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We were afraid she had pushed Mary Mingiedorf surprised a. Jpfc teamtnate^with a 66.47c tered. previous competition. that Miss Pass recorded earlier in of people, litt Wedneed^. when •'. ^^^^bja^^this' year," Oglethorpe won the region meet "She started out the season the season. it a little too «he became the 400-nieter dash l|ii&^Bol£iJN^^ could­ with 133 points, the finishing somewhere in the 40s. Then in the T thought she would take at hard at the champion. n't believe it," she said of fan reac­ order included Rabun (96), Jef­ last meet she was up to 60," least third," she said of the junior The sophomore speedster waltx- tion- during, the A.'race. Miss ferson (37), Monticello (36), Ath­ recalled Mrs. Bolz. who spends the rest of the year beginning, but ed away from a field which was Mingiedorf won hw Tuesday heat ens Academy (35), Social Circle Beth McDonald of Rabun cheering on players in football no one else could favored to beat hen race and had. the fastest time of (35), Banks (32), Buford (22), County won the discus at 97 feet, and basketball. "She was ten yards ahead of the the day to take the inside lane for Rabun Gap (17), Dawson (10), almost eight feet ahead of Mrs. Bolz blamed the team's catch her." next girl," recalled Coach Amy the start of the finals. Tallulah Falls (7) and Commerce Sabrina Gresham of Oglethorpe. poor overall showing on the lack Bolz. "We were afraid she had pushed (0). Dawn Pass's personal best 100- of athletes. "Track is just not a big Amy Bolz Actually, she was closer to 20 it a little too hard at the begin­ The two-day track meet held at meter time was good enough to thing in Dawson County," she Track Coach yards ahead of Tekelia (pro­ ning, but no one else could catch Buford High School last Tuesday have won that race, but it wasn't noted. nounced Tequila) Bolton of her," Mrs. Bolz said. "I guess she and Wednesday was a disappoint­ her week. "We only had four runners and Oglethorpe County. Her winning wanted it bad enough." ing one because only two girls did "Dawn had an awful day," Mrs. four fielders," she added, lit.s not Saturday. She will be accompa­ time of 64.54 was almost two sec­ The victory gave Dawson their best. Emily Wiley turned up Bolz said. "She ran a 14 some­ that way for boys track." nied by Mrs. Bolz and Head Girls onds ahead of Miss Bolton's 66.82. County its only ten points of the the wick in the discus and threw thing. She was devastated." Miss Mingiedorf will be compet­ Track Coach Robin Chalmers. Oglethorpe's Stephanie Hull fin­ afternoon and earned it a tenth it 71 feet, 4 inches, an improve­ So Nicole Bonner of Oglethorpe ing in the girls' state track meet The boys track meet was in ished an eyelash behind her place among the 12 teams en­ ment of about ten feet over her won the race with the same 12.60 in Jefferson Thursday through Jefferson this week.

