1948
|
| Tuesday August 31, 1948 | 25
Laps; Winner: Erling "Chick"
Barbo
(Seattle, Washington) |
Feature: 1-Chick
Barbo,
2-Mel Hansen, 3-Johnny McDowell, 4-Johnnie Tolan, 5-Eddie Haddad, Top
Five.
|
|
| Thursday
September 2, 1948 | 25
Laps; Winner:
Johnnie
Tolan
(Denver, Colorado) |
| Feature: 1-Johnnie
Tolan,
2-Chick Barbo, 3-Johnnie Parsons, 4-Jackie Holmes, 5-Paul "Potsy"
Goacher, Top Five. |
|
| Tuesday
September 14, 1948 | 25
Laps; Winner:
Mel Hansen
(Los Angeles, California) |
| Feature: 1-Mel
Hansen,
2-Chick Barbo, 3-Jackie Holmes, 4-Cal Niday, 5-Earl Kouba, Top Five.
|
|
| Tuesday
September 21, 1948 | 25
Laps; Winner:
Jackie Holmes |
| Feature: 1-Jackie
Holmes,
2-Eddie Haddad, 3-Johnnie
Tolan, 4-Johnnie Parsons,
5-Cal Niday, Top Five. |
|
| 1949 |
| Friday May 6, 1949 | 25
Laps; Winner: Andy Linden (Speedway,
Indiana);
Owner: Flo-Curt Special #21 |
Feature: 1-Andy Linden (#21),
2-Mel Hanson (#44), 3-Eddie
Haddad (#3), 4-Sam Hanks
(#5),
5-Kenny Eaton (#2), 6-Paul
"Potsy"
Goacher (#8), 7-Gordon Reed (#22), 8-Leroy Warriner (#67), 9-Lyle
Dickey (#18), 10-Erling "Chick" Barbo (#65), 11-Johnie Parsons (#1),
12-Jimmy Davies (#7).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Mel Hansen 13.54 sec. |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 112M49 |
|
| Friday May 13, 1949 | 30
Laps; Winner: Andy Linden (Speedway,
Indiana) |
|
| Friday May 20, 1949 | 30
Laps; Winner: Andy Linden (Speedway,
Indiana);
Owner: Chet Miller Special #65 |
Feature: 1-Andy Linden (#65), 2-Eddie Haddad (#3), 3-Johnnie Tolan (#6), 4-Paul "Potsy"
Goacher (#8), 5-Leroy
Warriner (#67), 6-Jack McGrath (#76), 7-Manuel Ayulo (#3), 8-Gordon Reed (#28), 9-Jimmy Davies (#7),
10-Henry Banks (#4), 11-Jim Florian (#30), 12-Sam Hanks (#5).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 13.28 sec. |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 128M49 | Time of Race:
6:57.24 sec. |
|
| Friday May 27, 1949 | 50
Laps; Winner: Andy Linden (Speedway,
Indiana) |
|
| Friday June 3, 1949 | 30
Laps; Winner: Andy Linden (Speedway,
Indiana);
Owner: Chet Miller Special #65 |
Feature: 1-Andy Linden (#65), 2-Jim Florian (#30), 3-Paul "Potsy"
Goacher (#10), 4-Jimmy Davies (#7), 5-Erling "Chick" Barbo (#7), 6-Bud
Owens (#85), 7-Chuck Stevenson (#49), 8-Troy Ruttman (#14), 9-Frank
Tillman (#3), 10-Bob Ballheimer (#X), 11-Frank Schaub (#3), 12-Gene
Vaulkner (#7).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 13.21 sec. |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 145M49 | Time of Race:
6:56.22 sec. |
|
| There were a total of 16 Midget races
held in 1949, race results listings are incomplete for the rest of the
1949 season.
