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Show Monday, MAy 2, 1955 QROiclE Paqe Nit Styderots veeir their way tlhurough driving contest Event sends U. driver to compete in Florida finals By Deante Wimmer Chronicle staff writer University of Utah Students rallied through straightaways and veered around curves in a display of precision driving that would even have caught the attention of Indianapolis 500 winner A. J. Foyt Engines revved Saturday as the sixth annual National Collegiate Driving Championships got off to a swift start. Doc Lge provided the Daytona Shelby Zs and U. fraternity Phi Delta Theta hosted the race that transformed the Veteran's Hospital parking lot into a miniature race track. The yearly event is held at universities throughout the nation, and offers students the opportunities to display their finest driving skills while competing for prizes and scholarships. Each contestant, supplied with the official Dodge race car, must drive in first gear around a curving course while slaloming through sets of plastic pylons. Drivers race through the serpentine track attempting to avoid the adds a second to their pylons, because each knock-dow- n score. U. student Mike Dean won the race with a time of 15.007 seconds and a perfect pylon record. He qualified for an trip to Daytona Fla., where he race in "open competition" at the Daytona will International Speedway. Chronicle photo by Jennifer Peterson U. students impersonating A. J. Foyt zigzagged through a curving, course during the sixth annual National Collegiate Driving Championships. Mike Dean won Saturday's race with a time of 15.007 seconds. guess I kind of had an edge," he explained, "but it was the first time I was in the car so it was fair." Dean estimated the race attracted around 130 drivers with various interests and expertise. Some participants even saw the race while driving on the street and decided to join the competition, he said. One racer, U. student Pat Snow, finished the course under 17 seconds. He said the hardest part of the race is making tight turns in a strange car while, at the same time, trying to rush through the course. "You have to be careful and pay attention, but you can't worry about (the pylons)," he said. Snow, who finished with a perfect record of no over turned pylons, said his strategy was using the brake at the right time. One of the few women drivers to strap on a helmet and grab the wheel was U. student Elaine Obergfell. "I went to see what I could do," she said. She finished with a time of 19.885, and no pylons "I Finalists in the open competition will participate in the grand finals, where winners are awarded with scholarships and the use of a Dodge Daytona Shelby Z. Although Dean did not expect to win the race, his strategy paid off. As a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, he spent the day at the track to oversee the event. Dean said he could watch others who raced, observe where they were having trouble and learn from their mistakes. The victory was partially luck, he said, but Dean does take some credit, because each contestant had only one shot to drive the car. n pylon-strew- down. The race made for an afternoon of fun and adventure, but it also raised money for a philanthropy, Steve Stamos, fraternity spokesperson, said. Phi Delta Theta used the event to raise money for the fraternity and for the Utah Autism Home and Apartments. mm mm TO! HfJUWiTOSii mummm wsm mm 9 .nce1"- - i 1 .,oVltP MaW"01 esaw0e- " 1 I 1 1 1 ac'r .... rtuu"" nnOQ USA- - f - may y hmbs. i. i9u AflHSATV y-- FASHION LARRY ECKOHAWK Prosecuting Attorney, County, Pocatcilo. 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