Random Thoughts And A Look Back to 1969

Building the Specials Calendar at Positively Racing thankfully has given me a few items to talk about this week, otherwise I would have had to go off topic with my disgust over things like celebrities staging a hoax to try to make a political/social statement, the PC police taking down a radio announcer and radical politicians who obviously do not understand how a tax incentive works. I also saw this week that the Joey Logano look-alike is going to sue the Washington Post for $250 million and hopefully justice will be served with at least some kind of victory for him that will finally make the media take a pause and consider the facts before they put out a mis-leading or flat out false story just to support their narrative.

Okay enough of that, let's talk about some scheduling news.

It was announced this week that the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars will be at the Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway on Sunday June 23rd and this will replace the event that was originally scheduled for the Farley Speedway on June 21st. The Sprint Invaders have put on a good show the past three years at the Dubuque County fair and you can bet that the Outlaws' show will be a thriller! Normally this would be a must-see on my schedule, but that just happens to be the weekend that my son Morgan will be getting married out east so I will have to miss it.

This now leaves just one show on the schedule for Farley this year, at least from what I have been able to gather, as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event is still showing on the series' website for Friday May 17th.

Twelve days ago promoter Bob Wagener officially announced his plans for 2019. Wagener has been running the weekly program at the Davenport Speedway for the past twenty years, but this year under the banner of Drt Trak Racing he will promote twelve special events at four different tracks; five at Davenport, four at West Liberty, two at Tipton and one at Dubuque. The five events at Davenport were negotiated in a manner to maintain the final three years of his current contract and when making the announcement he added, "and fair management gets a new weekly promoter willing to meet all their demands." Wagener also stated, "someone else will be running the weekly races, I really don't know who, but I am sure they are biting at the bit to tell you all about it shortly after this is published".

I found this interesting for two reasons. One, is that it has now been twelve days so the new weekly promoter is obviously not chomping at the bit to get the information out about the revised program and two, just how attractive is it going to be to promote weekly races at a track where the special events, the most probable money makers, are going to be promoted by someone else? Obviously the fair board was making demands on the weekly program that were not acceptable so that new promoter will also have to work within those guidelines. My guess? A very shortened weekly schedule at the historic facility, if any at all.

I wish Bob and his able assistant Carrie Rouse nothing but the best in 2019 and I will likely attend as many as six of their scheduled special events. They will never say this, but I have to believe that the constant drum beat of negativity on social media that they have endured over the years likely played into their decision to move to specials only. I obviously don't want to keep stats on something like this, but it sure seemed like there were more crybabies and bitchers about Davenport over the years than any other track in the area and as human beings you can only take so much of that crap before it takes away your motivation. Hopefully those whiners and bitchers will be happy with the new weekly promoter, or will find something else to whine about with no racing at all on Friday nights, something that remains to be seen.

Quick follow up, my Positively Racing colleague Brian Neal has sent me a schedule for the Davenport Speedway showing that there indeed will be weekly racing there, although the identity of the weekly promoter has not been revealed. Perhaps the Fair Board is doing it with a track manager? Will update as additional information is received.

And now for another update, this coming from a trusted source that Bill Schrader will be promoting the weekly racing at Davenport this year.

Shortened weekly schedules are becoming more prominent and the latest one came with an interesting twist. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that with their Park Jefferson Speedway schedule ending in July, perhaps AtoZ Promotions would focus the schedule at their newest venture, the Interstate Speedway on the latter half of the summer. That played out as predicted when the schedule for the track that literally sits across the road from Park Jeff was released this week showing an opener on June 30th and a finale on August 25th. Including a Monday night appearance by the IMCA Dirt Knights on July 22nd that is ten events, but in announcing the schedule the promoters also made this interesting offer.

A number of drivers and fans have expressed disappointment in the shortened race season this year. With that in mind, AtoZ Promotions officials are pleased to announce an innovative new program called "Track Owner For a Night". For $1,950, AtoZ will be willing to work with any individual or group to sub lease the track and run additional nights in 2019. Included will be all the facilities, grader, sheepsfoot and water truck needed to operate the track.

That is definitely one way to shut up the "here's how I would do it crowd", I doubt that there will be any takers.