They might not have been AAA sanctioned. |
|
| 1950 |
| Friday May 19, 1950 | 30
Laps; Winner: Andy Linden (Speedway,
Indiana);
Owner: Anderson Special #7 |
Feature: 1-Andy Linden (#7),
2-Neal Carter (#5), 3-Foster
Campbell (#6), 4-Aaron Woodard (#37), 5-Al Silver (#7), 6-Vic Carter
(#3), 7-Walt Geis (#24), 8-Chuck Stevenson (#5), 9-Clarence LaRue (#7),
10-Gays Biro (#20), 11-Johnnie Tolan (62).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Gays Biro 13.16 sec. |
Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 80M50
|
|
| Friday May 26, 1950 | 30
Laps; Winner: Mike Nazaruk (North
Bellemore, New York);
Owner: #3 |
Feature: 1-Mike Nazaruk (#3),
2-Andy Linden (#7), 3-D Schaeffer (#2), 4-Aaron Woodard (#37),
5-Gays Biro (#20), 6-Potsy Goacher
(#30), 7-Duane Carter (#5), 8-Foster Campbell (#6), 9-Bob Harner (#5),
10-Al Silver (#7), 11-Clarence LaRue (#7), 12-Gordon Reed (#12).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 12.92 sec. |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 81M50 | Time of Race:
6:55.91 sec. |
|
| Friday July 7, 1950 | 30
Laps; Winner: Andy Linden (Speedway,
Indiana);
Owner: Anderson Special #7 |
Feature: 1-Andy Linden (#7),
2-Leroy Warriner (#67), 3-Johnnie
Tolan (#62), 4-Gays Biro (#20), 5-Jack Seither (#5), 6-Bob Harner
(#5), 7-Frank Tillman (#3), 8-J. Holmes (#65), 9-Al Silver (#7),
10-Jack Kabat (#9).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 12.96 sec. |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 100M50 | Time of Race:
6:44.17 sec. |
|
| Friday July 14, 1950 | 30
Laps; Winner: Johnnie Tolan (Denver,
Colorado);
Owner: #62 |
Feature: 1-Johnnie Tolan (#62),
2-Jack Seither (#5), 3-Gays Biro (#20), 4-Potsy Goacher
(#30), 5-Art Cross
(#78), 6-Al Silver (#7), 7-Leroy Warriner (#67), 8-Aaron Woodard (#37), 9-J. Holmes (#65),
10-Frank Tillman (#3), 11-Andy Linden (#7).
|
Fast Qualifier: Gays Biro 12.99 sec.
|
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 102M50 | Time of Race:
6:53.22 sec. |
|
| Friday July 21, 1950 | 30
Laps; Winner: Johnnie Tolan (Denver,
Colorado);
Owner: #62 |
Feature: 1-Johnnie Tolan (#62),
2-Potsy Goacher (#5), 3-Andy Linden (#7), 4-Gays Biro (#20), 5-Bob Harner (#5), 6-Jack Kabat (#9), 7-Al Silver (#7), 8-Aaron Woodard (#37), 9-Frank Tillman (#3),
10-Russ Royce (#48), 11-Leroy Warriner (#67), 12-George Wilkins
(#12).
|
Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 12.81 sec.
|
| Race Notes: AAA
Sanction number 130M50 | Time
of Race:
7:16.64 sec. |
|
| Friday August 4, 1950 | 30
Laps; Winner: Johnnie Tolan (Denver,
Colorado);
Owner: #62 |
Feature: 1-Johnnie Tolan (#62),
2-Andy Linden (#7), 3-Bob Harner (#53),
4-Potsy Goacher (#5), 5-Buddy Martin (#7), 6-Art Cross (#78), 7-Leroy Warriner (#67), 8-Al Silver (#88), 9-Jack Kabat (#9),
10-Russ Englehaupt (#8), 11-Jack Seither (#48), 12-J. McBride (#47).
|
Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 12.92 sec.
|
| Race Notes: AAA
Sanction number 132M50 | Time
of Race:
6:50.03 sec. |
|
| Friday August 11, 1950 | 30
Laps; Winner: Gays Biro (Peninsula,
Ohio);
Owner: #7 |
Feature: 1-Gays Biro (#7),
2-Johnnie Tolan (#62), 3-Potsy Goacher (#5),
4-Jack Seither (#40), 5-Leroy Warriner (#67),
6-Bob Harner (#53),
7-Russ Royce (#48), 8-Bill Mackey (#8), 9-Al Silver (#88),
10-Frank Tillman (#24), 11-Andy Linden (#7), 12-Russ Englehaupt (#8).
|
Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 12.84 sec.
|
| Race Notes: Time of Race:
6:49.74 sec. |
|
| Friday September 1, 1950 | 50
Laps; Winner: Johnnie
Tolan
(Denver, Colorado) |
|
| There were a
total of
13 Midget races held in 1950, race results listings are incomplete for
the rest of the 1950 season. They might not have been AAA sanctioned.
