Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
Martin Cleans Up
At Georgetown Race

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Ii was Johnny Martin night at the
Georgetown Speedway last Saturday
as the popular Lewes, Del, wheel
spinner cleaned up the II remain
ing laps of the rained-out Memorial
Day 35-lapper, the SLAP consola-
ton and the regular 25-lap main
event-all over fast " mile clay
oval that practically breathed speed.
of 10 a blazing start in End spot
of the Tained-out event, Johnny
whipped Car 80 into 1st after a
brief battle with Vince Conrad's
X and took Starter Tom Browns
checker with an unapDroachable
lead. Paul Walker chalked up End
spot for Car AID, while the money
berths up to the 7th went 10 Vince
Conrad, Norris Reeds 14I. Elwood
Tucker in Car 38, Buck McCardell
in 301 and j. r. Jones Car ak.
The 2Sth lap saw Bill Priestly
jump No. IA off the 1st turn on its
wheels and l lap later Bob Kincaid
roller Car 2-B on its side at the
bottom of the 3rd turn. Both boys
haled out o. k.-just the necessary
added excitement to keep a poor
pace with the crowd-thrilling driv-
ing of Martin.
Twenty-Five laps around the 12
mile oval les Announced Bob Ben
nett says) got into high gear with
20 of the hottest stock cars in the
Eastern NASCAR circuit taking the
green" in 2 roar of powerful mo-
tors, as the main event OF the eve
ming got under way Bill Walker,
brother of hard-driving Paul Walk
er, jumped Car l into well-driven
lead and managed TO hold ii against
the threats of Horace Williams and
Vince Conrad for IL laps or until
Martin clicked off 10 positions and
sneaked past the other challen-
gers into End position. Earl Bryant
barreled his Chevrolet coupe No. 161
through some traffic holes that were
hardly large enough for " a car
and followed Martin into his honor
spot. and End, as the speedway star
moved into an widening lead
for the final flag. The official time
was noted as IL minutes, AS AS
ord to frankie Schneider.
Elwood Tucker got a bad break
as the match got under way, and
in the confusion of &c cars jockey
ing for position in the 1st and End
turns. when someone plowed into
The rear of Bill Jo,nson's So, throw
ing him into a ief: skid out of the
End turn and in front of fuckers
38. Tucker swung To avoid losing
his mount off the back-stretch bank
Dick Maddox in Car "A and George
Gwynn in % both went off the 3rd
turn in a mad scramble on that
section of the track and landed on
their wheels, retiring to the pits
under their own power.
This battle topped an evening of
bang-up racing with whipped cream
and gave the money to Martin, Bry-
ant, Vince Conrad in x, Elwoot
fuckers 3S, Norwood E,lingsworth
in II, j. r. Jones in AK, Harry
Dunbar's 3, Norris Rae1, driving
the Cummings & Reed Special No.
141, Horace Williams il, Sd and
Paul Walkers 81.
LIST 10-lap heat-Bill Walker D,
Russ Townsend 133). Paul Jones
(3). Time, 5:2 1f5. Jimmy Jones
in Car %. slid high in the End turn
and for3ed George Smith 5 OFF
the t. nix on its wheels, while
Jones hung suspended on the top
of the bank.
End 1O-lap heat-V.Dce Conrad !
fXl. Jim Hayes (3A), Norwood |
Ellingsworth (77), Elwood Tucker
1881. Time, 4:51.
3rd 10-lap heat-Patl Walker
and Earl Bryant (S1 and 161-Dead |
Hea), Horace Williams t3-Dl, Dick |
Maddox (O-D. Time: 4:47 AS. A |
race that had everything that a rae
ing fan could possibly want, in
cluding Bob Maddox jumping Car |
SIS off the 3rd turn on its wheels |
and the crowd-thrilling excitement |
of close and fast competition, came |
to the cl:rnGx at the checkered flag |
when Earl Bryant blasted out of |
the 4th turn and crossed the final |
line in a dead heat with Paul Walk
er's 81. A quick conference of the |
NASCAR officials could see it no |
other way and the fans were still |
cheering when given the crucial |
news. 1t was truly a spectators |
dream of what a match should be. |
with cars wheeling through fast |
traffic at breakneck speeds.
4th event. SLAP Consy- Johnny
Martin (39). Norris Reed Q4D, ].
r. Jones (217-Xl. Time, 3:4S AS. |
jimmy Jones finally made il with |
Car q ard piled off the LIST turn In !
the 9Th lap with not too serious
consequences.
Hobby Division, 10 laps-George
Howard (X-Jr.l '3S Chevrolet,
Ralph Tucker (25) Al Plymouth,
Wilson Jester 1-X) Al Plymouth.
Ed Hickman (37) 81 Chevrolet and
in 10th spot was Owen Dixon, of
Rdgely, (44) SO Chevrolet Time,
5 40.