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US National Races 1949

Round	Date	Race	State	Practiced	Started	Classified
1	22.1.1949	Broward	USA		7	7
2	27.2.1949	GP Broward	USA	9	7	6
3	11.6.1949	Preliminary Bridgehampton [S1.25]	USA		14
4	11.6.1949	Preliminary Bridgehampton [S1.95]	USA		7
5	11.6.1949	100 mile Bridgehampton	USA		17
6	24.7.1949	Carrell Speedway [Class A]	USA
7	24.7.1949	Carrell Speedway [Class B]	USA
8	17.9.1949	Preliminary Watkins Glen	USA
9	17.9.1949	GP Watkins Glen	USA
10	8.10.1949	Thompson	USA		11

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US National Races	Round: 1

Broward

NASCAR 100-Mile Championsthip Stock Car Race (Sports Cars), Broward Spšeedway	Date: 22.1.1949

Started:	7
Classified:	7

Circuit length: 3,219 km

Race distance: 16,093 km

Winner's average speed: 134,799 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	1	Bob Gegen (USA)	MG		5	0:07:10,000
2.	-	Phil Stiles (USA)	MG s/c		5	0:07:46,000
3.	-	Sam Collier (USA)	MG s/c		5
4.	14	George Huntoon (USA)	MG s/c	Miles Collier	5
5.	-	Lindsey Hopkins (USA)	MG		5
6.	-	Bill Victor (USA)	MG		5
7.	-	Ken Stone (USA)	MG		5

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US National Races	Round: 2

GP Broward

Florida Grand Prix, Broward Speedway	Date: 27.2.1949

Practiced:	9
Started:	7
Classified:	6

Circuit length: 1,770 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Time/retired
1.	-	Tom Demetry (USA)	MG	20	0:23:26,000
2.	-	Sam Collier (USA)	MG s/c	20	0:23:42,000
3.	-	Bob Gegen (USA)	MG s/c	20	0:23:44,000
4.	-	George Rand (USA)	Cisitalia	20
5.	-	Tom Comisky (USA)	Morgan	20
6.	-	Miles Collier (USA)	MG s/c	20
	Did not finish:
	-	Ken Stone (USA)	MG	14	Blown tyre
	Did not start:
	-	Bill O'Brien (USA)	MG		Out of tune
	-	Phil Stiles (USA)	MG s/c		Blown gasket

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US National Races	Round: 3

Preliminary Bridgehampton [S1.25]

Bridgehampton Sports Car Road Races (Race 1 - Sports Cars Under 1250 cc Unblown), Bridgehampton	Date: 11.6.1949

Started:

Circuit length:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 103,143 km/h

Attendance: 20000

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Time/retired
1.	20	Jim Pauley (USA)	Cisitalia 202 Coupe	12	0:44:56,000
2.	40	Charles Kouns (USA)	MG TC	12	0:44:56,100
3.	14	Richard Lange (USA)	MG TC	12	0:45:12,000
	In entry list:
	-	Vaughan	Singer		Not known if ran
	-	Shaw	MG TC		Not known if ran
	-	Morgan	MG TC		Not known if ran
	-	Leith	MG NA Magnette		Not known if ran
	-	Cornett	Cisitalia		Not known if ran
	-	Boswell	Cisitalia Coupe Grand Sport ex-Pompeo		Not known if ran
	-	Bentley	MG TC		Not known if ran
	-	Allen	MG TC		Not known if ran
	-	Cameron Argetsinger (USA)	MG TC		Car sold

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US National Races	Round: 4

Preliminary Bridgehampton [S1.95]

Bridgehampton Sports Car Road Races (Race 2 - Sports Cars Under 1250 cc Supercharged and Under 1251-1950 cc Unblown), Bridgehampton	Date: 11.6.1949

Started:

Circuit length:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 108,856 km/h

Attendance: 20000

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	15	Sam Collier (USA)	MG TC s/c	Briggs Cunningham	12	0:42:35,000
2.	8	Steve Lansing (USA)	MG PB s/c	Don Millager	12	0:42:39,000
3.	23	Tom Cole (USA)	HRG		12
	In entry list:
	-	Phil Stiles (USA)	MG TC s/c			Not known if ran
	-	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	MG TC s/c			Not known if ran
	-	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	MG TC s/c			Not known if ran

