Tuesday, August 19, 2008

On this day ... July 30

1955: Today, Syracuse, N.Y., tomorrow, San Mateo, Calif. Tim Flock wins a 100-lap event on the 1-mile dirt track of New York State Fairgrounds and then travels cross country for a scheduled 250-lap race on the mile dirt track of Bay Meadows Speedway. The race actually goes 252 laps because of a scoring error, but Flock still wins by a lap over John Kieper. By the way, Flock starts from the pole thanks to his brother Fonty, who was fastest in qualifying in his brother's Chrysler.

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