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Traylor Hotel Trophy Sweepstakes

AAA Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
March 28, 1954
30 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 15 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Johnny Thomson		Sam Traylor	Offenhauser	30		running
2	3	Wally Campbell				29		running
3	1	Jiggs Peters						running
4	4	Joe Sostilio						running
5	6	Mike Nazaruk						running
6	8	Bill Holland						running
7	10	Al Herman						running
11	11	Mel Weidner				0		did not qualify	0
12	12	Joseph Mattera				0		did not qualify	0
13	13	Ottis Stine				0		did not qualify	0
14	14	Jim Whitman				0		did not qualify	0
15	15	Don Wood				0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Ernie McCoy		Jake Vargo	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Bert Fleischman				0		did not qualify	0
	5	Tommy Hinnershitz				20		engine
	7	Joe Barzda						did not finish
	9	Dick Linder						did not finish
		Duane Carter				0		did not qualify	0
		Dick O'Neill				0		did not qualify	0
		Howard Bechtel				0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Johnny Thomson was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:13:05
Average Speed: 68.76 MPH
Pole Speed: 24.68 seconds
Attendance: 30,000