Word: rathman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...twelve-car, ten-lap first heat, Rathman stuck with the pace for four laps, then gunned and jockeyed his big car into the lead, won by two lengths. In the first semifinal (15 laps) he had a little more trouble. No matter what he did, he was unable to catch a midget red Crosley labeled "½ Pint" which spun into the turns on two wheels, snaked through the bigger cars like a frightened jaywalker, beat Rathman's Cadillac by four lengths...
...biggest wind in the Hurricane circuit in the last four weeks has been 23-year-old Jim Rathman of Los Angeles. His 1947 Cadillac is owned by two friends who do all the repair work, get 60% of the car's winnings. At Soldier Field one night last week, before a crowd of 31,065 (a 1950 record), Rathman put on his standard performance of winning a good portion of the nightly $1,500 purse...
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