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MAB MONTHLY May 2015 FREE The Real Engine Revolution IHSAA Sectional Alignments www.midamericabroadcasting.com “You’ve got that Hungry Feelin!” Now Serving Chefs Choice Chef’s Choice Lunch Buffet Mon-Fri 11-2 211 South East St., Crown Point, IN 663-6551 DINE-IN * CARRY OUT * DELIVERY Every day, the Lunch Buffet www.carriagecourtpizza.com includes: Pizza, Salads, Anti-pasta Salads, Soups and all the Fixens! Daily Specials are as follows: Monday……………….Baked Chicken Tuesday…………………………Tacos Wednesday………….Variety of Pastas Thursday…………………….Sausage Friday……………………………Fish MAB MONTHLY Page 3 MAB Staff MAB ONLINE MAGAZINE May. The high school sports Rich Sapper year starts to wind down and Staff Writer Broadcaster/ Host two of the most iconic events in Sales sports occur with the month Layout & Design opening with the Kentucky Bob Potosky Broadcaster/ Host Derby and essentially ending Staff Writer with the Indy 500. This month, Andy Wielgus we cover one of those as Bob Broadcaster/Host Staff Writer Potosky takes a look at the rear JT Hoyo engine revolution in Indycar. Broadcaster/Host Staff Writer We also explore a couple of Sales changes that are on the horizon Trisha Madura for the schools in the area as Staff Writer Sales they enter new sectionals next Broadcaster year. Brett Hill Staff Writer Sales Broadcaster Dan Breed Contact Information Staff Writer Sales Broadcaster Phone: 219-973-7990 Website: www.midamericabroadcasting.com Also find us on Facebook and Twitter MAB MONTHLY Page 4 Inside this issue: Athletes of the Month 6 Revolution Complete 8 Past Link Proposal Passes IHSAA Board 16 Region Teams Receive New Sectional Assignments 18 Baseball Fielding Tips: How to Field Grounders From A to Z! 28 Sports Moms 30 RailCats Announce Community Nights 34 Did You Know 34 May Broadcast Schedule 35 PP. 8 P. 30 MAB MONTHLY Page 5 MAB MONTHLY Page 6 ATHLETES OF THE MONTH Written and Compiled by Andy Wielgus MAB Staff Writer Ryan Slavey Cody Earl River Forest Hammond Morton River Forest HS Pitcher Ryan Slavey pitched a Hammond Morton Governor Pitcher Cody 6-0 shutout win over the Lake Station Edison Earl shutout Munster at The US Steelyard 4- Eagles at The US Steelyard with 11 strikeouts. 0. Morton is now 9-1 on the season. He is now 6-2 on the season for the Ingots with a 1.47 ERA and 75 strikeouts [with only 17 walks on the season]. RF is now 8-6 on the season under Head Coach Mike Kosinski. Grayson Volz Braden Niksich TF South Hobart TF South Pitcher Grayson Volz won his first game of the season in a 8-2 victory Hobart Pitcher and Illinois State Recruit over TF North at The US Steelyard. It Braden Niksich had 13 strikeouts in a 9-0 was the 2nd conference win in the South victory over Highland at The US Steelyard in Suburban Blue for the Rebels. the 13th Annual HS Baseball Railcats Chal- lenge. Hobart followed up the next day by beating Highland again 3-0 in NCC conference play. CLEARLY DIFFERENT MAB MONTHLY Page 8 REVOLUTION COMPLETE Indy’s rear engine revolution was completed in 1965 with the dominating win of Jim Clark. By Bob Potosky MAB Monthly Staff Writer MAB MONTHLY Page 9 For many years, there were those that said the world was flat. There were those that said the earth was at the center of the universe. In Indy- style racing, it was never given a thought in the era of front-engined cars and the Indy roadster, that to put an engine….behind the driver?!?!? Really?!?!? 1965 Indy 500 Winner Jim Clark History has shown us that revolu- tions often start in the places you would least expect. In the case of Indy-style rac- bring with his USAC midget racer, confi- ing, that place was Sebring International dent that his car would be better suited to Raceway in Florida. The date was Decem- handle the sweeping turns. He was wrong, ber 12, 1959. On that date, Sebring was to Ward would start last on the 20 car grid, hold the inaugural United States Grand 43 seconds behind the pole qualifier Stir- Prix, the final round of the Formula One ling Moss. Out of that race, Ward would World Driving Championship. strike up a conversation with future World From 1950 through 1959, FIA in- Driving Champion Jack Brabham of Aus- cluded the Indianapolis 500 as part of it’s tralia. Ward urged Brabham and his Coo- drivers championship, so the winner and per team to consider giving a shot to the top finishers would actually score cham- 500 with his vehicle. A year late, Brab- pionship points, despite not competing on ham came to IMS for a test. The speeds the rest of the F1 schedule. Rodger Ward, Brabham recorded would have been good winner of the 1959 500, showed up at Se- enough to be in the middle of the field for MAB MONTHLY Page 10 the 1960 race. Encouraged, Brabham way in ’63 with the Lotus 29, a sleek racer would return to Indianapolis to qualify for powered by a Ford all-aluminum OHV the 1961 500. small block V8. 