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Racings GrrrJ vr.l rwIIIn every motorsports event ot signiticance . . on eve-" -' ln t of th e world. winners depend almost exclusively on genuineHewland gearboxes and parts. From Indianapolis and to LeMans and Spa,the name Hewland i s synonymous w i t h winning.Others have t r ied to challenge this incredible record+..,.. is fill t he archives o f racing's vanquished an d defeated. Th e reasoni s simple. In a sport which demands ul t imate performance ' t i me out, on ly t he Hewland gearbox, in al l i t s forms, stands as anexample of a universal formula for victory.For 1971. the b a t e x u aw bwn improved wen further by vi B weral t ~ h n o l o g i u l rukthroughs in the manufacturingprocesr Al l Hew-land *=, from th.m.lM t o the kg&, are produced from only nu t gu r steel and heat treated in Hewland's own modern heat treating facility.Each i s then individually shaved .4 to r longer wea-$ lnion is manufacturedby the world famed Glearonsystem to rigid speci-fkations. None of this work is *wowing ~8 w l a l quality of every piece produced. YET, IN A YEAR OF INFLATION I NOTHER AREAS, VOLUME PR O W Xn O N 15 HELPING HEKL~~ .u iv "YLJTHE PRICE LINE.TODAY, THE BEST ACTUALLY COSTS LESS INTHE LONG RUN. H*Y(na Mk. V l l l - he standard 01 Its das. Avail-able in tw o lorms-4hp..d Formula Ford and a5s vwrion l w -11 ap (n .6 formula cars andIpOrts ,a

Formula Fo e Mk. V t l l - he paarbox used by LIwaIYYIIOYI c~mpet l torn tmk class. c o m r as a completareadyto-install unit induQing throw-out mechanlrmand Hawland mnuf.ctu.d 9:31 rlng m d plnion. NOMACHINING NECESSARY-THIS IS NO T A KIT!AI 1675.00 FOB Chlao. 11s priced so yo u u n fford1 Dlre.FV swed ~ k . III ho only compaltive gyrboxfor ~ o rm u i a and CO SwRr Raclng. Dslivw.6 as acomplete unit. ready to bo l t on for only $820.00.. .NOT A KIT!!! I n d W p.nulne Hewland MnufaC-turod ring L pinion. slM mates, dlffarantlal, rear shltt.drive maftr, dutch stutts, throw-out w r i n g wlth hy-d rau~ ~ chrow-out II~M. d m s t n cvl inaa SUDD~Y.NO ADDITIONAL PIECESOR MACHINING NECES-Hawlrna 5up.r V r S1 - he only gaarbox forthe sr lour Suwr V u om ~ a l t o r . psclaily d r l g n aby Hawland for t h k cMSS only In Conjuncllon wl lhV011(1wa$+n of A m r l a . RIGHT HAND SHIFTMECHANISM-SPECIAL 10:31 Hawland raClO9 ringIlnlon--NOT STOCK VW AS I N K I T TYPE GEAR-BOXES. If you want t o win In Suwr Vee. thlr newest~ w i a n dwalapm.nt b lbrolutely necessary. lnsplte01 the hlgh demand fw this unlt, we have gaarboxs Inslosk fo r imm.dlat.1. dsllvry at $849.00 FOB Chlcago.o f COYIY~. IIYW m a w a ~u L O I ~7.250 supor vee.the nawland S u m VrSpeclal wlll come asstandardeguioment.~ o r ahan 35 diftqsnt mr ~ t l o rvallabla for everynewland gymox'. MY& Vl ll gears at $31.50 psr rat.we have w a r ~ , H . w W r t I n rtocu fo r lmmadlatedd~very nywhre ln the country. . from completetransaxleassemml.~ to the smallst washer. LGdOO Winner of every Can/Am event since theWARNINOIII - 0n.t be mia-a by the fa~ra duor. beginningof the series in 1966.

