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Show mm Races Scheduled Sunday at loafs Strip ; Tie Grand Valley Racing Rac-ing Association will sponsor spon-sor sanctioned drag races at the old airport south of Moab Sunday. Time trials are scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon; elimination runs will begin at 1 p.m. Race officials report a number of unusual competing com-peting machines will be in Mcr.b for the event. Ken Garff Motcrs of Salt Lake City will run their "A Gas." and "A Competition." Competi-tion." National records for machines of this type are 1.45.39 and 166.97 miles per hour, respectively. The two rigs are "real goers," officials note, and both will bo on display at Gai-ther Gai-ther Chevrolet -Saturday. Whitey Shoffner, Grand Junction, will be on hand with his English Ford, which never fails to attract at-tract attention at the Moab Mo-ab Drags.- His lapsed time is 9.87 for one quarter of a mile. Fiscnhnuer Motors, of Grand Junction is sending a SuperStock B-A Competition Compe-tition Machine, which is well known in the area. The "Big Rebel" has clocked clock-ed a speed of "within .56 of the national record for its class which is 123.11 mph. Mike and Tony Geneva wll enter their Double BCD Dragster, powered with a super charged Olds. National record for this clas is 176.98 minh. Dwaine Russell ' will be on hand with his "Red Baron," which is in a class that has decked a national record of 160.71. Rus ell raced in Moab recently rec-ently in spite of blowinga clutch in preliminary runs. A last minute rebu;. job put him in ft ?t "" win top honors. '"' " From the side Automotive -' Che Chrysler poWs : a hardHluck machi :' 1 mufih potential u , .5 troubles Wp,4;:: machine, "but if yJY : are out it stands ' ; Chance ot being V . top of its class, a 13 : i record in one qUarte ': 1 from a standing Racers from p ' ton will bring jn f": It and Super Stork- R' them and Alton' pa!i er, of Moab m L. BA Heap in the J ! : and Don Baldwin and'- :' ny Francis of Canv0Oi Conoco, Moab, fiat( promising '67 Chev : think may win. ' The Grand Valley t ing Association has t ; ed Main Street d-an, -to transfer their actl- :i to the official drag ,-. -Anyone interested '- .' contact Blaine stev Don Baldwin, or of , members of the as. :: t'ion |