This is the final weekend of February and it is becoming clear that all of the early season events on the schedule are in jeopardy. The Spring Nationals at Beatrice have been moved from March 8th and 9th to March 15th and 16th "with the possibility of pushing to dates further out in March if the weather does not cooperate." With this weekend's storm there is eight inches of snow on the ground in Beatrice and looking at the long range forecast the first time that the temperature will go above freezing will be on March 6th when it will be a balmy 38 degrees. In fact, according the AccuWeather the first time that the high temperature will top the 50 mark will be on March 26th, so those dates "further out in March" might have to stretch into April.

The Southern Iowa Speedway added an event to its schedule this week. The Caleb Hammond Memorial will be run on Tuesday April 2nd, weather permitting of course. The track had originally scheduled its opener for April 3rd, but will move to Tuesday night for the young man who achieved his dream of driving a race car while fighting cancer to the end. The non-sanctioned event will run in front of the four night IMCA Frostbuster and, if the weather does not cooperate, hopefully all five race nights will be rescheduled in lock step to a point where we actually can go racing here in Iowa.

I watched the two NASCAR races from Atlanta on Saturday and both were real snoozers with Christopher Bell dominating the Xfinity race leading 143 of the 163 laps, and Kyle Busch won the Truck Series race. It was Kyle's 52nd win in the series breaking the record held by Ron Hornaday Jr. Okay Kyle, the record is years, time to stop playing in the little pond. Hopefully today's Cup race will provide us with a little more excitement.

Let's close out today with a look back at the All Iowa Points from fifty years ago in 1969. This is the third season on record and we used a 20-point scale back then using the results from the Hawkeye Racing News. Take a look and see how many names you can recall and for more memories make sure that you visit Kyle Ealy's Midwest Racing Archives.

