Teddy
Duncan dominated both the Chicago and St Louis areas
throughout most of the 1940s. In 1939 he captured the titles
for both Walsh Stadium in St Louis and Raceway Park in
Chicago. In 1940 he repeated the feat.
Burns from an accident slowed him down a bit in 1941,
but he still was able to win the Chicago Riverview track
title.
The
war years from 1942 through 1945 had little effect on his
skills as a race driver and he repeated his track
championships in both areas in 1946 and 1947. St Louis was
still running at Walsh Stadium and Chicago had Soldier Field.
Duncan won the “Night Before the 500” in 1947. He drove
the famous Johnny Pawl #17 at Gilmore Stadium as well as in
the Midwest, where he won 100-mile races at Toledo, Ohio and
on the Milwaukee and DuQuoin miles.
Teddy Duncan died in 1963 from a heart attack.
