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Midtown Driver Places His Fast Ford in Very Stiff CompetitionDriving his first race on the slick asphalt tracks of Toronto, Canada, and Buffalo* N. Y., Freddie Knapp of Jamestown piloted Mid town Motors fast racing: Ford to *'‘front line positions against a field of crack international drivers over the past weekend.Knapp’s first attempt on the asphalt came Friday night at Toronto when he drove a 100-lap feature to finish in sixth place. Saturday night*. Knapp and his pit crew-moved down to Buffalo where on the Buffalo Civic Stadium track they :improved their finishing position to a “fifth.The local driver’s stiffest competition at both Toronto and Buffalo came from the same combination of top-flight stock-car drivers as these professionals “travel the circuits Among those giv^g- him the most trouble were:. Haas Ka-gie, one-time Indianapolis driver, iJim Reed, four time short track champion, and Ralph Moody, a far-fajned hot-shot of the southern circuits.Knapp will again move into circuit competition this coming weekend when he appears -with the Midtown Ford on the half-mile oval at Trenton, N. J.
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Warren Times Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jun 18, 1957
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