AAA / USAC / IMCA

Parsons-Luptow-Curtis-Whitehorse Sprint Car Performance History

1951 – 1961

(Incomplete)

 

 

1951 Season

 

Car #

Driver

Car Name

Car Owner

Car Color

Primary / Trim

Qual.

Pos.

Qual.

Time

1st

Heat

2nd

Heat

3rd

Heat

Dash

Consi.

Main

Event

 

August 11, 1951 – AAA - Bedford Speedway – Bedford, Pennsylvania - ½ mile  

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

1

24.68

5

-

-

-

1

4

 

August 19, 1951 – AAA - Hawkeye Downs Speedway – Cedar Rapids, Iowa - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

1

22.68

1

-

-

1

-

8

 

August 19, 1951 – AAA - Hawkeye Downs Speedway – Cedar Rapids, Iowa - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

1

22.68

1

-

-

1

-

8

Qualifying speed was 79.37 mph which was touted as the world’s ½ mile dirt track record at the time.

 

August 26, 1951 – AAA - Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

2

23.42

-

-

-

-

3

-

 

August 27, 1951 – AAA - Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

1

24.17

3

-

-

2

-

2

 

August 31, 1951 – AAA - Essex Junction Fairgrounds – Essex Junction, Vermont - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

3

26.60

-

-

1

-

-

10

 

September 9, 1951 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

13

26.99

2

-

-

-

-

11

 

September 16, 1951 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

5

25.44

1

-

-

1

-

8

 

September 21, 1951 – AAA - Eastern States Expo Speedway – West Springfield, Massachusetts – 5/8 mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

3

25.82

-

-

2

1

-

9

 

September 22, 1951 – AAA - Eastern States Expo Speedway – West Springfield, Massachusetts – 5/8 mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

2

25.88

-

2

-

-

-

2

 

September 23, 1951 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

1

25.32

1

-

-

-

-

2

 

September 30, 1951 – AAA - Trenton Speedway – Trenton, New Jersey – 1 mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

6

41.75

-

-

3

-

-

-

 

October 6, 1951 – AAA - Richmond Fair Speedway – Richmond, Virginia - ½ mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

3

25.42

-

-

2

-

-

-

 

October 14, 1951 – AAA - Lakewood Speedway – Atlanta, Georgia – 1 mile

54

Joe Sostilio

Parsons Offy

Johnnie Parsons

Yellow / Blue

5

39.23

-

2

-

-

-

4

 

1952 Season

 

April 6, 1952 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway - Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

9

Frank Luptow

Bardahl Spl.

Frank Luptow

Black / White

3

25.44

-

-

1

-

-

7

 

April 20, 1952 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

9

Frank Luptow

Bardahl Spl.

Frank Luptow

Black / White

1

24.89

1

-

-

-

-

12

 

June 15, 1952 – AAA - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - ½ mile

9

Frank Luptow

Bardahl Spl.

Frank Luptow

Black / White

3

25.44

-

-

1

-

-

7

 

July 20, 1952 – AAA - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana – ½ mile

9

Frank Luptow

Bardahl Spl.

Frank Luptow

Black / White

5

25.362

6

-

-

-

-

-

Note that there was a driver change in this car after the first heat race on July 20, 1952 at Terre Haute, Indiana

 

July 20, 1952 – AAA - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana – ½ mile

9

Allen Heath

Bardahl Spl.

Frank Luptow

Black / White

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

5

 

August 17, 1952 – AAA - Hawkeye Downs Speedway – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – ½ mile

9

Frank Luptow

Bardahl Spl.

Frank Luptow

Black / White

6

25.62

-

-

-

-

4

-

 

1953 Season

 

April 19, 1953 – AAA - Trenton Speedway – Trenton, New Jersey – 1 mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

6

43.46

-

-

3

-

-

12

 

April 26, 1953 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

25.46

-

-

-

-

-

-

This race rained out after time trials.