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US National Races	Round: 5

100 mile Bridgehampton

Bridgehampton Sports Car Road Races (Race 3 - Bridgehampton 100-Mile Sports Car Race), Bridgehampton	Date: 11.6.1949

Started:

Circuit length:

Race distance: 154,497 km

Winner's average speed: 122,584 km/h

Attendance: 20000

Fastest lap:

George Rand

No. 18

Ferrari 166 Inter

2:56

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.
1.	33	George Huntoon (USA)	Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 s/c ex-Grand Prix	Samuel Bird	24	1:20:37,900
2.	35	Tom Cole (USA)	Jaguar SS100	Tom Cole	24	1:21:50,400
3.	15	Sam Collier (USA)	MG TC s/c	Briggs Cunningham	24	1:30:02,300
5.	-	John Fitch (USA)	MG
	Did not finish:
	-	Ceresole	BMW 328			DNF
	-	Sabourin	Lagonda V12			DNF
	-	Logan Hill (USA)	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300			DNF
	-	Larry Kulok (USA)	Allard K1 Ford			DNF	4.
	-	Secondo Guasti (USA)	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 ex-Nuvolari			DNF	1.
	18	George Rand (USA)	Ferrari 166 Inter 016I	Briggs Cunningham		Broken oil line	2.
	39	Miles Collier (USA)	Riley 'Ardent Alligator'			DNF
	Other starters:
	-	Paul O'Shea (USA)	Simca
	-	Charles Moran (USA)
	-	William Milliken (USA)	Bugatti T35A
	In entry list:
	-	Weaver	Maserati V8RI 4504			Not known if ran
	-	George Felton (USA)	Vauxhall 30/98			Not known if ran
	-	Garthwaite	Bugatti T57C			Not known if ran
	-	Logan Hill (USA)	Jaguar XK120			Raced Alfa Romeo
	-	Moran	Bugatti T35 ex-Addams			Not known if ran
	-	Rand	Bugatti T35C			Not known if ran
	-	Stiles	MG TC s/c			Not known if ran

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US National Races	Round: 6

Carrell Speedway [Class A]

Foreign Car Races, Carrell Speedway	Date: 24.7.1949

No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Time/retired	Group	Practice
Other starters:
1	Don Parkinson (USA)	Frazer Nash - BMW	Don Parkinson		Class A	0:26,280
20	John von Neumann (USA)	Talbot Lago	Competition Motors		Class A	0:29,290
25	Taylor Lucas	Hotchkiss	Taylor Lucas		Class A	0:29,230
28	xxx	Jaguar SS-100	Gilchrist Stuart		Class A	0:27,020
30	xxx				Class A
In entry list:
26	Basil Panzer (USA)	Jaguar 3.5 litre	Basil Panzer	Not known if raced	Class A
27	Fred Procter (USA)	Delahaye MS-135	Fred Procter	Not known if raced	Class A
29	Dudley Froy (GB)	Lea Francis	Dudley Froy	Not known if raced	Class A
31	xxx				Class A
32	xxx				Class A

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US National Races	Round: 7

Carrell Speedway [Class B]

