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sucoess and the still recovering Maclnnes qualified solidly on the pole at Uinning i s a function of enthusiesm. Atlanta and led the raceuntil a closely desire and the willingness to sacrificefollowine comwtitor customized the tempered by discipline."-Bruce Z d s e;haust &stem Maclnnes, down Maclnnw Bruce MacInnes is a winner, not only by on power, stubbornly heid on to flnrsh in his definition hut by virtue of his second place. Recognizing MacInnes' Insistent performances race aft8r race. smooth and disdpllnedstyleof driving, it is not surprising that Formula magazine 1 1972 MacInnes finished third in the SCCA National Championship run-oiis. wlected him a s Amateur Driver of the was invited to the Formula Ford World Year in 1975. For MacInnes. the word amateur can Cup Final in England. and won IMSA's FF Championship. Very respectable for a only apply to the type of races entered. voune man comoettnn in a tired There are mauy so called "professional" ~lnkilmenn he had r a 4 for two yeam. teams lackine the dedication and ? the MacInnes group. Joe Had MacInnss been m m p e t b g in Eumpe thoroughness c the e x c e p t i o n a l q u a l i t y of h i s Stirnola prepares the strong dependable performances would have no doubt engines that power MacInnes to win after earned him the opportunity to a d v ~ in ~ e win. Both men can be found spending le Fomulaavstem.However.vounnand countless hours in StimoLa's Locust denteddrrve"r8, competlng in-the i m d l Valley. N Y. shop, preparing the car for , m u l a classes m the Uluted States, are the next race Technmaiiy mlnded ill1 awutlng the rewgnition they MacInnes allgns the chassls wlth careful attention to the smallest detail. eseNe. B N & M ~ C I U ~ ~ S is S no exception. MacInnes, ready to move into a larger Aerodynamic testing i s also part of their formula class. lacked both adquate routine. Not only is MacInnes a mature and sponsorship and personal finanws to do 8 eason properly. Against these capable driver hut be i s a mature and surmountable odds. MacInnes gave up sensitive person as well. A one time a successful real estate business. student of theology. he speaks intensely ourchased a FB and a w n t a frustrating about ethics and his philosophy of life two years trying to win races in a n aud racing. It is important to him that his unreliable car. prepared on a shoestring races are won fairlv. MacInnes is a bundle budget. MacInnes talks about the years of energy and his blue eyes twlnkle with s matter-of-factly but i f the truth was enthusiasm when be explams h ~ views. wlrh known it must have been t o m tryingto His sense of humor is bestexpla~ned comaete in a financidlr unhacked. a reference to Seymour Chicken. the team - -- r~ symbol of sorts. Seymour is a well worn uncompetitive car. Early in 1975 Steve Lathrup contacted child's tov which was saved from a Bruce about driving Zink'e 210 F F a t 8 garbage k m p grave by MacInnes. reduced rate. MacInnea accepted. Seymour goes everywhere with the team Although he would be returning to FF.i t and has been the target of many m u l d d r s him ths ODWrhanitY to kidnappings by fellow competitors. you scoff at the idea of a chicken reprove himself in a ~ o ; ~ ~ e t I t l v e - c a rBefore . Maclnnes did exactly that, winning the reoresentine a racine team. remember NE division title. Shortly before the that l f am& ~untcan-havethe bearthen SCCA National run-offa at Road Atlanta Maclnnes can wnarnly have Seymour in 1975, Maclnnes underweat e u g e r y on Chicken. This season Bruce MaoInnes is once one of his hands. The surgery was to correct a pinched nerve condition that again proving his ability a s a racing caused his hands to bewme numb during driver. He has entered four Rofesaional the course of a race. The operation wsa a Ford races and has won three of them. finishing fourth in one with a broken shifting linkage. MacInnes and his team are eager to win this year's National Championship at Road Atlanta and are already testing engines for the October event. The Stimola engines. Revolution Wheels. and of course Zink cars are all helping Bruce MacInnes achieve a s diagnosed a s wllapsing successful finishes in Formula Ford racing. More than finishing well in the Ford races. MacInnes looks forward to a day when a sponsor can lift him from the ranks of Ford driver to new class of racing.
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Negotiations have resumed b e h k n the United union and Ford Motor Co., in the six-day-old strike 170,000 UAW workers at Ford plants across the country. originally broke off Sept. 14, a& the strike began th Following informal confrontations a few days later. repr of both sides agreed to meet again this week. During tho talks, however, it became clear that a major obstacle to the of production is the union's demand for more individual job for workers. The union wants each worker to be B certain number of exha days off in addition to holidays. would spread around the workload and allow extra . .."^* ent. Ford contends that the system would

