Never
one to go for titles he still won two track Championships at
St. Louis, and single track titles at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Kokomo, Indiana and Farmer City, Illinois. The Walsh Stadium
Champion in 1948 and ’49 turned a smooth and steady driving
style into a good living by picking his races and his travels.
Frank began racing midgets in 1935 and became respected by car
owners as a man who would not bend the equipment and who would
place in the money. Records show at least 80 victories
throughout the Midwest, Southwest and Pennsylvania including
12 National Midget Championship features. He was 4th in AAA
National points in 1949 and 6th in 51. He scored National
points every year for 16 years from 1948 to 1963 and placed in
the top 21 five times.
Frank also drove in the 1951 Mexican Road Race. He has
thrilled fans from Gilmore Stadium California to Williams
Grove, Penn-sylvania. Some of his better rides included Ashley
Wright’s roadster and the # 2 upright which won three AAA
titles with Hall of Fame Member Shorty Templeman at the wheel.
Other fine car owners that used his talents were Fred Thomshe,
Frank Podriznik, Joe Subjak and the Plaza brothers. Among his
other pursuits Burany flew a helicopter for the Milwaukee NBC
station for 9 years.