1946 Viking Trophy

Statistics

September 29 2½ Mile Course
Ohio River 10 Mile Heats
New Martinsville, W.Va. 20 Mile Race

 

  No. Entry Owner? Race
1. G-6 So Long Jr. Lou Fageol
2. G-13 Tempo VI Guy Lombardo
3. F-5 Wild Goose Phil Rothenbusch
4. F-10 Malt 'n Hops Jed Hanley
5. F-12 Aljo V Joe Van Blerck

 

  Heat One Driver Points Speed
1. So Long Jr. Lou Fageol 400 61.189
2. Aljo V Joe Van Blerck 300 56.119
3. Wild Goose Phil Rothenbusch 225 53.154
4. Malt'n Hops Jed Hanley 169 53.158

 

Late in the afternoon the New Martinsville race course was engulfed in a rain storm that interrupted the program. Nevertheless all heats of the limited classes were completed. However there was a one heat 10 mile Free For All that was apparently not completed. Since this race and the completion of the Viking Trophy were probably scheduled late in the day, it is felt that they were cancelled due to the rain storm.

[Statistics and comment from Greene, V.1]

[NOTE: The "Viking Trophy" was supposedly won by So Long, Jr. but I have not found the Viking Trophy competition in any contemporary newspaper accounts. --LF]