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1999

1952

 

Dick Beauregard wins Sportsmen Championship

 

Johnny Sandberg and Curly LeMay tie for Claiming Car title

 

 

 

United Stock Car Championship

 

 

  • 3-time winner Dick Beauregard was declared Sportsmen Champion after driving several different cars to the driver points title.  Freddie Luchesi led the division in wins with 9.  Don Collins had 7 including a 50-lapper in Cy Yates (2), Mike Ward and Jim Holt won the other regularly scheduled 50 lap special events.

  • Track Management continued to incorporate new ideas to the racing cards.  During July, the first Modified Team Race was held.  Winners of the inaugural event was the team of George Clark and Mike Ward.  According to John Brouwer Sr's A Racing History of the New London-Waterford Speedbowl, Ed Flemke finished second driving two separate cars.  During early September, the first ever Mad Cap event was held.  Formatted as twin 50 features with an overall event winner based on best avg finish between the two declared.  Cy Yates and Ray Delisle won the 2 features while Yates and Dick Beauregard were declared co-winners as the both finished with the same amount of points.  The Mad Cap format was revived in 2006 as the Double Down Shootout.  Other events included a "back-up" race among junk-yard cars was run on July 29th, but ruled to dangerous afterwards and never held again.

  • The AAA Midgets returned in July with a 50 lap event won by Johnny Bernardi.  The Late Model event also returned in August billed as the New Car 100.  George Clark, co-winner of the Modified Team Race, took home the checkereds