Cecil Green ... Born ... An American racecar driver from Dallas, Texas. Green won 34 races between 1948 and 1950 in Oklahoma and Missouri, and many more in Texas. He won the 1949 Oklahoma City and Southwest AAA titles. He won in seven different Offenhauser cars. Green place fourth in his first Indianapolis 500 in 1950. He finished 22nd in the 1951 Indianapolis 500. He died in a qualifying crash at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana in 1951, which became known as "Black Sunday". Green was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2003.
Tom Price won the URC Sprint Car race at the Richmond Int. Raceway, Richmond,VA. Hank Rogers was second followed by Earl Halaquist, Vern Harriman and Dave Humphrey.
Tony Bonadies won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.
Bobby Unser won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Abode Bowl, Tucson, AZ.
Ernie McCoy won the ARDC Midget race at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, Bloomsburg,PA.
Johnny Mackison won the Super Modofied race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA. Bobby Hersh was second followed by Neil Haight, Gene Goodling and PeeWee Pobletts.
Johnny Mackison won the Super Modofied race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA. Bobby Abel was second followed by Bobby Hersh, Roger Sowers and PeeWee Pobletts.
Johnny White won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Bob King, Arnie Knepper, Tom McClellan and Calvin Gilstrap at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN.
Earl Halaquist won the URC Sprint Car race over Chuck Yost, Bernie Hart, Dick Mealy and Bill Brown at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
A.J. Foyt won the USAC Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial Sprint Car race over Roger McCluskey, Elmer George, Ronnie Duman and Bobby Boughan at the Salem Speedway - , Salem,IN.
Tony Siscone won the 50-lap Modified Stock Car race and John Baker won the 50-lap Modern Madness race at the New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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