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wallbanger II (Offline)
  #11 3/6/09 6:29 PM
My mom won season box seat tickets.i was a young man of dateing age. went every wensday and weekend shows.hooked me on a lifetime of autoracing.
wallbangerii = john mugavin
sprinter25 (Offline)
  #12 3/6/09 8:36 PM
Originally Posted by SUPERDUKE:
do you know what happen to him?
Wasn't Johnny Key a west coast driver who got killed on his first trip back east? Isn't that why they run the Johnny Key Memorial out in the Bay area? It used to be held at the now shuttered San Jose Fairgrounds on Tully Road....
Circletrack40 (Offline)
  #13 3/6/09 9:10 PM
I remember going there once with Dad, probably in the late 40's to a midget race.

Dave Weir.
SUPERDUKE (Offline)
  #14 3/6/09 10:04 PM
Originally Posted by sprinter25:
wasn't johnny key a west coast driver who got killed on his first trip back east? Isn't that why they run the johnny key memorial out in the bay area? It used to be held at the now shuttered san jose fairgrounds on tully road....
it was a aaa midget race and he fliped and was throw out and elmer george driving johnny key midget ran over him!!!!!!!!!!!! The only driver killed there!!!!!!! Johnny won a aaa big car race at winchester driving charley engle car in may!
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