1949 Langhorne Speedway

Race 4 of 8

Langhorne
200 laps
Time of race: 2:52:54.12
Average speed of winner: 69.403 mph
Margin of victory: 20 sec.
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: 1-139 unknown, B. Flock 140, Turner 141-200

Race notes: First win for Curtis Turner. First pole for Red Byron. Debut for Erwin Blatt, Al Bonnell, Len Brown, Wally Campbell, Don Cecchini, Tommy Coates, Pepper Cunningham, Jim Delaney, Al Keller, Pat Kirkwood, Dick Linder, Ken Marriott, Jack O'Brien, Budd Olsen, Jim Rathmann, Bill Rexford, Jack Russell, Lee Schmidt, Lou Volk, and Dick Zimmerman. Finale for Ethel Mobley and Buckshot Morris. Only start for John Belgard, Bill Bennett, Ben Cannaziaro, Chick DiNatale, Tony Genove, Harvey Hilligas, Walter Minx, Johnny Rogers, Ken Schroeder, and Ed Tyson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	11	Curtis Turner	41		'49 Oldsmobile	Westmoreland			200	1	60	running	2250	0
2	6	Bob Flock	7	Bob Flock Garage	'49 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian			200	1	1	running	1000	0
3	1	Red Byron	22	Parks Novelty	'49 Oldsmobile	Parks	Vogt	77.482	199	0	0	running	800	0
4	33	Frank Mundy	44		'49 Cadillac	Sam Rice			196	0	0	running	500	0
5	4	Bill Blair	46		'49 Cadillac				196	0	0	running	350	0
6	21	Sara Christian	71		'49 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian			190	0	0	running	300	0
7	25	Lee Petty	42		'49 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		188	0	0	running	250	0
8	22	Al Keller	89		'49 Ford	W.O. Taylor			185	0	0	running	200	0
9	17	Al Bonnell	6		'48 Oldsmobile	Rogalla			183	0	0	running	150	0
10	34	Lou Volk	52		'47 Buick				182	0	0	running	125	0
11	41	Bill Bennett	61		'49 Kaiser				181	0	0		100	0
12	30	Budd Olsen	39		'49 Mercury				180	0	0		75	0
13	26	Dick Zimmerman	14		'47 Mercury				178	0	0		50	0
14	23	Bill Rexford	59		'49 Ford	Buesink			177	0	0		50	0
15	40	Erwin Blatt	23		'46 Ford				176	0	0		50	0
16	38	Louise Smith	94		'47 Ford	Louise Smith			175	0	0		50	0
17	44	Don Cecchini	4		'49 Nash 600				173	0	0		50	0
18	28	Lee Schmidt	48		'49 Buick				171	0	0	accident	50	0
19	2	Gober Sosebee	50	Cherokee Garage	'49 Oldsmobile				170	0	0		100	0
20	9	Ken Marriott	25	Moyer Co. Special	'49 Lincoln				169	0	0		50	0
21	12	Ed Tyson	62		'49 Ford				169	0	0		50	0
22	37	Ken Schroeder	77		'49 Buick				168	0	0		50	0
23	24	Tommy Coates	91		'49 Ford	W.O. Taylor			167	0	0		50	0
24	8	Wally Campbell	8		'49 Oldsmobile				166	0	0		25	0
25	31	Harvey Hilligas	86		'49 Ford				162	0	0		25	0
26	35	Dick Linder	20	La Belle Motor Co.	'49 Kaiser				162	0	0		25	0
27	39	Ben Cannaziaro	31		'46 Ford				159	0	0		25	0
28	45	Len Brown	9		'47 Ford Convertible				158	0	0		25	0
29	19	Pat Kirkwood	13		'49 Oldsmobile					0	0		0	0
30	14	Jimmie Lewallen	2		'49 Lincoln					0	0		0	0
31	5	Tim Flock	90		'49 Oldsmobile	Buddy Elliott				0	0	wheel	0	0
32	13	Jim Rathmann	32		'49 Oldsmobile					0	0		0	0
33	15	Pepper Cunningham	88		'49 Lincoln	Pepper Cunningham			134	0	0	accident	0	0
34	32	John Belgard	35		'47 Ford					0	0		0	0
35	10	Buckshot Morris	27		'49 Oldsmobile					0	0		0	0
36	7	Johnny Rogers	3		'49 Oldsmobile					0	0		0	0
37	36	Chick DiNatale	69		'46 Ford				96	0	0	accident	0	0
38	18	Jack O'Brien	51		'47 Buick					0	0		0	0
39	27	Tony Genove	73		'47 Hudson					0	0		0	0
40	43	Jim Delaney	11		'49 Ford					0	0		0	0
41	20	Felix Wilkes	5		'49 Lincoln					0	0		0	0
42	29	Jack Russell	43		'48 Ford					0	0		0	0
43	16	Walter Minx	49		'49 Buick				25	0	0	accident	0	0
44	42	Ethel Mobley	92		'48 Cadillac					0	0		0	0
45	3	Fonty Flock	47		'49 Buick	Ed Lawrence		80.140	2	0	0	engine	0	0