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Show zr The Salt Lake Tribune, Frida), March 9, Dick Simons Racing Empire Continues to Grow By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports U nter Dick Simon, .he Salt Dakar whb shelled out his last $.0,110!! three years ago to go racing on the US AC Championship Trail, has a new. additional partner, a lucrative sponsorship from TraveLodge, Inc, and five times that original budget as he heads into the J973 season Simon met with the Salt Lake media Thursday at the University Club to outline his plans for 1973 In addition to the glowing news of hts new, "TraveLodge Eagle, the business executive announced he and his orgtma! partner, Fred Auerbach, have signed a new partner Ken Melby Joins! , season as prepared as am one to make a run at the national points champiSimon onship, explained, blandishing the latest copy of Hot Rod which Magazine shows a color layout of the "TraveLodge Sleeper engines on the circuit make lo together a spare one and crossing oui lingers we could stay togeih-e- i This year. v,o have our own dyno to lest the tar, the spare engines and all parts to the body of the car so if wc crumple a panel, for instance, we have a new one to stick on, Simon continued. two-pag- As most of you know, we have been on a prayer and a the past shoestring three years, throwing pieces of old (ould be Fastest Simon didnt sav it, but he could be the fastest of them We were this season within a couple hundredths of a second of Lobby I user at Phoenix last Novembet on the first time out w ith the Eagle I Simon will be driving the only Eagle (Dan Gume lus 23 o! manufactured them) with an A J Foyt engine others will be OtfonhaiMr-powerecars "Weve worked on U all winter, modifying the cockpit which was way too big for me at Phoenix, streamlining the body and exp"rimenttng with a new iniectmn system When we hit Phoenix this weekend (the first race of the season is H7 e March 17). wo be ready to see what she can really do, Simon related all durable in the long races And its the big tests winch pay the most." the father of seven said with a smile, ins lovely wife. Mary nn at his sale. 1973 11 "We know well be giving up about 100 horses, but the engine we'll run has proven to be more substantial and mote 4'W And so, the most widely known sports figure Utah cun boast of seems to be on his way in 1973 Where he was on a shoestring before, he seems to own the whole shoe now For a guy who has literally ' worked Ins rear end otf" to achieve a goal, the dream certainly seems to be near fruition imiiffli i J I a f V tk e I I Ken Melby, executive vice .president of National Health Studios of Salt Lake, has joined Dick Simon. Ltd , Simon announced proudly "Fred and I welcome Mr Jlylbys entry into the effort 1u bring Utah a national racing champion " "All appears to be exceptionally bright for Simon, the president of Majestic Life Insurance Co and chairman of llmmco, Inc. ' "We three feel with the Eagle and A. J. 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