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-T10jjiiuc ui oviuiuys au- ruining amateur athletics in New complishments than does Con- York.. Klukofsky’s bond was set fir! stable Pearce._ | at $100,000. th{To Every Sports FanFrom The SportsmanBy JOE CAVINESS, Record Sports EditorLocal drivers made a Rood showing again on Sunday afternoon at the Dunn-Erwin Speedway, but the star of the show was a combination of a record breaking car and a teen age driver from Concord.Some of the State’s top drivers have driven on the Dunn-Erwin track. .Included in this list are Jimmy Lewelen of High Point, Herb Thomas of Olivia, and Earl Moss of Creedmore; however, the fastest car that has ever appeared on the local track was making the rounds Sunday.The Widenhouse brothers of Concord brought down a ’37 Ford coup that was a ball of fire. The car was powered by a perfectly constructed rebuilt Ford engine that even had a superior sound of rapid explosions. The speedy car, which was driven by the youngest of the three young Widenhouse brothers, made the fastest lap that has ever been recorded on the Black River one half mile oval. Eighteen year old Dink pshed the hot Ford around the track in a record 31.8. This is a 57 m.p.h. average for a short stretch with two sharp curves. The ordinary driver with a regular family car would slow down to approximately 35m.p.h. on curves that sharp and they wouldn’t be able to reach 60 by the time they reached the next curve and stay o nthe road or track; and Dink averaged 57 for th eentire distance which means that he must have reached close t o70 on those short 700 ft. straightaways. That’s plenty of power.The old track record for a single lap was set by Earl Moss last season when he clocked the round in 32.5Bob Bass of Dunn made the round Sunday in a fine 32.8 in his newly rebuilt Ford racer. Bob’s racer is named Little Pam” for his little daughter.TOO GOOD FOR THE RESTIn the feature race, Dink Widenhouse jumped out front and stayed there with his No. B-29 as everyone expected. In the first lap, and on a slick track which had been watered gobd for the spectators protection from dust, Widenhouse skidded around on the second turn, and his B-29 was banged in the rear by Lucious Carden's No. 16 from Durham. The collision did not prove harmful to the speedy car’s performance, but the smash cause dthe rear to be caved in about two feet. 16 did not continue.Bob Bass chauffered his fine car in to take second place, third place went to Bill Hair in his fine looking No. 41, and fourth place was taken by Toe Davis of Benson in car No. 7 to give local drivers 3 out of the 4 first places.Bob Bass won the consolation race in a good close battle with W. A Dunn of Hamlet in car No. 54. J. d. Moose of Concord took third place in a ’40 Ford street car, and Tommy Goodwin of Dunn came in fourth in No. 6.In the first heat race, Dink Widenhouse ran away for an easy first. Toe Davis came in second and Lacy Jackson of Dunn in No. 666 came in third after fighting all the way and trading leads with Davis. Jack-sdn was in second place in the feature when his ignition went bad.Lucious Carden of Durham and Bill Hair of Dunn had a real battle in the second heat race of the afternoon with Carden’s 16 taking the win. Paul Failcloth managed to take third with a ’41 street Ford coup, but he was so far behind the winners he was not even in the race.The next race in the Dunn-Erwin track will not take place until June 3rd. The management has postponed the next date in order to improve the track—which needs it. A better pit area for convenience and safety and an improved lake and shrubs in the infield for beauty have been suggested by some fans.Obviously, the bumps on the turns and the loss of time between the races must be eliminated.thtsingeigliiinsdoilorfieSMOKE SCREEN?
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Dunn, North Carolina, US
Tue, May 01, 1951
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