|
|
| 1951 |
| Wednesday May 16, 1951 | 50
Laps; Winner: Bobby Ball (Phoenix,
Arizona);
Owner: #76 |
Feature: 1-Bobby Ball (#76),
2-Buzz Barton (#73), 3-Jack Seither (#55), 4-Johnny Fredrichs (#48), 5-Bob Harner (#26), 6-Andy Linden (#7), 7-Johnnie Tolan (#1), 8-Neal Carter
(#5), 9-Art Cross (#33), 10-Russ Royce (#15), 11-Al Herman (#3),
12-Dick Frazier (#12).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Andy Linden 13.07 sec. |
Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 64M51
|
|
| Wednesday June 20, 1951 | 50
Laps; Winner: Troy Ruttman (Lynwood,
California); Owner: Anderson Special #7 |
Feature: 1-Troy Ruttman (#7),
2-Potsy Goacher (#3),
3-Neal Carter (#1), 4-Leroy
Warriner (#67), 5-Buzz Barton (#73), 6-Cal Niday (#8), 7-Walt
Faulkner (#14), 8-Al Silver (#88), 9-Bill Barker (#99), 10-Cecil Green
(#4), 11-Jimmy Knight (#15), 12-Bob Harner (#26), 13-Bob Ballheimer (#44), 14-B. Chandler
(#78).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Troy Ruttman 13.05 sec. |
Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 78M51 | Time of Race:
11:52.77 sec.
|
|
| Monday July 16, 1951 | 50
Laps; Winner: Potsy Goacher (Summitville,
Indiana);
Owner: McKimm Offy |
Feature: 1-Potsy Goacher (#3),
2-Troy Ruttman (#7), 3-Jack
Seither (#24), 4-Buzz Barton (#78), 5-Leroy Warriner (#67), 6-Bill Barker (#14),
7-Jack McGrath (#76), 8-Manuel Ayulo (#10), 9-Johnnie Tolan (#18),
10-Cal Niday (#8), 11-Forrest Parker (#3), 12-Roger Ward (#71), 13-Bob Harner (#26), 14-Gays Biro (#20), 15-Gene Force (#25),
16-Art Cross (#33), 17-Andy Linden (#48), 18-Perry Grimm (#9).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Troy Ruttman 13.10 sec. |
Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 92M51 | Time of Race: 11:42.44 (12 1/2 miles)
|
|
| Wednesday August 15, 1951 | 50
Laps; Winner: Leroy Warriner (Indianapolis,
Indiana);
Owner: Anderson Offy #7 |
Feature: 1-Leroy Warriner (#7),
2-Art Cross (#88), 3-Jack
Seither (#55), 4-B. Bolheimer (#78), 5-Bob Harner (#26), 6-Gene Force (#25), 7-Jimmy Bryan (#15),
8-Walt Geiss (#31), 9-Johnnie Tolan (#8), 10-Gays Biro (#20), 11-Potsy
Goacher (#3), 12-Joe James (#5), 13-Clarence LaRue (#30).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Leroy Warriner 13.11 sec. |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 105M51 | Time of Race: 11:24.24 (12 1/2 miles) |
|
| Wednesday September 12, 1951 | 50
Laps; Winner: Johnnie Tolan (Denver,
Colorado);
Owner: #8 |
Feature: 1-Johnnie Tolan (#8),
2-Troy Ruttman (#7), 3-Cal Niday, 4-Jack Seither (#55), 5-Gene Force, 6-Chuck
Rodee, 7-Walt Geiss, 8-Art Cross, 9-Compton, 10-Bob Harner, 11-Jimmy
Zollman, 12-Forrest Parker.
|
| Fast Qualifier: Troy Ruttman 13.15 sec. |
|
| 1952 |
| Wednesday May 14, 1952 | Winner: Johnnie
Tolan
(Denver, Colorado) |
|
| Wednesday June 18, 1952 | Winner: Johnnie
Tolan
(Denver, Colorado) |
|
| Thursday June 26, 1952 | Winner: Jim
Rigsby
(Lennox, California); Owner: #66 |
| Feature: 1-Jim Rigsby (#66),
2-Art Cross (#33), 3-Johnnie Tolan (#8), 4-Elmer George (#26),
5-Forrest Parker (#15), 6-Troy Ruttman (#7), 7-Leroy Warriner (#82),
8-Vic Carter (#1), 9-Justin King (#79), 10-Al Silver (#7), 11-Gene
Force (#69), 12-Allen Heath (#38), 13-Joe James (#62), 14-Cal Niday
(#3), 15-Jimmy Bryan (#7), 16-Walt Geiss (#20), 17-Clarence LaRue (#53). |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 93M52 |
|
| Wednesday July 16, 1952 | Winner: Jim
Rigsby (Lennox, California) |
