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Johnny Mantz Birthday Sweepstakes

AAA Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
September 18, 1949
20 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 10 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Tommy Hinnershitz				20		running	20
2	1	Johnny Mantz				20		running	0
3	5	Bill Holland  Spider Webb						running	0
4	4	Bill Schindler						running	0
10	3	Bill Holland			Offenhauser	1		accident	0
11	11	Bill Holt				0		did not qualify	0
12	12	Mike San Felice				0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Lawrence Smith				0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Johnny Matera				0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Ben Smorto				0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Bob Arndt				0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Carl Becker				0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Bob Cooney				0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Lawrence Smith				0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Hal Bechtel				0		did not qualify	0
	6	Mark Light							0
	7	Buster Warke							0
	8	Walt Brown							0
	9	Hank Rogers							0
	10	Lee Wallard							0
		Danny Goss				0		did not qualify	0
		Lucky Lux				0		did not qualify	0
		Bill Gouse				0		did not qualify	0
		Mike Magill				0		did not qualify	0
		Bill McConnell				0		did not qualify	0
		George Van Hook				0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Johnny Mantz was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:09:52
Average Speed: 60.717 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.84 seconds
Attendance: 39,468