 

May 3, 1953 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania ½ mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

24.24

1

-

-

-

-

2

 

May 10, 1953 – AAA - Hatfield Speedway – Hatfield, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

24.29

-

2

-

-

-

4

 

May 31, 1953 – AAA - Hatfield Speedway –  Hatfield, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

 8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

5

26.15

-

2

-

-

-

2

 

June 6, 1953 – AAA - Morristown Speedway – Morristown, New Jersey – ½ mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

24.75

-

1

-

-

-

2

 

June 14, 1953 – AAA - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana – ½ mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

5

25.339

-

-

3

-

-

-

 

June 20, 1953 – AAA - Illiana Motor Speedway - Schererville, Indiana - ½ mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

14

27.30

-

-

-

-

1

6

 

July 4, 1953 – AAA - Altamont Fairgrounds - Altamont, New York – ½ mile

8

Joe Sostilio

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

6

27.98

-

-

2

-

-

4

 

July 12, 1953 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

8

Russ Klar

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

3

25.64

-

-

6

-

8

-

 

July 18, 1953 – AAA - Illiana Motor Speedway – Schererville, Indiana - ½ mile

8

Russ Klar

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

24.75

1

-

-

-

-

1

 

July 19, 1953 – AAA - Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana - ½ mile

8

Russ Klar

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

13

26.302

-

-

5

-

7

-

 

August 1, 1953 – AAA - Harrington Fairgrounds Racetrack – Harrington, Delaware - ½ mile

8

Russ Klar

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

9

26.88

-

-

1

-

-

4

 

August 15, 1953 – AAA - Bedford Speedway – Bedford, Pennsylvania - ½ mile  

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

25.37

4

-

-

-

1

4

 

August 23, 1953 – AAA - Hawkeye Downs Speedway – Cedar Rapids, Iowa - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

5

24.74

-

-

-

3

-

-

 

August 27, 1953 – AAA - Sioux Falls Fairgrounds Racetrack, Sioux Falls, South Dakota - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

6

24.70

-

-

2

3

-

5

 

August 29, 1953 – AAA - Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

24.26

-

2

-

1

-

2

 

August 30, 1953 – AAA - Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

23.91

1

-

-

2

-

1

 

August 31, 1953 – AAA - Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

3

23.67

-

4

1

2

-

6

 

September 5, 1953 – AAA - Essex Junction Fairgrounds – Essex Junction, Vermont - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

4

27.02

3

-

-

-

-

-

This race rained out after the first heat.

 

September 6, 1953 – AAA - Flemington Speedway – Flemington, New Jersey - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

25.46

2

-

-

-

-

2

 

September 7, 1953 – AAA - Flemington Speedway – Flemington, New Jersey - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

26.57

1

-

-

-

-

2

 

September 11, 1953 – AAA - Rutland Fairgrounds Speedway – Rutland, Vermont - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

26.05

2

-

-

-

-

10

 

September 19, 1953 – AAA - Morristown Speedway – Morristown, New Jersey - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

23.98

1

-

-

-

-

1

 

September 20, 1953 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

3

24.95

3

-

-

-

-

1

 

September 25, 1953 – AAA - Eastern States Expo Speedway – West Springfield, Massachusetts – 5/8 mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

10

25.93

-

-

2

-

-

9

 

September 26, 1953 – AAA - Allentown Fairgrounds Speedway – Allentown, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

25.45

1

-

-

-

-

8

 

October 3, 1953 – AAA - Richmond Fair Speedway – Richmond, Virginia - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

3

23.76

6

1

-

-

-

4

 

October 4, 1953 – AAA - Trenton Speedway – Trenton, New Jersey – 1 mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

3

40.984

-

-

1

1

-

12

 

October 10, 1953 – AAA - Charlotte Fairgrounds Racetrack – Charlotte, North Carolina – 1 mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

25.05

2

-

-

-

-

1

 

October 11, 1953 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

24.12

1

-

-

-

-

8

 

October 18, 1953 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

1

25.34

2

-

-

-

-

11

 

October 24, 1953 – AAA - Raleigh Fairgrounds Racetrack, Raleigh North Carolina – ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

25.32

1

-

-

-

-

1

 

November 1, 1953 – AAA - Hatfield Speedway – Hatfield, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

8

Wally Campbell

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

25.78

2

3

-

-

-

10

 

1954 Season

 

March 28, 1954 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Jiggs Peters

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

25.01

1

3

-

-

-

3

 

April 4, 1954 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

8

Jiggs Peters

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

5

25.09

-

1

-

-

-

10

 

April 11, 1954 – AAA - Flemington Speedway – Flemington, New Jersey - ½ mile

8

Jiggs Peters

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

7

26.21

5

1

-

-

-

3

 

April 25, 1954 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Jiggs Peters

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Cream

2

25.42

-

1

-

-

-

3

 

May 2, 1954 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Bill Randall

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

unk.