Foreign Car Races, Carrell Speedway	Date: 24.7.1949

Circuit length: 0,805 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Time/retired	Group	Practice
1.	2	Phil Hill (USA)	MG TC (blown) TC5194	Phil Hill		Class B	0:26,690
	Other starters:
	3	Jack Early	MG TC (blown)	Jack Early		Class B	0:27,520
	4	Dudley Froy (GB)	MG TC	Emmett Malloy		Class B	0:28,730
	5	Charles Glasscock	MG TC	Mehan Motors		Class B	0:28,750
	7	Don Earnes	MG TC	Esquire Motors (B. Cramer)		Class B	0:28,320
	8	Vincent Smith	MG TC	Gougj Industries		Class B	0:28,230
	10	Kenneth Weems	MG TC	Competition Motors		Class B	0:27,990
	13	Jacques Bellesiles (USA)	MG TC	Jacques Bellesiles		Class B	0:29,320
	14	Kenneth D'Orsay	MG TC	Kenneth D'Orsay		Class B	0:28,490
	18	R. W. Janeway	MG TC	R. W. Janeway		Class B	0:28,510
	19	Scott	MG TC	Scott		Class B	0:29,930
	40	Arnold Stubbs (USA)	MG TC	Arnold Stubbs		Class B	0:27,500
	42	Allan Moss	MG TC	Allan Moss		Class B	0:27,980
	43	xxx				Class B	0:29,980
	48	xxx				Class B	0:27,920
	69	DNS - Art Nielsen (USA)	MG TC	Art Nielsen		Class B	0:31,900
	In entry list:
	9	Fred Foster	MG TC	Eagle Rock Motors	Not known if raced	Class B
	12	Harry Hutchins	MG TC	Harry Hutchins	Not known if raced	Class B
	16	Michael Graham (USA)	MG TC	Michael Graham	Not known if raced	Class B
	17	John von Neumann (USA)	MG TC	Competition Motors	Not known if raced	Class B
	21	Pete Shubin	MG TC	Pete Shubin	Not known if raced	Class B
	23	John Coan	MG TC	John Coan	Not known if raced	Class B
	24	Dave West (GB)	MG TC	Dave West	Not known if raced	Class B
	41	Brown	MG Magnette	Brown	Not known if raced	Class B
	45	xxx				Class B
	46	xxx				Class B
	47	xxx				Class B
	49	xxx				Class B
	50	xxx				Class B

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US National Races	Round: 8

Preliminary Watkins Glen

Grand Prix Watkins Glen (Seneca Cup), Watkins Glen, N.Y.	Date: 17.9.1949

Circuit length: 10,622 km

Race distance: 42,487 km

Winner's average speed: 106,748 km/h

Fastest lap:

George Roberts

No. 6

BuMerc Special

111,753 km/h

(lap 4)

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.
1.	11	George Weaver (USA)	Maserati V8RI 4504	George Weaver	4		1.	D
2.	4	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	Ferrari 166 SC 016I	Briggs Cunningham	4		1.	C
