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Show 2D DESERET NEWS. THURSDAY, ?Fber 14 goes to Simon again By Ray Grass Deseret News Sports Writer Dick Simon placed 14th in this years Indy 500 Not a bad finish considering the field consisted of the best drivers in the world But the disheartening thing about it was that Simon was stting fight on the shoulder of victory when olde Lady Luck chose to vacate his Trave-fiodg- e This was the Eagle third time in four years hes placed 14th Simon was in third place pressing from the number two slot when disaster struck his engine blew. In a telephone conversation he said with Simon he started to feel a vibration about ten laps before it went. "I radioed the crew and told them I was having problems. But, theres not much you can do when it starts to go. post-rac- The way we figure it, a bearing started to go This MAY 31, 1973 Brock pitching has Johncock wins jinxed indy 500 Only four drivers led the abbreviated race Bobby Unser, Johncock, A1 Unser, Savage and then Johncock from the 73rd lap until the By ED SAINSBURY UPI Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Gordon John ock g off the shrugged effects of driving through two accidents which killed a crewman and put two fellow drivers In the hospital to win the weather-jinxeMee morial Day auto rare at a speed he thought was too (UPI) finish. nerve-wrackin- Johncock won $9,600 in lap A1 prizes, Bobby Unser $5,850, Unser $2,700 and Savage $1,800. d Johncocks pay check for the Patnck racing team of Indianapolis should be about $250,000 of the total purse of more than $1 million. His victory was the sixth in the 500 race for his chief mechanic George Bignotti. 500-mil- fast Johncock, 36, a slim wiry resident of Franklin, Ind., led for 64 laps of the 133 in the race, called after 332 5 miles, and triumphed at an average speed of 159 014 miles per hour. The race was scheduled for 200 laps. He was traveling at about 180 mph. for the last few laps before the yellow lights, slowing the field to 80 m p h., came on for the final four laps before the race was stopped because of rain. I would really like to see them slow these cars down," he said, subdued after his win. By slowing down the cars, you would see a much better who won twice each with A. J Foyt a id A1 Unser as well as once with Graham Hill. Swede Savage can be seen pinned face down in pile of debris all that's left of his racer after fiery crash that halted Indy 500. Savage was the second driver hospitalized as the result of the race. David Salt Wal-thwas burned senously Morday when his car hit the wal! and caught fire in the accident which stopped a the race. Johncock drove bed through both mishaps. T eran, thrown more than 50 feet when he was hit near the starting line m view of thou-sanof fans in the Paddock Stands, died m the hosptal from a fractured skull, arm, sr.oulder, hip and pelvis, and race." The race began after a delay of more than five hours and former winner Bobby Unser, who led the first 39 laps, set a record pace for the h first few minutes. Then a spin by Bob Harkey threw debris on the track, knocked the speed below the record and none of the other When the race was re- leaders could get the pace up sumed, Simon pressed his way again to a record average to fourth. Then on the 100th speed. Moslap, Simon passed Mike Armando Moreno Teran, 22, ley to take third. Santa Monica, Calif., a crewBut, then on lap 101, the en- man for Graham McRae, begine blew and it was to the came the second fatality of pits for Simon. this 57th annual race when he On those 101 laps, Simon was struck by a fire truck averaged 180 to 185 miles per speeding in the pits to aid hour. injured driver Swede Savage. Which is exactly what our Savages car hit the outside e strategy was. We wall, then the inside wall at were m there running like we the head of the home stretch, wanted and they knew we exploding into flames, and he were there. Im sure had the suffered broken legs and engine not gone, I would have burns. He was taken to Methbeen at least number two, and odist Hospital by helicopter, who knows, maybe number listed in critical but stable condition. one. seized a ring, which allowed oil into the cylinder. Once oil gets into the cylinder, it blows a hole in the piston and the engines gone, he reported. Simon had moved from his 27th starting place to seventh when the Swede Savage accident forced a stop to the race. 19-c- un-sc- ls back-stretc- internal mjunes Earlier, veteran driver Art Pollard was killed when his car hit the wall and skidded 1 - upside down mo the infield on May 12 while practicing for qualifications. The race was stopped for an hour and 15 minutes after the Savage crash. V Jubilant Gordon Johncock won "short, darkened" Indy 500, marred by death, injury and rain. It was the third time the race has been stopped by rain and declared official, the last time at 345 miles with Johnme Parsons the victor in 1950. The race was postponed both Monday and Tuesday by rain, the first time ever on two consecutive days. Each day the cars tned to start, but them Monday before heavy rams. Tuesday, the field ran two preliminary laps but was stopped by showers before the rac could begin Bill Fresno, Vukovich, Calif., whose father won the the accident stopped m 500 1953 and 1954, fin- ished second about a half minute behind Johncock; Roger McCluskey, Tucson, Anz., was third, Mel Kenyon, Lebanon, Ind., fourth, and Gary Betten-hauseTinley Park, 111., fifth. Johncock, driving a new Eagle-Offracer, was one of e favorites. Five the others, former champions A1 and Bobby Unser, Foyt, Mano Andretti and 192 winner Mark