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ST. PAUL-Art Kein of Austin. driving a Chrysler Imperial, won the demolition derby championship and top prize of $6Yl Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 1 at the Grandstand. Kain also picked up 925 in bis qualifying heat. The 35-year-old Kain, competing in the state fair destmction derhy for only the second time, outlasted afield of Udrivers in the feature event Therewere morethan 80 drivers enterad overall. Peter Deutsoh of Shakopee was runnerup and earned W 2 5 . followed by Duane Hohl of Barabco. Wis.. Ron Lorenz of Jordan. Don Yarruso of Shakopee. Michael Kolar of St. Paul. John B e r e s t r o m of M i n n e a ~ o l i s . J i m
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South Haven and ~ e t t ;Palmer of Anoka Palmer was one of two women entered. SIXentrants from each of the four heats gained the championship event. Kain said he has been competing in derbies for four years although he was not a money winner in his only pmvious try at the fair. His next competition is a t Albert Lea Sept. 11. A total of $2500 in prize money was handed out a t Wednesday's derby.

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AM General Wins Contract

.AM Goricrxl Corp., a subsidiary of Motors Corn.. h a s been aw.l~-dedx $41 milltun c o n t r a c t 10 build 2:1,1 .rrtrculaled b u s e s f o r a consortlurn of ten transit a u l h o r i t l e s headed by the Cnl>fornia Department of T r a n s p o r t a tli~11I'his fr,llows a n A u g u s t announcemelll by A M G e n e r a l t h a t it h a d r e c e l v e d a COII~THC to ~ build 150 of the 60ft u n i U for the 1:1ty oi Seattle. Tl~e most recent p u r c h a s e includes DO b u w s for L a s Angeles. 30 f o r O a k l a n d . 45 f o r S;m Diego. 10 lor S a n Rafael. 20 for Mlrunoapolis-St. Paul. 20 lor P h o e n u . 14 f o r Chlcago. 10 for Atlanta. 20 lor Pittsb u r g h a n d 35 for Washington. D.C. AIM G e n e r a l Corp. h a s woll a prellmiw i r y victory i n i t s c o u r t battle w ~ t h the Uel>.~rtment of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n o v e r the ~urrhase of 393 buses by a consortium of trans11 a u t h o n t l e s headed by Houston. 'Tcx The Arnencan MoLors s u b s i d i a r y hat1 claimed t h a t the DOT specifications a r e d r a w n so t h a t only G e n e r a l Motors Corporation's new R'r-2 b u s c a n meet
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unl>krly. C;,br-erninent c,fficlals h a v e sdrnltted th;iL tlie rurigln;rl s p e r s wL.1.a wrltten so a s ti) . ~ < . c o m o d a tthe e Ghl e n t r y , s a y l n p that they wanted to encorirnye new features s1r1iilal.10m a n y offered by G h l ' l ' h e s p e c s I ~ C L V G . hren changed to reduce the n u m b e r <,I slr.>cllu GM charactcrrstlcs. they clxiin.

Agor. Mlnter in the W e r B m t W car and then made the long walls baok to Turbo, and Bob Beasley io hf. Camera. the pits, with his day's work done Three possible contendaa were alreadyKemp wss next ln line for pmblemsmsout and more was to come, perhaps a when the ow stortedtraibg alongllneof result of the early tomid pace. Gene smoke on the twelfth lap. He pulled into Felton pulled into the pits after 88 laps the pits to discover that the right rear mth a broken rear end making him the brakes had aune Charlie lost a i l next to go Two laps later, eecond p h

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--v--Cy A 1 Pearce DOVER. Del -It had been a long, hot. tiring day and the 500-lap race was winding down to its f i n d , frenetic miles, Nobody in the Cale Yarborough Pit a t the D o v e r Downs international-speedway seemed all that concerned that their driver was trying to catch Richard Petty on worn tires. HerbNah. hisrightfootplantedsquarely on the pit wall andacigarette hanging from his hand. was grinning a sly little grln that indicated he knew something nobody else knew. Junior Johnson, ever the serious, constoic. fl~cked his stopwatchevery occasionallv muttered words of wlsdorn to ~ a r b o r o i ~The h . other crewmen oegan pncklng up. lock~riy unly every lap or so at the action on the track. And why nor go about the business at

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factory-backed AMC Jeep team of Oene HendersonIKen Pogue fared only

3pposition. But no one bargained for the

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John Buffum and "Vicki" made the Happiness Is Sunrise rally their fourth NARA win.

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Indiana Trailbikers Win

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