1956 Race Results
(All articles written by Milo Clase)
Sat., May 19
Set Track Record On 1st Night of Stock Car Racing
The first night of stock car racing this year at the Warsaw Speedway featured the setting of a new track record by Jim Hullinger, of Bunker Hill, last Saturday night. Hullinger, in his qualifying lap, completed the quarter-mile course in 18.03 seconds. The old record was 18.28, set in 1954 by Gale Smith, of Warsaw.
Forty-two cars qualified for the races Saturday. The feature 25-lap event was won by Archie Holle, of Warsaw, who nosed out Hullinger. Claude Everingham, of New Paris, was third. Winners of the four heat races were Max Lambert, of Columbia City, Bob Staley, of Warsaw, Bob Grindle, of Warsaw, and Hullinger.
Don Holloway, of Warsaw, won the consolation event, and the race between the six fastest time-trial qualifiers was won by Everingham. A second consolation race, over 10 laps, was won by Don Riley, of Huntington. The races will be held each Saturday night at the Warsaw Speedway, located on the county fairgrounds.
Wed., May 30
Bob Staley Wins Stock Car Feature
Bob Staley, of Warsaw, won the feature stock car race Wednesday night at the Warsaw Speedway, nosing out Archie Holle, also of Warsaw, in the last lap after both had raced side by side for a considerable portion of the race. Heat winners were Holle, Ellis Hartman and Jim Elliott, all of Warsaw, Bob Grindle, of Leesburg, and Jim Hullinger, of Bunker Hill.
Staley, in addition to winning the feature, also placed first in the race between the six fastest qualifiers. Ron Hile, of Columbia City, won the consolation event. A feature of the evening was a "jalopy race", with 18 cars in the starting field. The race, won by Bob Grindle, of Leesburg, included many crashes and spills.
There were no serious injuries during the racing activities, but P. Heckaman, of Bourbon, had his car roll over in one of the events. Jim Hullinger had an axle break in his car early in the evening and was not able to participate in the feature race. Thirty minutes of the racing action were broadcast over WRSW. The races will be held again on Saturday night of this week.
Sat., June 2
Staley Captures Stock Care Feature
Bob Staley, of Warsaw, won the 25-lap feature stock car race Saturday night at the Warsaw Speedway, where a large crowd was thrilled by many roll-overs and crashes. Max Lambert, of Warsaw, was taken to the McDonald hospital after his car rolled over on a guard rail. An examination showed a lacerated and bruised elbow but no fractures.
Winners of the five heat races were Dick Leiter, Archie Holle and Herb Mann, all of Warsaw, Cliff Gibson, of Columbia City, and Claude Everingham, of New Paris. Junior Dear, of Columbia City, won the race between the six fastest qualifiers, and Dick Leiter, Warsaw, finished ahead of the field in the special "jalopy" race. Ronnie Sheets, of Fort Wayne, won the consolation race. Races will be held again next Saturday night. WRSW broadcasts the racing action from 8:45 to 9:15 each Saturday night.
1949-1959 Newspaper microfilm research conducted by
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