		All Iowa Points	Late Models	Total Points
Pos		Driver	Hometown		1969
1	.	Ed Sanger	Waterloo		1019
2	.	Red Droste	Waterloo		747
3	.	John Connolly	Delhi		717
4	.	Lem Blankenship	Keokuk		657
5	.	Mel Morris	West Liberty		653
6	.	Johnny Moss	Iowa City		622
7	.	Del Stokke	Ames		621
8	.	Ron Weedon	Pleasant Valley		618
9	.	Don Bohlander	Glasford IL		553
10	.	Curt Hansen	Dike		548
11	.	Darrell Dake	Cedar Rapids		547
12	.	Karl Sanger	Waterloo		541
13	.	Joel Rasmussen	Ames		486
14	.	Jerry LeCroy	Des Moines		481
15	.	Ev Hutchinson	Sac City		475
16	.	George Barton	Ankeny		469
17	.	Dean Montgomery	Davenport		465
18	.	Bill McDonough	Cedar Rapids		460
19	.	Cal Swanson	Reinbeck		455
20	.	Jim Gerber	Long Grove		442
21	.	Pokey West	West Chester		435
22	.	Ray Guss Sr.	Milan IL		407
23	.	Roger Dolan	Lisbon		400
24	.	Gene Schattschneider	Algona		390
25	.	Tom Hughes	Monticello		389
26	.	Jerry Reinhart	Moline IL		384
27	.	Lloyd Ewing	Kewanee IL		366
28	.	Chub Liebe	Oelwein		365
29	.	Lynn Idler	Ionia		361
30	.	Bob Helm	Andalusia IL		350
31	.	Denny Hovinga	Pocahontas		315
32	.	Bill Wrich	Norfolk NE		315
33	.	Bud Darting	Wilton Jct.		314
34	.	Tom Stewart	Washington		309
35	.	Arnie Christen	Mineral Point WI		289
36	.	Dyle Downing	Marshalltown		286
37	.	Terry Ryan	Davenport		282
38	.	Jim Wyman	Griswold		279
39	.	Larry DeFrance	Marshalltown		273
40	.	Ernie Speth	Davenport		268
41	.	Glen Martin	Independence		267
42	.	Joe Schaefer	Waterloo		264
43	.	Dick Nesteby	Dubuque		264
44	.	Truman McDowell	Fort Madison		259
45	.	Dan Clement	Rhodes		255
46	.	Byron Buchele	Muscatine		254
47	.	Bill Martin	Council Bluffs		252
48	.	Bob Bonzer	Liscomb		250
49	.	Jim Pester	Charter Oak		248
50	.	Arlo Becker	Atkins		244
51	.	Randy Sterner	Blair NE		239
52	.	Mike Chapman	Whiting		238
53	.	Paul Uhlenberg	Marshalltown		238
54	.	Fred Horn	Marion		237
55	.	Lyle Behne	Coal Valley IL		232
56	.	Don Christenson	Harlan		229
57	.	Roger Carmody	Mason City		227
58	.	Wendell Essex	Davenport		224
59	.	Greg Davis	Boone		222
60	.	Ted Zieman	Mason City		220
61	.	Bob Kosiski	Omaha NE		219
62	.	Roy Jo Peltz	Humboldt		219
63	.	Chris Maurer	Colfax		214
64	.	Mike Keen	Marshalltown		197
65	.	Darrell Bunkofske	Algona		197
66	.	Walt Carney	West Branch		197
67	.	Stan Crooks	Muscatine		194
68	.	Jim Strube	Peoria IL		190
69	.	Tim Woods	Waverly		185
70	.	Bill Barthelmes	Troy Mills		184
71	.	Don Morgan	Muscatine		184
72	.	Mike Niffeneggar	Kalona		183
73	.	Norm Meinart	Dixon IL		183
74	.	Ben Hofer	Rock Island IL		177
75	.	Dave Bedard	Waterloo		176
76	.	Larry Jenkins	Wilton		175
77	.	Marlyn Cornelius	Waterloo		174
78	.	Del McDowell	Ames		172
79	.	Joe Shear	Beloit WI		169
80	.	Bill Zwanziger	Waterloo		167
81	.	Ron Hemsted	Lone Tree		166
82	.	Harv Patterson	Northwood		161
83	.	Mark Mosier	Washington		160
84	.	Allan May	Elmwood IL		160
85	.	Bob Hilmer	Dysart		158
86	.	Dale DeFrance	Albion		158
87	.	Ron Schaufenbuhl	New Hampton		156
88	.	Jim Burger	Waterloo		155
89	.	Tommy Roberts	Lancaster MO		155
90	.	Bud Burdick	Omaha NE		154
91	.	Gordy Blankenship	Keokuk		147
92	.	Richard Simpson	Algona		146
93	.	Ed Brown	Dubuque		144
94	.	Herb Shannon	Hanna City IL		142
95	.	Bill Newman	Burlington		140
96	.	Al Terrell	Peoria IL		140
97	.	Harold Sliefert	Storm Lake		136
98	.	Roger Kruse	Independence		134
99	.	Denny Nonnweiler	Mason City		134
100	.	Joe Alsin	Ankeny		134
101	.	Bob Stogdell	Silvis IL		133
102	.	Richard Scott	Fredericksburg		131
103	.	Bill Forbes	Sterling IL		131
104	.	Merle Leonard	Marshalltown		129
105	.	Don Hoffman	Des Moines		128
