RED BARRON SPECIAL
Tri-City Speedway
Granite City, Ill.
Saturday, May 15, 1971
Race #5 of the 1971 season brought the Grand American Challenge Series to Granite City. Ill. for the Red Barron Special at the 1/2 mile high dirt oval called Tri-City Speedway. It was the third race of RED BARON RACE WEEK. Tiny Lund would start from the pole with George Bauer second, Jimmy Capps third and Wayne Andrews fourth. Buck Baker had his Firebird repaired from the crash at Springfield and started 16th. Jim Paschal had run out of engines at Lake Hill and was back in North Carolina.
Bauer took the lead on lap one and held it for 8 laps until Lund went by on lap 9. Bauer was off course on lap 12 with ignition trouble. Andrews went to the front on lap 26 and led for 5 laps before Lund regained the top spot. With Andrews glued to Tinys bumper the pair lapped the field. Andrews challenge ended after 101 laps when the engine failed in the borrowed Camaro. By now Lund had such a lead that he was able to make a late pit stop to cool down the engine allowing Jimmy Vaughn to get back on the lead lap but never got close enough to threaten Lund who made it 2 wins in a row.
Lund collected $1,785 of the $7,400 purse. There were no cautions and 11 of the 20 starters were running at the finish.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 1 55 Tiny Lund 70 Camaro 150 Running
2 8 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 150 Running
3 5 47 Al Arnold 70 Camaro 145 Running
4 12 39 James Raimey 68 Camaro 143 Running
5 7 74 Al Straub 71 Mustang 139 Running
6 13 19 Bobby Brewer 68 Camaro 138 Running
7 15 21 Tommy Andrews 70 Mustang 136 Running
8 14 6 Glen Brewer 70 Firebird 135 Running
9 11 54 Bobby Fleming 69 Camaro 131 Running
10 10 06 Bob Williams 70 Mustang 122 Running
11 18 9 Stan Starr, Jr. 70 Chevy II 121 Running
12 9 2 Bob Myers 70 Mustang 110 Overheat
13 4 24 Wayne Andrews 68 Camaro 101 Engine
14 12 61 Tommy Lechlider 69 Camaro 48 Overheat
15 16 87 Buck Baker 71 Firebird 25 Overheat
16 3 90 Jimmy Capps 69 Camaro 16 Engine
17 10 17 Ernie Shaw 70 Mustang 13 Overheat
18 2 70 George Bauer 69 Camaro 12 Ignition
19 6 86 David Boggs 71 Firebird 8 Engine
20 20 27 Steve McWhite 70 Camaro 1 Technical
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM