Drivers and Owners, Point Standings, and Track Records of the O’Day Offy

 

The webmaster has attempted to incorporate the paint schemes of the O’Day Offy into this webpage.  The car was painted in this color scheme sometime during the first half of 1940 and stayed that way until Hank O’Day sold the car to John Sloan and Gus Schrader before the 1941 racing season.

 

 

 

The Known Points Championship Finishing Positions for the O’Day Offy

 

Year

Position

Sanctioning Organization

Driver

Owner

1938

    2*

Central States Racing Association (C.S.R.A.)

Pete Alberts and Joie Chitwood 

Hank O’Day

1938

14

 American Automobile Association National Championship Trail (A.A.A.)

Mauri Rose

Hank O’Day

1939

  1

American Automobile Association Eastern Sprint Car Series (A.A.A.)

Joie Chitwood

Hank O’Day

1939

  1

Hankinson Speedway Dirt Crown (H.S.D.C.)

Joie Chitwood

Hank O’Day

1946

  2

International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)

Ben Musick

Peaches Campbell

1948

29

International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)

Bill Hooper

Peaches Campbell

1956

  3

United Motor Contest Association (U.M.C.A.)

Mickey McCormick

Frank Baldauf

* The O’Day Offy finished second in C.S.R.A. owner points in 1938 with drivers that included Pete Alberts and Joie Chitwood.

 

 

 

 

Those Who have Owned and Driven the O’Day Offy from 1938 to the Present

 

Owner

Inclusive Years Owned

The Drivers Included

Hank O’Day

1938 – 1940

Pete Alberts, Mauri Rose, Joie Chitwood, Johnny McDowell, Tony Willman, Tommy Hinnershitz, Bill Holland, Buddy Rusch, Vic Nauman, and Mike Little

John Sloan and Gus Schrader

1941 – c1943

Ben Musick and Joie Chitwood

John Stanfield

c1943 – c1945

 

Peaches Campbell

c1945 – 1952

Ben Musick, Bill Hooper, Buster Warke, Walt Ader, Emil Andres, Red Hodges, and Tommy Vardeman

Frank Baldauf

1953 – 1960

Mickey McCormick

Peaches Campbell

1960

 

Bill Dillard

1960 – 1961

 

Mrs. Bill Dillard

(who became Mrs. Don Grant)

1961 – 1963

 

Jack Hitt

1963 – 2011

 

Bart Stevens

2012 – present

 

 

 

 

 

Known Track Record Set by the O’Day Offy

 

      Date

Racetrack

Time

Distance

     Driver

     Owner

Sanction

  7/24/1938

  Hammond Raceway, Hammond, IN

16:36.00

25 miles

  Johnny McDowell

  Hank O’Day

C.S.R.A.

  5/30/1939

  Tri-County Fairgrounds, Altamont, NY

26.20

1 lap

  Joie Chitwood

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  7/29/1939

  State Fairgrounds, Harrington, DE

26.80

1 lap

  Joie Chitwood

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  6/16/1940

  Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA

3:01.55

5 laps

  Tony Willman

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  6/16/1940

  Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA

4:48.01

8 laps

  Tony Willman

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  6/16/1940

  Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA

6:06.81

10 laps

  Tony Willman

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  6/16/1940

  Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA

12:22.85

20 laps

  Tony Willman

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  6/16/1940

  Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA

    15:30.26

25 laps

  Tony Willman

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  6/16/1940

  Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA

64:47.46

40 laps

  Tony Willman

  Hank O’Day

A.A.A.

  8/25/1946

  State Fair Park, West Allis, WI

6:57.41

10 laps

  Ben Musick

  Peaches Campbell

I.M.C.A.

 

 

 

 

 

To view an incomplete performance record of

Hank O’Day’s

O’Day Offy

1938 - 1940

To view an incomplete performance record of

John Sloan & Gus Schrader’s

Riverside Offy

1941 - 1942

To view an incomplete performance record of

Peaches Campbell’s

O’Day Offy

1946 - 1952

To view an incomplete performance record of

Frank Baldauf’s

Baldauf Offy

1953 - 1956

To return to the primary O’Day Offy webpage

 

 

 

Sources:

Books:

Safe at Any Speed, the Great Double Career of Joie Chitwood by Jim Russell and Ed Watson, Witness Productions, Marshall, IN: 1992

 

 

Microfilm:

Official American Automobile Association records on microfilm 1938-1942

Official International Motor Contest Association records on microfilm 1940-1948