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Gregg

1/9/08 10:30 AM

Mel Cornett

Heard from a reliable source on another website that veteran short wheel driver Mel Cornett passed away.:(

http://http://www.trackforum.com/for...d.php?t=100907

ronmil

1/9/08 3:18 PM

Re: Mel Cornett

Originally Posted by Gregg:
Heard from a reliable source on another website that veteran short wheel driver Mel Cornett passed away.:(

http://http://www.trackforum.com/for...d.php?t=100907

Sorry to hear that. I believe he won the last USAC sprint car feature ever by an Offenhauser powered car at Terre Haute in 1973. Seems that I saw him take a spectacular spill at IRP on a Thursday Night Thunder show when somebody put a wheel into him.

FishBurger

1/9/08 9:12 PM

Re: Mel Cornett

I read that in the Cincy Enquirer obits this a.m. and wondered if it was the midget driver I remembered. Seems like he was listed as being from Wisconsin then. Mel was a tough competitor. Saw him win a USAC midget feature at Tri-County Speedway (when it was dirt) north of Cincy.

:( RIP Mel Cornett

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