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AAA Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
June 3, 1951
30 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 15 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Bill Schindler				30		running	30
2	4	Johnnie Parsons				30		running	0
3	1	Tommy Hinnershitz				30		running	0
4	6	Lee Wallard		Mark Light		30		running	0
5	3	George Fonder						running	0
6	9	Mark Light						running	0
7	8	Joe Barzda						running	0
8	10	Carl Becker						running	0
11	11	Mark Sooy				0		did not qualify	0
12	12	Bud Peiffer				0		did not qualify	0
13	13	Bob Arndt				0		did not qualify	0
14	14	Johnny Matera				0		did not qualify	0
15	15	Howard Bechtel				0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Merle Martin				0		did not qualify	0
	5	Ottis Stine						did not finish	0
	7	Bob Scott						did not finish	0
		Scoop Hauser				0		did not qualify	0
		Tom Stacey				0		did not qualify	0
		Ike Quattracchi				0		did not qualify	0
		Ted Corbett				0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Johnnie Parsons was the fast qualifier.
Lee Wallard was hospitalized with burns when his car caught fire just after the finish.
Time of race: 00:13:31
Average Speed: 66.511 MPH
Pole Speed: 25.09 seconds
Attendance: 18,543