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Inaugural Sam Nunis Trophy Sweepstakes

AAA Sprint Car race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
May 26, 1946
25 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 12.5 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	4	Walt Ader	4	Ted Horn	1932 White/Offenhauser	25		running
2	3	Ted Horn	5	Ted Horn	1939 Horn/Offenhauser	25		running
3	2	Bill Holland	29	Ralph Malamud	1938 Malamud/Offenhauser	25		running
4	6	Tommy Hinnershitz		Ted Horn	1932 Blauvelt/Offenhauser	25		running
5	10	Ed Terry		John Matera	1938 Ulesky/Hal	25		running
6	7	Walt Walker				25		running
11	11	Hank Rogers				0		did not qualify	0
12	12	Bob Cooney				0		did not qualify	0
13	13	Jimmy Gibbons				0		did not qualify	0
14	14	Lou Volk				0		did not qualify	0
15	15	George Ruddy				0		did not qualify	0
16	16	Al Fleming				0		did not qualify	0
17	17	Dutch Culp				0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Cliff Hellman				0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Tommy Mattson				0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Danny Goss				0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Bumpy Bumpus				0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Lou Verbeley				0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Mike Bailey				0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Stan Jones				0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Len Koenig				0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Hank Gritzbach				0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Ottis Stine				0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Warren Bates				0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Jimmy Ferick				0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Pete McKeown				0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Eddie Zimmerman				0		did not qualify	0
32	32	Lucky Lux				0		did not qualify	0
33	33	Bob Chronister				0		did not qualify	0
34	34	Jimmy Boas				0		did not qualify	0
35	35	Bill Hoffman				0		did not qualify	0
36	36	Mike Magill				0		did not qualify	0
	1	Joie Chitwood	6	Fred Peters	1933 Cunningham	12		tire
	5	Earl Johns			Riley			did not finish
	8	Lawrence Smith						did not finish
	9	Henry Steiger						did not finish

Notes: Joie Chitwood was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:12:00
Average Speed: 62.428 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.38 seconds
Attendance: 30,000