Vintage Rex Mays Racing Program AJ Foyt Mario Andretti Parnelli Jones Unser 1964

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Estate sale find, vintage original 1964 official program for the 15th Annual Rex Mays Classic, USAC 100 Mile National Championship Big Car Race, Wisconsin State Fair Park, Sunday June 7, 1964.
Included are racing legends such as A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, and Parnelli Jones just to name a few.
The race was named after Rex Houston Mays, Jr.  a former AAA Championship Car race driver, two-time AAA champion, who had won 8 points-scoring races.
He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again.
In a race at Milwaukee, a fellow driver, Duke Dinsmore, was thrown from his car during an incident in the south turn. Rex Mays was leading the race and saw Dinsmore's body lying in the middle of the south turn. Rex spun his car into the wall, got out of the car, and pulled the unconscious Duke Dinsmore to safety. Because of his selfless heroic action, the June race at the Milwaukee Mile was named the "Rex Mays Classic" (from 1950 to 1987).
Softcover, approx 24 pages, (1964), Language: English, Dimensions: 8.5" X 11", approximate shipping weight: 7 ounces.
PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS - The program is in overall Good  used condition, scuffs, signs of wear, soiling, age toning, writing and annotations, no odors, please see images.
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