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AAA Indy Car race
Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, GA
September 2, 1946
97 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 97 miles

Fin St Driver # Owner Car Laps Money Status Laps Led
 8   George Connor   38   Ed Walsh   1940 Kurtis FWD/Offenhauser  96   2,964   running 
 9   Steve Truchan   28   Jimmy Chai   1934 Marks/Offenhauser  95   2,157   running 
 6   Emil Andres   44   Emil Andres   1933 Adams/Offenhauser  93   1,349   running 
 11   Bud Bardowski   37   Army Recruit   Sparks  89   945   running 
 10   Joe Langley   55   Clemons   Clemons  70   743   running 
 3   Ted Horn   24   Fred Peters   1939 Wetteroth/Offenhauser  97   641   disqualified  81 
 2   George Robson   16   Bill Corley   1938 Wetteroth/Offenhauser  87   541   accident 
 7   George Barringer   7   Erwin Wolfe   1936 Shaw/Offenhauser  75   541   accident 
 4   Billy DeVore   17   William Schoof   Wetteroth/Offenhauser  55   541   accident  13 
10   5   Duke Dinsmore   3   Olson   Offenhauser  52   541   did not finish 
11   1   Rex Mays   12   Richard Palmer   1936 Hartz/Offenhauser  19   440   oil pressure 


Notes: Originally scheduled for 100 laps, but called on lap 97 after a six-car accident.
Robson and Barringer were killed in the accident.
Connor was declared the winner after an investigation. Horn was not allowed to win the race, as he was deemed to be a cause of the accident.
Lap count listed here is taken from the AAA sanction reports as found by Don Capps.
Pole Speed: 42.55 seconds
Race Purse: $ 11,403