13

26.31

2

-

-

-

-

6

 

May 23, 1954 – AAA - Winchester Speedway – Winchester, Indiana – ½ mile

8

Bill Randall

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

unk.

4

19.535

6

6

4

-

1

8

 

June 13, 1954 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Bill Holland

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

unk.

4

25.05

2

-

-

-

-

3

 

July 18, 1954 – AAA - Salem Speedway – Salem, Indiana - ½ mile

8

Elmer George

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

15

21.200

-

-

-

-

5

10

 

July 31, 1954 – AAA - Harrington Fairgrounds Racetrack – Harrington, Delaware - ½ mile

8

Russ Klar

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

6

25.93

-

-

4

-

2

-

 

August 14, 1954 – AAA - Bedford Speedway – Bedford, Pennsylvania - ½ mile  

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

3

26.40

-

2

-

-

-

10

 

August 29, 1954 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

6

26.46

-

2

2

-

-

12

 

September 4, 1954 – AAA - Essex Junction Fairgrounds – Essex Junction, Vermont - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

5

26.59

4

6

4

-

1

7

 

September 5, 1954 – AAA - Flemington Speedway – Flemington, New Jersey - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

8

26.71

-

1

-

-

-

5

 

September 6, 1954 – AAA - Flemington Speedway – Flemington, New Jersey - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

7

26.96

1

-

-

-

-

4

 

September 10, 1954 – AAA - Rutland Fairgrounds Speedway – Rutland, Vermont - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

4

27.46

4

1

-

-

-

5

 

September 23, 1954 – AAA - Eastern States Expo Speedway – West Springfield, Massachusetts – 5/8 mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

7

unk.

-

6

-

-

-

-

 

September 24, 1954 – AAA - Eastern States Expo Speedway – West Springfield, Massachusetts – 5/8 mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

unk.

unk.

-

-

3

-

-

-

 

September 25, 1954 – AAA - Allentown Fairgrounds Speedway – Allentown, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

8

27.08

-

3

-

-

-

7

 

September 26, 1954 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

3

26.97

-

-

2

-

-

8

 

October 1, 1954 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

2

26.18

1

-

-

-

-

1

 

October 3, 1954 – AAA - Trenton Speedway – Trenton, New Jersey – 1 mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

4

41.33

3

-

-

-

-

3

 

October 10, 1954 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

2

25.83

2

-

-

-

-

5

 

October 17, 1954 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

8

27.03

-

5

-

-

3

2

 

October 31, 1954 – AAA - Langhorne Speedway – Langhorne, Pennsylvania – 1 mile

8

Al Herman

Frank Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

9

35.18

-

3

-

-

-

8

 

1955 Season

 

March 20, 1955 – AAA - Langhorne Speedway – Langhorne, Pennsylvania – 1 mile

3

Al Herman

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gold

15

35.41

1

-

-

-

-

7

 

April 3, 1955 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

3

Al Herman

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gold

9

26.17

-

-

4

-

1

10

 

April 23, 1955 – AAA - Hatfield Speedway – Hatfield, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

3

Al Herman

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gold

11

22.36

-

-

2

-

-

8

 

May 1, 1955 – AAA - Langhorne Speedway – Langhorne, Pennsylvania – 1 mile

3

Al Herman

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gold

8

34.293

-

2

-

-

-

12

 

May 8, 1955 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

3

Al Herman

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gold

1

25.90

1

-

-

-

-

3

 

June 26, 1955 – AAA - Dayton Speedway – Dayton, Ohio - ½ mile

3

Jiggs Peters

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

unk.

