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asBuchanan to Be Official At RacesDriverYearsA familiar face wljl be seen around the Clay County FairTs half-mile track during the auto races this year, but he will be a little out of character.The man in question Is Herschel Buchanan, one of the greatest auto race drivers the game has . ever 'known.Buchanan retired from active driving this year after 25 years ih the business to join the st*if£ of Auto Racing, Inc., which is headed by Frank R. Winkley.of Minneapolis. Auto . Racing,* Inc.,' is in charge of handling the three days of action at the Fair and Buchanan Is a very valuableaid.They say there is no substitute for experience and that .is one of . Buchanan’s ; long suits. The easy-going,, drawling Shreyeport, La,, veteran -raced speedway-type cars, for years before he switched to the late mod'elstocks.Buchanan' was the first man to .ever win the International Motor Contest association championship two years in a row, He turned the trick in 1950 And 1951. .Don . White of Keokuk, duplicated Buchanan’s feat by capturing-the title in'1954 and 1955. • ‘ ' ■ ' 'Last year. Buchanan came .tip' With a 1955 Ford Thunderbird as his racing car and. .turtied It int'o one of' the best, on the circuit, when .many of the driving experts; said it wouldn’t be able to stand the comp'edtinn. Buchanan made the “know-it* alls” eat those words as he raced his way to second’'place In the IMCA point standings despite a.serious accident early in the year which • aUnOst' molished his car. . ;His word -Is; law around . the track and no one questions any of his decisions because -they’ know that Herehel knows what he is talking about.To Drive Pace Car at Fair—Driving the official pac* car for Friday's stocky car raeei at the Clay Ceuttty Fair will bo pretty Betty Skelton* whs hold* the. women's world speed record o! 145.044 miles ad hour in a Chevrolet Corvette* Miss Skelton will appear here through the courtesy of General Motors and the H tmd-'H.'Chevrolet company of Spencer, In addition to her record-breaking automobile’driving. Miss Skelton also holds the unofficial world speed record te propeller-driven aircraft 426.5 miles .per hour in a P*5i Mustang, two altitude records in a Pipes Cub plane and hat won the International Aerobatic championship for women‘'(stunt flying) three times in a row. She also holds the AAA world speed record for women at 143,44 miles an hour.If Buchanan were still racing,Seats of LearningThe United States has 128,225 elementary schools, 23,746 high schools, and 1,889 accredited col* leges, with 1,242,249 teachers tostaff them.Californio's FlowersOf some 30,000 different flow^ ering plants In the United States, about one-sixth are. found in California, which ha* more than any other state. -Bottler-SutlerThe domestic -servant in charge of the wine cellar years ago Was called the bottler, which it the origin of the English word ‘'butler”When it comes t the Burdicks of believe in keepir family.In fact, the enth be on hand for 11 stock car races at t ly Fair,' Friday, I they expect to w quite a bit of the 1 money which will 1It’s quite a novc that has no para history.First off are t.hf drivers — Bob anc years old is Bud's there is Roy Bur Bob’s father anc Bud's brother. He1956 Fords that 1 And to make the
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Spencer Daily Reporter
Spencer, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 06, 1956
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