|
| Wednesday August 13, 1952 | Winner: Gene
Force
(Richmond, Indiana) |
|
| Wednesday September 10, 1952 | Winner:
Mike Nazaruk
(North Bellemore, New York); Owner: Anderson Special #7
|
| Fast Qualifier: Mike Nazaruk 13.04 sec. |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 164M52 |
|
| 1953 |
| Wednesday May 20, 1953 | Winner: Leroy
Wariner (Indianapolis,
Indiana) |
| Feature: 1-Leroy Warriner,
2-Justin King, 3-Rex Easton, Top Three. |
|
| Wednesday June 3, 1953 | Winner: Cal Niday (Pacoima,
California);
Owner: #2 |
| Feature: 1-Cal Niday (#2),
2-Pat O'Conner (#43), 3-Leroy
Warriner (#67), 4-Justin King (#79), 5-Walt Geis (#17), 6-C. Gattillia
(#48), 7-Buzz Barton (#44), 8-Jimmy Knight (#21), 9-Jud Larson (#3),
10-Ernie McCoy (#4), 11-Bill Homeier (#34), 12-? Russo (#5),
13-Forrestt Parker (#12), 14-? Brown (#15), 15-Johnnie Tolan (#1),
16-Mike Nazaruk (#7), 17-Joe
Giba (#21), 18-Jack Turner (#96). |
| Fast Qualifier: Leroy Warriner 12.88 sec. |
|
| Wednesday June 17, 1953 | Winner: Pat
O'Conner
(North Vernon, Indiana) |
|
| Wednesday July 15, 1953 | Winner: Leroy
Wariner
(Indianapolis, Indiana) |
|
| Wednesday July 29, 1953 | Winner:
Justin King (Columbus, Indiana) |
|
| Wednesday August 12, 1953 | Winner: Justin
King
(Columbus, Indiana) |
|
| Wednesday August 26, 1953 | Winner: Mike
Nazaruk
(North Bellemore, New York) |
|
| Wednesday September 2, 1953 | Winner: Mike
Nazaruk
(North Bellemore, New York) |
|
| 1954 |
Wednesday June
2, 1954 | Winner: Vic
Carter (Lima, Ohio); Owner: #67
|
| Feature: 1-Vic Carter (#67),
2-Elmer George (#86), 3-Jack Turner (#7), 4-Mike Nazaruk (#7), 5-R.
Brown (#1), 6-Shorty Templeman (#41), 7-Joe Barzda (#4), 8-Ernie McCoy
(#76), 9-Johnnie Key (#4), 10-Bob Veith (#75), 11-Forrest Parker (#12),
12-Jimmy Knight (#2). |
| Fast Qualifier: Forrest Parker 12.90 sec. |
|
| Wednesday June
30, 1954 | Winner: Rex
Easton (Springfield, Illinois) |
Feature: 1-Rex Easton (#3),
2-Jack Turner (#7), 3-George Amick (#44), 4-Mike Nazaruk (#73),
5-Forrest Parker (#12), 6-Vic Carter (#67), 7-Shorty Templeman (#41),
8-Jimmy Knight (#2), 9-Roy Newman (#69), 10-Bob Veith (#86), 11-Paul
Howe (#47), 12-Mike McGreevy (#97).
|
| Fast Qualifier: Jack Turner 12.90 sec. |
|
| Wednesday July
14, 1954 | 50
Laps; Winner:
Bill
Homeier (Pacoima,
California); Owner: #3 |
| Feature: 1-Bill Homeier (#3),
2-Mike Nazaruk (#73), 3-Elmer George (#86), 4-D. Wilson (#44),
5-Johnnie Tolan (#8), 6-Andy Linden (#7), 7-Jack Turner (#7), 8-Rex
Easton (#3), 9-Eddie Sachs (#16), Bill Boyd (#35), 10-Forrest Parker
(#12), 11-Paul
Howe (#35), 12-Weyant (#89), 13-Potsy Goacher (#99), 14-Shorty
Templeman (#41), 15-Vic Carter (#27), 16-Joe Giba (#62). |
| Race Notes: AAA Sanction number 31054 | Time of Race:
11:51.17 sec. |
|
| Wednesday July
28, 1954 | Winner: Elmer
George (Speedway, Indiana) |
|
| Wednesday
August 25, 1954 | Winner:
Elmer George (Speedway, Indiana) |
|
| 1955 |
| Wednesday June
8, 1955 | Winner: Bob
Veith (Oakland,
California) |
|
| Wednesday June
22, 1955 | Winner: Paul
"Potsy"
Goacher (Summitville,
Indiana) |
|
| Wednesday July
20, 1955 | Winner: Eddie
Sachs (Center Valley, Pennsylvania) |
|
| Wednesday
August 3, 1955 | Winner: Gene
Force (Richmond, Indiana) |
|
| Sunday
August 21, 1955 | Winner:
Jack Turner (Seattle, Washington) |
|
| Thursday
September 1, 1955 | Winner:
Paul "Potsy" Goacher (Summitville, Indiana) |
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