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Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 12:29pm

Dallas Morning News 1-02-1922: Racing Car Driver Harry Milburn Has Narrow Escape

Comment by Stephen Page on February 13, 2010 at 7:57am

Great research Wilbert - thank you:-)))))))

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 6:40am

Ben Musick "Bill Morris" of Dallas Texas (1908-1966)

This photo of Ben Musick a.k.a. Bill Morris was taken on July 21, 1934 at Anthony, Kansas just one week before Musick won the feature race at Winfield, Kansas in the #4 McDowell Ford. The man in the darker shirt is Carl Goosbe

Ben Musick, a.k.a. Bill Morris is shown here in 1936 in the yellow #3 Messer Special at V.F.W. Speedway in Detroit, Michigan

Ben Musick with the #4 Messer Special that he drove at the Kansas State Fair at Hutchinson, Kansas in September of 1937

This photograph of Ben Musick was taken in 1939 at Topeka, Kansas. Note that the trees are inside the fence around the track. The fence must have been more for keeping nonpaying spectators from watching the race than it was for the protection of the participants



The Alias

For a time, Ben Musick, Sr. was wanted by federal agents in connection with the theft of a truck load of moonshine while it was impounded by authorities during Prohibition. Ben continued to drive racing cars under the alias “Bill Morris” while trying to elude capture. He was eventually apprehended, convicted, and served time in prison for the offence.

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 6:26am

Tex West, whose real name was Austin E. Wetzler, was born in 1903 at Marysville, Kansas and later moved to Dallas TX. He died in an airplane crash in Texas in 1962.

Tex West of Dallas, Texas is shown below at speed in his Model-A Ford Riley #22A. This is the car that he won the feature race in at Winfield, Kansas on this day

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 6:18am

OSCAR LLOYD COLEMAN
(1905-1938) of Dallas, Texas was two-time defending Southwest Racing Association champion when he set quick time in time trials at Winfield in his family owned dual overhead cam Cragar Ford on July 28, 1934. He was not able to capitalize on his fast pace though as damage from a crash with Cotton Grable in the fast heat race put Oscar out of competition for the remainder of the program. Oscar was named in Who’s Who in Automobile Racing in 1936. He was fatally injured in an accident while racing a midget at Sportsman Park Raceway in Dallas, Texas in 1938 and is buried in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 4:39pm

October 27, 1917 : 1-mile dirt oval - Fair Park Racetrack at the Texas State Expo in Dallas, Texas. Breed drove black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special. Breed competed against the likes of Jules `Ellingboe and Fred Horey in car No.4 whom he lost to on this day in a match race.

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 10:31am

March 25th, 1905

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 6:18am

Motor Age Vol.7

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 6:01am

Colonel E.H.R. Green buys the "Gray Wolf"

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 6, 2010 at 6:28pm

Delete Comment Time-line regarding Automobile Races at Fair Park in Dallas
State Fair Timeline Racing.doc

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