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[[Image:amos-1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Autograph Album of Favorite Stock Car Drivers. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]MARV AMOS.  
[[Image:amos-1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Autograph Album of Favorite Stock Car Drivers. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]MARV AMOS. A popular racer at the [[DUBUQUE SPORTS BOWL]], Amos received a crash helmet in a special ceremony in July, 1951. A consistent winner in 1950 before he re-entered military service during the [[KOREAN CONFLICT]], the veteran made his return to racing in 1951 by winning a five lap curtain raiser at Farley. (1)
 
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1. "Fast Field Expected for Saturday Races," ''Telegraph-Herald'', July 20, 1951, p. 9


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Autograph Album of Favorite Stock Car Drivers. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant

MARV AMOS. A popular racer at the DUBUQUE SPORTS BOWL, Amos received a crash helmet in a special ceremony in July, 1951. A consistent winner in 1950 before he re-entered military service during the KOREAN CONFLICT, the veteran made his return to racing in 1951 by winning a five lap curtain raiser at Farley. (1)

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1. "Fast Field Expected for Saturday Races," Telegraph-Herald, July 20, 1951, p. 9