Lost races of NASCAR history- calling TMC Chase

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48746124/

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48746178/

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/45973311/

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/66122976/

And this isn't every article previewing this race!

Chase, here are references to a 2nd NASCAR Grand National race at the Williams Grove Speedway in 1954. NASCAR raced there in June, but this article is saying the race is to be run on August 15. Herb Thomas, Hershel McGriff, Buck Baker, Dick Rathmann, Lee Petty, Joe Eubanks, and Dave Terrell were all there.

After some pushing, I discovered that the race was rained out: http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48746209/

Was this race rescheduled or was the rainout the end of the show? $10,000 in purse money seems too large to just can the race as that would have been the 3rd largest purse of the year.

In addition, we have the mystery of the 1952 race in Erie, PA, on August 15, which was a followup to 1951. The article previewing the 1952 race mentions Lloyd Moore winning at Canfield in 1951, a race also missing. It is possible that the Erie race was rained out as the town was soaked on the 15th and the 16th.

Based on that last clipping, sounds like the race was indeed canceled vs. re-scheduled. The remaining schedule for Williams Grove and driver commitments for other GN races apparently made it impractical to set a make-up date.

I knew you would do it!

I'm pressing my luck, but have you ever seen anything else about the Erie races in 1951 and 1952? Or a 1951 Canfield won by Lloyd Moore?

1951 Canfield race was a Short Track Division race originally scheduled for Saturday, September 22nd. The race was postponed by rain until Wednesday, September 26th.

I've got the answer: the 1951 and 1952 Erie races were BOTH Short Track division races per the 1953 media guide.

There is film posted from the Lloyd Moore collection of the September 23, 1951 race at Dayton, but haven't found any Canfield