1976 Seafair Trophy
Lake Washington, Seattle WA, August 8, 1976


Statistics

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bullet Statistics

August 8 Seafair Trophy 2½ Mile Course 37½ Miles Certified
  No. Entry Rep. Driver Qual. Comp. Lap Race
1. U-2 Miss U.S. (6) George Simon Tom D'Eath 120.968 112.079 108.329
2. U-6 Miss Lynnwood Tony Steinhardt Ron Snyder 104.651 101.809
3. U-7 Ms. Everett Gene Benning Bob Miller
4. U-8 Oh Boy Oberto Bill Wurster Bill Wurster
5. U-12 Miss Budweiser (8) Bernie Little Mickey Remund 121.622 118.110
6. U-22 Barney Armstrong's Machine Tad Dean Chip Hanauer 102.975 95.056
7. U-64 Miss Vernors (2) Jerry Kalin Jerry Bangs 115.533 116.279
8. U-66 Ms. Management & Business Seminar Doug McIntosh Fred Leland
9. U-70 R. Mikulski Advertising Brian Keogh Terry Turner
10. U-74 Olympia Beer (1) Les Rosenberg Bill Schumacher 117.647 110.565
11. U-76 Atlas Van Lines (8) Bill Muncey Bill Muncey 119.363 114.213
12. U-80 Miss Van's PX (1) Bob Patterson Jack Schafer Jr. 100.223 94.836
13. U-95 Sunny Jim (3) Pete LaRock Johnnie Saunders 107.399 103.329 99.191

    Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Total
1. Miss Budweiser A DNF B 400 112.444 F 400 114.040 800
2. Miss U.S. B 400 105.695 B 300 108.906 F 300 110.521 1000
3. Sunny Jim B 300 99.845 A 300 97.975 F 225 99.807 825
4. Olympia Beer A 300 105.733 B 225 105.683 F DNF 525
5. Atlas Van Lines A 400 107.759 A 400 104.129 F DNF 800
6. Miss Van's PX A 225 87.311 A 225 94.103 F DNS 450
7. Miss Lynnwood B 225 95.017 B 169 97.108 C* 394
8. Barney Armstrong's Machine B 169 91.997 A 169 91.631 338
9. Miss Vernors A 169 57.640 A 127 67.210 296
* Miss Lynnwood won a consolation heat against R. Mikulski Advertising and Oh Boy Oberto. She was the only finisher. No time was recorded.

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