Cedar Rapids, Ia. -- Stock Car Flips, Driver Escapes -- A stock car in a race here yesterday throws dirt and flips up on end as a second car is forced toward the rail in a crackup. Car number 50, driven by Shorty Bennett, Davenport, Ia., continued to roll end over end but the driver was unhurt. The driver of car 96, Buss Johnson, also of Davenport, Ia., was unhurt.

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Title:
Cedar Rapids, Ia. -- Stock Car Flips, Driver Escapes -- A stock car in a race here yesterday throws dirt and flips up on end as a second car is forced toward the rail in a crackup. Car number 50, driven by Shorty Bennett, Davenport, Ia., continued to roll end over end but the driver was unhurt. The driver of car 96, Buss Johnson, also of Davenport, Ia., was unhurt.
Title (alt.):
Stock Car Flips -- A stock car in a race at Cedar Rapids, Ia., throws dirt and flips up on end as a second car is forced toward the rail in a crackup. Car number 50, driven by Shorty Bennett, Davenport, Ia., continued to roll end over end but the driver was unhurt. The driver of car 96, Buss Johnson, also of Davenport, Ia., was unhurt, too.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Auto Racing: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. October 1949]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Automobile racing
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 136 x 209 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/02873v378
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Spts. Auto racing stock car.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000914_0014
Barcode:
39999088103229