Thomas E
06-28-2009, 10:42 AM
Don (Donnie) Malone
October2, 1955
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, Littleton, Colorado
AAA Rocky Mountains Championship Race
On October 2nd under a lazy Colorado Sunday afternoon sky is when Don Malone was killed at the Arapahoe Fairgrounds driving Earl Kouba's KK/Offy midget #55, from several accounts and what I saw, Don drove over the back of another car while signaling to the flagman and facing into the late afternoon sun, Don then did a barrel roll down the inside guard rail along the front stretch sending boards and splinters flying everywhere in front of the grand stands and was on scene fatal crash. The crash occurred on some say lap 35 and others say lap 37 of a 100 lap feature. Don was 28 at the time proving to have a very promising career in racing the midgets had tragic crash not happened.
Several AAA Championship races and special events in 1955 were held at Arapahoe Fairgrounds in Littleton, Colorado. Earl Kouba won every race that he entered there and won the 1955 Rocky Mountain AAA championship.
For the record . . .
Don Malone is sixty-first with five wins on the list of all-time Colorado midget feature event victories covering 1935 to 2004. Feature win list resource, The Mighty Midgets by Jack Fox, and A Decade of Daring (Midget Racing in the Rocky Mountains) by Bill Hill.
Searching for a picture of Don Malone in the 55 car.
October2, 1955
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, Littleton, Colorado
AAA Rocky Mountains Championship Race
On October 2nd under a lazy Colorado Sunday afternoon sky is when Don Malone was killed at the Arapahoe Fairgrounds driving Earl Kouba's KK/Offy midget #55, from several accounts and what I saw, Don drove over the back of another car while signaling to the flagman and facing into the late afternoon sun, Don then did a barrel roll down the inside guard rail along the front stretch sending boards and splinters flying everywhere in front of the grand stands and was on scene fatal crash. The crash occurred on some say lap 35 and others say lap 37 of a 100 lap feature. Don was 28 at the time proving to have a very promising career in racing the midgets had tragic crash not happened.
Several AAA Championship races and special events in 1955 were held at Arapahoe Fairgrounds in Littleton, Colorado. Earl Kouba won every race that he entered there and won the 1955 Rocky Mountain AAA championship.
For the record . . .
Don Malone is sixty-first with five wins on the list of all-time Colorado midget feature event victories covering 1935 to 2004. Feature win list resource, The Mighty Midgets by Jack Fox, and A Decade of Daring (Midget Racing in the Rocky Mountains) by Bill Hill.
Searching for a picture of Don Malone in the 55 car.