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Show Mario Andretti Wins Indianapolis 300 Overcomes Big Odds To Grab Win| By JOHN G. GRIFFIN UPI Sports Editor | Sign him up to drive for the|When asked how the shsence ofsecond straight year and Bobby |guy who in the last two years the second radiator ve ateAnema N ss s, (UPI) [practically clinched the title of wasn’t <llowed to insta fending champion, made es pa oes all-time hard luck owner” of affected the car's runming,/a late run to take third But ~Take a pint-sized foreign-born Andretti disclosed that the car|neither really was a threat to driver who finished last a yeai r this race. wrt up their best car min: ran “all day” with a water|/Andrettihe coulg have gone B Bgo. ———\days before the race and fore: temperature of 220 degrees ¥. faster. |them to qualify with their second) That was @ surprise, for) With the race in the bag, he jjbest. i Then have the chief there certainly was no hint of|didn’t try. After that third pit SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1969 |steward switch signals on them any trouble as Andretti buzzed stop, he had a nice two-lap lead Provo, Utah just three days before the race around the Indianapolis strip|over Gurney and hiv crew held and refuse to Jet them use a'before the usual throng ofjup a chalk board reading “E-| second radiator the second /y00,000 and let his chief rivals|Z,” which Mario was easily| a all the trouble. able to translate into wha‘ever| choice car needed for A. J. Foyt, seeking to become jis Italian And what have you? Why, you have an all-time the first four-time winner of the reckless now, baby.” Happiest Day By DON ROBERTSON. |record-burting victory Frida y in|500, knocked out a record|the speedway 500-mile auto breaking nm in leading for “This is the happiest day of first half of the mylife,” exulted Granatelli in jclassic for little driver Mario most of | Andretti and beefy owner Andy race. But then A. J. was cookeg'the delirious victory lane Grantelli with a record 156.867\when he had intake manifold |celebration. “Mario Tan & \miles per hour, What's the trouble and lost 23 minutes in a fantastic race.” Like people, fish move \pit stop. Roger McCluskey, Joe | It was also one of the safest a lot — with the seasons,seve wi | explanation? |Leonard, and Wally Dellenbach, \800s. A cool wind kept fe! |the migration of bait fish and) 9) Four Kisseswere an-jall of whom took shots at the|temperature in the 70s instead |with fluctuating water levels and | prayers jof the asphalt-searing 80s, and jswered,” said 5-foot Andretti,lead, didn’t finish. |temperatures. Best Planned Jin the only two accidents both the fish are |who had to endure being kissed Bo, finding where Andretti explained, “this was drivers walked away unhurt— (and they seem to teke an al-|three times by the ebullient jmost perverse delightin making /Granatelli against only once in probably the best planne drace| Jimmy McElreath when his ifficult as posai-|the official ceremony by the of my life. We planned engine cai t fire and Arnie the search as difficul ble)is largely a matter of keep- jlissome “queen” of the 500 | he lost control || everything.” r oe on the move. If one cove) able to finish only! As a result, Andretti made and hit the wail on the fourth prodiace rewulis stast up| twoAndretti, of the race’s 200 laps last|only the three mandatory pit turn, r outboard and keep moving year od thus placed $3rd out stops, Each time, his crews Unofficially, Mel Kenyon of juntil you find fish and the reInd, was fourth, sultant, worth-waiting-for action. jof $3, paid the usual official|made respectable time “but At one time it was thought tributes to the manufacturers|they took a little extra time to Leonard Fifth, Peter Revson that something around a five ‘of his car's body, engine, tires,|make sure I got a fall load and sixth, Mark Donohue seventh, (horsepower outboard was the ff and oil for the change in|wouldn't have to make any|Foyt eignth, Larry Dickson [best fishing motor, according to fortunes—the first drive: r to|unscheduled stops.” Andretti ninth, and Bobby Johns 10th. |vault from last to first in one/didn’t change tires—the siath| The results and the ne for year. |straight year