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AAA Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
April 27, 1947
25 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 12.5 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	6	Hank Rogers	36	John Fetzer	Offenhauser	25		running
2	9	Tommy Mattson
3	2	Joie Chitwood
4	5	Walt Ader
5	4	Tommy Hinnershitz
6	8	Fred Carpenter
11	10	Bill Holland				0		did not start	0
12	11	Mark Light				0		did not start	0
13	13	Paul Becker				0		did not qualify	0
14	14	Frank Luptow				0		did not qualify	0
15	15	Ed Bennett				0		did not qualify	0
16	16	Bill D'Amico				0		did not qualify	0
17	17	George Bouley				0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Lucky Lux				0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Bob Chronister				0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Lawrence Smith				0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Mike San Felice				0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Tommy Gulliver				0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Bob Arndt				0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Jimmy Boas				0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Bill Gouse				0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Lew Mood				0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Stan Jones				0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Mark Sooy				0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Len Brown				0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Charley Walters				0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Ottis Stine				0		did not qualify	0
32	32	Robert Geist				0		did not qualify	0
33	33	Paul Handshew				0		did not qualify	0
34	34	Bob Cooney				0		did not qualify	0
	1	Ted Horn				6		engine
	3	Walt Brown
	7	Ducky Pehlman
	12	Lee Wallard

Notes: Ted Horn was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:11:51
Average Speed: 63.273 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.29 seconds
Attendance: 28,301