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8/9/83
Ewell Takes First NCRA Feature at Knoxville
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – "Bullet" Bob Ewell drove the Larry Witt – Ryson Oil Dirt Champ Car to a 25-lap NCRA feature event win at the Knoxville Raceway Tuesday night. The victory was worth $2,000 to Ewell, who closed to within fifty points of non-starter, Jerry Stone, in the Association point race.
Ewell, who had won a Sunday night Dirt Champ show at I-70, took a fourteenth lap restart lead when Doug Wolfgang stalled on the backstretch. Herb Copeland had led until that point, but dropped into second as the green flew again.
The yellow was once again displayed on the sixteenth lap for Gary DeWall, who lost an engine, and all cars were stopped for refueling due to yellows.
On the restart, Herb Copeland, who was running in the second spot, fell from the race with apparent mechanical problems and Tony Armstrong grabbed that position.
At the checkers nine laps later, it was Ewell, Armstrong, Greg Wooley, a seventh row starter, Jiggs Founds and Stan Constant rounding out the top five.
In preliminary winged-Dirt Champ events, Garry Lee Maier took the first eight-lap heat event, followed closely by Ewell, Bruce Jennings placed ahead of Troy Matchen in the second heat, and Copeland paced Ken Schrader in the third.
The 12-lap B main was won by DeWall after Wooley charged from the tail of that event to keep it close. No time trials were held as drivers drew for positions.
Results
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 11x, Garry Lee Maier, Dodge City, KS (2) 2. 85, Bob Ewell, Forney, TX (3) 3. 2, Gary Tapp, Tulsa, OK (4) 4. 96, Ken Brewer, Choctaw, OK (5) / 5. 16x, Gary DeWall, Oklahoma City, OK (1) 6. 93, Dusty Odom, Oklahoma City, OK (7) 7. 11, DE Suggs, Oklahoma City, OK (6) DNS – 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:40.4: 1. 75, Bruce Jennings, Norman, OK (1) 2. 86, Troy Matchen, Norman, OK (2) 3. 17, Stan Constant, Oklahoma City, OK (5) 4. 11T, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (4) / 5. 98, Walt McWhorter, Wichita, KS (3) 6. 5, Terry Doss, Tulsa, OK (6) DNS – 501, Dutch ter Steege, Oklahoma City, OK, 84, Dennis Park, Liberal, KS
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:43.4: 1. 1n, Herb Copeland, Wichita, KS (6) 2. 86x, Ken Schrader, Fenton, MO (2) 3. 88, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (4) 4. 69, Jiggs Founds, Borger, TX (1) / 5. 21, Jerry Stone, Tulsa, OK (7) 6. 61, Earnest Jennings, Norman, OK (3) 7. 27, Danny Shouse, Oklahoma City, OK (5) DNS – 88x, Gary Richardson, Tulsa, OK
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:40.4: 1. Gary DeWall (2) 2. Greg Wooley (7) 3. Danny Shouse (8) 4. DE Suggs (5) 5. Earnest Jennings (6) 6. Walt McWhorter (3) 7. Dutch ter Steege (9) 8. Jerry Stone (1) 9. Dusty Odom (4) DNS – Terry Doss, Dennis Park, Gary Richardson
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Bob Ewell (4) 2. Tony Armstrong (11) 3. Greg Wooley (14) 4. Jiggs Founds (12) 5. Stan Constant (7) 6. Ken Brewer (10) 7. Troy Matchen (5) 8. Bruce Jennings (3) 9. Walt McWhorter (16) 10. Herb Copeland (1) 11. Gary Tapp (8) 12. Gary DeWall (13) 13. Danny Shouse (15) 14. Dutch ter Steege (18) 15. Doug Wolfgang (9) 16. Ken Schrader (6) 17. Garry Lee Maier (2) 18. Earnest Jennings (17) DNS – DE Suggs, Jerry Stone, Dusty Odom, Terry Doss, Dennis Park, Gary Richardson. Lap Leaders: Copeland 1-13, Ewell 14-25.
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