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Hankinson brought in AAA Championship 100-lap races and continued to stage shorter sprint car racing events on the circular track. One of the first stock car races in the northeastern U.S. was held at Langhorne in 1940; Roy Hall of Atlanta, Georgia, was the victor in the 200-lap event.
1940 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) 1941 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) ... 1940s in Texas (14 C, 3 P) U. 1940s in Utah (14 C, 1 ...
The "Offy" engine was derived from this Miller marine engine An Offenhauser sprint "midget" racer. The Offenhauser engine, familiarly known as the "Offy", was an overhead cam monoblock 4-stroke internal combustion engine developed by Fred Offenhauser and Harry Arminius Miller. [4] Originally, it was sold as a marine engine.
Other wins include a co-win as a relief driver for Tex Peterson in the 1939 500 mile race at Oakland Speedway, and several wins at Southern Ascot Speedway in South Gate, California. Among his wins at Southern Ascot were a 300 lap stock car race on October 1, 1939 and a 250 lap stock car race on June 16, 1940, both driving a Citroën. [3]
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Hinnershitz raced his midget car with a boat outboard motor at the 1/6-mile, 45-degree Nutley, New Jersey, bicycle board track Velodrome in the late 1930s. [2] [3] Hinnershitz's passed his Indianapolis Motor Speedway test in 1939 but did not qualify for the race. [4] He won the first feature at Williams Grove Speedway, a AAA Sprint car race. [5]
He raced midgets with the United Midget Association (UMA) in 1939. He drove for over fifty midgets in 1940 and 1941 trying to find a winning car. He found that car in 1942, and he won 15 races in his second-place points finish in the UMA. [1] Cantrell won over 120 main events between 1945 and 1964 in United Racing Association, AAA, and USAC races.
Duane Claude Carter (May 5, 1913 – March 7, 1993) was an American racecar driver. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars. [1] Carter was born in Fresno, California, and he died in Indianapolis, Indiana.