3.	5	Sam Collier (USA)	MG TC	Briggs Cunningham	4		2.	C
4.	6	George Roberts (USA)	BuMerc Special	Briggs Cunningham	4		2.	D
5.	47	Tom Cole (USA)	HRG Sports	Tom Cole	4		1.	B
6.	18	John Fitch (USA)	MG TC	John Fitch	4		2.	B
7.	16	Dave Garroway (USA)	Jaguar SS-100	Dave Garroway	4		3.	D	1.
8.	59	George Felton (USA)	Vauxhall OE 30/98	George Felton	4		4.	D
9.	7	Denver Cornett (USA)	MG TC	Denver Cornett	4		2.	B
10.	46	Peter Iselin (USA)	HRG Sports	Peter Iselin	4		3.	B
11.	28	Karl Brocken (USA)	MG TC	Karl Brocken	4		4.	B
12.	43	Neal A. Allen (USA)	MG TC	Neal Allen	4		5.	B
13.	60	Gus Ehrman (USA)	MG TC	Gus Ehrman	4		6.	B
14.	42	Alden Johnson (USA)	MG TC	Alden Johnson	4		7.	B
15.	31	Corwith Hamill (USA)	Allard K1 Ford	Corwith Hamill	4		5.	D
16.	61	Charles Kotchan (USA)	MG TC	MG Car Club	4		8.	B
17.	12	Lou Torco (USA)	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	G. Hendrie	4		3.	C
18.	8	Fred Wacker (USA)	MG TC	Fred Wacker	4		9.	B
19.	64	Kenneth F. Hill (USA)	Merlin Special Mercury	Kenneth Hill	4		6.	D
20.	62	James Carson (USA)	MG TC	James Carson	4		10.	B
21.	38	Reg Ogilvie (CDN)	MG TC	E. Reg Ogilvie	4		11.	B
22.	30	Ledyard H. Pfund	Ford Special	Ledyard Pfund	4		7.	D
23.	57	Charles Kouns (USA)	MG TC	Charles Kouns	4		12.	B
24.	39	Miles Collier (USA)	Riley Ford Special	Collier Bros.	4		8.	D
25.	24	Antonio Pompeo (I)	Fiat 1100 MM	Antonio Pompeo	4		1.	A
26.	19	David Whitcomb (USA)	MG TC	David Whitcomb	4		13.	B
27.	45	Bill Fleming (USA)	MG TC	George Fleming	4		14.	B
28.	65	Mike Vaughn (USA)	MG TC	E. Mike Vaughn	4		15.	B
29.	21	Logan Hill (USA)	Cisitalia 1100 Coupe	Logan Hill	3	DNF	2.	A
	Did not finish:
	51	Perry Boswell (USA)	Crosley Hot Shot	A. Ulmann	2	DNF	3.	A
	15	Willard Christy (USA)	MG TC	William Christy	1	DNF		C
	32	Dick Haynes (USA)	Fiat 1100 S	Haynes/Keller	0	DNF		A
	9	Dud Wilson (USA)	Mercedes-Benz S	Dud Wilson		DNF		D
	23	George Huntoon (USA)	Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza	Sam Bird		DNF		D
	27	Russell G. Sceli (USA)	Bugatti T57	Russell Sceli		DNF		D
	53	Joseph Ferguson (USA)	Cisitalia 1100 Coupe	Joseph Ferguson		DNF		A
	58	Mark Richard (USA)	MG TC	Mark Gadd Richard		DNF		B
	Did not start:
	1	Roger Shaw	MG TC	Roger Shaw				B
	29	Davis Simpson (USA)	MG TC	Davis Simpson				B
	54	Sterling Edwards (USA)	Edwards Special Ford	Sterling Edwards				D

