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In Weekend RacingPittman, Hagenbuch inStock Feature Triumphs15-:seaagrN.BaswilAuHay Pittman of Everett led for more than ten laps in a thrilling three-way battle with Jim Book-ham'iner and John Steele before capturing a shortened South Penn Speedway feature victory Saturday night at Everett. Pittman, who won his first feature race, drove his No. P-38 to the front after about ten laps of the race, which was called J» the 23rd of a scheduled 25 laps when Sonny Mellott of Everett rolled over in No. 60 on the track on the fourth turn.At North Bedford Speedway Sunday afternoon Don Hagenbuch was the feature winner at the end of a program that saw the highest number of rollovers to date at the Bel-den oval, George Chaney, Wayne Allison and John Proko’of Bedford, Buzz Miller of Lloydell, Boy Weyant of Heynoldsdale, John Imler of New Enterprise and Boyd Arnold of Johnstown, all rolled over during the program.Thirty-car fields were on hand atboth the Saturday night South. Penn races and the Sunday, afternoon doings at North Bedford. South Penn fans witnessed the first midget car race in county history when ten drivers, aged 6-12, of the Penn Western Hacing Assn., put on two fullscale events in their 2-hp toy-Bedford GoesAhead in B( I.Playoffs, 4-2Bedford captured, an important second victory Sunday in the Bed-iord County League final playoffs, downing Wells Tannery 4-2 at the Fulton, county town In a pitchers’ duel won by veteran Johnny Baker. The triumph gave Bedford a 2-1 edge in the best-of-five series with the fourth game slated at The Green in Bedford next Sunday.Baker set the Tanners down with only five hits in the game. After Bedford had evened it up in the third the losers scored their second and last run. in the fourth. After that, Baker bore down to holdsize cars,The weekend racing results: SOUTH PENN SPEEDWAYFIRST HEAT: 1, Crash Miller,Everett; ‘2, Francis Diehl, Everett; 3, Fred Redinger, Everett; 4, Don Leach, Everett.SECOND HEAT: 1, Ray Pittman, Everett; 2, Bob Smith, Everett; 3, Bob Foor, Wells Tannery; 4, Bob Steele, Hopewell.THIRD HEAT: 1, Sonny Mellott, Everett; 2, Jim Bookhammer, Ai-toona; 3, John Steele, Hopewell; -4, Jerry Snyder, Everett. AUSTRALIAN PURSUIT: 1, John Steele; 2, Jim Bookhammer; 3, Ray Pittman; 4, Sonny Mellott. CONSOLATION: 1, Mel Norris,Everett; 2, Junior Ritchey, Everett; 3, John Cragan, Everett; 4, John Koontz, Everett; 5, Fred Barton, Everett.FEATURE: 1, Pittman; 2,. Bookhammer; 3, J. Steele; 4, Cragan;5, Mellott.MIDGETS: 1, David Moss, Johnstown.MIDGET FEATURE: 1, Jim Taylor, Altoona,NORTH BEDFORD SPEEDWAYFIRST HEAT: 1, Blair Gates, Bedford; 2, Bill Shirley, Bedford; 3, John Imler, Bedford.SECOND HEAT: 1, Don Hillegas, New Paris; 2, Boyd Arnald, Johnstown; 3, Bob Barnes, Bedford. THIRD HEAT: 1, Don Hagenbuch, Bedford; 2, John Miller, Pleasant-ville; 3, Bob Foor, Bedford. CONSOLATION: 1, William John-son, Bedford.AUSTRALIAN PURSUIT: 1, Hagenbuch; 2, Hillegas; 3, Gates. MECHANIC RACE: 1, CharlesWatters, Bedford.anc9 1tov,estitextchinatfortelfancers40Ifree$371the14tlBoshaclancis: to . km innighe'titlwetw:nirtinofwi:haifeaintlifttheingtorseesyssysbr«FEATURE: 1, Hagenbuch; 2, Foor; 3, Hillegass; 4, Shirley; 5, JohnT Iwi: 1 tfig:eluterda:20-boimp
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Bedford Gazette
Bedford, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Sep 10, 1956
Page 6
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