Al "Cotton" Farmer
Mechanicsburg, Penn. (October 14, 1962) – Al “Cotton” Farmer won the annual Ted Horn/Bill Schindler Memorial 50-lap race at Williams Grove Speedway on Sunday afternoon, but Parnelli Jones clinched the United States Auto Club sprint car title with a third-place finish.
Farmer, a 10-year veteran from Indianapolis, Ind., by way of Fort Worth, Tex., finished the race in 23 minutes and 54.54 seconds, about six lengths ahead of Fred “Jiggs Peters of Neshanic Station, N.J.
Jones was five lengths behind Peters but that was good for third place and the USAC championship.
Farmer zoomed into the lead when Jim Hurtubise of North Tonawanda, N.Y., went into a spin on the 48th lap to lose an advantage which at one time measured 30 car lengths. Hurtubise finished in 12th-place.
Several accidents marred the feature but there were no injuries.
Roger McCluskey flipped his car in the third turn on lap 35, finishing the Tucson, Ariz., driver for the day.
Bobby Marshman of Speedway, Ind., and Bobby Marvin of Columbus, Ohio, were involved in a minor collision but both drivers were uninjured and able to continue in the race.
Results –
1. Cotton Farmer
2. Jiggs Peters
3. Parnelli Jones
4. Hal Rettberg
5. Red Riegel
6. Don Branson
7. Johnny Rutherford
8. Elmer George
9. Don Brown
10.Dave Humphrey
11.Ron Lux
12.Jim Hurtubise
13.Bobby Marvin
14.Roger McCluskey
15.Bobby Marshman
16.A.J. Foyt
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