1949 Percy Jones Memorial

Gull Lake, Battle Creek, Michigan, July 16-17, 1949

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Statistics

July 16-17	2½ Mile Course
Gull Lake	15 Mile Heats
Battle Creek, Michigan	45 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1.	U-1	Such Crust I	Jack Schafer	—	—
2.	U-4	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	—	—
3.	U-25	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	86.157	83.132
4.	U-99	Miss Pepsi	Walter Dossin	—	—

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	400	82.647
2.	Such Crust I	Dan Arena	300	80.395
3.	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	225	75.246
4.	Miss Pepsi	Chuck Thompson	DNF	—
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	400	82.276
2.	Miss Pepsi	Chuck Thompson	300	70.598
3.	Such Crust I	Dan Arena	225	69.455
4.	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	DNF	—
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	400	84.506
2.	Miss Pepsi	Chuck Thompson	300	74.494
3.	Such Crust	Dan Arena	DNF	—

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum	Heat 3	Total
1.	Skip-A-Long	400	400	800	400	1200
2.	Miss Pepsi	DNF	300	300	300	600
3.	Such Crust I	300	225	525	DNF	525
4.	Miss Great Lakes	225	DNF	225	Dns	225

 

Lap - Skip-A-Long 86.157

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]