Jimmy
Bryan, driving the Leitenberger Special, won the 30-lap sprint car feature at
the Vigo County Fairgrounds.
Terre Haute, Ind. (October 12, 1952) – Jimmy Bryan of Phoenix, Ariz., led all the way in the Leitenberger Special to set a new 30-lap, 15-mile record in the windup event of the first season of AAA auto races at the Vigo County Fairgrounds.
Bryan’s mark of 11 minutes and 56.80 seconds broke Tommy Hinnershitz’s standard of 13 minutes and 37.37 seconds which was set just a month ago.
Hinnershitz, of Reading, Penn., and Mike Nazaruk of East Meadow, N.Y., finished second and third, respectively.
The three top-ranking Midwest point leaders defeated the top three Eastern point leaders in a special 10-lap match race, 14 to 13, based on a 9-7-5-3-1 basis, with Hinnershitz, the Eastern champion, finishing first. The other Easterners were Bryan and Otis Stine.
Joie James, Gene Force, and Pat O’Conner represented the Midwest.
Bryan, Carter, and Red Bales won heat races and Stine took the consolation.
Results –
1. Jimmy Bryan
2. Tommy Hinnershitz
3. Mike Nazaruk
4. Duane Carter
5. Gene Force
6. Eddie Sachs
7. Leroy Warriner
8. Otis Stine
9. Red Bales
10.Red Renner
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