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IMCA Sprint Car race
Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Falcon Heights, MN
August 24, 1958
20 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 10 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1		Jim McWithey	26	Estes	Offenhauser	20	750	running
2		Mickey McCormick		Baldauf	Offenhauser	20	500	running
3		Pete Folse	71	Wilson	Offenhauser
4		Harold Leep		Wilson	Chevrolet
5		Arnold Knepper		Alexander	Offenhauser
6		Keith Rachwitz		Thomas	Offenhauser
7		Jack Rounds		Vaughn	Offenhauser
8		Johnny White		McCurdy	Offenhauser
9		Leroy Neumeyer		Koopman
10		Harry Ross			Chevrolet Corvette
11		Ned Kirkpatrick		Knepper	Oldsmobile
12		Jerry Richert			Chevrolet
13		A.J. Shepherd			Mercury
14		Bob Mathouser		Wynn	Chevrolet
15	15	Vern Chamberlain	8	Miller	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
16	16	Bert Hellmueller		Curtiss	Ranger	0		did not qualify	0
17	17	Tommy Smith		Lempelius	Ranger	0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Jim Hurtubise		Leach	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Eddie Sachs		Cheesman	Offenhauser	0		did not return	0
		Elmer George			Offenhauser	0		did not return	0
		Johnny Pouelson		Perdue	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Rick Jackson		Robertson	Cadillac	0		did not qualify	0
		Ted Pfeiffer			Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Harvey Porter		McMahon	DeSoto	0		did not qualify	0
		Leon Hubble			Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Bob Johnson		Curry	Ranger	0		did not qualify	0
		Marvin Faw		Hannestead	Ranger	0		did not qualify	0
		Harold Burns		Char Gale	Ranger	0		did not qualify	0
		Glen Anderson		Meixner	GMC	0		did not qualify	0
		Wilbur Robinson		Robinson	Ranger	0		did not qualify	0
		Harold Ready			Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
		Jim Wegscheider		Moffatt	Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Cotton Farmer		Diz Wilson	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Bill Hobbs			Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Vern Chamberlain was the fast qualifier.
Sachs and George took time trials on August 22 with other drivers, but had USAC commitments on race day.
Time of race: 00:08:50
Average Speed: 67.912 MPH
Pole Speed: 23.18 seconds
Attendance: 23,718