Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Cedar Rapids, Ia. -- Stock Car Flips, Driver Escapes -- A stock car in a race here yesterday throws dirt and flips up on end as a second car is forced toward the rail in a crackup. Car number 50, driven by Shorty Bennett, Davenport, Ia., continued to roll end over end but the driver was unhurt. The driver of car 96, Buss Johnson, also of Davenport, Ia., was unhurt.
Cedar Rapids, Ia. -- Stock Car Flips, Driver Escapes -- A stock car in a race here yesterday throws dirt and flips up on end as a second car is forced toward the rail in a crackup. Car number 50, driven by Shorty Bennett, Davenport, Ia., continued to roll end over end but the driver was unhurt. The driver of car 96, Buss Johnson, also of Davenport, Ia., was unhurt.
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Cedar Rapids, Ia. -- Stock Car Flips, Driver Escapes -- A stock car in a race here yesterday throws dirt and flips up on end as a second car is forced toward the rail in a crackup. Car number 50, driven by Shorty Bennett, Davenport, Ia., continued to roll end over end but the driver was unhurt. The driver of car 96, Buss Johnson, also of Davenport, Ia., was unhurt.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1949]

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