Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-21 | Page 1 | Racer Killed on S. L. Track

RACER KILLED ON S1 SIL TRACK Wife n Audience S Sees es esCar Car Crush Californian Clyde Goss Jr young daredevil of the midget automobile racing tracks has made his last ride His taking breath career ended on the Utah state fair grounds track in Salt Lake City when death took the wheel Wednesday night The year old driver from Los Angeles died as his borrowed machine rolled roiled into the infield after alter a crash that sent shudders through the crowd of spectators spec spec- Mrs Goss among them He was participating in an I I Australian pursuit race when he attempted to turn out as a car ahead driven by Tex Sherwood of Salt Lake City went into a aspin aspin aspin spin on the east turn His car owned by Bill Logan of Denver spun broadside on the hard surface track whirled toward the inner rail then was rolled over as a third car driven by Harold Adair Salt Lake City crashed into and hurdled it The victim was still wedged in Continued on Page Seven Senn Column Five FUe RACER KILLED ON SI TRACK Continued from Pare Page One the seat when help arrived but was dead when taken to a hospi hasp tal He suffered a skull fracture crushed chest and internal in in- in juries Goss was the second racer to todie todie todie die from crashes on the Salt Lake track Charles R R. Winters Salt Lake City succumbed July 7 due to complications resulting from face and head injuries The Calf Californian was a midget racing veteran most of his exploits exploits exploits ex ex- ex- ex having been on southern California tracks On Vacation He was on a vacation trip with his wife Mrs Louise G Goss ss and had not intended to race He volunteered to drive the Denver car as a test of its performance before the machine was offered for sale It was his first appearance on the local track and earlier in the evening he had established a new record by roaring five laps or a amile amile amile mile in the trophy flash event in 1 minute seconds Officials said he might have escaped seri serious us hurts had he crashed his racer into Sherwood's machine rather than flipped the wheel to save the other driver Sherwood and Adair were The body was taken to Kingdon mortuary pending funeral ar ar- ar His parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Goss reside at Los Angeles