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1 VK, New York 00 L&M CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY, $0,000 FUND SWEETEN POT FOR FORMULA A RACE DRIVERS NEW YORK For the first time in the history of the SCCA Continental Championship, drivers will compete for the L&M Championship Trophy and a share of a special $0,000 jackpot. The run for the L&M Championship Trophy and a $0,000 Championship point fund begins April 9 at Riverside, California with the first of races in the series which moves from coasttocoast and Canada. L&M cigarettes, major sponsor of the fouryearold series, has posted an elegant Championship Trophy and $0,000 jackpot to be divided among the 0 best drivers of openwheeled Formula A cars on the North American road racing circuit. A new point scoring system has been established this year by the Sports Car Club of America for drivers competing in this gruelling series. Points will be awarded to the top 0 finishers of each race on the following basis: And when the series is completed October in Sebring, Fla., the driver who has garnered the most points in at least threequarters of the races will be crowned the North American driving champion and receive the L&M Championship Trophy and top prize money of $0,000. The next nine series point earners will pickup checks consisting of $,00, $,600, $,000, $,00, $,800, $,00, $,000, $,600 and $,00 respectively. That's all in addition to the more than $00,000 in guaranteed purses including $0,000 in a unique L&M Winner's Circle program for which drivers will be competing. And to further sweeten the pot more than $00,000 in contingent awards by manufacturers of auto products have been posted for the 90 Continental Championship. # # #

2 \ L&M WINNER'S CIRCLE TO GREET TOP_ CONTINENTAL JIACEJDRIVERS NEW YORK Drivers when they win an auto race traditionally get the checkered flag, trophy and of course, first prize money. But this year when a driver wins any of the races that make up the SCCA Continental Championship, he'll not only get the usual trimmings, but the privilege of stepping into the L&M Winner's Circle. An L&M Winner's Circle enclosure will be built at each of the tracks as part of the L&M cigarettes sponsorship of the Continental Championship,, and give the popular Formula A series a similar look as it moves from coast to coast and Canada. The physical enclosure will provide the press with adequate room for picturetaking and interview sessions while limiting the chaos that usually prevails at the finish line. i The L&M Winner's Circle of $0,000 in awards includes $,000 to the winner of the Formula A event and $,000 toward the winning Formula B purse plus and L&M Championship Trophy Fund of $0,000 to be divided among the top 0 Formula A drivers at the end of the season. Depending on race length, minimum purses committed by promoters in 90 are $0,000 for each event, totaling a guaranteed $00,000 plus the $0,000 from L&M make the 90 Continental Championship the richest ever. New L&M trophies also will be presented in the enclosure to the top three drivers of Formula A and Formula B. # # #

3 90 SCCA CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE LfM CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY April 9 May June June June 8 July July 8 Aug. Aug. 6 Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Riverside Int' Raceway, Riverside, Calif. Edmonton Int'l Speedway, Edmonton, Alta., Canada Seattle Int'l Raceway, Kent, Wash. Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif. Sears Point Int'l Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. Dallas Int'l Motor Speedway, Lewisville, Tex. Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wise. Mt. Tremblant, St. Jovite, Que., Canada Donnybrooke, Brainerd, Minn. Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn. Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ont., Canada MidOhio Sports Car Course, Lexington, 0. New Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Conn. Sebring, Sebring, Fla. PAST WINNERS RECORDS Champion car engine Lotus Ford Dr. Lou Sell Eagle Chevrolet T. Adamowicz Eagle Chevrolet Race purses,000 $9,00 $, Mfrs.' awards $6,000 $0,00 Attendance,000 8,000 6,000 Events 8

