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In 1949 Barkhimer took over San Jose Speedway and also started his own association, and in 1954 he co-founded west coast NASCAR. [3] Among top drivers who were killed at the Oakland Speedway was Clyde Rea Bray, who had held second place in the A.R.A. [clarification needed] points in 1939, behind champion Wally Schock. Bray had come in 5th in ...
The 1954 season included 9 individual races, with Oakland Speedway and Balboa Stadium both hosting two events. [1] Multiple of the season's races were in combination with the NASCAR Grand National Series.
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones. Top-grossing films. United States The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in ...
Bacon's final film Shield for Murder: Edmond O'Brien: Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar: Film noir: United Artists: Siege at Red River: Rudolph Mate: Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone: Western: 20th Century Fox: Sign of the Pagan: Douglas Sirk: Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Rita Gam: Adventure: Universal: Silent Raiders: Richard Bartlett
The 1954 Mid-South 250 was a NASCAR Grand National race that took place on October 10, 1954, at Memphis-Arkansas Speedway in the community of LeHi, Arkansas. One hundred and sixty-seven laps were raced on a dirt track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km). Twelve-thousand people attended this untelevised race where Buck Baker won in his 1954 Oldsmobile.
After racing in the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series, Amick jumped to the Grand National Series in 1954 and ran six races. Two years later, he was able to finish seventeenth in the standings. He improved that in 1957, to sixteenth place. That year, he also won his first and only race at the Capital Speedway in Sacramento, California. That ...
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Oakland, California, U.S. Died: May 30, 1955 (aged 36) Speedway, Indiana, U.S. Championship titles; AAA National Midget Car (1950) Major victories Indianapolis 500 (1953, 1954) Champ Car career; 22 races run over 6 years: Best finish: 3rd : First race: 1951 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) Last race: 1955 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) First win