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Willis Bennett Ballance [1] (October 27, 1918 – September 23, 2004) was an American radio talk show host. Ballance was born in Peoria, Illinois , and studied journalism at the University of Illinois before serving in the United States Marines . [ 2 ]
The Grand National Cross Country Series is an American motorcycle racing series. [1] The off-road race series was founded by Dave Coombs in 1975 and is sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). [1]
The 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series was the 47th season of the ARCA Racing Series, a division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The season began on February 7, 1999, with the FirstPlus Financial 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The season ended with the Georgia Boot 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 20. [1]
Midget car racing was the national sensation in 1946, drawing large crowds to the track. Roadsters were the main class raced at the track from 1947 until 1950, until midget cars came back. [ 4 ] The grandstands in the backstretch needed repairs, so the grandstands from Gilmore Stadium were installed after the track closed in 1950. [ 4 ]
The first race of the 1950 season was run on February 5 at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Joe Littlejohn won the pole. Harold Kite of East Point, Georgia, a former tank driver who began racing on the short tracks after World War II, drove past Red Byron in the 25th lap and went on to score a victory in the 200-mile Grand National opener of the 1950 season.
Scuderia made her debut, recording a best pass of 8.83 seconds at 169.17 mph (272.25 km/h) with Ron Lowe at the wheel, before mechanical trouble sidelined her. [4]The class win went to Bob Muravez (in the John Peters and Nye Frank-owned Freight Train) over Connie Kalitta. [5]
BACE made its debut in 1993 at the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway. Jack Sprague was the driver, and he finished 44th after the engine expired. After that less-than-stellar debut, Sprague and BACE made a good turn around, and they soon became a consistent top-20 contender, and had three top-10 finishes.
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