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Reading Fair Sweepstakes

AAA Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
September 16, 1951
20 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 10 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Bobby Barker		Caruso	Offenhauser SC	20		running	20
2	1	Johnnie Parsons			Offenhauser	20		running	0
3	4	Bill Schindler			Offenhauser	20		running	0
4	7	Ernie McCoy			Offenhauser			running	0
5	5	Ottis Stine			Offenhauser			running	0
6	8	Joe Barzda			Ford V8			running	0
11	11	Eddie Adams				0		did not qualify	0
12	12	Hank Rogers			Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Joe Sostilio			Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Eddie Sachs				0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Johnny Matera				0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Bob Arndt				0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Mark Sooy			MacDowell	0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Dick Swarmer			Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
	3	Tommy Hinnershitz			Offenhauser			engine	0
	6	Duke Nalon			Offenhauser			did not finish	0
	9	Buzz Barton			Offenhauser			did not finish	0
	10	George Fonder			Offenhauser			did not finish	0
		Scoop Hauser				0		did not qualify	0
		Carl Anderson			Mercury V8	0		did not qualify	0
		Ben Smorto			Ford V8	0		did not qualify	0
		Woody Campbell			Ford V8	0		did not qualify	0
		Howard Bechtel			Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Bud Peiffer			Riley	0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Johnnie Parsons was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:08:51
Average Speed: 67.766 MPH
Pole Speed: 24.91 seconds
Attendance: 41,249