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Tommy Hinnershitz Sweepstakes

AAA Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA
October 9, 1955
50 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 25 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	5	Eddie Sachs	25	Cheesman		50		running	20
2	2	Tommy Hinnershitz				50		running	30
3	1	Mike Magill				49		running	0
4	8	Danny Kladis		John Pfrommer	Offenhauser				0
5	10	Joe Barzda		Culp	Offenhauser				0
6	4	Jiggs Peters							0
7	9	Lucky Loux		Sam Traylor III	Offenhauser				0
8	11	Charles Musselman		Sam Traylor III	Offenhauser				0
9	6	Ernie McCoy							0
10	13	Budd Olsen							0
11	12	Rex Records							0
12	14	Joseph Mattera							0
13	3	Bill Brown							0
14	7	Hank Rogers							0
15	15	Don Wood				0		did not qualify	0
16	16	Dick Williamson				0		did not qualify	0
17	17	Dick Mealy				0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Bill Randall				0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Buster Warke				0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Bill Case				0		did not qualify	0
	9	Joe Sostilio		Sam Traylor III	Offenhauser	0		time trialed car	0

Notes: Mike Magill was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:23:01
Average Speed: 65.143 MPH
Pole Speed: 24.83 seconds
Attendance: 4,500