106	.	Dan Robertson	Muscatine		128
107	.	Dick Oldham	Des Moines		126
108	.	Larry Dralle	Waterloo		126
109	.	Loren Thies	Arthur		122
110	.	Wahlee Brown	Rock Island IL		120
111	.	Charlie Hart	Mason City		120
112	.	Loras Ehrlich	Dubuque		120
113	.	Fred Strube	Peoria IL		117
114	.	Don Green	Kirksville MO		117
115	.	Boyce Sparkman	Rockford IL		114
116	.	Gary Redlinger	Wellman		114
117	.	Bill Hopp	Muscatine		113
118	.	Don Hilbert	Algona		113
119	.	Jerry Mullenix	Unionville MO		110
120	.	Larry Schmidt	New Hampton		109
121	.	Bill Moyer	Des Moines		109
122	.	Ed Bollen	Peoria IL		108
123	.	Jack Thomas	Kirksville MO		106
124	.	Irv Janey	Cedar Rapids		105
125	.	Dick Chapman	Dubuque		105
126	.	Ken Braasch	Omaha NE		105
127	.	Arvid Miller	Ogden		105
128	.	Bill Eastman	Riceville		104
129	.	Leo Corn	Onawa		103
130	.	Ron Perdock	Washington		101
131	.	Jerry Cain	Platteville WI		101
132	.	Lyle Curley	Oxford Jct.		101
133	.	Butch Householder	Algona		100
134	.	Arlo Doranbush	Boone		98
135	.	Stan Stover	Reinbeck		97
136	.	Roger Klingfus	Waterloo		96
137	.	Bob Hesse	Waterloo		96
138	.	Mike Brooks	Hartford		95
139	.	Ray Busch	Ogden		94
140	.	Earl Katz	New Hampton		93
141	.	John Webb	Independence		92
142	.	Milo Stodola	Omaha NE		92
143	.	George Dailing	Edina MO		91
144	.	Rex Garr	Mason City		91
145	.	Ron Prymek	Iowa City		90
146	.	Leroy Rover	Charles City		90
147	.	Bob Sheppard	Cedar Falls		90
148	.	Terry Hirst	Rock Island IL		89
149	.	Lyle Platter	Boone		89
150	.	Gale Card	Waterloo		89
151	.	Jim Lene	Macon MO		88
152	.	Ed Leonard	Fort Madison		88
153	.	Gary Kirschbaum	Mason City		87
154	.	Wally Stanton	Mifflin WI		86
155	.	Dave Trower	New Hampton		85
156	.	Wilbur Kotz	New Hampton		84
157	.	Gene Chapman	Dubuque		82
158	.	Paul Fitzpatrick	Rochester MN		81
159	.	Charlie Summers	Harlan		81
160	.	Jim Baker	Peoria IL		81
161	.	Arnie Braland	Boone		80
162	.	Ernie Derr	Keokuk		80
163	.	Bud Peterson	Algona		79
164	.	Willie Wilcox	Osage		78
165	.	Bud Kohl	Cedar Rapids		78
166	.	John Engelkens	Morrison IL		75
167	.	Earl Tice	Ames		74
168	.	Harold Picha	Freeport IL		74
169	.	Junior Reese	Belknap		72
170	.	Willie Richardson	Hayfield MN		72
171	.	Verlin Eaker	Mechanicsville		71
172	.	Jack Piper	Mason City		71
173	.	Marlyn Strueker	Algona		71
174	.	Ole Brua	Albert Lea MN		70
175	.	Dick Matson	Mason City		70
176	.	Ron Hutcherson	Keokuk		69
177	.	Jerry Hamm	Eldon		69
178	.	Ramo Stott	Keokuk		68
179	.	Lurton Grummitt	Fredericksburg		68
180	.	Richard Mears	Kirksville MO		68
181	.	Ken Farrell	New Hampton		67
182	.	Darrell DeVries	Charles City		67
183	.	Larry McGee	Boone		67
184	.	Clyde Findling	Kirksville MO		67
185	.	Larry Ringham	Mason City		67
186	.	Bob Bronner	Lime Springs		67
187	.	Larry Embrey	Granger		66
188	.	Claus Stricker	Waterloo		66
189	.	Joe Stewart	Blair NE		66
190	.	Steve Fraise	Montrose		65
191	.	Ron Wishard	Rockford IL		65
192	.	John Curwen	Hazel Green WI		63
193	.	Roy Amon	Kirksville MO		63
194	.	Keith Braun	Cedar Falls		62
195	.	Mike Bardoel	Milan IL		61
196	.	Morey Willis	Van Horne		61
197	.	Gerry Reeder	Peoria IL		60
198	.	Floyd Strube	Peoria IL		60
199	.	Larry Pipes	Kirksville MO		59
200	.	Tom Greenlee	Freeport IL		58
201	.	Lyle McNall	Aledo IL		57
202	.	Jack Goujon	Peoria IL		57
203	.	Les Chenevold	West Union		57
204	.	Wally Nissen	Omaha NE		56
205	.	John Nesbitt	Humboldt		55
206	.	Vaughn Gerke			55
207	.	Bob McCall	Ottumwa		54
208	.	Dick Powell	Ottumwa		54
209	.	Red Morgan			54
210	.	Bill Schwader	Bettendorf		53
211	.	Lewis Taylor	Shawnee KS		53