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Olathe F- '"'n- -By Me1 BogusA m EditorOLATHE. Kan.. July 25 - JackHinkle's Lola T 165 was the class ofthe big-bore field hue today inpreliminary national race action tothe SCCA's 2.5 challenge seriesevent.With more than 1 1.500 on bandfo r 1 full day of amateur andprofessional racing, Hinkle scoredan easy victory. lapping the A Cprod, A SIR and A aedan fieldbefore a tire problem slowed theLola and tke Knupp. AMX, wasable to unlap himaelf on the way tos ec o n d o v d and fh in Bproductwn.John McComb. Mustang, ga bb edints in A &dan and f~shed~ ~ ~ m a l l .ob Hindson, Porsebe91416, took the Cp honors aftercm" 44's Bob Tullius had to p i twith us1 pr r~s ure roblems.Y e s t e r d a y ' s leadoff was theFormula Vee n a and Bob Laziers t a r t e d t h i n g s r i g h t w i t h aflag-to-ilagvietory. hxisr's averagespeed was 7 1.54mph as he breezedt o a comfortable victory o v a F r edStout and Bill Noble.

C h u c k C a a r e l ' s B r a b h a md T I 5 / 2 I n o s ed o u t H arryR ey n o l d ' s B T2 9 b y jurt thalmar&. Drafting Reynolds downthe fmnt stmight Chuck pulled ouland got a victory by about a footHarvey Stub's Winkelmam tookt h e S u p e r V e e win o vc r t hf o u r - d a y - o l d Z e i t l a o f B m aHoskins.Brian Fucrstenau got C mu p 44%third checkered flag in the race forD production, C sports/racing andB sedan. Five laps into the m ah ar d r ain t u rm d t h e c o w n to alake. Red Stanford road hisT R 4 t oa scam d in D production. Withsome of the 2.5 can entered the Bsedan portion could have been oneof the day's beetmar-wi tbout thera i n . T h e w i n w en t t o Ca rlFredericks ' BMW 2002. JohnN o r m ' s Alfa GTV was seconda f t a c h & g the engine he hadb b w n earlier in the TranrAm.Ji m King got a I.rt turn, Lst lapbreak in the Formula Ford f h .Teny Curley's Winkelounn spunIn the wet and handed Kii 'sR o y a l e n i n e p o i n t s . M ikeLandrum's Winkelmam was third.B o b K n o x t o o k t h e Gproduotion win in today's race fo rC -H production and D sedans,b e a t i n g Dave C u n n i n ~ h a m ' r' Spi t fm. H produ ct in went to Do n'~ k amsro n f ~ c t r o i t ,w., d t a ak .protest found Dr. Chubs R g a nJim K u h ill@ h a d amo v ed Todd Wheeler tocond an d Hugh M j o r to third.A1 Cosentino towed 1000 d e so comfortably win D wdan. Thea n t c i p l t a d hrWo. betweomosent iw an d Jimmy Boehm did~ 2 ~ m a t ~ ~s B d m did no t

FORMUIA VEE: 1 - Bob UIIwr,Zlnk; 2 - Fr m Stout. Zlnki 3 - BI INOW. zin*..-8-C PR&. A SIR. A SEDAN, 1 -Jack WnLt.. Lola T165; 2 - lkw K n w .AMXi S - John Mecomb. M u m .C W S WINNE RS eo - K- CP -noB Wmon. POISM 914B; A WR -Wnld.; A mdm - Mdornb.Q*IPROD, 0 SEDANr 1 BaO Knox.Alhi 2 - Dm Cunnln9h.m. Wtfln; 3N.11 n a r r l s o n . Svrlt*. CLASSWtNNERSi Qv - Knox; W - DonCJmaron. Sprltwi0 rcln Al Cantlno iM brV1 1000.N PROD. D SIR. C SEDAN2 1 -J w n Trultt. Msei 2 - RW ~r.tbon.MOU a - mtr ~ u h r ( a d . MOB.C m INNERS, eD TNnti Fp - Wn.H.. - DkkQTA Jr.i D SIR-- ...49, GlOllpu#otibf3Ntolthres

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7 - ---( 0 O . r n b D I ~&;< . -~ n t a s o f t h o d . W r r ~ D p&lped e l l d ~ t e bp ~llonl@ddcu md the Bd/Altwood FWaab~ t h e t h k d - p h c o ~ ,8hpabebhdtbdsbrm.Anotbar rixhplback, in fourth,w u th e Bcuris Fnnrorcb.PpPerrari 512 driwn by L o t hMotschenbacher and AlaintkCuiest. Fifth, and rinwr oftbs m-2.54ter dlsldDn of thegrand t o u r i q clan, wu theCorve t t e dr iven by Johnrood d ob lohmon, Uroundsbehied the Parui.Pe te r Cregg and HurleyHaywood were am lnao hpbshhd in their Doncbs 91416 forsixth overall and 6rd in theunder-2SUter @utd to* chr.Ofthe26amwhichhdbsenw a d off ix b ow eulier, only 10wm lMsd asf i -, -