ON THE RIGHT TRACK Spring Grid Drills Will Open Calvin Byrd corners hard at the Chimming Fairgrounds track used by the North Georgia Quarter Midget With Coaching Slots Unfilled Association, Calvin and his The players may be there, but sister, Anna (below) started all the coaches won't when spring racing this season in the football opens Monday. Hall Of Fame Needs Names association which is two Having received uniforms this The Dawson County Athletic hall of Fame needs for fans to nomi­ years old. The track has week, the team will go through nate former players who had stellar careers and others who have between 50 and 60 young­ drills for the next two weeks, cap­ influenced the program. sters from ages six to 15 ping the event with a scrimmage "We've only had four names given to the nominating committee,'' who race the small-engined and cookout sponsored by the reported Head Football Coach Jeff Fleming. "I think it's a matter of open wheel racers nearly Dawson County Touchdown Club. everyone expecting everyone else to nominate people," he added. every Saturday during the The parachute drop fundraiser In the future, the Hall of Fame will have new names added twice racing season. Other will not be held this spring but a year, Fleming said. These, he added, will be during the football Dawsonville-area drivers will be held before the Pickens and basketball seasons. The charter members are Coach and Mrs. who compete are Sheena County game next fall. At that Ford Phillips, who were named at the winter sports banquet. Elliott, Jody Tallant and time, an airplane will drop a The Spring Sports banquet will be Monday, May 20. A Senior Matthew Bartles. group of jumpers onto the field Lettermen's Banquet will be held Thursday, May 23, Fleming said. which will be laid out in a grid. The person who buys the grid Fleming also asked the board to spot to fill for next fall, which onto which the final jumper lands approve a "Total Athletic Pro­ must be filled depending upon the will win the prize. gram" in which coaches must teaching slots available, Fleming Dawson County Head Football coach two varsity sports or help will have to get a new line coach Midget Racing Lures Kids Coach Jeff Fleming requested the with other sports as ticket takers, to replace Jeff Stowers who decid­ school board add a varsity coach­ cameramen and other positions to ed not to coach a sport other than ing position back into the 1996-97 help out at the various types of middle school wrestling. To Open-Wheel Competition school budget. It had been re­ sporting events hosted by the Stowers will be coaching this moved because it had not been high school athletic department. spring. filled in previous years. In. addition to having the fifth Deep in NASCAR country, Dawson area young­ would get into this," he admitted. sters are looking more'like A.J. Foyts as they take But he knew Calvin would want to do it. His T to the racing trail in quarter midget racers. other offspring's decision was a surprise. 1 Youngsters like CalrhVana Anna Byrd, Sheena "She came up to me and said, Daddy, I want to Tennis Challenge Ladder >€>ks Best do that"," Byrd said. \l>> 11 :'•) WBill Elliott who is now at home made him homesick," the elder Elliott said. "They Calvin doesn't. following his crash at Talladega. And he showed asked the doctor if he could come home and he said He might have won last week why by taking the lead on lap 53 and*holding it he could. He's upbeat about the whole thing." at the club's first big event, the through lap 56 when he lost first, second and fourth He was flown home Sunday. Elliott broke the Apple Blossom Classic. They gears, leaving him only with third gear. femur bone in his were racing like the big boys, *°Tf a caution had come out at the right time, we left leg, requiring specifically like NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt. Tallant Bros. Auto Parts' name on his car. could have pitted leading and come out in good a four-inch screw Driver Winnings Calvin admitted bumping and spinning a com­ Jody is a Casey Elliott fan and has his No. 94 car shape and raced 'em to the end," he said. "If s too to be installed. petitor. Both were sent to the back on the re-start. painted in John Deere green like Casey's car. It bad," Kendall said after the race. He must undergo 1. Rusty Wallace, Ford $58,395 They carved their way back through the field carries the message, "In memory of Casey Elliott." Instead, he finished 28th, a lap down. Still, he won intense therapy 2. , Pord 58,640 and Calvin took the lead. "He hit me in the same In the classes for the younger, less experienced $20,730 for the Elliott-Hardy Racing, McDonald's for four weeks at 3. WaUyDaUenbach.Ford 50,850 corner, and I got sideways and my engine died," drivers, restrictor plates are required over the^ Race Team. the house, his 4. Dale Earnhardt, Chevy 39,160 he said. carburetor. Fellow Ford driver Rusty Wallace won the race and father said. He 5. , Chevy 41,995 For Calvin, climbing into the cockpit of a racer is Calvin has visions of grander things in the its $58,395 prize money, taking the lead on lap 69 must return to 6. , Chevy 48,145 and taking a $25,000 fine for improper car height at Birmingham not a starting point of racing. "When Linda was future. He will be moving up to the senior class 7. , Ford 31,195 the tech shed. after that to con­ pregnant with him, we went to 17 races," father for the coming race, he said. 8. , Chevy 26,495 Sheena Elliott is the daughter of Dan and Lollie NASCAR tech inspectors might have taken the tinue treatment Mark Byrd recalled. 9. , Chevy 29,945 Dad is still sort of stunned that he would get his Elliott. race away from him but found that several off- at the clinic. Fans lift.- Tommy KendalL Ford 20,730 children into such a hobby. For more information on the club, contact course excursions had broken a shock absorber and wishing to send Two months ago, I wouldn't have believed I Tallant at 770-889-9896 or 887-5214. damaged a front jack plate. get well cars may "We tried every way in the world to get that thing send them to the Elliott Museum, P.O. Box 248, turned around, but they fined us the 25 grand any­ Dawsonville, Ga. 30534.

Ricky Turner had a string of four firsts not get around Pat Bowden and Mark powered his way from sixth to second on and now -has -two seconds in a row at Hathaway. He finished third in the second Last Week's Results the first lap at Lanier National Speedway. Turner Lanier National Speedway. bomber feature. But his Forsyth Glass and Mirror, Paoa «Fs The 22-year-old Dawsonville driver In the Craftsman 200 at the half-mile The winner's circle was elusive to Dawson Pizza Sirocco: icbuld get nof higher,«and trailed Kevin Barrett at the end of the 40- Portland, Ore. track, Elliott-Hardy Racing County drivers Saturday, April 27 at area trailed Chris Davis home. Ken Blackburn

lap late model stock feature. Super Truck driver Ron Barfield finished tracks. was foWthm^t race. , r Takes It was. the. best finish of any Dawson one place out of the top ten after qualifying None of them did better than second any­ Even'foiiiiit^lw^ had County driver anywhere; Rear wheel drive on the outside pole. where;? to eat'-Tom Hardy's dust in the late model mini-stock racer Buxx Ktllmgsworth man­ "the truck has been handling super," aged a fourth, as did Kenny-Blackburn in Barfield said of his 'Super 8 Inn, Adaa&^ttt$ti^Sti^-—..» : Speedwaymini-> - Joel Anderson led the .first six laps of his front 4yheel , drive'] mini-stock. Marc McDonald's Ford F-150 truck. stock race; He s^^ 'Wla^nee in.the junior.l&telmodel class. Galbchotte did not Tun.last, week after a The next SuperTruck Series race will be, .toJiake^-^'jaoye f^'^ •econ^tbi^eeiJbefto*^ .show, at Monroe, ;Wash. for thefNelsonTruck otw^wnb^ila^ Eqinpintat>,2p6^The traA? is ,.646]'miles equal7) tr^B«n*i-id ,~JP^;P*^^$Ptt'tm>sixth or, seventh the' winner's '-'idx^yffm JoelAnderson. long.Barfield and his crey. left Tuesday for ^orive ' lap," An^JeVism^said duru^ at At Dixie Speedway, Gary Kimball could the race course. mini-stc^icWver^Mark Gauichotte who Dawson Gc^ty MiddleSchool.