212	.	Ivan Long	Pittsfield IL		53
213	.	Dave Dodder	Letts		52
214	.	George Peterson	Harlan		51
215	.	Jon Hiscocks	Britt		51
216	.	Les Mohr			51
217	.	Paul Zdan	Omaha NE		50
218	.	Rich Green	Webster City		50
219	.	Del Abney	Muscatine		49
220	.	Don Ronk	Omaha NE		49
221	.	Don Polte	Omaha NE		49
222	.	Butch Hall	Minneapolis MN		48
223	.	Jack Brissey	Burlington		48
224	.	Mark Colberg	Muscatine		48
225	.	Pat Gribben	Mason City		48
226	.	Jack Golder	Hooper NE		47
227	.	Dave Etheridge	Freeport IL		47
228	.	Joe Schlininger	Hampton IL		47
229	.	Bob Hass	Omaha NE		47
230	.	Bob Kelley	Wheaton IL		47
231	.	Leroy Cerwinske	Nashua		47
232	.	Jerry Lewerke	Mason City		46
233	.	John Schroyer	Laurel		46
234	.	Steve Kaasa			45
235	.	Chuck Berg	Des Moines		44
236	.	Eldon Hazelstine	Janesville WI		44
237	.	Dick Brosseau			44
238	.	Karl Graff			44
239	.	Pete Gribben	Mason City		43
240	.	Denny Anton	Green Rock IL		42
241	.	Doc Mayner	Winthrop		41
242	.	Curt Houge	Ames		41
243	.	Neil Holling	Omaha NE		41
244	.	Perry Beckler	Tiffin		39
245	.	Roy Schoffner	Sterling IL		39
246	.	Frank Jorgenson	Carroll		38
247	.	Lyle Roucka	Fremont NE		38
248	.	Don Dane	Peoria IL		38
249	.	Larry Daniels	West Union		38
250	.	J.C. Wood	LaPlata MO		38
251	.	Bob Widmar	Ottumwa		37
252	.	Harold O'Deen	Marion		37
253	.	Ron Loftsgard	Elgin		37
254	.	Earl Wagner	Pleasantville		37
255	.	Richard Hamilton	Muscatine		37
256	.	Phil Reeves	Omaha NE		36
257	.	Ivan Thompkins	Muscatine		36
258	.	R.J. Smith	Rock Island IL		35
259	.	Don Mullen	Mineral Point WI		35
260	.	Ernie Cook	Goose Lake		34
261	.	Gene Grimm	Sterling IL		34
262	.	Harold Christianson			34
263	.	Steve Lance	Cuba IL		33
264	.	Gary Lindgren	Ogden		33
265	.	Mike Derr	Keokuk		33
266	.	Dave Maxson	Waterloo		33
267	.	John Carlson	Ankeny		32
268	.	Ed Pilcher	Ottumwa		32
269	.	Larry Jiskra	Omaha NE		32
270	.	Bob Henry	Madrid		32
271	.	Lowell Hopp	Harlan		32
272	.	Lynn Warden	Marshalltown		32
273	.	Dan McBurney	Cedar Falls		32
274	.	Darrell Clow			32
275	.	Harvey Grooms	Ottumwa		32
276	.	Jerry Poor	Bethel MO		32
277	.	Gary Doze	Kirksville MO		31
278	.	Tom Banks	Omaha NE		31
279	.	Don Reimers			31
280	.	Paul Scott	Harlan		30
281	.	Art Brady	Peoria IL		30
282	.	Elmer Eggers	State Center		30
283	.	Jim Birks			30
284	.	Don Bitner	Peoria IL		29
285	.	Bill Holder	Ames		29
286	.	Chuck Speicher			29
287	.	Jerry Whittom	Kirksville MO		29
288	.	Jerre Wichman	Kansas City MO		29
289	.	Bob Cave	Omaha NE		29
290	.	Joe Bird			29
291	.	Jim Cowan	Marshalltown		29
292	.	Jim Jeffries	Freeport IL		28
293	.	Larry Fabris	Sycamore IL		28
294	.	John Schlemmer	Cedar Rapids		28
295	.	Jim Havill	LeClaire		28
296	.	Jack Rebholz	Sterling IL		28
297	.	Dick Gappa	Omaha NE		28
298	.	Dick Johnson	St. Paul MN		28
299	.	Don Carnes	Ottumwa		28
300	.	George Enright	Owatonna MN		28
301	.	Carl VanDerWal	Ames		27
302	.	Mike Dizona	Omaha NE		27
303	.	Marv Korns	Brooklyn		27
304	.	Ron Reissig	Kirksville MO		27
305	.	Lefty Robinson	Des Moines		26
306	.	Dale Keeling	Dixon MO		26
307	.	Allen Jones	Ainsworth		26
308	.	Leon Bowman	Wichita KS		26
309	.	John Weers	Readlyn		25
310	.	Coy Holt	Peoria IL		25
311	.	Bill Rockwell	Salem		25
312	.	Roger Nixon			25
313	.	Leland Cain	Miller SD		24
314	.	Doug Crawford	Geneseo IL		23
315	.	B.J. Higley	Sterling IL		23
316	.	Ron Tilley	Omaha NE		20
317	.	Skip Kennedy	Dubuque		20
318	.	Don White	Keokuk		20
319	.	Bob Jusola	Elko MN		20
320	.	Dan Beaman	Council Bluffs		20
321	.	Don Earnest	Council Bluffs		20
322	.	Jay Livermore	Waterloo		20