CQRnmaWRAY'After tha ncs, de Adlmicb Ildbe M hd no re4 pmbkrm, butthrt duriq the ram tho m ythrown up by cm be wan puiq,ciPlly thabiCome&-, mde itludt to *.TE l f d rid the accident wbich

elhhuted fl0m &hd -8uuad by lpny from an he waspdp.I puad 1couple of am.od u I the mcond onetlae wu 1 wdl of Wlta and 1~ I a s W r n w t h e ~ l ~ I h i tit."Elfordhit the LOhn12boiq~ b y s k i p ~ , w L i o h w u~ h M t h p l a m l t t h a t l w .T b n m ~ 1 ) 1 1 ) 0 o f i t l l ~ ..nd l lot of it awmpatkion, rho&. I t e r t h c d o f t b eMb rm rwbnthe two c u r whicb htd beerrwappq the kd, the PanrkWsa byMark Donohusand l a d yIt&& Wk@ 4*Y 1.9rY

Adamich/Peteraon A h 1 hpbehiad.On h 50 lckx took the kdwhen Bonohm nude h~ ridrouthe stop f a p but it tookrJmohw om& ho jlp to at&. odp r l&xfo t t h ebd .

WNOBUBOPPTbon. rhik on Lp 54.hUOh~ ' 8hd left dt back l t~ c w s l t t b s t a 8 o f t h o p i th.i(M. He dmw back on, butimmadhtely pulbdoff s@n at thedptanbb ins."The stud which b l d r tbs t o d q m n t o t h .md I niW r u t o pt broknDomhm

n i d a fW k h t a u h u t o n a b o l ro f p ~ a r n t e b i q t h e P c l u l r e c r s wpclr up itl elaunnoe ncing *I.With Dowhuc out tbs f lcmyFsmri bd a o w l p kdwhichw m Y o krt bpl.On tbe 56th &ell& lckx pittedfor #as and to turn the ar over toMlrb Ambetti g ths h d oth e de AdamM/P@mon AIIIwhich hd w&ed its way up fmma dxth podtion dut.Tbs factory Farrri mfumd todut and 1 sliml-frod AIldrsttie n d e d u p i t t i i n t b c u u t b n e

mechrnia raplad the W a r .With the new starter fbPdyinstalled, Anddti praad thabu t t o n and again nothin;bppsd.A s h e w u ~ a r r y f m m t bprsl ~ndretti id. I don? ~UOWE%bn%G3 I t h b k i t n u lunn, Paau=i,t h e t u m ~ , r i d . " A P o f U st rannLbn b packed up. I don'tb w hy."with the two PIII lh out, tbn m turned inlo r k t t b k i m rtho de A e - 0 M a ud 1Lo *hm, ~ B s U ~ ~ * I t e ~ h e

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DENNY'S QUICK LAPM a k ii the win complete, Hulmeset the fastest time of the day onlap 69, when he repined the nuafter being forced into the pits for achange of his left-rear wheel whichu-Zri&ed thre e .of its spokes.Thrt &nnv can dl11 hun UD th e

T h e r a c e w a s a v e r i ta b l ewalk-away for Revson, but onlyafter pole-winner Jackie Stewartd r o p p e d f r o m a s ee m in gl ycomfortable lead when he had top i t h i s C a r l Haas LBM LolaT26OChevy to replace a flat tin.the secondstraight CanAm race inw hich the "M od S co t" ha s

o f n e w c o m e r s ~ S w i t ~ ' soSiffert and N a m t h , Pa.'s, MarioAn dre t t i - bo th of whom wered e b u t i n g n e w s p o r ts / ra c i ngmachinery, the 917-10 STP Porscheand the 7 12 Fm ari , respectively.Each had a troublefree run, withSif fer t eds ing Andret t i by 20seconds for an extra $1500 in hispaycheck over Andretti's $4900,and both completed 80 Laps. It'sbeen highly u n d or anyone butTam M cLuen to wdk in to a race

