Page updated: 09.04.2018
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Southern Auto Racing Association
The #33y, #33x, #5j, #301, and 3-D are known cars Bob raced while stationed in North Carolina during his stint in the Army. Mr. P. F. Larue was car owner. It is not known at this time how Bob met Mr. Larue. Logs show these cars raced during the 1955 and 1956 seasons.
05.27.1955 / #33Y / Champion Speedway / Transmission broke
Champion Speedway / 1971 / 34 58 57N 78 54 16W
2013
05.29.1955 / Wilson Speedway / Heat 6th, Cons. 5th, crankshaft broke in final
06.04.1955 / Ocean Raceway / Power went off at track, races canceled.
06.11.1955 / Raleigh Speedway / 5th heat, 1st cons, 11th feat, cracked head, melted
piston / 32 points
06.15.1955 / Goldsboro Speedway / 5th Heat , Spin Cons, 9th Feature, blew tire, skipping / 25 laps / 34 points
Goldsboro Speedway was a 1/2 mile dirt track that ran from 1950 into 1956.
Track was located at 35.18.02N / 77.56.21W
Goldsboro Speedway / 00.00.1993
11.21.2014
06.17.1955 / Champion Speedway / 6th Heat, 5th Cons, 8th Feat, bad handling, gear not right / 25 laps / 36 points
07.01.1955 / Ocean Raceway / Burst radiator, wire trouble
07.09.1955 / #33y / Raleigh Speedway / wouldn’t handle, carb trouble / 25 laps / 72 points
07.15.1955 / #33y / Champion Speedway / 7th heat, 7th feat. / 100 laps / 112 points
07.16.1955 / #33y / Raleigh Speedway / 7th heat, 5th Cons, 10th feat. / Handling, right front washing out / 25 laps / 104 points
07.23.1955 / #33y / Raleigh Speedway / 7th Cons, 10th feat, Championship race / wrong gear, fuel trouble / 40 laps / 168 points
07.30.1955 / #33x / 3rd Conso, new car overheating / 25 laps / 198 points
08.13.1955 / #33y / Raleigh Speedway / 5th Heat, 10th final, wrong gear / 228 points
08.26 1955 / 3-D / Wilson Speedway / Blew engine, fouled mixture / 50 laps
/ #33y / 6th Cons. 13th Feat, Blowed head gasket / 30 laps / 136 points
08.27.1955 / #33y / Raleigh Speedway / 6th Cons, 8th Feat, hit wall engine trouble / 30 laps / 262 points
09.04.1955 / #301 / Champion Speedway / 16th final, blew tire, wrecked in final / 30 laps / 156 points
09.24.1955 / #301 / Raleigh Speedway / 6th heat, 3rd Cons, 6th Feat, wet track / 30 laps / 302 points
09.29.1955 / #301 / 6th heat, 3rd Cons, 6th feat, wet track / 30 laps / 302 points
10.16.1955 / #301 / 8th heat, 6th feat, blew right front tire, hit wall 39th lap / Championship race / 50 laps /
04.01.1956 / #3-D / 7th heat, 16th final, Hobby Car / 30 laps
04.16.1956 / Wilson Speedway / 5th cons, spun out in feature / 30 laps
04.20.1956 / #33y / Raleigh Speedway / 8th heat, 4th Cons, 16th Feat, steering trouble / 25 laps /
Raleigh Speedway / Bob raced the smaller paved track on inside / 35.49.34N / 78.36.39W
04.22.1956 / Goldsboro Speedway / 2nd heat, 16th final, broke drive shaft / 25 laps
04.24.1956 / Goldsboro Speedway / 4th heat, 13th final, broke drag link end off / 25 lap
There were two, possibly three, #33y cars
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