Show o 0 auto cixto asB itching ciKa midget auto racing complete with all the thrills chills and spills that are synonymous with this death defying sport came to too ele last saturday night and the spectators were treated to a show that made the heart beat faster and the blood run warmer in spite of the chilly weather providing the tans fans with a well balanced thrilling 2 and one half hour abour show the evenings show was marred by a serious injury to stan rock of salt lake driving a sleek blue and white car no 10 stan was competing in the trophy dash howard rock his brother and stan were roaring around the track on the third and final lap speeding around the west end of the track the radius rod broke throwing the car out of control and sent it crash ing through the fence and smash ing into the grand stand A heavy wire cable caught rock as he crashed through the wire fence snapping his head back he was rushed to the tooele thoele clime clinic where it was determined he hac had sustained face and head lacera eions and a fractured neck the leading money winner of the night was the daring veteran ives wes easy money johnson 1941 international champ who gave the crowd a demonstration of clever fast driving in capturing 1st place in the third event a four lap race driving no 71 a trim black car wes led all the way and came home the winner even though pat Te storie in car no 73 gave gale him a real battle all the way john son also got the checkered flag in the fifth event the people peoples s choice this race was really a crowd pleaser as the contestants were chosen by fans in which wes johnson bob watson a newcomer to midget auto racing in an or ange car no 41 and howard rock driving no 19 put on a thrilling race howard father time rock kept N a lead foot on the throttle all the way and came within 2 inches of over hauling johnson this race had the throng on their feet all the way johnson also took the 15 lap main event due to the soft con of the track and the bad bumps at the east end the track was shortened for the feature ev ent but even this failed to slow up these dare devil drivers seven cirs cars started with johnson in fifth place until the fourth lap when he moved into the lead which although he he never relinquished had to drive like a demon to keep in front of gil broadbeck the idaho champ driving car no 12 a red and white job ob powered by a stude baker champion motor tried des hertely to overtake over tak e johnson but johnson h hugged ed the inside track all the w way ay a and R d came home the winner gil managed to take the lead on the straight a away way but was forced to go wide around the turns and was unable to to forge to the front to stay broadbeck came from last to 1st place to capture the second event from pat Te storie in a six lap 4 car race w which aich was another thriller in this thrill packed show i other results bob watson cap I 1 aured the consolation race by rac mg ing home in front of jud werner s red and white no 75 the australian purs pursuit alt race an other real crowd pleaser was won by bud coleman and once again broadbeck came within an eye lash of being the winner this ev ent is a novel in that when a car is passed by another car he is im lm mediately disqualified six cars started with coleman at the post position easy money johnson came from last place to third but the handicap of starting in last place was more than he could ov arcome an estimated crowd of 1000 peo pie came holthe to the bit and spur s pre sen tation of this thrilling sport to see for themselves if the mighty midgets could live up to their ad vance notices and were treated to a show that is sure to have a re peat performance in tooele thoele in the |