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victory that always has eludee
him. It also was Roses 18th start
George Connor of Los Angeles
starting for the 18th time, was
the only other driver in the Rose
Miller longevity class. Nalon was
nearest in his seventh start.
The bearer of No. in the race
Henry Banks of Compton, Calf.
carried it because he won the
AAA National racing champion
ship last year. Yet he never has
finished in the 800"
The concrete retaining wal
around the 212 mile track carried
jagged scars from previous races
and Nalon, Miller and Rose put
some of them there.
Makes Record Run.
Nalon and his former Novi team.
mate. the late Rex Mays, were
threatening to run of from the
field in 1949 when Nalon's cal
crashed and burned. He didn't
make the lineup last year, but
came back to win the pole position
this year with a record qualifying
run at 136.498 miles an hour.
Walt Faulkner of Long Beach
Calf, who set the old record last
year in his first trip to Indian.
apolis, erased Nalon's mark a week
ago with a 136.S72 performance
He's the smallest driver in the
race-5-feet-4.
Faulkner's teammate on the
j.. c.. Agajanian team, Troy Rutt.
man of Lynnwood, Calf, is botr
the youngest and the bigges
driver in the race. The 230-pount
dirt track star admitted this yea
he was only 81 years old aftel
competing two years. The AAA'
minimum is 81.
The following cars are sched.
uled to start:
First Row
Duke Nalon. Sherman Oaks Calf. Nov
PuLelube Special (Winield V-s), 136.49
sn.s., Lee wsllsr6 ls I'D Altamont, N y. seianse
snss;aI, sss5 MsqTsth 1sq sSa Glendale calh Hinkl
Second Row.
Duane Garter. Detroit MobilEas spe
IA Nsgri s Rose. sosth ut Bend. Ind. Penn
,.1y Troy Ra,tman Lynwood csi5f Asa
land, A5 jim nfs Rs6Sns tS spes,sI' is$.i | ~. -
wynns 1enanE Ercfion aTsGRs P1oons speeia
Tony Bettenhausen. FINLEY Park. Ill
Mobiioil Special. 13l ESQ.
Fourth Row.
Special, 13i 500
Frsd Agabsshian.. Albany; Calf. Gran
''s sam sfEaa Hanfs sessia Gisndale cal schmid
Special. 2.99S. 1.
Yss Eedsrsi sraTn Rnsnssrns MsssansasD specs &
,anian Grant Piston Ring speciaL 136. 81.
n.Ss1. 9s1l sisssssfufaa ffsI'''n Asn A'
Bill sehndlelsii andll.i FEse19Ess re Sss Lons Island
cnasmsn asn4s ssfiisl ssnas. Compton, COMPTON Calf Blu
Gin dgifath. Indianapolis. Morris spe
Seventh Row.
Charles Stevenson, Fresno, CALI. Bar
dahl Special 133.764.
Bill Vuvkovich. Fresno. Calf, Centra
Excavating Special, i33.T25.
George Connor Los Angeles, Calf, Blu
Crown Special, 133.353.
Eight Row.
Gene Force, Richmond. Ind, Brown Mo
Tor Co, Special, 133.102.
Mack Hellings, Burbank. Calf, TUT
fanelli and Derrico Special, 132.925.
Carl Forbere. Detroit. Auto Shipper
Ninth Row.
Rodger Ward. Los Angeles, Calf. Dec
Manufacturing Co.. Special 1874 .S67.
Johnny Mcdowell. Santa Monica, Calf
W. j, Special. 132.475.
Pvt Jimmy Davies. Van Nuys, Calf
Parks Ofienhauser Special 1886.
Tenth Row.
Chet Miller, Glendale. Calf. Novi Pure
lube special. 135.79S.
RobertsK. Ball. Phoenix. Ariz., Blakel
sDssas.J Joe james, Van Nuys. Calf. Bob rste
Eleventh Row.
Andy Linden, n sn, Los Angeles. isitenberss
op1 ..aiSs : sriore. Dayton. Ohio, Brow
Motor Co. Special, 131 .e74.
Eiitz Indianapolis. Karl He
Ax.ar