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May 17, 1959 - Sandusky Speedway

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USAC stock car division race
100 laps
1/2 mile paved track
Race winner: Nelson Stacy
from The Sandusky Register

Have seen websites indicating race was a co-sanctioned event between USAC and MARC (ARCA). But I've found nothing yet to indicate MARC was involved with the race.

Stacy was the MARC points leader at the time of this race, and he was near the top of the points standings in USAC's stock car division too. But this race seems to have been a USAC-only event.
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@tmc-chase   8 years ago
Race preview from Sandusky Register.
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@tmc-chase   8 years ago
From UltimateRacingHistory.com
FinDriverCar
1NelsonStacy1957 Chevrolet
2BillLutz1957 Pontiac
3DickDunlevy1957 Chevrolet Convertible
4FredLorenzen1957 Chevrolet
5BobJames1957 Chevrolet
6DaveHirschfield1957 Pontiac
7DonWhite1959 Ford
8RalphLatham1957 Chevrolet Convertible
9LesScott1958 Ford
10JohnnyAuxter1957 Ford Convertible
11PaulParks1957 Ford Convertible
12BillForney1957 Chevrolet
13PaulBass1958 Ford Edsel Convertible
14IggyKatona1958 Ford
15FredHoff1957 Pontiac
16BudCochran1958 Ford
17WhiteyGerken1957 Pontiac
18ElmerMusgrave1957 Pontiac
19VirgilBarbe1959 Oldsmobile
20BobSandman1958 Ford EdselConvertible
21LesSnow1959 Pontiac
22ClydeParker1958 Chevrolet
23JohnKapovich1957 Buick
24DickFreeman1959 Chevrolet
25JoyFair1956 Dodge
26BillMoore1957 Chevrolet
Jack Walker
@jack-walker   8 years ago
Here is the report from National Speed Sport News :
Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton   8 years ago
ARCA, which morphed from MARC still claims the 1959 Sandusky event as a combined USAC/MARC race in their data base: https://sites.google.com/site/hscrrarchive/arca-1/1959-marc-season
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@tmc-chase   8 years ago
Thanks Jack. Another article without a mention of MARC.Dave, I've seen that site as well as the page at UltimateRacingHistory.com. May be a case of somebody making educated guess the race had MARC involvement because of Stacy's participation. And once website notes it, every other website copies it as "fact". Until I see an ad, program, article, ticket stub, etc., I'll conclude the race was solely sanctioned by USAC.
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