser Speedway on July 24 place, Ashley, attack each other in the demoli- ' a v y sv , i ......... . - . I - I' TWO CARS clash in the demolition derby and race at the Maeser Speedway. Four Vernal runners complete marathon 'our runners from Vernal competed and completed the Deseret News irathon in Salt Lake City on July 24. uglas Lee turned in the best Vernal le at 3:04.47 in the open division. Lee ished in the middle of the. open 'ision, which consisted of about 500 cere. Demetrio, Cabanillas, Provo, io won the Deseret News Marathon th a time of 2: 19.35, was in the open -ision. I'ernal's Doug Hatch posted a time of H in the marathon. Hatch was in the to 39 year old class. The marathon nsistedof 26 miles and 385 years. The ce started near the Mountain Dell If course in Parley's .Canyon and don Main Street for some runners d State Street for others at Liberty irk. ' Hatch remarked, "I finished it a lot ' than I planned to. I finished 45 mutes faster. The weather was good d there were beautiful running nditions. I knew I could finish it. The ' problem was the traffic control in f city toward the end of the race in elast3or4 miles. I had to dodge cars and people, mostly cars, when I was the most tired. The race course was beautiful 1300 started and 1150 finished the race. I finished about in the middle." mid-dle." . Another Vernal runner, Doug .. Mangrum, garnered a time of 4:12. Mangrum, 32, was in the sub, master group. Mangrum's wife, Maureen, said, "The last six miles were the hardest. He said that's when the race started. He didn't get in as much training as he wanted to. I wish they would have let the runners go down the parade route." Louie Kelley, 32, Vernal, pocketed a 4:50.22 time in the Deseret News Marathon in the sub master I group. Mrs. Kelley remarked, "The first 18 miles seem to be the easiest. He had to walk about five miles. It took him longer to run the last eight miles than the first 18 because he had walked five miles. The last three miles were really , exciting for us because people were dieting and rooting him on and he knew he could finish it if he continued on. The fans were really nice. They rooted for everyone."