4 VK Motor Racing News Re/ease Contact: Alan Taylor () 90 New York, N.Yo 00 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HUTCHISON MOVES INTO SECOND PLACE IN L&M CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY BATTLE NEW YORK, the Dallas chemical engineer, found the right formula for his new Lola T90 to take over second place in the point standings to determine the winner of the L&M Championship Trophy symbolic of the best road racer in North America in the SCCA's Continental Championship. Hutchison moved ahead of Ron Grable, of Cupertino, Calif., and now trails Montreal's, 00 to, as the field of Formula A drivers prepare for the Sept. th race at Lime Rock Park. Grable, who failed to gain any points at Donnybrooke, is now being threatened by for third place. Grable has only an eightpoint margin. Newcomer to the top 0 is David Hobbs. the English driver who won both heats at Donnybrooke to pick up 0 points to up his total to 9 and fifth place. Fog. Driver Hometown Car Points. Montreal McLaren/Chevy 00. Dallas Lola/Chevy 8. Ron Grable Cupertino Lola/Chevy 66. Miami Surtees/Chevy 8. David Hobbs London Surtees/Chevy 9 6. Eppie Wietzes Toronto McLaren/Chevy 6. Los Angeles Lotus/Chevy 8. George Follmer Pasadena Lotus/Ford 9. Dave Jordan Cypress Eagle/Chevy 9 0. Bill Brack Toronto Lotus/Chevy Points are awarded for the top 0 finishers in each SCCA Continental Championship race on the following basis: # # # L&M WINNER'S CIRCLE SCCA CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP L&M (CbLA) CANAM

5 VK SUITE FIFTH AVENUE Contact: Alan Taylor () 9 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 000 RESULTS OF SCCA CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES FOR L&M CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY RIVERSIDE. April 9.. Dave Jordan. Chuck Parsons. Fred Baker. Spence Stoddard Rex Ramsey 0. Crockey Peterson EDMONTON. May Ron Grable Eppie Wietzes George Wintersteen Dave Jordan Spence Stoddard Glen Brown SEATTLE. June Mike Goth Hiroshi Fushida Eppie Wietzes Dave Jordan Rex Ramsey LACUNA SEGA. June. Ron Grable. George Wintersteen... Hiroshi Fushida 6. Fred Baker. Richard Galloway 8. Jim Paul SEARS POINT. June 8 Rex Ramsey Fred Baker Spence Stoddard Gregg Young Lyle Forsgren Mike Brockman Gerard Raney DALLAS. July Bill Brack Ron Grable John Saucier Pete Sherman ELKHART LAKE. July 8.. David Hobbs. George Follmer. Eppie Wietzes. Ron Grable 6. Bill Brack. Kurt Reinhold 8. Spence Stoddard MT. TREMBLANT, August George Follmer Ron Grable David Hobbs Gregg Young Horst Kroll DONNYBROOKE, August 6 David Hobbs Bill Brack Rex Ramsey Eppie Wietzes L&M WINNER'S CIRCLE* SCCA CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP L&M

6 Ht 969 FINAL POINT STANDINGS st nd rd th th 6th Points Prize Money. Tony Adamowic. David Hobbs. Sam Posey. Geo. Wintersteen. Bob Brown 6. Bud Morley. Dick Simon 8. Andrea deadamich 9. Peter Gethin 0. Chuck Dietrich Jerry Hansen Lothar Motschenbacher _ * $,,0 9,6,900 0,,9 9,00 6,0,00,00,00,0, FINAL POINT STANDINGS st nd rd th th 6th Points Prize Money. Lou Sell. Geo. Wintersteen. Bob Brown. Jerry Hansen. Brian O'Neil 6. Hank Candler. Kurt Reinold 8. Bud Morley 0. Mak Kronn _ $,00,00,00,000,000,00,90,00,00,00 96 FINAL POINT STANDINGS st nd rd th th 6th Points Prize Money. Gus Hutchinson. Mike Hiss Karl Knapp Lou Sell. Bob McQueen 6. Fred Ashplant. Mike Cronin 8. Harold Krech 9. Roger Barr 0. Peter Broeker Stephen Griswold Bill Gubelman $,86,6,,,00, (Points are awarded to drivers for the first six finishing positions on a 9> <tl basis.)