Du Quoin, IL Sept. 4, 1967 -- If some of the 28 drivers who showed up at DuQuoin for its 20th season weren't at their best on Labor Day, it was because of the heavy schedule many followed in search of a livelihood. Sprint car races at Granite City, Il. on Saturday night and the reopening Dayton, Ohio track on Sunday had drawn Liguori, Beale, Dickson, Walkup, Thomas, Puterbaugh, booth and Shaw among others. Crashes at Dayton kept Mike Mosley and Dale Burton away from DuQuoin, but Jerry Daniels was undeterred.During warm-ups, Bob Wente's car stalled on the front chute and George Snider clipped Andretti's car in the pits as he dodged the crippled machine. Jim McGee of the Dean crew was slightly injured, but Clint Brawner had the white car ready for qualifications.Bobby Unser got the Leader Card Offy on the pole with a clocking of 35.42 sec. for Jud Phillips, but the team's other car with Daniels in place of Mosley missed the cut. Mosley's crash had been in A.J. Watson's sprinter. A 35.57-sec. lap put McClusky on the outside of the front row ahead of Foyt and McElreath. Al Unser was back in ninth, Andretti was 11th and Rutherford 13th. Mickey Shaw was on the bubble and Wally Dallenbach was outside looking in. When the race finally got a green, McCluskey took the high road past the elder Unser. Foyt was third and Andretti was already moving fast. Bobby made things easier for Foyt by looping on the second lap, but got running again. When the green reappeared, Foyt kept the pressure on McClusky while Andretti soon made a trio of it. The battle was interrupted again when Norm Brown spun, but was soon going full blast. It took until lap 45 before McClusky drifted high and left Foyt the opening he needed. Andretti took advantage fo a similar error to claim second a few stanzas later and the trio stayed that way to the finish. Dickson, Vukovich and Bobby Unser (despite his spin) all finished on the lead lap.
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