29’s were entered for Gur- Brabham’s Cooper-Climax was not the first rear-engined car in the history of the 500. In 1939, George Bailey qualified 6th in the first rear racer to appear, and Al Miller ran one in the 1947 500. Brab- ham’s would be the first to plant the seeds top change the scope of an Indycar. Brab- ham qualified 13th, with a speed of 145.144 MPH. While his Climax engine couldn’t keep up with the roadsters on the To Advertise straightaways, the cars handling through the corners helped Brabham score a top on our broadcasts or 10 finish in the Golden Anniversary 500, in MAB Monthly th completing all 200 laps and finishing 9 behind winner AJ Foyt. Contact Rich Sapper In 1962, a rookie by the name of 219-973-7990 or Dan Gurney would qualify 8th in a rear- [email protected] engine racer entered by Mickey Thomp- son. Gurney would drop off near the half- way mark, but invited Colin Chapman, Bob Potosky principal of Team Lotus to watch the ’62 [email protected] race. Despite a 20th place finish, Chapman Dan Breed was impressed to return to Indy for the [email protected] 1963 running. Chapman would come to the Speed- Single game and season packages available! Email: [email protected] http://www.sportsworxnwin.com/ MAB MONTHLY Page 11 Simply Better Storage 1.877.SCALE.59 scalecomputing.com MAB MONTHLY Page 12 ney and 1962 world driving championship onds. In a race that is still controversial to runner up Jim Clark. Mickey Thompson this day, Jones’ Ol’ Calhoun roadster is also came back with a rear-engine design apparently leaking oil in the late stages. of his own, one driven by The black flag is considered, Daune Carter that resem- but never shown to Jones. bled a skateboard with While Clark was disap- wheels. Clark qualified pointed he didn’t win, the in the middle of the 2nd row Lotus 29 showed what the with an average just under future could bring. 150 mph. Gurney would In 1964, legendary qualify 12th. In the race, builder AJ Watson came out Clark’s Lotus is among the with his own rear-engine leaders all race and leads 28 chassis. Looking like a tradi- laps when he comes in for tional roadster with the en- his only scheduled pit stop near the half- gine in the rear, Ward puts the new chassis way mark. Clark would go on and finish on the outside of the front row, outflanked second behind Parnelli Jones by 34 sec- by the Lotuses of Clark and Bobby Sapper’s Market and Greenhouses 1155 South Lake Park Ave, Hobart 219-942-4995 MAB MONTHLY Page 13 Marshman. Mickey Thompson also came out with a new rear-engine designed. With ROGER BROCK 219-670-0011 fenders in front of the tires and the rear tire turning with the steering wheel. Thompson entered cars for rookie Dave HAMMONDSPORTS.COM MacDonald and veteran Eddie Johnson. COVERING HAMMOND INDIANA Drivers such as AJ Foyt and Parnelli SPORTS including Jones consider making the switch to rear- engine cars, but elect to stay with the tried Morton and true roadsters. Hammond High Gavit At the start of the ’64 500, Clark Clark takes off. At the end of lap 2, MacDonald Bishop Noll loses control coming out of turn 4. He hits Hammond Academy the inside wall, and his car, almost fully loaded of fuel, bounces back onto the [email protected] track into the path of popular veteran Eddie Sachs. With nowhere to go, Sachs runs broadside into the burning car of MacDonald, triggering a huge fireball ex- plosion. Sachs is killed instantly, Mac- Donald would die hours later. For the first time ever, the 500 is stopped due to an ac- cident. When the race resumes, Marshman and Clark would drop off. Foyt would lead the final 146 laps to win. While there was some hesitation af- ter the events of the 64 race on whether Law Office Of 19615 Us Highway 12 Paul Barenie New Buffalo, MI (219) 864-0188 269-469-0140 27 W. Joliet Street www.mocofloorsmore.com Schererville, IN MAB MONTHLY Page 14 rear engine racers were safe or not, 1965 the path that has continued through the was the year that the tide changed for years with names such as McLaren, Eagle, good.

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