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Some Sprints from the past

This photo of the start of the 1973 Season opening Sprint Feature was submitted by: Ken Potter

On the pole, Ted Wise in the McMillen 5
Outside Chuck Engstrom in the Jems Snoopy Special 61
Third Frank Raiti in his own number 1
Starting fourth, Gus Linder in the Banas 69
In fifth, Ralph Quarterson in Jim Zeigler's 66
Sixth starting place Ed Lynch in the Lynch Bros. 6
Seventh is Lou Blaney in the Crash Bros. 10
Eighth place finds Bill Bannick in the Cubic 20
Ninth is Jerry Matus in the Dionese 15.
Jack Sodeman starts tenth in Nick Lupe's 76
The Werner Continental 97 of Lynn Geisler starts eleventh
And finally Steve Ungar in Jasper Pettite's 20 in twelfth.

Recognize these?

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