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Show Races To Be Run Monday Night Starting At 730 At CityBall Park ? Qualifying Trials Will Be Run At 7:30 P.M. And Will Be Followed Immediately By Main Races For tlie first time in the history of July 4'lh celebrations in Springville, residents will he given an opportunity to see the popular midget car racing. Brought here through the sponsorship of the Spring- race. These two cars are the only cars in the coming races that are Utah county rerjdent-owned. Some of the other outstanding drivers include Harold Adair, 1941 champion; cham-pion; Gill Broadbeck, 1946 Idaho champ; Jud Werner, the "Clark Gable" of the race track; Pat Tes-tori, Tes-tori, most daring dirt track midget driver; Wes Johnson, intermoun-tain intermoun-tain champion of 1942. He also was the state champ in 1947. Nicknamed "Easy Money Johnson," John-son," because he has, taken so many races, the champ has been a popular driver in the midget racing rac-ing world. Weights of these midget mid-get racers are from 500 to 900 lbs. Length of the cars is from 72 to 76 inches. Tread width is 42 to 46 inches Miss Marie Dean Bybee will act as the trophy girl during the race meet. ville Jaycees in cooperation with the Salt Lake Midget Auto Racing , association, the races will be ' staged at the ball park beginning : at 7:30 p. m., July 5. Qualifying : trials will be ru.i at this time and j the main races will follow immedi- j f ately after. . These midget race.v which are becoming a popular sport throughout through-out the state, were started by " Stan Rock and Howard Rock, who are termed the fathers of midget 1 racing in Utah. They built the first I two racers of this type in the . state. Li As part of the big July 4th cele- tration to be staged here on the 5th by the Jaycees, the races should prove to be highly entertaining enter-taining and fascinating. Driver of car number 9, which is on display in the Anderson Electric Elec-tric store, is Gil Broadbeck, who won the trophy dash and the main event in Salt Lake City midget races last Sunday. Roy Griffin i?, the owner of the car. Car number num-ber 22 is owned by Bernus Bills of Provo, and is driven by Harold Adair. This car came in second in the main event in the Salt Lake |