Ralph DePalma won the 255 Mile AAA sanctioned Elgin Race on the 8.5 Mile Elgin Road Race Course in Elgin, Illinois. Tommy Milton was second followed by Jimmy Murphy Ralph Mulford and Eddie O'Donnell.
Jimmy Daywalt ... Born ... Jimmy drove AAA sprint cars and in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1950, 1953-1957, 1959, and 1961-1962 seasons with 20 starts. He finished in the top ten 3 times. His best finish was in the 1953 Indianapolis 500, where he finished 6th and was named Rookie of the Year.
Frank Farmer ... Died ... AAA driver from the 1920's and 30's. Farmer made 10 Championship Car starts in his career with a best finish of 3rd in the June 1930 race at Altoona Speedway. He was killed in a crash at Woodbridge Speedway.
Chet Gardner won the 100 Mile AAA Indy Car race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Ted Horn was second followed by Rex Mays, Floyd Roberts and Tony Willman.
Johnnie Parsons won the 200 Mile AAA Indy Car race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Walt Brown was second followed by Rex Mays, Bayliss Levrett and Emil Andres.
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Gene Aldridge, Cliff Griffith, Al Keller and Joe James at the Iowa State Fairgrounds,Des Moines, IA.
Spider Webb won the AAA Sprint Car race over Troy Ruttman and Bill Holland at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds,St. Paul, MN.
Jimmy Gibbons won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Tioga Motorsports Park,Owego, NY.
Pat Flaherty won the 250 Mile AAA Indy Car race on the 1 mile paved oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Tony Bettenhausen was second followed by Bob Sweikert, Art Cross and Johnny Boyd.
Eddie Sachs won the AAA Sprint Car race over Bob Sweikert at the Hawkeye Downs Speedway,Cedar Rapids, IA.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway,Des Moines, IA.
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway,Mechanicsburg, PA.
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
Johnny Beauchamp won the IMCA 100 Late Model Stock Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN. Beauchamp was giving the win after the first three drivers, Don White, Ernie Derr and Bob Burdick were disqualified for not driving stock machines.
Otto Harwi won the NASCAR Modified Stock Car race at the Alcyon Speedway, Pitman, NJ. Budd Olsen was second followed by Duke Southern, Al Tasnady, Bill Wark, Pee Wee Poblets, Glenn Guthrie, Fred Hearn, Vince Conrad and Bob Gemenden.
Bob Tattersall won the 25-lap Midget race at the Crundy County Fair, Mazon, IL.
Len Sutton won the 200 Mile USAC Indy Car race on the 1 mile paved oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. A.J. Foyt was second followed by Dick Rathmann,Don Freeland and Gene Force.
Art Malone drove the 'Mad Dog IV' to a world record speed of 181.561 mph at Daytona International Speedway. Bill France had posted an award of $10,000 to anyone who could post a speed in excess of 180 mph on a closed course speedway. Bob Osiecki of Charlotte, NC took up the challenge. Osiecki installed a super charger Dodge 413 cubic-inch engine in an Indy roadster. Then he designed and installed a vertical stabilizer and a pair of inverted air foils, or upside down wings, to the chassis to aerodynamically stabilize the vehicle at speed.
Larry Voss won the Modified Stock Car race over Ray Tilley, Whip Mulligan, Rags Carter and Al Tasnady at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA.
Dick Tobias won the Modified Stock Car race over Bobby Abel, Leroy Felty, Neil Haight and Gene Goodling at the Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Johnny Roberts won the Modified Stock Car race at the Dorsey Speedway, Elkridge, MD.
Pete Corey won the Stock Car race at the Stafford Springs Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT.
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