that the 500 jan estimated $185,000 Andretti—became official SaturThen he also disclosed that winner has avoided that, 14 Sunday Herald avcuors Away, | § FISHING? KEEP MOVING | oe ANDY GRANATELLI, owner drove to victory in the Indy 500, plants a jubilant kiss on An- laps,( hhis ability to stick to a pre-race) Dan Gurney of Costa Mesa,|day and Saturday night is the plan probably averted disaster. Calif., was second for the |big celebration dinner. Mario Andretti Claims Two Secrets To Winning By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Writer thereafter, compl laps before being only two Friday’s race. forced out After it was over, Andretti INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI) with mechanical trouble a year agreed with Unser about the new ago. io quick lead being unimportant, More Bad Luck disagreed with him in the His hard ‘luck looked as if it next breath, “Did you just happen to take He smashed up one of Andy the lead in the first tum or did One he'll tell you gladly but Granatelli’s cars, which goes you purposely go after it?” it’s no dice on the other. somebod, hasn’t been “You have to rember I ws 2 ‘actice an nearly wee smoke! ie doll-sized Indianpolis 500 golden boy, claims there are two secrets to winning this was holding this trip. May."dhring. prac"and depths. jally surprising since the car he originally intended to drive was demolished in a blazing crash nine days prior to the Memorial Day Classic. (Herald-UPI Telephoto) saris emerged from the ion. flaming crack-up with ugly red! saa it just happened,” he burns all overhis face that were still ‘visible after his|"°? Yeah, Yeah, Yeah victory Friday, and he dropped Tt just happened, all right. harder than you a casual remark that he “found The same way the Green Bay jabsolutely have to,” Andretti something out that took me out Packers just happened to win answers, “That's exactly what ‘of the woods” between the time all those games under Vince I did and it worker fectly.|of his mishap and the time of ‘Lombardi. the race, “I wasn’t gonna wait for That’r his other secret. anyone,” Andretti thought he’d “T can’t tell that one,” he better amend his answer. “I says. accelerated as much as I could Andretti also played it rather |but I wasn’t gonna crowdA.J. \cagey about his roaring into the Foyt. I wasn’t gonna mess up lead at the very first turn. leverything at the start. It was i, who finished dead) Bobby Unser, last year’s no big deal.” deal. last in last year’s 50v, never|winner, said id who cares a That’s right, it wasn’t, So has had mich luck here at/nickel’s worth about that first long as Mario came out of the i is, He finished thirg'lap lead, it's that lead after the chute first, {Indianapoli jas a rookie in 1965 but never/last lap which counts. One of the more memorable |was able to finish the race! Unser said all this before|,; Fish will follow food wiich col- ects largely on the surface or at the bottom. Likewiee, during exitremes of weather, fish are more lcomfortable at the bottom while they range near the surface in i fall. BYU Golfers Fire Hot |= Rounds In Logan Match="! i changes in the weather, such as an approaching cold front. This Foyt won the 500 for the third ‘brings a numberoftevorable fish- Brigham Young Univer: ‘sity|sub-par 70s and anothe> two time that year. He leq for 67 ing conditions. When the front goifers sizzled the Logan Golf golfers with even par 71 rounds. laps in this one but had to passes with asudden shift in the and Country Club course to han-| Theresults: 23 minutes in the pits wind, there is usually a sharp diy defeat Utah State UniverLane Bennett, BYU (68), because of trouble with his rise in the barometric pressure, sity 26-7 in the last dual golf) def. Doug Vilven, USU (70), 3-1; ‘intake manifold and that really clouds to shade the water and rain which cools the water and match of the season for both |Ray Leach, BYU,(69) def. Steve teams, provides food for the fish. |Knapp, USU (75), 84%; BYU|, The Jong stop didn’t make This weather phenomenon | Jack Chapman fired a hot six-| son,ae at ee:: ARNIE KNEPPER of Bellevill, Ill., signals other cars to steer tinue the race, The race was one of the safer Indianapolis clear and to let everybody