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AUTOWEEK VOLUME 26

NUMBER

onthly. it seems, report about an ventional piston

N.V. ~ h i l l i p sthe . ~utch firm which holds alternate engine for the future ranges the basic patents on the heat engine. But from ateam to gas turbine. to a fuel Ford President Lee A. lawcca makes it injectd, stratified, turbocharged rotary clear there's much work to be done.

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possrble t o 'schidule' technolog~cal breakthroughs. Past experience does not support this."

study contradict

get out of the company garage.

prediotsd to occur during the

find that engine chsraoteristicsone sf likes, another study often dislikes.

power.

Leyland. Ltd.. will receive a bout $178 million from the U.K.

observed a "trend of improveme Varley said.

reviewedthecornpanlast October. dustrY Secretary Eric is Satisfied byorparate Plan and has

part of the funding now i s slated to be directed into Leyland wffers before another major performance review next summer. The company probably will use the money for plant modernization and a program of new models.

over. Giacomelli ross the f i n ~ s h lin

members and major rubber have Once again been termi-

tivity was up 2490 durin period.

just a trifle optomiatic.

plant August 1. The group

formable struc-

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the ultimate tachometer for high perfor-

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By Rohert W. lrvin DETROIT-How about this for a w n glomerate It i s the nation's third largest largest glass manufacturer: the 10th largest steel producer; one of the top three in vinyl production and among the leaders in paint and iron and aluminum casting manufacture. It has income last year of $102 million on sales of $2.321 billion. spark con i n g "are c He said such engine controls would has the toughest pollution aiandardo for car engines. t o be used on c u a in the other 49 st.tes.

probahlybeMedfiretinCaliiorniawhich

Petersen admits the wmpetiuon will he mugh, because Oeneral Motors and ChrYsler a m conduc(inp .dv.n-d Programs in this b r e a "I definitely think we have some catching up to do." he said. auto industry's." Because of the slumps, they were more they accounted for 18% of the Mrm's pretax profits and 9% of its dollar sales. Petersen tdks about how I.ve been with the fellows in these ent fields, their expertness and compe. tence in areas completely disassociated with the car and truck business,.. Yet a larepart of hisown johoh.,iously stillis connected wlth the vehicle business-the and the parts man*tur,ng. So, that sense, he.s in touch the auto busmess. of technological y h e r e are a changes to the automohlle. and the reasor: behind the new electric. tronlCS ~ i ~ operations ~ a t~ ~~~d to focus on this;. Petersen sald.

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HIROSHIMA. Japm-Toyo K o g ~ Co.. o Ltd.. manufacturerof Mazdavehicles. has announced a sharp upturn of earningsfor the first half of fiscal 1976. Earnings totalled $ 4 7 million, in contrast to a y e a r earlier deficit of $37 million. In an announcement dated .Iune 25. 7 0 ~ 0 KWYO president Krlhei Matsuda pred~ctedconsolidatedearningsforfiscal I976 wuuld reach $10 rnllhon. Auln producdun durtng the first half of the ye*' amounted to 355.449 units. U P lRCG from the 1975 figure. Expoas increased 64'%, t to a total ~ of 221.5% units shipped. Mntsuda attributed the upturn in Toyo Kogyo's financial positlon to !rlnrked reductions in production costs, the

internlltelit windshlald wipers. S o we have a stitrt. We are 11owworking hardest on s n a l n r elertronrrs We are going to

enylne. The rstllnates were condumned bp knuwle<i~~*al.si,le automobile peuplc as inaccurate.

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AUGUST 7, 1976

your brakes didn't perform as well as vour enaine?

DAYTONA BEACH. FlL--SUP ning. the young Lovieiuu raoipg gy. is far in front among ssven drtven seeking NABCAR's 1878 NsUonal Rookie of the Y e u hono its L1O.WO prim. 'numush the ~ u l y - i ~ i r e c r ~400 kea rt Daytons Internoti@ Bpealwyr. M a ning h s d m rwldwpointe,fora120-point lead over bls clossst riy.l. Neil Bennett Others awlring the prestige snd money that go with makb honors are Jimmy Meansprith IBrpoints. Tsrry Bivim with

engine muld let @a" Thstwrawh.(~fntbCM(:2 Motor Oil UD a t Int8matIo.l

sp0edw.y appmwhiqJ noe day, he ia c.lm E n d always willing to vi(lit with raporten and otherpitaiea vieitors. Lilre mr& racers, he stertednmu home and grsdlrally branched out fn a We?-

Station by way ofTexmka-

the favor.

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,ofhlilmc2afmgomgso~~; 1 w oft the apollem on Uie honk of the car a the t m o T ~ I I aonuentlv ~ saved wit

made upsad run liIm that at ~nd+pS N q to ,lm%a~polk X d ' jumf $ @pi! here M rmg pl*ce in the aroild." ?. :*> When told tWt the tMk docto3nm. keeptes. the yellor-flag rabbit ,for him.

