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Show i--"- DESERET NEW JNOLEORAMr-MondayJjjnaJUl?6.- 4 gU Foyt Hailed As Greatest Racer eo-St- FyH' e By KUBT FBEUDENTHAL United Pres International INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI) A. J. Foyt was hailed today as the greatest race driver lor winning who ever lived his second 500 mile chase hut fhFSpeedwaypair rhigK"price for its latest spectacle and was the center of a stormy controversy for the third consecutive year. The month of May wash rec- - t L 'S' mi car caught fire In the pits ord - breaker "all the way record speeds from qualifica- while being refueled. was tions to the holiday- - race, ' rec- - Some of the usual gaiety the at Sunday night missing ord crowds and a record purse. -- victory dinner at traditional But the racing fraternity was also saddened by the deaths of Which the Speedway paid out 5153,650 of it to Foyt two staunch competitor pop- 5506,625 ular veteran Eddie Sachs and and his crew. Both were recrookie"DavrMacDonald.-- T hey ords. were killed in a .homestretch in- PayoHigh Compliment Jones, who saw his 1963 qualifications and race records smashed, paid the- - greatest compliment .of all to the new - The .Spo champion from Texas by de-ii-n scribing him as the greatest the awards ceremonies. Racing personnel, meanwhile argued the feasibility of using gasoline instead of exotic fuel blends for the 500 and other events sponsored by the U. S. Auto Club. There were demands, ift some quarters, that .the use of gaso- line bebantredTirUSACraces.-AndGranatelli, owner of the three-- - car Novi stable, flatly blamed thesecond lap crash y full view of many thousands changes at my insistence the of horrified spectators on light-i-n night before the race so he could use a, fuel blend-- " weight cars and due to Ford powfact 'thesncars' run on gaso-linThe other-si- x ered cars ran on gasoline Gasoline i "highly inflam- wMch, under certain conditions, mable and explodes, he said. is more dangerous than blends, You can light it with a match. according to fuel- - expert Ray You cant light menthanol with McMahon. More Dangerous a match. cautioned McMahon Two time winner Rodger - But who-drove against any hasty decisions. one of seven machines powRegardless oFype a ered by Ford engines mounted used, there would have-bee- n he said. It was that n the rear, said his crew made fire, the e. Ward,-the-runne- rup "fuel -- Two Skippers Races Top WALES Herb X -- ov laini Ufa-1 of crash,' Maybe they make a more careful study of fuel tanks rather than rush Into a ban on gasoline. USAC .officials said an. inves- tigation of the tragedy wMch knocked seven cars out of the race was underway. They also said there is no rule specifically prohibiting the use of gasoline in auto racing. " . The fiery crash apparently was triggered wfieir MacDonald tost control of his car coming out of the northwest turn, Mt Stocker Cazier Whiskers Past Card runnerup with 33.' And Dennis Fields triumphed as C champion with "26 points against Craig RESERVOIR Hausman and Dick Bradfor were double winners here Sunday in the Wales Regatta. -- Bradford won the C stock and DU runabout, while. Hausman captured firsts in --the B stock and D stock. - Water was calm, and the race had-onl- y one turnover. Skipper Keq McLure flipped, but was not injured. V the Inside waH, slid across the track and was Mt at high speed by Sachs, Both cars burst into a sheet of Dame with a dozen or more cars close behind. Other cars eliminated were those of Johnny Rutherford, Chuck Stevenson and Norm Hall. Preliminary reports Indicated MacDonalds right fuel tank ruptured on impact With the wall, spraying gasoline which exploded.' His car had fuelv tanks on both sides of the cockpit type should Straws - Th Ruth ' inking therack in the' racing'feature BEAUMONT Tex fUPIY tum-awa- y drew a 6,000-pluThe Babe Zaharias . Womens crowd captured the pole Open, Ruthie Jessen said, Jr. position for the final A Main. proved something she . Jias He'wonthe 'rSce'witft ease, claimed for a long time. Walton, Larry Bradford 165 hydro Ron Armstrong, Amtrlcan to You can win --without Mtting flag flag. Ken McLure. Fork, Rag Thorpe, 150 hydro Kgn Furnlss, Ogden; Wenon the But the pole spot ball real well she said. by sitting dell Pag. F hydro Cam Harmon, Brigham City he some Valuable Its amazing what you can do neglected Ralph Goodrich, Kim Rondthaler. ' C rack erbox Don West, Pleasant Grove; passing points that could have if you just tMnk." Ken Lessen, Gary Roberge . Miss Jessens remarks were E runabout - Jack Laftwlch, Provo; won top money. Davt Davis. . Cazier Jogged 33 points for the made just after taw DU Dick Bradford, Lorry runabout " Danielson, Frank Anderson B stock hydro Salt Herb Hausman Lake City; Roy Fllfton, Ray Samualson i1 which ' S lead-ingjro- 4 r h r rr SK runabout Ted CrlsC, Ml. Pleasant, victory,-wh- de. Dee Pritchett D outboard Larry Bradford, Tim Cazier won Walton. Rondthaler, George f x second-plac- 23. e Bill Madsen kept up Ms assault on the A Main field with a first place in the first "A Main j and second in the third A- ., Card had 63: the 51,300 first prize money for( the A trophy'dash, the Zaharias Open Sunday. Flret "Off best Odl Husserl second "C" dash Shirt Gager; third "A" desh Pete Cazier - First "C" Crelg Straw, Dennis Fields; ; first "B" Frank Ammons, Floyd It Madsen, Dick Card; second ."C" Qdls Price, Dennis Fields; second "B" Phil Hanson, Jade Watt-eynsecond "A" Pete Cazier, W. R. Scott; thlnd "C" Dennis Fields Craig Strew; third "B" F rank Ammon, Shirl Gager; third 'A" Dick Card, Blit Mad- sen. Stamps & Daters CLYDE and KAL- - Panniers! - InttKmeuntatn Stamp Worki 2503 So. Wott Tomplo DEVICE ENGINEERS MARKETING 'to ? j s , ivir v n' urt Yfifir Her in rttmTftffitiiim til WftmYiiiwieifi twin if- -t "T if This tremendous leap by defending champ Parnelli Jones ejected him from burning car after pit stop mishap knocked him out of race. Incident was one of several in grim Indianapolis 500, , Haunting Words FromYesteryeai 1 Death Odds-O- n Favorite Said Eddie By OSCAR FRALEY anapolis in 1961. Eddie, who when he was leading with only of where he had to make NEW YORK (UPI) Little was 37 years old last Thursday, a few laps to go because he bis turns, right down to the - TlddieSachs called the'Shottwo was leading left and his haunting dream alyears ago- .In the long run death ls the most fulfilled. But a tire began he said. favorite, When Twin the 500 Im going to retire. x Eddie was making bis eighth try at Indianapolis on Saturday odds-o- n favorite when the caught up to him and rookie iver Dave MacDonald. He had come close often before, racing here and there over a span of more than a dozen years. Crashes resulted in plastic surgery on his face, three broken1 arms, a broken leg, broken ribs and five concussions. But always the thought of winning at Indianapolis drove the skinny, balding guy from a onward Allentown, odds-o- . . " 1 n disintegrating under him and he pulled Into the pits for change. He fidgeted there for 21 seconds and lost to A. J. 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