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Race #1 — Grundy County Speedway

August 7, 1979 • Winner: Mike Miller

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1979 Wayne Carter Classic event at Grundy County Speedway.

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#1Season Race

25Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Mike MillerFeature Winner

18Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1—18Mike MillerOlds Cutlass100running

2—88Tom Reffner———

3—99Dick TrickleFirebird——

4——Ray Young———

5——Larry Detjens———

6——Mark Martin———

7——Larry Schuler———

8——Dave Watson———

9——Ed Hoffman———

10——Dave Evans———

11——Rusty Wallace———

12——Tony Strupp———

13——Bob Strait———

14——John Knaus———

15——Tom Jones———

16——George Hill———

17——Bob Weltmeyer———

18——Pat Schauer———

19——Jerry Kemperman———

20——Larry Middleton———

21——John Ziegler———

22——Billy Kuhn———

23——Woody Church———

24——Tom Musgrave———

25——Tony Izzo, Sr.———

Event Coverage

From the Museum ArchiveOriginal contemporary race coverage. Select any newspaper page to open the full-size scan.

CFRN

Checkered Flag Racing News

August 15, 1979

2 pages preserved

Page 11

Page 20

MRN

Midwest Racing News

August 9, 1979

1 page preserved

Page 13

Source Attribution

Historical series data is being compiled from archival sources and museum research.

Source: The Third Turn event page

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