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Speedsters set records at Daytona amid fatal crash
Speed trials at Daytona Beach produced new records as Speedy Thompson led 75 starters at 2442 laps with an average above 852 mph in a 125 mile Sportsman race Banjo Matthews set a 98.24 mph average in a Lincoln powered Ford. a major pile up caused one fatality and several injuries while Fireball Roberts led final standings and Tim Flock, Lee Petty topped other races amid intense competition and a large crowd.
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Speedy Thompson
3Ronroc
Thompson
Fish Carburetor Corp
Daytona
Natlin
Milt Hartruffs
Ken Marriott
Baltimore
Bob Hill
Wilmington
Melvin Joseph
Georgetown
Del
Banjo Matthews
Miami
Joseph
Ralph Moody
Matthews
Lincoln
Fireball Roberts
Daytona Beach
Clarence Johnson
Richmond
Ind
Dodge
al Briggs
Lake Worth
Fla
Jimmy Thompson
Menroec
N. C
Briggs
Cotton Owens
Spartanburg
S. C
Jack Bowsher
Springfield
Ohio
Owens
Bowsher
Dick Kaufman
Harrisburg
Roberts
Tim Flock
Atlanta
Lee Petty
Randleman
Flock
Petty
Dick Rathman
Olds
Pure Oil Co
Monroe
Lee
Bliss
Rochester
Vice
Bill Myers
Germantown
N.C
Etnan
Lil Tanner
Newtown
Jack Shutte
Jacksonville
AX Dutch Hoam
Pen’ Wan Ng Yi
Eel Ee Ee
Bobby Wohns Wiakin
Len Tone
Johnny Roberts
Brooklyn
George —Tidd
Orlando
Ee Ee
Tommy Ringstaff
Charleston
W. Va
Ted Swaim
Winston-Salem
IR Earless
Creedmoor
Cis
Bill Widenhouse
Midland
Milton Hartluff
Louwisville
Herk
Thomas
Marvin Copple
Neb
Curtis Turner
Roanoke
Dick Joslin
Jack Radtke
Holly Hill
Axel Anderson
Freeport
L. T
N. Y
Willard Holt
Cincinnati
Ray Duhigg
Toledo
Sfonty Flock
Decatur