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...Indianapolis last year. He was the fourth fastest qualifier and the pick of the motorsports writers to win the race. Quite a feat for a driver with no previous experience there. Like Revson, Donohue is primarily a road racer. In fact, they are teammates on Roger Penske's Javelin team in SCCA Trans Am racing. Donohue, who holds an engineering degree from Brown, was the fifth fastest qualifier this year. The Penske team is McLaren's only competitor when it comes to preparation. But Donohue is hard on cars. Last year he was running third until mechanical difficulties dropped...
...growth in the past few years. This year some of the top drivers in the country are competing on factory backed teams. Roger Penske, whose Chevrolet Camaros won the series champion ship the past two years, signed a contract for several million dollars with American Motors to campaign their Javelin for the next three years in Trans Am racing, Penske, a retired driver in his early thirties again has Mark Donohue in the cockpit of one of his cars. This year he also has a car for Cornell graduate Peter Revson...
With the addition of the javelin and the longer distances in the sprints, the chances for an upset by the Cadets today are greatly diminished...
...Crimson's Richie Szaro and Frank Champi should dominate the javelin, and junior Chris Alvord has come into his own in the 100 and the 220. Although Alvord had to settle for a second in the 100 at the GBC's-his first loss this season-he is favored to win both events today...
Richie Szaro and Frank Champi switched places from their Dartmouth meet performances as Szaro won the javelin throw with a heave of 214'4". Champi was second, chucking the spear 204'3", Gerry Hevern and Jake Driscoll took third and fifth respectively in the shot...