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Foyt's Texas 150 Sweep Makes : The Best Show Of Them A l -

Tovells almoat eta8l E h e sh Houston Chevmlet dealer duriry mile stock car roes, but.

very honest. p , frien down here fro~&..@rck know.thatsomwne

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track you wonder if you're going b . That doesn't happen just during the bad times, it happens during the good, too We'd been running decent from time tc time since Rockingham but wedidn'twin That's when you beginto wonder ifrnayb6 you're not supposed to win. It had been a long. long time for u a I know that." Petty said he would have been "very well satisfied" to run second to Pearson on this particular Sunday in August "It's the first time we've been able to run with the top cars." he said. "We felt all along that a break would get us a win. even when we weren't with thb leaders. Really. the Inst three or four months a lot of thlngs haven't been going just right for
A tared but happy Richard Petty c l ~ m b s lrom hts racer alter capturing h ~ fsl i r t race slnce Rock~nghamlast

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"name" drivers well before the o

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Foyt Squeaks To A Win In Texas USAC Stock Race

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half of a Twin 150s sweep here Aug. 2. Unlike the Indy-car race, the stock car race was a continuous battle with A.J taking all comers from among the hungrv

drove the lead pace car out of the pit row. the first retirement of the race occurred with Joe Bwher's Plymouth experiencing ignition ills on the pit road. The starter waved the eager pack around to try again as quite a few eager stock car drivers were attempting to better their Dosition before tzettinn a

6.C.-Walter " B u d talking about his the NASCAR Winhe i s very reluctant t

was the Jeep driver? "Just a more than 17 or so." replied

TALLADEGA. Ah.-"I'm tired of seeing those pretty Monsae run away from everybady so I thought I'd bring sn old red-neck car out and show them what it'll

TaUadeua. erpecte to pet some funny looh when he his "round

While Felton.n Cemaro might be a face in the Camel GT event. Felton nnd

Autoweek Goes
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DON? MlSS O W

a la name car Felton drove to a third plrce finish a t Daytonn in the Parmatex 800 NABCAR M o d W ram in February. At Dayto- the modlllsd.run thename course the Camel QT o m run with the addition of a chicane o n the back elmight
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-I every h r p 01 ~ M ~ I I and the I cnn , , the b.tter I l k . it" "We'll M e wh.t happem at Tall*. nndUwenuLa(lwd.h~.ImI&t run the C .aioluly in QT competlt i o s but I'll karp runnin~ the Grsmlln in theR&Ual&rIar alno." Psltoncontinued.

AKRON. Ohio-Goodyear will present

to the top 10 NASCAR Grand National

ceive $1400. Richard Childmss, $1300. and Darrell Waltrip $1000.

said the final W.WO in po na Beach. Fla.

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TWO IN TEXA,
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the USAC Twin 150sat t.. Texas World Station, Texas. A.J. wen$::,.&:2ole to events, driving a C o y o t e - F o f ~ i i f i ~ ~ e ' c h a m p i n the stock car win. s t o the races, Valvoline (9 Racing Oil goes e only man to win all three USAC 500-mile n with the most USAC career wins. And the ner among the world's race drivers. Vialvoline, too. There's a every kind of driving.

Vdlvoline Oil Company.

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isnler.ndthsiintouatodrtOthe iiaok lw prsotba at 1@90-8.tmdrY mosnin& only a h . H hour behind lob.-

~n.~tl,eflattrrcss&~" Uut s w n in the tight, odhig-lflrd 0 0 of Uw ~ R i m City Dimdit wry .sldom W M mon than five h p l 3 s u y f o r t h e a m t o @ ~ ~ i n ~ t rwiag order. 4pIn wl
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By Tony Rouff

nt to Mallory-

bet

because for the third time in arow I finished second in an ritlantlc race. After our two consecutive second places In the

everybody 4 s
anddo

wasn't driving like a lady. either.

back out on

nor problem at Silverstone

forthe two

the second time in a row Ted beat me, so the thlrd time

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Shadow Fl.

race prior to this one! e s r hasn't been bad at

ite-off.If you had the car you would

forgotten how it feels. Our next two noan w i U b

lame. It was

Continued From Preceding Page and in return would keep any gate receipts.Thelowfinancialrisktothe city was a major factor in the Aqua Festiva1's decision. Street racing involves a good deal of risk to such things as buildings, lamppoets, signs, and of course people. Lnnd The course was set up during ths U M Speed Insurers of Kansas City. Missouri, evenings preceding race w e e k e n k w @ m came down to inspect the site, listened to Spokes members provided their t i a s u p
services,

had finished cutting through a s t a n d westbound lanes. proa s d e r entrance to the main t. City crews also molded impromcurbs with asphalt in critical n of Austin i s that street races having no financial intereat in the gate, the Spokes arranged and bumper stickersas well a s "media day." Representatives c o o p

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