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Eastern Inaugural Sweepstakes

USAC Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
March 31, 1957
30 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 15 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Johnny Thomson	2	Sam Traylor		30	1,695	running
2	3	Don Branson					1,157
3	10	Charles Musselman					826
4	7	Jiggs Peters					422
5	2	Ernie McCoy					633
6	11	Elmer George
7	14	Bob Cleberg
8	9	Bill Randall	5	Edgar Stone
9	13	Eddie Sachs
10	4	Tommy Hinnershitz				8	362	spark plugs
12	5	Bob Tattersall				3		accident
15	15	Van Johnson				0		did not qualify	0
16	16	Jack McLaughlin				0		did not qualify	0
17	17	Russ Klar				0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Len Duncan				0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Dick Linder				0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Ed Elisian				0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Joe Barzda				0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Buddy Neal				0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Bernie Hart				0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Johnny Noble				0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Don Wood				0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Joseph Mattera				0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Dick Mealy				0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Dick Tobias				0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Bill D'Amico				0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Howard Bechtel				0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Bill Singer				0		did not qualify	0
	6	Rex Records
	8	Jim Packard
	12	Hank Rogers

Notes: Johnny Thomson was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:13:23
Average Speed: 67.196 MPH
Pole Speed: 23.94 seconds
Race Purse: $ 7,500
Attendance: 7,500