		All Iowa Points	Sportsman	Total Points
Pos		Driver	Hometown		1969
1	.	Jim Havill	North Liberty		452
2	.	Virgil Webb	Des Moines		407
3	.	Duane Steffe	East Moline IL		395
4	.	Arlo Becker	Atkins		388
5	.	Ken Haley	Burlington		313
6	.	Larry Palmer	Evansdale		274
7	.	Billy Geil	Stuart		261
8	.	Nub Menter	Marshalltown		259
9	.	Chuck Lukemyres	Tipton		237
10	.	Chuck Rodgers	Redfield		237
11	.	Ray Stropes	Orion IL		234
12	.	Joe Merryfield	Des Moines		233
13	.	Perry Beckler	Tiffin		231
14	.	Russ Haack	Camanche		213
15	.	Walt McCoy	Cedar Rapids		209
16	.	Lloyd Nabb	Maquoketa		205
17	.	Wayne Settles	East Moline IL		199
18	.	Terry Hirst	Rock Island IL		196
19	.	George Fielty	Burlington		195
20	.	Don Hoffman	Des Moines		187
21	.	Lyle Gehn	Port Byron IL		183
22	.	Ralph Parish	Burlington		182
23	.	Jim Mack	Viola		181
24	.	Dick Gustin	Des Moines		174
25	.	Larry Embrey	Granger		166
26	.	Richard Wilcox	Evansdale		163
27	.	Ted Wanerus	Marion		159
28	.	Bill Carder	Burlington		159
29	.	Dan Nesteby	Waterloo		155
30	.	Gene Heap	Media IL		140
31	.	Ron Joint	Des Moines		140
32	.	Roger LaCoursiere	Cedar Rapids		139
33	.	Webb Duncan	Moline IL		139
34	.	Denny Grabenbauer	Marshalltown		134
35	.	Wahlee Brown	Rock Island IL		134
36	.	Bob Helm	Andalusia IL		133
37	.	Jody Stephenson	Des Moines		132
38	.	Walt Carney	West Branch		131
39	.	John Clark	Marshalltown		129
40	.	Dusty Whitehead	Clarinda		128
41	.	Pat Blake	Clarence		128
42	.	Dick Bragg	Hiawatha		120
43	.	Ivan Lant	Media IL		120
44	.	Dale Saunders	Marshalltown		118
45	.	John Schroyer	Laurel		118
46	.	Bill Beckman	Lisbon		117
47	.	Jim Betcher	Colona IL		113
48	.	Bob Toland	Moline IL		111
49	.	Larry Fudge	Corning		109
50	.	Dale Snyder	Cedar Rapids		109
51	.	Mike Halligan	Waterloo		107
52	.	Gary Kerres	Edgington IL		105
53	.	Clyde Marker	Marshalltown		105
54	.	Marv Korns	Brooklyn		104
55	.	Geno Gainey	Moline IL		102
56	.	Ed Bennett	Indianola		97
57	.	Don Roberts	Preston		95
58	.	Darrell Butler	Marshalltown		95
59	.	Glenn Woodard	Des Moines		93
60	.	Ross Thede	Ames		92
61	.	Hershel Roberts	East Moline IL		91
62	.	Jack Alter	Burlington		89
63	.	Doug White	Redfield		86
64	.	George Derry	Des Moines		86
65	.	Ed Gintert	Hiawatha		86
66	.	Thurman Williams			83
67	.	Veral Schmidt	Massena		80
68	.	Chuck Larsen	Waterloo		78
69	.	Larry Brown	Boone		75
70	.	Larry Baerenwald			75
71	.	Fred McFarland	Marshalltown		74
72	.	Lee Pinckney	Des Moines		73
73	.	Dick Edle	Burlington		72
74	.	Vern Zmolek	Garwin		72
75	.	Gene Skellenger	Des Moines		71
76	.	Mike Brooks	Hartford		71
77	.	Bob Ballard	Marengo		71
78	.	Bob Frey	Creston		71
79	.	Clark Slausen	Davenport		70
80	.	Craig LaRue	Waterloo		70
81	.	Larry Snyder	Des Moines		68
