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Girtie Roy Hancock Jr.

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Girtie Roy Hancock Jr.

Birth
Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Death
5 Sep 1938 (aged 21)
Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Elmwood Section I Lot 19
Memorial ID
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G. R. Hancock, Jr., a 21-year-old race driver from Owensboro, Ky., was killed when his speed car crashed through a fence and struck an old cattle barn at the Hamblen County fair grounds.
Hancock was attempting to qualify for the feature race of the Labor Day program when the accident occurred.He was approaching the west turn on the mile long dirt track when a radius rod broke, throwing the car out of control.
I believe this to be a big car acident because the size of the track and the radius rod notation.
G. R. Hancock, Jr., a 21-year-old race driver from Owensboro, Ky., was killed when his speed car crashed through a fence and struck an old cattle barn at the Hamblen County fair grounds.
Hancock was attempting to qualify for the feature race of the Labor Day program when the accident occurred.He was approaching the west turn on the mile long dirt track when a radius rod broke, throwing the car out of control.
I believe this to be a big car acident because the size of the track and the radius rod notation.


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