15

22.560

-

-

-

-

5

12

 

July 10, 1955 – AAA - State Fair Speedway – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - ½ mile

3

Al Herman

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

unk.

18

25.59

-

-

-

-

4

6

 

July 17, 1955 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

3

Russ Klar

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

2

26.26

-

-

-

-

-

14

No heat races as feature was 100 laps.  The car number on the white Curtis Offy with red trim was in gold for the remainder of the 1955 racing season.

 

July 30, 1955 – AAA - Harrington Fairgrounds Racetrack – Harrington, Delaware - ½ mile

3

Russ Klar

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

1

24.57

1

-

-

-

-

2

 

August 14, 1955 – AAA - Heidelberg Raceway – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

3

Al Herman

Stanley Sunday Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

6

23.48

4

2

-

-

-

10

 

August 28, 1955 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

3

Dutch Schaefer

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

14

27.03

-

2

-

-

-

12

 

September 11, 1955 – AAA - Langhorne Speedway – Langhorne, Pennsylvania – 1 mile – Segment 1

3

Russ Klar

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

6

33.369

-

-

-

-

-

16

 

There were no heat races at Langhorne.  The 100-lap feature was run in two segments.   Bill Case drove in relief for Russ Klar in both segments.

 

September 11, 1955 – AAA - Langhorne Speedway – Langhorne, Pennsylvania – 1 mile – Segment 2

3

Russ Klar

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

 

September 18, 1955 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

3

Jiggs Peters

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

5

25.79

6

2

-

-

-

3

 

September 23, 1955 – AAA - Eastern States Expo Speedway – West Springfield, Massachusetts – 5/8 mile

3

Budd Olsen

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

6

25.39

6

3

-

-

-

6

 

October 1, 1955 – AAA - Allentown Fairgrounds Speedway – Allentown, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

3

Larry Tobias

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

-

N.T.

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

October 2, 1955 – AAA - Trenton Speedway – Trenton, New Jersey – 1 mile

3

Larry Tobias

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

19

63.48

-

-

-

-

7

-

 

October 9, 1955 – AAA - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

3

Bill Brown

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

5

25.27

3

-

-

-

-

13

 

October 16, 1955 – AAA - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

3

Bill Brown

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

White / Red

2

25.69

-

3

-

-

-

12

 

1956 Season

 

February 5, 1956 – USAC - South Florida Fairgrounds Speedway – West Palm Beach, Florida - ½ mile

43

Chuck Weyant

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Silver

5

20.84

-

1

-

-

-

6

 

February 12, 1956 – USAC - Jacksonville Speedway – Jacksonville, Florida - ½ mile

43

Chuck Weyant

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gray

3

24.28

3

-

-

-

-

1

 

April 22, 1956 – USAC - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

43

Chuck Weyant

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gray

1

26.07

5

1

-

-

-

-

The feature race was rained out and rescheduled for June 17, 1956.

 

April 29, 1956 – USAC - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

43

Chuck Weyant

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Grey

-

N.T.

-

-

-

-

-

-

Weyant flipped the car violently before a timed lap could be completed.

 

June 10, 1956 – USAC - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

43

Chuck Weyant

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Grey

10

26.75

-

-

-

-

-

9

No heat races as feature was 100 laps.

 

June 17, 1956 – USAC - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

43

Johnny Thomson

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gray

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

This was a make-up feature race that had rained out on April 22, 1956 and rescheduled for this date.

 

June 17, 1956 – USAC - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

43

Johnny Thomson

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

Red / Gray

12

26.98

-

-

1

-

-

4

 

July 7, 1956 – USAC - Allentown Fairgrounds Speedway – Allentown, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

3

Chuck Weyant

Curtis Offy

Frank Curtis

unk.

5

26.83

2

-

-

-

-

5

 

July 29, 1956 – USAC - Heidelberg Raceway – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

12

Charlie Musselman

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

unk.

15

22.80

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

August 12, 1956 – USAC - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

12

Al Herman

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

unk.

