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Photo ID # 04.20.03_333_MAG_ALC_0054_1
Car #: #333
Driver (s) : Mike Magill
Location: Alcyon Speedway
Date: 1954
Photographer: Unknown
Photo provided by: Russ Dodge
Comments: Pictured is Dutch Mauk's #333 driven by Mike Magill. Mike, who drove in the Indy 500 in 1957, '58 and '59, was the Alcyon modifed champion in 1951. Mike drove this car for Dutch in 1954. The Plymouth coupe had a Chrysler engine with multiple carburetors and produced a ton of power! In May at Alcyon Speedway, the Ford wish bone on the rear broke out of it's socket and the arm dug into the track sending the car out of the park! The wreck sent Mike to the hospital to be checked out. I don't know who took the picture but it's neat as you can see Otto Harwi's # 999 in the photo also. Thanks, Russ Dodge  (Photo and comment provided by Russ Dodge)
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04/21/03 Tom Bilger I could be wrong .but this picture may have been taken at the parking lot of Sonny Dornberger's South Jersey Speed and Sport Shop on old Broadway in Westville, I think I was there when the picture was taken by Dutch Mauk when the car had just returned from being painted. The trees and the 55 gallon drums lying on the gound don't quite "jive " with the Alcyon Pit area. But as I say it's been a long time and I could very easily be wrong.
04/27/03 Russ Dodge
You're right.  This picture was taken in the yard at the shop not at the track. 
That's why the # 999 is up on blocks in the photo.  Thanks, Russ
09/17/06 Barry Bley By any chance, is this the "Speed" Magill who used to race against Ted Horn, Bill Holland, etc. in the "Big Cars" at Shangi-La Speedway in Owego, NY and elsewhere?
Barry Bley
Arvada, CO
 03.22.13 Shirlee Magill Cox   Yes, it is the same Magill
     
     
     

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