As the Grand Prix championship reaches the halfway point, the races, both the Individual and the Team, are still up for grabs. And the grabs are significant since the champions of both divisions will pull down $50 while places second thru four will be allotted $25, $15, and $10, respectfully. Here is a run-down of the top ten contenders of both divisions in the most recent posting.
William Boyd tops the Individual Grand Prix standings with 771.4 points and a 77.1 per tournament average but is being closely followed by Tom Walters (726.1) and Tom Schneider (690.7). Schneider seems to pose the most danger to Boyd's lead as he is averaging 76.7 points per tournament having played fewer events.
In fourth place, is Sam Jenkins (675.7) and a 67.6 average followed closely by Carlos Ortiz with a 66.9 average and 668.7 points. Curtis Higgs (663.1) has a solid hold on sixth place with a 82.9 average. Bobby Johnson (657.9) has a four point lead over Jack Scruggs (653.7) for seventh place. Sam Amsler is sitting in ninth place with only a twelve point lead over Jerry Newton who rounds out the top ten in the individual race.
Dale French and Bobby Johnson's partnership has proved to be a powerful combination in the race for the Team Grand Prix. The power-hitting partners have one of the highest averages at 87.4 points per tournament to go along with their league-leading 786.7 points. Chasing this pair is the team of David Brader and Richard Spigarelli with 771.0 points at the same time savoring an almost 60-point lead over Floyd Chambers and Roy January in third place.
Long-time ASGA members LD Washington and Troy Collins sit in fourth place with 696 points while Tom Walters and Steve Abrams rest at the fifth spot with 652 points. Barkley Edwards and Alton Stewart are holding off Cliff Rierson and Bob Rankin for sixth place, 639.1 to 635.1. But the real fight, apparently, is with the eighth and ninth place holders, Joe Noon and Grady Morris (602.1) and Michael Bruker and Mike Bieck (600.0). Rounding out the top ten teams is the duo of Mario Gamboa and Rodolfo Garcia with 586.7 points.
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