w i n n e r 's p a c e , w a s T o n yAdamowicz in Oncar Korsl~aki'sJfmbee Industries M8B McLaran.T h e P o l i s h R a d n g Drivers ofAmerica viapresident had to runwith no front brakes from the fgthlap, and Koveleski later cod&t o b eing the culpr it that hadforgo tt en to tw te n the lid on themaster brake cylinder re w o ir .Six m n d a behind came Sharon,Conn.'~, Sam P os y who did a great(Contiauod on pqd 25)Tk qedlg Lp of (bo I h A m 8t Wattins Clcn ud J rk ie Stcwut's LolaMI he field fmm its pole position. PeterRnror, (7) Lu i. M e b n the wtiPs with David Hobb.' M c h m 8) Denny HIIIID~ad h e or( ol h e 7- Uddfdkginbokind mill Pox photo)


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-'&z ohun tM hivat..isd Runmy v o i d the1 lga to fad the uw wayww.* ,rrwbame mid. "AUa n my n t h y wBI c h q a thdLadsd tbs f lrt time t h y drive a

a?."-%wax, wbbm of t hcombo eliminator dompetitmn,JB& dm# n* bidoy 4t h thef i l y o l b y ajuniorfueldr8gatu&baI &CI stRn mcosds and the

t3 n r i t i t ez . 1 9 7 1 N H R A fumy u r race of the nw t. thPintmclrtbdsindSpriD&Ntiomla mpli-fhd winst Henry Hmisoaw m W h diminator. became the M~ke yThompson's driwr. Botlf i rs i to . t h e PDA were in 71 Mustang Mach 1-bodiaetiminator titkr. maches. Alley won with a 6.74The *ts big upset came in 2 0 8 .3 3 mp h t o Har r i son 'fumy car competition, after such 216.34mph. 6.86second run. 'favorites as Jrmy Ruth, Rich Standim room only attencianoSbooairn .ad Dave Beck were of 15.037 tonight b r o w theliminated in earlier rounds. two-night count to 18.62 1.Prudhomme And Dodge Win Titles

BYJonA*BYWN . In.. lulv 25 - Von-Dodgs's win* wpoinb Lo Ford's second-placeof only s i x points. Plymofinished third and tbe Go ~ r p l ad three draWlt wins. Coldsteih u d l l o m m i ~ t h e t o p r p o tat t he tlkird a nnual Midwest

M O ~ & ~UII placed fourth.Prudhomme captured theindividual honors with threetoppS.~tho.-dm@ of 16sn@ew&i@ fyd-bwmin& funnycirs in t b YMro*ees, it wmFWdhlmrn'~ alcwld m m u wH t l sstrlinht wins in his Bmcuda. His each. Matclung Prudho- -~

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c h r n p i o n r h i iLV 24: 1 - Rlchard Patty. 2760;2.2360; BWby Alll.on. 22%; 5 -, 1907; Blll Chrrnplon. 1814:8J.D. McDuffle. 17% 9 - rank Warren. 1712; 0 Bonny Parronr. 1709; 1suddy ~ a k e r . 518; 2 mnley Gray. 1500.NASCAR GrandNationa l MMrmtacturer'sTHROUGH NASHVILLE. TENN.. JULY 24: I .Plymouth. I& : 2 oap..146; Ford, 119:4 h r c u ~ y . 10 : 5 - Cnevrolet. 22; - Ponllac. 2.

Early in th e race, Allison passrd --e t ty , br inging Pe t ty to co mme nt ."I was trying to set a prce and Iguess he didn' t think it was fastenough."Right, he passed me. I didn't lethim by."Asked if the million dollars hadany particular signif icance. Pettysmiled and a i d , "More for UncleSam , than me. But now that we'reg e t t i n g c l o s e t o t h a t a n deverybody's making such a big dealou t of i t , th e wins are meaningmore.' 'Hylton, who said he has f inishedsecond more t imes than he canre me mb er , confessed , "Yeah, Iknew if Richard had trouble I had achance to win , but i t seems eve ryt ime I ge t se wn d behind h im , henever has trouble."Hyl ton s l id i t was a rough racef o r him. "1 was h i t by Ea r l Brwks .I was hit by Gerald Childress. I hitthe wall and I spun out lwice inoil." H y l t o n l o s t m n t r o l o n t h ef ront s t r e tch la te in the r ace whenhe spun in o i l and a f te r h i t t ing the

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