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US National Races	Round: 9

GP Watkins Glen

Grand Prix Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.	Date: 17.9.1949

Circuit length: 10,622 km

Race distance: 159,325 km

Winner's average speed: 110,176 km/h

Fastest lap:

Miles Collier

No. 39

Riley Ford Special

5:15,2

121,312 km/h

(lap 15)

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group
1.	39	Miles Collier (USA)	Riley Ford Special	Collier Bros.	15	1:26:45,700	1.	D
2.	4	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	Ferrari 166 SC 016I	Briggs Cunningham	15		2.	C=>D
3.	6	George Roberts (USA)	BuMerc Special	Briggs Cunningham	15		3.	D
4.	48	Tom Cole (USA)	HRG Sports	Tom Cole	15		1.	B
5.	18	John Fitch (USA)	MG TC	John Fitch	14		2.	B
6.	8	Fred Wacker (USA)	MG TC	Fred Wacker	14		3.	B
7.	28	Karl Brocken (USA)	MG TC	Karl Brocken	14		4.	B
8.	21	Logan Hill (USA)	Cisitalia 1100 Coupe	Logan Hill	14		1.	A
9.	59	George Felton (USA)	Vauxhall OE 30/98	George Felton	14		4.	D
10.	36	Jim Pauley (USA)	Lea-Francis Type Sports	Jim Pauley	14		1.	C
11.	53	Joseph Ferguson (USA)	Cisitalia 1100 Coupe	Joseph Ferguson	14		2.	A
12.	60	Gus Ehrman (USA)	MG TC	Gus Ehrman	14		5.	B
13.	17	Arthur S. Eldridge	MG TC	Arthur Eldridge	14		6.	B
14.	49	Rowland Keith (CDN)	MG TC	Rowland Keith	14		7.	B
15.	5	Sam Collier (USA)	MG TC	Briggs Cunningham	14		2.	C
16.	63	James S. Kastrup (USA)	MG TC	James Kastrup	14		8.	B
17.	61	Charles Kotchan (USA)	MG TC	MG Car Club	14		9.	B
18.	16	Dave Garroway (USA)	Jaguar SS-100	Dave Garroway	14		5.	D
19.	62	James Carson (USA)	MG TC	James Carson	13		10.	B
20.	14	John Bentley (USA)	MG TC	John Bentley	13		3.	C
21.	42	Alden Johnson (USA)	MG TC	Alden Johnson	13		11.	B
22.	24	Antonio Pompeo (I)	Fiat 1100 MM	Antonio Pompeo	13		3.	A
23.	30	Ledyard H. Pfund	Ford Special	Ledyard Pfund	13		6.	D
24.	38	Reg Ogilvie (CDN)	MG TC	E. Reg Ogilvie	13		12.	B
25.	31	Corwith Hamill (USA)	Allard K1 Ford	Corwith Hamill	13		7.	D
26.	19	David Whitcomb (USA)	MG TC	David Whitcomb	13		13.	B
27.	25	Robert Grier (USA)	BMW 328 MM Coupe	Antonio Pompeo	13		8.	D
28.	10	Phil Cade (USA)	Duesenberg J Sedan Conv.	Phil Cade	12		9.	D
29.	45	Bill Fleming (USA)	MG TC	George Fleming	12		14.	B
30.	23	George Huntoon (USA)	Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza	Sam Bird	11	DNF	10.	D
	Did not finish:
	7	Denver Cornett (USA)	MG TC	Denver Cornett	10	DNF		B
	32	Robert Keller (USA)	Fiat 1100 S	Haynes/Keller	9	DNF		A
	43	Neal A. Allen (USA)	MG TC	Neal Allen	5	DNF		B
	34	Zora Arkus Duntov (USA)	Allard J2 "Ardun" Ford	Zora Arkus-Duntov	4	DNF		D
	40	Mel Ord (USA)	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B 'S'	T. Lee/W. Brown	3	DNF		D
	3	Cameron Argetsinger (USA)	Bugatti T35A	W. Milliken	1	Fuel pump		C
	15	Willard Christy (USA)	MG TC	William Christy	0	DNF		C
	20	Charles Moran (USA)	Bugatti T35A	Charles Moran		DNF		C
	26	William Milliken (USA)	F.W.D. Miller Ford	F.W.D.		DNF		D
	46	Peter Iselin (USA)	HRG Sports	Peter Iselin		DNF		B
	52	Bruce Stevenson (USA)	Offenhauser Special	Bruce Stevenson		DNF		B
	55	Paul Timmins (USA)	Ardun Ford Special	Paul Timmins		DNF		D
	56	Larry Kulok (USA)	Allard K1 Mercury	Larry Kulok		DNF		D
	Did not start:
44.	37	Perry Boswell (USA)	Cisitalia Special Offy	Perry Boswell				B
	2	Sam Collier (USA)	MG TC	Collier Bros.				C
	11	George Weaver (USA)	Maserati V8RI 4504	George Weaver				D
	12	Lou Torco (USA)	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	G. Hendrie		Not entered?		C
	21	Logan Hill (USA)	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	Logan Hill				D
	22	James Stiles (USA)	MG TC	James Stiles				B
	25	Robert Grier (USA)	Alfa Romeo 6C 2500	Antonio Pompeo				D
	27	Russell G. Sceli (USA)	Bugatti T57	Russell Sceli		Not entered?		D
	29	Davis Simpson (USA)	MG TC	Davis Simpson				B
	33	xxx	Allard "Ardun" Special Ford	Zora Arkus-Duntov				D
	35	Paul Ceresole (USA)	BMW 328 MM	Paul Ceresole				C
	44	J. J. Brundage	Duesenberg Special Mercury	J. Brundage				D

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US National Races	Round: 10

Thompson

New England Meet, Thompson Speedway	Date: 8.10.1949

Started:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Pos.	Group
1.	-	Alden Johnson (USA)	MG	5	1.	S1.5
2.	-	Davis Simpson (USA)	MG	5	2.	S1.5
3.	-	John Bentley (USA)	MG	5	3.	S1.5
	-	D. Morgan (USA)	MG			S1.5
	-	N. Gray (USA)	MG			S1.5
	-	E. Curtis (USA)	MG			S1.5
	-	Franklin	MG			S1.5
	-	John Fitch (USA)	MG			S1.5
	-	Charles Kotchan (USA)	MG			S1.5
	-	Gus Ehrman (USA)	MG			S1.5
	-	Boss	MG			S1.5

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