Vernal Express | 1981-07-30 | Page 17 | Racing News

RACING NEWS Darrell Watrip captured cap-tured top honors in the Mountain 500 stock car race at the Pocono International Inter-national Raceway and Richard Petty placed second. se-cond. Benny Parsons nabbed nab-bed third place and Harry Gant placed fourth. Pancho Carter survived surviv-ed an early spin, a 97 minute race delay caused by a serious fuel fire, and a late charge by Tony Bettenhausen to win the accident marred Norton Michigan 500 Indy car race Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. Fifteen people were hurt during the race i4 of them in the fire. The 15th and most serious injury was suffered by veteran driver A. J. Foyt, who crashed into a wall and was hospitalized for multiple injuries. It was the first Indy car victory for the 21 year old Carter. His best previous finish was second on five occasions. He averaged 132.34 miles per hour in a race slowed by 13 caution periods.