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Myron Fohr, second to Ted Horn in the 1948 championship season, ready to qualify for the 100-miler in Milwaukee, June 5, 1949. Fohr won the race. Standing at left is Carl Marchese, chief mechanic.
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Langhorne, Oct. 16, 1949: Johnnie Parsons wins from the fourth starting position. The pole-sitter is Paul Russo; next to him, Walt Brown. Starting third is Duke Dinsmore, and behind him Neal Carter.
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King on the Hill: Al Rogers wins at Pikes Peak in 1949, his second victory in a streak of four straight, 1948-1951.
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Bill Holland, 1949 Indianapolis winner, with
Lou Moore
Johnnie Parsons, 2nd at Indianapolis and
the 1949 national champion.
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Parsons in trouble at DuQuoin, Sept. 3, 1949
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Milwaukee, Aug. 28, 1949. Johnnie Parsons
started fifth (red car, bluish shirt) and won.
* Believed to be the youngest driver ever to win a championship race. He was 20 years, 2 months and 19 days old but driving on the basis of a birth certficate purporting to show he was 6 years older.
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