Donohue, failed to finish. Only 11 cars were running when the race ended. y pre-rac- Cards flying high smgles and Willie Crawford and Ron Cey had three hits Dodger each, pacing an attack which brought Claude By Fred Down UPI Sports Writer 18-h- it an old story with the St. Louis Cardmals and yet a new one this season : They never fly higher than when Lou Brock is winging it. Its Osteen his fifth wm. an pitched for his fourth victthe Pirtates. eho fie in the sicth on Moose Bob eight-hitte- r They said back in the Cardinals pennant-winnin- g glory years of 1964, 1967 and 1968 that Brock set the drumbeat for St. Louis attace. There were other heroes m those years, of course, but rivals said that Brock was the player who could make the ory for broke a Jackie Hernandez Cardinals go. Roger Metzgers first major and John league homer Edwaads fourth of the season led the Astros to their wm over the Cubs and gave Den Forsch his fifth triumph. 2-- 2 inTom Bradley went 7 nings for his fourth victory and singled m two runs in the second inning as the giants downed the Mets. 2-- 3 the Cardmals got off start this season and, to a obviously, were gomg nowhere. Now theyve won eight straight and 11 of their last 12 games and the hot hitter in their batting order is you guessed it Brock. Brock ignited a three-ru- n eighth inning rally with a single, his third hit, Wednesday night when the cardinals beat Ihe Cincinnati He has 13 hits m 34 Reds for a .3321 average during the Cardmals streak Well, 5 Mike Marshall earned his save with 2 mmngs of shutout relief pitchmg for the expos in their opener in San Diego. sueWi run-scori- Bobby Darwins three-ruhomer and the lour-hi- t pitchmg of Bill Hands powered Mmnesota past Milwaukee, the second straight shutout for the Twms. n at-ba-ts Los Angeles downed PhilaPittsburgh defeatdelphia San Francisco ed Atlanta Houston beat New York topped Chicago 1 and San after losing to Diego won m the first game Montreal of a doubleheader. Thurman Munson, who barely missed a home run in the first mmng, led off the eighth with his sixth homer to give the Yanks them win over Oakland. 4-- 3-- 4-- 2 3 scores Cleveland 2, Baltimore 5 Kansas City 4, Detroit 8 Chicago 3, Minnesota 4 Milwaukee 0, New York 4 Oaklard 3, and Boston 2 California 1. American League were Texas 3 Aureho Rodriguez drove m three runs with a single and two-ru- n homer and Jim Northrup collected two doubles and a single to back the 3 t pitchmg of Mickey Lolich as the Tigers beat Chicago for their fifth consecutive wm. seven-hi- Bill Russell drove in four runs with a double and three pre-rac- 7-- Salt Lake relief pitching blinked off. - The Angels pounded 14 hits against three Tacoma pitchers, with Jim Hutto, Billy Parker, Dave Chorlev and Paul Dade leading the attack. Hutto and Parker collected three hits each, while Chorley drove in two runs with two doubles and Dade two runs with a smgle and a double. Salt Lake starting pitcher Bill Kirkpatrick did a workmanlike job and left the game in the seventh with the Angels lead. holding a three-ru- n First Angels relief pitcher, Jim Stewart, preserved the lead until the final frame, when he walked the first two batters and gave way to sidearmer Terry Wilshusen. Wilshusen allowed a smgle to Craig Kusick that filled the bases and then a storybook. e The series' between the Angels and Twms continues through Monday. Single games will be held nightly with the exception of Sunday, when the two teams play an afternoon encounter. Following the senes against Tacoma, the Angels go to Phoenix for five games with the Phoenix Giants. Phoenix took over e m Pacific Coast League East standings Wednesday by winning a twinbill from Euand The Tucson gene, Toros, who were in first place Tuesday, fell a full game behind the Giants by losing to Spokane, The Angels remained in third place and are 2 games behind the division-leadin- g Giants. Manager Les Muss Sait Lake team has won six of eight games on the current road trip, which ends first-plac- 5-- 3 1 4-- June 9. Only reason the Angels have not gamed more ground In divisional standings is that Phoenix and Tucson have also been playing well on the road western division against teams 'h- t- miles an hour Wednesday, then said he thinks it's about time someone did something about the speed of racing cars. Id really like them to slow the cars down, Johncock said. Theyre gomg too fast. Id like to see them do something about slowing them down. high-power- Manuel. TACOMA There just wasn't any relief! Salt Lakes Angels, leading the Tacoma Twins 4 entering the final inmng, went down to an 7 defeat to Twins m the series opener here Wednesday night as the INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 159 grand slam homer by Charley 4 Johncock: lower speeds Gordon Johncock (UPI) won the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of more than S.L. Angels lose in final inning Deseret News Special Indy winner Johncock, the wmner because he was leading when ram halted the race after 332 miles, suggested that the problems some drivers have had with wuigs on their cars would taxe care of themselves if they take the horsepower away from the engine size. Johncock said he was nowhere near Swede Savage when Savage hit the wall in an accident that resulted in the death of a pit crewman but I knew he had to be hurt by the way the car looked. I never got to see him, Johncock said. A J (Foyt) stopped me. He wouldnt let me look. Once you get running, you have so much to do you never think about it, but when it happens to a fellow you know, it gives you a sick feeling. ... 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