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Post by Administrator on Mar 24, 2009 11:51:26 GMT
This was midget car racing's first world championship. There's some familiar speedway rider names in the line-up:
WORLD MIDGET CAR CHAMPIONSHIP (Hackney, August 4, 1936) Scorers: Cordy Milne (USA) 7, Dickie Case (Australia) 6, Bob Deihl (USA) 6, Harry Skirrow (England) 6, Billy Murden (England) 4, Tommy Sulman (Australia) 3, Ron Wills (England) 3, Putt Mossman (USA) 0, Ewald Schitzer (Germany) 0. Reserve: Les White (England), did not drive. Heat 1: Case, Milne, Wills, Heat 2: Deihl, Mossman (disqualified), Schitzer (disqualified). Heat 3: Skirrow, Murden, Sulman. Heat 4: Case, Skirrow, Mossman. Heat 5: Deihl, Murden, Wills. Heat 6: Milne, Sulman, Schitzer. Heat 7: Milne, Murden, Mossman. Heat 8: Deihl, Sulman, Case. Heat 9: Skirrow, Wills, Schitzer. Heat 10: Wills, Sulman, Mossman. Heat 11: Case, Murden, Schitzer, Heat 12: Milne, Skirrow, Deihl.
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Post by mrsgustix on Mar 24, 2009 21:46:52 GMT
I wasn't very pleased to see midget car racing creep on to this group. The cars have over the years destroyed the following for the bikes in America, Australia and New Zealand so I am surprised to see support for them here.
The only good thing that I saw in the report was that the speedway riders seem to have beaten the midget car drivers at their own sport.
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Post by tungate on Jul 16, 2009 19:25:45 GMT
Midgets were part of the speedway scene in the olden days. Ron Wills & Les White are two names I only recall on 4 wheels and Harry Skirrow was a one-armed driver who also built cars in the 50s when a number of tracks gave them a go again. They proved to be fairly popular at Belle Vue & Norwich in the 50s but not so hot anywhere else as I recall
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