know he’s okay after he hit the races. (Herald-UPI Telephoto) wall and spun out, His car was too badly damaged to con- niet feito bay, ltr. For Andy Granatelli seems to spark mal under par round of 65 to lead| Chip Garris, BYU (72), lost to “When the fiercest competithem feed furiously during the the Cougars to victory, but tor goes out you always feel, front’s passage. They ¢ ash at wasn’t the only hot shoot he Dwight Johnson, USU, (70), 2%4-| thing,” Mario explained. ter./ 144; Rusty Guernsey, BYU,(66), | anything that moves and usually feeling but that’s invade shallows where food is Four other Cougars were in the def. Ken Clark, USU (78), 3%4-%.| how’s ita selfish is.”” De Victory Was Long Time Coming more plentiful. At such times, 608 and Chip Garris was the BYU won best ball 2-1. | By SAINSBURY him the 500 championship injroared past the stalling Leo-and it looked like the Jinx still mershy or grassy shallcws and high Cougar with a one over’ Jack Chapman, BYU, (65), nard and won. had Granatelli. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. wer| the mouths of small streams pro- par 72. def. Danny Roskelley, usu, The U, S. Auto Club changed Andretti, leader for the first O utin Front —Andy Granatelli beat the jinx,} vide ideal spots to search for the Rusty Guernsey fired a 66 (71), 40; Don Hawken, BYU, gav until Friday was that he had butt it cost him a fortune to do| In 1968 Joe Leonard was out the rules for the 1969 speedway five laps, big ones. pre but tebe heeave up doggedly the aad in 0 But even when fishing is slow, while Lane Bennett’ and Don| (68), def. Tom Leonelli, USU, s/been the United States Auto jt, stayed jin front and home free in, chase, effectively banning Gra-| Foy, the real spor:sman receives many Hawken had 68s and Ray Leach|(73), 3%-%. Best ball won by ‘Club champion in 1965, That's) Granatelll, a Chicoagcan who |another Granatelli turbine with natelli’s turbines. So he came|contention. Finally with 92 laps |BYU 21 fringe benefits, He enjoys na- had a 69. quite & distinction, but it didn’t began trying to win the s00|the yellow caution light on, back despite the ban, with 11/to go Andretti got in front, and jcats, 22 mechanics, ture, he relaxes from the pace of | Utah State University also steadily away from the too many people. |miles speedway race almost 30/prohibiting anyone from pass- ‘Mario Andretti, Jochen drivers|moved today’s world and says to him- shot an excellent round, The| A polliwog turns into a| impress Rindt, field. “I remember being on thel years ago, thought he had the ing another car. self, philosophically, “this sure Aggies had two golfers tura in! frog. Joey Bishop show,”Mario said, jinx licked two years ago when| But with eight laps to go, the Art Pollard ang Graham Hill. Granatelli, after 30 years, beats working,” Instead of turbines, he had) “and I thought they’d mention|he introduced turbine powered green light came on. Leonard could hardly contain either his something about me being the |race cars to the Memorial Day|stepped the throttle to the floor, Ford motors, He had four] belief or his excitement. When Hertz rents new Chevrolets ond and his engine died. Bobby wheel drive machines, two Andretti finally stopped his car USAC champion, but all they classic. |wheel drive racers. Andretti iota powered car said was ‘here comes the| But the jinx of a $6 bearing|Unser, in a other fine cars by the hour, day, ‘in the winner’s circle, Granateli i med to secoid looked li li, an emotional Italian with an Indianapolis rookie of the year.’lin a gear box which gave out|apparently Let HERTZ weekend or week, : the pole for fastest qualifying Italian driver, kissed him, three ‘That kind of floored me.” when Parnelli Jones was the|place, floored the gas pedal, speed until he cracked up the times, Mario can get up now. leader with 7% miles to go cost ae classic four wheel drive Granatelli machine on May21, nine “It’s a beautiful day,” he DRIVERS SEAT said, “beautiful. I think it’s the days before race day. happiest day of my life.” Still Qualified NEW YORK (UPI)—Women’s FOR THAT HAULING JOB |rights for equality received) Then he had to go % & Into Your Rent a Chevy truck. 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