Drag Racing (1947); Newspaperarchive.com

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DRAG RACING

   I was asked this earlier in the year.  This is a better answer.  There are
several Ohio hits in 1947.
   Merriam-Webster's 11th has 1949 for "drag race."


   2 May 1947, MARION STAR (Marion, Ohio), pg. 35, col. 2:
   Pacemakers Dragway
Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  Drag Racing
   Every Friday Night

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JOE SIXPACK

   Not the earliest, but for what it's worth.


   10 September 1973, COSHOCTON TRIBUNE (Coshocton, Ohio), pg. 6, col. 1:
   In this (Dick--ed.) Dougherty is not all that different, having an idea to
sell Joe Sixpack on tax reform and Sen. George McGovern and colliding several
times during the campaign with Gordon Weil, who was the senator's ("We never
call the senator George in public.") right hand protector and nag during much
of the long campaign.

(By Arnold B. Sawislak, UPI--ed.)

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