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YOUNG, GEURANDWIN THE FEATURE EVENTS AT(1II1*1(i.C♦11I(Continued from Page 1)'in front From here on the Lancastei pedal pusher kept oft the advances of Geurand and he won by at Jea.su 10 car lengths.(jcurand had another chance t o beat Young in a special trophy match race of five laps which followed the feature race. He drew the pole, but he was unable to hold his lead lon^-er than the first lap.Frankie Bailey, the New Brunswick,X. J., flyer, wasn’t in action, but the other half of the Bailey Brothers, Inc., was. Mike Bailey had trouble all day long. On one of his trial spins ht? jumped off the track, dashed into the-infield, narrowly missed a high-dive water tank, a troup of midgets, ton* down a fence and finally came to rest, nudging a parked car.Lee Wallard, Schenectady, brought home some credit when he defeated five ace drivers in the second quality ing heat. Lee drew' the pole in the race and rushed into a safe lead ove; Bill Holland of Reading, Pa., who j started in second position.* First qualifying heat—(Distance lu laps. Six fastest cars in time trial.-* eligible to start. Cars finishing first, second and third qualify for feature race)—Won by Paul Young; second, i Henry Geurand; third Bill Holland. ! Time—-4:40.5. *Second qualifying heat—(Distant I. 10 laps. Open to non-winners in firs' heat and cars qualifying 7th, 8th and 9th in time trials. Cars finishing first, second and third qualify for feature race)—IWion by Lee Wallard; second, Bill Holland; third, Jack Moon, Time—4:51.2.Third qualifying heat—-(Distance 10 laps. Open to non-winners in second heat and cars qualifying in 10th, llMi and 12th places in time trials. Cars finishing first, second and third quah- ] fy to start in feature race)—Won lv Hank Brunning; second, Tommy Hin-nershitz; third, Newt Myer. Time— 5:05.Consolation race (Distance 10 laps. Open to non-winners in three heats and remainder of the field. Restricted to 10 starters. Winner qualifies start in feature race)—Won by Ou ? Szarka; second, Mike Bailey; thiid, Walt Walker. Time—5:02.1.Altamont Fair Sweepstakes—(Dis-- { tance 30 laps)—won by Paul Young,. 1 second, Henry Geurand; third, Wan ! Brown. Time—14:19.9.Special match race-—-(Distance five laps)—“Paul Y-ou nig defeated Henry •Geurand. Time—'2:20.Saturday’s Race Geurand brought the Altamont fair to an official close .Saturday when hlt;. won the 15-mile fair -sweepstakes, j Geurand took the lead in a field of 10 right at the start and managed to stay in front all he way. He finished ,a;bout an eighth-mile, ahead of, Tommy Hinnershitz of 'Laureldale, Pa., Dave Wilkof Syracuse was third. Thejvyin- j ner’s time was 15:13.7. He drove aStrupp-Miller.Paul Young, winner over Geurand in three races Friday, was eliminated from the running when his racer . crashed into the guardrail at the i finish of a bad skid on the north curve d-uring his time trial. The front axle of Young’s car was badly bent, necessitating his withdrawal. Young wa.3 hot, injured.i A heavy downpour caused the cancellation of the time-trials after three drivers had qualified. Positions in the five races were determined by the results of the trials Friday. -First race, five miles—Won by Henry Guerand, Somerville, N. J.; 'Wtalt Brown, Massapequa, . L. I., secono, Lee Wallard, Schenectady, third. Time—4:45.iSecond race, five miles—Won by Tommy Hinnershitz, Laureldale. Pa.; Jack Moon, Garfield, N. J., second; Dave WiUkt Syracuse, third. Time-4:48.8.Third race, five miles—Won h* Mike Bailey, New Brunswick, N. J.; Johnny Ulesky, Newark, N. J., second; Henry Gritzbach, Schenectady, third. Time—*4:49.Fourth race, five miles—Won by Miny Dagatta, Great Bend, N. Y., Fred Carlson, Albany, second; Gus Zarka, Eioylestown, Pa., third. Time —4:5:1.3.Altamont Sweepstakes, 15 miles— Won by Geurand, Hinnershitz, second; Wilk, third; .vMcon, fourth; Wallard, fifth; Ulesky ,sixth; Bailey, seventh. Time—15:13.7. Brown, Gritz-bach and Carlson failed to finish.
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Altamont Enterprise
Altamont, New York, US
Fri, Sep 02, 1938
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