Roger Mulkey shot this video of the same heat from a different camera position. He also captured some good shots of Tom Smith running in 2nd position with his immaculate Max Torque special with dual West Bend 820s.
Some related photos of interest:
A little background on the Konig motor for those interested:
In the early days of karting, with very open rules on engine types and models allowed, racers searched for motors to build the “hot setup”. One motor that found early success was a motor from the world of hydroplane boat racing made by a German company named Konig. Konig manufactured several class size motors, the Hydroplane A class motors were 14.8 cubic inches (250cc). This size motor was perfect for the fastest class in karting back around 1960, C-Open, which allowed up to 270cc motors with no restrictions on type or fuel used! Konig started making boat racing motors in 1928, and was still setting many racing class records over 40 years later.
For those wanting to learn more about the Konig in karting, here is a Kart Magazine article scan:
OK, here is more! Years ago, right in Quincy IL at 5th Street and Main, was a business called Quincy Welding. Where O. F. Christner built some of the fastest hydroplane racing engines of the day, the Quincy Loopers. They had a big rilvary with Konig, and there are many photos of both engines, factories and people involved at the website link below, look through all the pages, there are more links and pages in there to many great photos. Note that Konig was using a timing belt driven rotary valve back in the 60's.
...and for an encore, here is the up close walk around video I shot of the Hovey Hawk Konig at last year's event at Riverside:
Jeff