04/29/71 Jabe Thomas on carburetor plates

588 4/29/71 BW (ALLISON WINS POLE) COLOR SLIDE DONNIE ALLISON DONNIE ALLISON---(DRIVING...THE "WOOD-BROTHERS" MERCURY)---HAS, WON...THE "POLE-POSITION"---(FOR, SUNDAYS..."REBEL-400"---"GRAND-NATIONAL" RACE---(AT, "DARLINGTON, SOUTH-CAROLINA".) ALLISON...LED, "12-QUALIFIERS"...TODAY---(WITH, A "SPEED"...OF, 151.471 "MILES-AN-HOUR".) (X) LIVE DAVID PEARSON...TOOK--THE "NUMBER-2" SPOT. HE...WAS, "FOLLOWED"---(BY, FRED LORENZEN...RICHARD PETTY....BUDDY BAKER.....BOBBY ISAAC....AND, BOBBY ALLISON.) THE "FINAL-5" POSITIONS...WERE, "TAKEN"---(BY, BENNY PARSONS.....PETE HAMILTON....ELMO LANGLEY.....RICHARD BROOKS....AND, CHARLIE GLOTZBACK.) LIVE NASCARS, "REGULATION"---(CONCERNING..."CARBURATOR-PLATES")---IS, STILL...CAUSING---SOME, "CONTROVERSY"---(AMONG, THE "DRIVERS"...ON, THE "CIRCUIT".) WE, ASKED..."PLYMOUTH-DRIVER", JABE THOMAS OF, "CHRISTIANSBURG"---(FOR, HIS..."REACTION".) (X) COLOR-FILM SOUND JABE THOMAS (1:24) (OPEN:"WELL, UH UH.....") (CLOSE:"...EVERYTHING IS JUST GOING ALONG WITH PROGRESS.") (X) LIVE

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