12

26.74

-

-

1

-

-

7

 

August 19, 1956 – USAC - New Bremen Speedway – New Bremen, Ohio - ½ mile

12

Chuck Weyant

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

Red / Black

-

unk.

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

September 23, 1956 – USAC - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

12

Bill Brown

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

9

26.31

-

2

-

-

-

13

 

October 14, 1956 – USAC - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

12

Bill Brown

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

6

25.52

-

2

-

-

-

13

 

October 21, 1956 – USAC - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

12

Chuck Weyant

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

5

26.74

4

-

-

-

-

5

 

1957 Season

 

March 31, 1957 – USAC - Reading Fairgrounds Speedway – Reading, Pennsylvania – ½ mile

12

Ralph Liguori

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

-

N.T.

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

April 7, 1957 – USAC - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

12

Ralph Liguori

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

1

25.47

-

5

6

-

3

10

 

October 20, 1957 – USAC - Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - ½ mile

12

Al Herman

Rosemont Spl.

Frank Curtis

Red / Yellow

unk.

26.05

-

7

-

-

3

14

 

1958 Season

 

August 14, 1958 – IMCA (NSI) – Wisconsin Valley Fairgrounds Speedway – Wausau, Wisconsin - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Whitehorse Chevy

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bill Horstmeyer badly burned with a radiator hose broke.

 

August 31, 1958 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Whitehorse Chevy

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

unk.

unk.

-

-

-

-

-

12

 

1959 Season

 

July 5, 1959 – IMCA (ARI) – Hawkeye Downs – Cedar Rapids, Iowa - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Whitehorse Chevy

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

unk.

unk.

-

-

1

-

-

9

 

July 25, 1959 – IMCA (ARI) – Greater Grand Forks Fairgrounds Speedway – Grand Forks, North Dakota - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Whitehorse Chevy

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

14

28.25

-

-

-

-

3

7

 

August 4, 1959 – IMCA (ARI) – LaCrosse Interstate Fairgrounds Speedway – LaCrosse, Wisconsin - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

unk.

unk.

-

-

-

-

-

4

 

August 20, 1959 – IMCA (NSI) – Wisconsin Valley Fairgrounds Speedway – Wausau, Wisconsin - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

6

29.15

-

1

-

-

-

4

 

August 28, 1959 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

12

26.05

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

September 1, 1959 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

98

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

unk.

unk.

3

-

-

-

-

-

 

1960 Season

 

August 16, 1960 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

98

Owen Snyder, Jr.

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

13

25.35

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

August 30, 1960 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

98

Owen Snyder, Jr.

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

unk.

unk.

-

-

-

-

2

11

 

August 16, 1960 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

98

Owen Snyder, Jr.

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

unk.

unk.

3

-

-

-

-

-

 

1961 Season

 

May 6, 1961 – USAC – Dayton Speedway – Dayton, Ohio - ½ mile

99

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

21.79

-

-

-

-

-

-

This race rained out after ten cars, including Bill Horstmeyer, had qualified in time trials

 

June 25, 1961 – USAC - New Bremen Speedway – New Bremen, Ohio - ½ mile

99

A. J. Shepherd

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

N.T.

-

-

-

-

-

-

A cracked engine block before time trials ended Shepherd’s day

 

August 25, 1961 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

99

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

13

23.99

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

August 26, 1961 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

99

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

9

 

August 29, 1961 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

99

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

9

Bill Horstmeyer also finished in second place in the ten-lap Semi-final race.

 

August 30, 1961 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

99

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

8

Bill Horstmeyer also finished in fourth place in the ten-lap Semi-final race.

 

September 1, 1961 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

99

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

4

Bill Horstmeyer also finished in second place in the ten-lap Semi-final race.

 

September 3, 1961 – IMCA (ARI) – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

99

Bill Horstmeyer

Chief Automotive Spl.

Harry Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

4

 

1962 Season

 

Late Summer, 1962 – IMCA – Minnesota State Fair Speedway – St. Paul, Minnesota - ½ mile

99

Al Fredenberg

Chief Automotive Spl.

Walter Whitehorse

Black / Gold

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

A crash ended the day for Al Fredenberg

 

 

 

 

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