82	.	Dick Young	Atkins		67
83	.	Chuck Harrison			66
84	.	George Eurom	Marshalltown		66
85	.	Herm McReynolds	Marshalltown		62
86	.	Wren Fall	Olin		61
87	.	Paul Chumos	Stuart		60
88	.	Bob Luke	Perry		59
89	.	Pokey West	West Chester		59
90	.	Carl Andreason	Des Moines		59
91	.	Bill Davis	Des Moines		58
92	.	Jim Sharp	Marshalltown		57
93	.	Jack Anthony	Adel		57
94	.	Larry Hawxby	Des Moines		57
95	.	Lynn Warden	Marshalltown		55
96	.	B.J. Higley	Sterling IL		54
97	.	Stan Woode	Tipton		53
98	.	John Hutchinson	Des Moines		53
99	.	Dick Close	Marshalltown		53
100	.	Charles King			53
101	.	Ron Deardorff	Des Moines		52
102	.	Lee McGeon			51
103	.	Ned Fry	Burlington		51
104	.	Dave Wheeler	Davenport		49
105	.	Jeff Styx	Moline IL		49
106	.	Roger Swanson	Burlington		49
107	.	Chuck Stout			48
108	.	Leonard Woodard	Des Moines		46
109	.	Dale Welch	Cedar Rapids		46
110	.	Gary Jones	Des Moines		45
111	.	Del Flowers	Marshalltown		43
112	.	Ron Perdock	Washington		40
113	.	Bill Arnold	Fort Madison		39
114	.	Mel Morris	West Liberty		39
115	.	Elgin Spence	Marshalltown		39
116	.	Gary McBride	Burlington		38
117	.	Norm Riedesel	Cedar Rapids		38
118	.	Bill Stuart	Creston		38
119	.	Don Phipps	Ames		38
120	.	Jim Hollenbeck	Burlington		37
121	.	Bob Current	Maquoketa		37
122	.	Larry Gross	Redfield		37
123	.	Jerry Peterson	Ames		37
124	.	Roger Johnson	Independence		37
125	.	Bob Pike	Des Moines		36
126	.	Bill Carter	Des Moines		36
127	.	Ed Dunnell	Des Moines		36
128	.	Sammy Armstrong	Corning		36
129	.	Dean Meekeman			36
130	.	Paul Swanson	Clarinda		36
131	.	Harold Oliver	Waterloo		35
132	.	Gary Edwards	Maquoketa		35
133	.	Gary Miller	Burlington		35
134	.	Dave Snyder	Maquoketa		34
135	.	Keith Young	Waterloo		34
136	.	Dave Link	Dubuque		34
137	.	Lowell Franck			34
138	.	Roy Haines			34
139	.	Allen Hasselbusch	Clarence		33
140	.	Ron Witte	Marshalltown		33
141	.	Bud Darting	Wilton		33
142	.	Dick Stoolman	West Branch		33
143	.	Dave Fielder	West Des Moines		33
144	.	Bill Sheldon			33
145	.	Larry Shirley			32
146	.	Tim Bultolph			32
147	.	Jerry Roberts	Prairie City		31
148	.	Jack Weese	Marshalltown		31
149	.	Cy Bohr	Tipton		31
150	.	Ed Mitchell			31
151	.	Francis Hansen			31
152	.	Don Short	Moline IL		30
153	.	Wayne Struchen	Marion		29
154	.	Wendell Folkerts	Newton		28
155	.	Gary Davenport	Tama		28
156	.	Tom Riggs	Davenport		27
157	.	Buck Barnes	Redfield		27
158	.	Terry Laughlin			26
159	.	Bill Voitl			24
160	.	Blackie Lyons	Cascade		20
161	.	Paul Zdan	Omaha NE		20
162	.	Skip Kennedy	Dubuque		20
163	.	Dean Waters	Des Moines		20
164	.	Ora Pearson	Iowa City		20
165	.	Bill Wrich	Kennard NE		20
166	.	George Barton	Ankeny		20
167	.	Jim Townsend			20
168	.	Lloyd Starbuck			20

