Hot Rods and Racing Cars #16

The issue features a main story in which Jim Hayden organizes a speedway race to attract crowds, inviting young amateur driver Clint Curtis to compete against professional racers. During the race, Curtis demonstrates exceptional skill, managing a tire change and narrowly passing the stock car on the final turn to win by half a car length. A backup story recounts an older driver's reminiscence of Bill Kaure, a legendary co-driver from a dangerous cross-country road race decades earlier, describing how Kaure's skill and determination carried them to victory through treacherous terrain.