AUGUST 18, 1935

Dayton Speedway Results

     **(Race was originally scheduled for July 21, 1935 but rains came after qualifying and was postponed)**

August 18 1935

Track open for Practice Saturday August 17, 1935

Attendance 7500            39 Cars Entered             Race at 2:30

Fast Qualifier : Charley Engle / Vance Special  30.2

5/8 mile oval

First Heat 8-lap

Time 4:26.5

1. Johnny Wohlfield - Detroit

2. Jimmy Kneisley -Dayton

3. Clay Corbitt -Columbus

Second Heat 10-lap

Time 5:12.0

1. Charley Engle

2. John Tersinor (qualified 2^nd  @ 30.9 seconds)

Third Heat 10-lap

Time 5:49

1. Clay Corbitt

2. Jimmy Kneisley

Fourth Heat 10-lap

Time 5:22.2

1. Glenn Meyers (SP) - Detroit* 

2. Charley Greenberg - Detroit

Main Event 30-Laps

Time 15:43.7

1. Charley Engle

2. John Wohlfield

3. Glenn Meyers

4. Clay Corbitt

5. Jimmy Kneisley

John Tersinor led early but had engine trouble.

10 cars started the race.

     Engle was presented the Silver Trophy for the win by the fun loving Movie Actress, Colleen Moore!!  She was touring the county and insisted on stopping in Dayton.

Race Notes:

     For the first time the track has been revised to a 5/8-mile oval shape.  After the July rainout, AAA withdrew it’s sanctioning for the track.  They claimed the track was too dangerous for drivers and fans alike.  The track at that time was “D” shaped with the start/finish line being on the straight part of the “D”.  This meant the driver raced at full speed down the front stretch and had to turn  90 degrees to enter the backstretch/rounded section of the course.  Then another hard left (while speeding directly towards the grandstand section).

     The front-stretch has been resurfaced with a tar and Asphalt compound.  Oil is also used.  I would imagine these steps were taken to help keep the dust at bay for fans and drivers.

     Glen Meyers crashed his Crager during qualifying.  The Crager was the car that was formerly driven to several world records by the late Bob Carey. Entering the forth turn Meyer blew a tire.  The Crager shot toward the outside fence, climbed up the fence and straddled it.  When the car finally came to rest, it had turned over on the track with Meyer still inside.  Luckily he was uninjured and was able to get a ride in the car owned by Ray Campbell.

Who was Entered?

Driver                                  Car                               Hometown

Charley Engle                      Vance Special   (1)*       Greenville

John Tersinor                       Hisso                           

Charley Greenberg                                                   Detroit

Sonny Morris(or Morse-SP)                           (2)*       Brockton, Mass

Mauri Rose                                                              Dayton

Larry Beckett                       Riley Special                 Dayton

Jimmy Kneisley                   Frontenac                      Dayton

Everett Saylor                      Kreasak                        Dayton

Henry Ziengenthaler Ford/Fronty                   Dayton

Paul Zimmer                        Winfield                         Dayton

Ralph Miller                         Miller Spl                       Dayton

Glenn Smith                        Art Richter                     Germantown, Oh

Ben Emrick                                                             Germantown, Oh

“Wild” Bill Car

Howdy Cox                                                              San Diego, CA

Mike Salay                                                              South Bend, Ind

Johnny Wohlfield                  Mel Moore’s Hisso (3)*   Detroit  

Bill Chittum                                                             Columbus, Oh

Clay Corbitt                                                             Columbus, Oh

Glen Meyers                        Crager-Campbell  (4)*     Detroit

Carmine Frazine                  Miller                            Genoa, Italy

Johnny Crone                                                          Middletown, MD

Mel Jones                                                               Lowell, Mass

Larry Evans                                                 (5)*       Huntington, W.VA.

(1)     Engle had been driving the Vance car all year.  But an article, the day prior to the race, said Charley would be driving for Crager? Maybe it was a Vance owned Crager.

(2)     Sonny Morse or Morris (spelled two different ways) was a member of the Mass. Bar Association.

(3)     Wohlfield was referred to as the “Dirt Track Champion”

(4)     Spelled Glen and Glenn, Meyers, Meyer, and Myer.

(5)     Referred to as “The New Lockhart”

(6)     Musick was referred to as the “current record holder”. Since the track was changed from the “D” shape to the new 5/8 mile oval shape, Musick well always be the record holder for the “D” shaped 5/8 mile Dayton Speedway with a time of 30.9 seconds.

As mentioned, the race this day is the re-scheduled race from July 21, 1935. Other drivers listed to be at the track that day (who may or may not have returned to race August 18, 1935):

Everett Rice                               Hisso                            Crawfordsville, Ind

The promoters of the race had a new idea.  Fans could park at the Soldiers Home and use the “Peoples Railroad” to be bussed to the track.  This would help with parking and traffic in the area.