In 1964 I started racing TQ for Tommy Brand & Oscar Lucas Ralph Gentry Was the president Soupy Campbell Sonny Ates & I done alot of confusing Ralph he let me run I was only 19 you was supposed to be 21, it was alot of FUN.. Butch Wilkerson#1:angry-smiley-007::angry-smiley-007::checkered::checkered:

Sandy that #32 car with Burton driving I believe is Lowell Walls car from Columbus Ind. He had 23/32 cars Crochette drove 23, I think Burton got killed at Mt Lawn Speedway, I really enjoy getting back in THE GOOD OL DAYS HAHAHA! Butch Wilkerson#1:angry-smiley-007::angry-smiley-007::applaud::applaud::checkered:

Ralph Pipe is Ralph Piper from Rushville In. my Dad race from around 1953-1961

The original Mutual Racing Association folded by 1953. Tom Cherry took what was left of it to form the All American Racers. The original group that started Mutual was Dutch Hurst, Tom Cherry, Kenny Eaton, Roger Cox, Eddie Ropon (the first Mutual champion in 1939), Melvin Dudley, Ralph Ormsby. This was done in very late 1938 at Columbus, In. In 1939 they ran at a track in Muncie called 'The Steeplechase' which Dutch owned along with other central Indiana tracks like Montpelier, Columbus,In at a place called 'the Hole', This track was later shortened and paved at renamed 'The Velodrome' In 1941 midgets ran under the Mutual racing Assoc along with what was then called 'stock' cars which morphed into track roadsters. That year was the first year they raced at Mt Lawn and later that was the home track for Mutual until its demise. Some of the MRA champs were, Kenny Eaton, Dick Frazier, Tom Cherry, Smoky Stover, Avery McAdams, Red Renner.
The MRA never sanctioned any TQs. The midget division only ran under the MRA banner at ArmsCamp, Greenfield, Richmond and the Velodrome pre WWII, it didn't sanction midgets after the war.
DG

If you're talking about the "Columbus Speedway", the "Pit", or the "Hole", I don't remember it ever being paved, but it coulda been, before my "time". Bob

No it was not paved. I intended for that comment to reflect the Muncie Velodrome. Fingers were faster that the brain. I beg forgiveness...I have lots of history on Mutual and photos, just to much to fit in this little box.
DG

I kinda figured you were typing faster than we could read it, just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed something there. Thanks! Bob