
Indianapolis, May 30, 1957. Sam Hanks
wins the 500 and immediately retires from racing.
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California, 1936: Sam Hanks, 22, in a midget. Below, 1946.

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Photo by Bobbi Michelle Sheridan
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The Wolcott Special in which Rodger Ward won the June 9, 1957 Rex Mays Memorial race at Milwaukee. The car is on display at the Hulman Museum in Terre Haute, Ind.
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Entries and qualifying
times for the Bobby Ball Memorial race at Phoenix, Nov. 11,
1957. Jimmy Bryan won.
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The Pride of Phoenix. Jimmy Bryan, left, and
Clint Brawner. Al Dean's cars.
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