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Leading Stock Car Drivers On Tonights Raceway Card Three of the top drivers of last year are e showing signs of getting back into top stock fc car racing condition and are expected to • give Bryant Tucker of Oak Park and Bud d Koehler of Blue Island a rough run for ■ j j their money at Raceway Park, 130th and d Ashland Ave., where the first Wednesday y night stock car meet will be held tonight it at 8:30 p. m. Rich Sutkus of Oak Lawn, who finished d third in the feature race Sunday won by 9 Tucker in a close finish over Koehler, is is recognized as having not only one of the e faster cars, but one of the better "handling" " entries. He is the eighth rated " driver from last season. Tom Cox of Chicago, who finished last season in third spot, finally qualified for a a feature event when he won the 20 -lap consolation L" or semi-final race over a starting g field of 33 entries Sunday night. Cox was Is driving in top form, similar to his style le of last year when he won 18 feature races — — a total surpassed by only two other drivers B in 15 seasons of automobile racing at Raceway. ;" Bob Williams of Chicago, second rated J last year, showed marked improvement Sunday night after several races plagued with mechanical troubles. Add to this 15 three consistent finishers of the past few w weeks — Bill Cornwall of Harvey, Legs is Whitcomb of Chicago and Bun Emery of : f Bangor, Me., and the formula for another gr top automobile racing battle promises to be ye a hot one. Koehler will be seeking his fourth win, n, but Tucker will be able to tie Koehler with :h his third straight victory tonight. Time trials will start at 7 p. m. after a half hour it warm-up period.