		All Iowa Points	Sprint Cars
Pos		Driver	Hometown	1969
1	.	Gary "Bosco" Roberts	Lancaster MO	380
2	.	Bob Williams	Kansas City MO	295
3	.	Jerry Blundy	Dahinda IL	294
4	.	Johnny Babb	Ottumwa	283
5	.	Bob Lane	Burlington	271
6	.	Earl Wagner	Pleasantville	254
7	.	Sonny Smyser	Lancaster MO	239
8	.	Jan Opperman	Beaver Crossing NE	235
9	.	Joe Saldana	Lincoln NE	227
10	.	Dick McClure	Burlington	184
11	.	Dick Sutcliffe	Kansas City MO	177
12	.	Jay Woodside	Kansas City MO	175
13	.	Kenny Gritz	Lincoln NE	167
14	.	Bob Ensminger	Burlington	155
15	.	Ray Lee Goodwin	Kansas City MO	139
16	.	Junior Sweet	LaPorte MO	128
17	.	Bud Palmer	Kirksville MO	128
18	.	Cliff Powell	Hannibal MO	127
19	.	Don Jermeier	Mount Pleasant	126
20	.	Duane Stoneking	Oquawka IL	123
21	.	Harvey Starman	Burlington	118
22	.	Cliff Blundy	Dahinda IL	117
23	.	Lloyd Beckman	Lincoln NE	117
24	.	Duane Mooney	Ottumwa	109
25	.	Ron Jackson	Burlington	104
26	.	Darrell Ellis	Mount Pleasant	91
27	.	Alan Tee	Oquawka IL	88
28	.	Dale Oaks	West Burlington	74
29	.	Jerry Poor	Bethel MO	68
30	.	Tom Corbin	Carrollton MO	64
31	.	Roger Clarke	Rock Island IL	54
32	.	Walt Paris	Centerville	54
33	.	George Lasoski	Dover MO	54
34	.	Chuck Lynch	Springfield IL	48
35	.	Don Walton	Quincy IL	48
36	.	Bill Utz	Sedalia MO	47
37	.	Thad Dosher	Topeka KS	44
38	.	Curt Houge	Ames	43
39	.	Buzz Rose	Manhattan Beach CA	41
40	.	Gary Latham	Centerville	41
41	.	Eddie Leavitt	Kearney MO	40
42	.	Darl Harrison	Tiffin OH	39
43	.	Bill Compton	Sylvania OH	38
44	.	Tom Custer	Peoria IL	36
45	.	Ralph Parkinson	Gladstone MO	33
46	.	Dick Powell	Ottumwa	32
47	.	Benny Rapp	Toledo OH	31
48	.	Frank Maken		31
49	.	Larry Barber		30
50	.	Don Mack	East Grand Forks MN	29
51	.	Del Schmidt	Topeka KS	28
52	.	Dave Ross	Jetmore KS	28
53	.	Dick Forbrook	Morgan MN	25
54	.	Dale McCarty	Kansas City MO	24
55	.	Burt Sonner	Des Moines	21
56	.	Cliff Cockrum	Benton IL	21
57	.	Bill Thrasher	Dallas TX	20
58	.	Chuck Lee		20
59	.	Mickey Whitcomb		20