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Show Records Fall And Drivers Scramble At Big Fourth Meet fc, a -v ...... Yj rm '; ( ) i 'fi V s u- h. uo'OS' John Druary Somfeone is always going the wrong way. This time it is Bob Thompson ' .in car number 6. !-' . V'-' - 1 1 J-i As winner of trophy dash, Fred Sorenson receives kisses from water-caae water-caae girls with official sanction of Paul Soren, vicepresident, and A, A. James, president, of drivers association. LaMar Kinder, in car number 79 and Steve Jensen in number 43 give Pill King, Jr., in car number 50 the "ol squeeze play." by Bill Notestme July 4th 's races were one of the slam-bangiest of the year. The night was punctuated with wrecks in almost every race, and one during dur-ing the time trials which put John Friday night, there was a full program of midget racers, only, who battled it out for the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Championship, with the "Offie" from Portland Oregon taking tak-ing jop honors. fSiL ' ft vhi ': KT 111 ) t end of line they're waiting for Fred with fire extinguishers and flag to wave him off the track. Dolittle in the hospital when his car ran into a wrecker. Also, 3 track records were broken by the red-hot Freddie Sorensen. He broke the time trial record record for one -lap in both his time trial laps. The track record was 16.18 sec, and he had times of 16.16 and 16.11 sec. He also broke the record for the trophy dash, which he won, and "the number of queens he got to kiss. There were 17 of the shapely maidens from the Aquacade at the Fairgrounds Fair-grounds this week. In the main event, most of the top drivers ran into trouble. Soreusen's car "froze" in low gear, and Mark Drazich and Mel Andrus both spun out at the same time, with Drazich losing a wheel in the process. Dick Card, the former racing champ, took first in the main event. Max Schell tood the main event, and Roy Cassidy won the fast car heat. In the demolition derby, Don Hudson outlasted, and out-banged everyone else for first place. |