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Post by administrator on Nov 1, 2010 23:22:05 GMT 1
This photo was sent to me by Garry Baker some years ago. It is from 1938-39 when Dinny Patterson in a midget raced against an airplane at Penrith. New South Wales, Australia. Does anyone know more about this unusual event please? dinnypatterso..plane500,jpgAttachments:
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Post by tsrwright on Nov 3, 2010 3:36:36 GMT 1
Dinny Patterson
Don't know about event but did find following (The Sydney Morning Herald... Thursday 5 June 1947, page 8. ):
Dies After Crash
NEW YORK, June 4 (A.A.P.). Australian midget car driver Dinny Patterson, died yesterday from injuries received in a crash at San Diego, California, last Friday.
Patterson was making his first appearance in America when his machine crashed through a wooden wall at the Speedway Stadium.
He left Australia on May 25 by air and was visiting America on the invitation of Cal Niday, who recently raced in Sydney.
Patterson, who was 36, leaves a widow and two children.
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