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USAC Sprint Car (Midwest) race
New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen, OH
September 6, 1959
50 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 25 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Tommy Hinnershitz	4	John Pfrommer		50		running	50
2	1	Bobby Grim	33	A.J. Watson		50		running	0
3	4	Leon Clum	22	LaWarre		50		running	0
4	7	A.J. Foyt	1	Carl Gehlhausen		50		running	0
5	6	Eddie Sachs	44	Pete Schmidt		50		running	0
6	19	Don Branson	4	Bob Estes		50		running	0
7	12	Curly Boyd	24	Hazel		50		running	0
8	8	Jim Packard	12	Watterson		50		running	0
9	9	Ronnie Duman	37	Stevens		50		running	0
10	14	Bert Brooks	78	Fray		50	167	running	0
11	16	Bud Tinglestad	98	August Hoffman		50		running	0
12	13	Hugh Randall	19	Gutzwiller		50		running	0
13	25	Ray Duckworth	144	Duckworth		49		running	0
14	20	Billy Earl	88	Earle		49		running	0
15	28	Al Miller	28	LaBadie		49		running	0
16	15	Wayne Weiler	31	Engle		26		did not finish	0
17	5	Johnny White	7	Forberg		6		did not finish	0
18	24	Leo Caldwell	95	Caldwell		0		did not qualify	0
19	2	Jim McWithey	25	Bill Cheesman		0		did not start	0
20	10	Cotton Farmer	29	Doty		0		did not qualify	0
21	11	Tom McClellan	11	Beck		0		did not qualify	0
22	17	Chuck Arnold	7	Jake Vargo		0		did not qualify	0
23	18	Duke Hindahl	38	Mueller		0		did not qualify	0
24	21	Jim Murphy	26	Jennings		0		did not qualify	0
25	22	Jim Hemmings	58	Flynn		0		did not qualify	0
26	23	Dick Leisure	49	Allen		0		did not qualify	0
27	26	Dave Norris	79	Mead		0		did not qualify	0
28	27	Red Amick	2	Hall		0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Gene Sampson	96	Sampson		0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Al Chamberlain	55	Chamberlain		0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Jim McWithey was struck in the face by a rock and withdrew after winning the third heat race.
Bobby Grim was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:18:06
Average Speed: 82.865 MPH
Pole Speed: 20.519 seconds