Bob,
?That thought crossed my mind as well?
Gene Ingram
?New Castle, In.
Thank you Gene, and I'm not well versed in the prewar second level competition, and this is good perspective.
However, what is a "two-train/single car accident?"
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Cheers, Bob Storck in KCMO
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Subject: [RH] Prewar Midget winners.
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Fellow Rhers,?
Can you imagine how many nights a week every week they had to run to win that many victories?
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¡°Back in the Day¡± ¨C Racing historian Ohio¡¯s Wilson ¡°Bill¡± Davis compiled a list of the top auto racing feature winners through 1945, basically before World War II. Davis¡¯ list, which appeared in the November 9, 1988 issue of National Speed Sport News, showed Chicago midget racer Wally Zale on top with 178 feature wins, followed by Ronnie Householder with 165. Gus Schrader (147 wins), Bill Holmes (146), Bill Schindler (145), Tony Willman (136), Bob Swanson (111), Ray Richards (105), Harry McQuinn (104) and Jimmy Wilburn (101) made up the rest of the ¡°top 10.¡± Zale won a record 67 midget main events in 1940. Sadly, Zale, along with fellow midget driver Frank Perrone, were killed in a two-train/single car accident in Oak Forest, Ill., in April of 1942. Zale was 36 years old. I believe Bill Davis¡¯ list consists of both ¡°big car¡± and midget victories.
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Gene Ingram
New Castle, In.
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Bob Storck
KC MO USA
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Gene Ingram
List Owner
New Castle IN USA
