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Race Results > Los Angeles - 1933
January 8-14
Start List:
- Henry "Cocky" O’Brien---Willie Rabel
- Alfredo Grenda (Aus)---Eddie Testa
- Bobby Echeverra---Irvine ‘Mouse’ Schuller
- Geary May---Freddie Schultz
- Jack McCoy ---Russell Allen
- Pete Hagopian---Clayton Taylor
- Phil Wright---Walter Phipps
- Sebastian Schmidt---George Antrobus
- Laurence Nelson---William Austin
- Lonnie Hiatt---Irwin Muller
- Raul Larazola---Alvin Rivera
- Nate Freeman---Earl Boston
- Tony Lugo---Cruz Diaz
- Ernie Basquez---Ted Snaveley
- Ray Borame---Vic Beilelo
Tomasio ‘Tom’ Gallery and Jack Daro: Promoters
Frank Kerwin: Announcer
C.W. McKee: Trainer
Billy Coe: Sports Timekeeper
Los Angeles Mayor John C. Porter: Official Starter
Jim Thorpe: Honorary Judge
Joe E. Brown: celebrity, Barbara Weeks: celebrity
Douglas Fairbanks: celebrity, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.: celebrity
George Raft: celebrity, Jeanette Loff: celebrity
Frank Boragge: celebrity, Lyle Talbot: celebrity
The Western Cycling Association has sanctioned this event.
Day 1 Results:
- Henry "Cocky" O’Brien – Willy Rabel
Day 2 Results:
- Henry "Cocky" O’Brien---Willy Rabel, 555 miles, 99 points
- Alfredo Grenda---Eddie Testa, 555 miles, 54 points
- Russell Allen---Jack McCoy, 555 miles, 3 laps, 44 points
- Alvin Rivera---Raul Larazola, 555 miles, 7 points
- Bobby Echeverria---Irvine Schuller, 554.6 miles, 4 laps, 49 points
- Geary May---Freddie Schultz, 554.6 miles, 44 points
- Sebastian Schmidt---George Antrobus, 6 laps
- Walter Phipps---Phil Wright
- Lonnie Hiatt---Irwin Mullen
- Willie Austin---Laurence Nelson
- Nate Freeman---Earl Boston
- Tony Lugo---Cruz Diaz
- Pete Hagopian---Clayton Taylor (sick)
Day 3 Results:
- Henry "Cocky" O’Brien---Willie Rabel, 665 miles, 120 points
- Alfredo Grenda---Eddie Testa, 665 miles, 87 points
- Russell ‘Dusty’ Allen---Jack McCoy, 665 miles, 3 laps, 44 points
- Alvin Rivera---Raul Larazola, 665 miles, 7 points
- Bobby Echeverria---Irvine Schuller, 665 miles, 4 laps, 55 points
- Geary May---Freddie Schultz, 665 miles, 50 points
- Sebastian Schmidt---George Antrobus, 665 miles, 6 laps, 22 points
- Lonnie Hiatt---Irwin Mullen, 665 miles, ?, 5 points
- Willie Austin---Laurence Nelson, 665 miles, ?, 4 points
- Walter Phipps---Phil Wright, 664miles, ?, 0 points
- Nate Freeman---Earl Boston, 664 miles, ?, No points
- Tony Lugo---Cruz Diaz, 664 miles, ?, No points
- Pete Hagopian---Clayton Taylor, 663 miles, ?, No points
Day 4 Results:
- Henry "Cocky" O’Brien (solo), 1156 miles, 211 points
- Alfredo Grenda---Eddie Testa, 1156 miles, 134 points
- Bobby Echeverria---Irvine Schuller, 1155.7 miles, 134 points
- Geary May---Freddie Schultz, 1155.7 miles, 96 points
- Alvin Rivera---Raul Larazola, 1155.7 miles, 23 points
- Russell Allen---Jack McCoy, 1155.4 miles, 61 points
- Sebastian Schmidt---George Antrobus, 1155.3 miles, 107 points
- Irwin Mullen---Willie Austin (New Team), 1154.4 miles, 1 point
- Pete Hagopian---Phil Wright (New Team), 1153.6 miles, 11 points
- Nate Freeman---Earl Boston, 1153.6 miles, No points
- Tony Lugo---Cruz Diaz, 1152.4 miles, No points
Willie Rabel - abandoned, injury
Laurence Nelson - abandoned, injury
Walter Phipps - abandoned
Lonnie Hiatt - abandoned
Clayton Taylor - abandoned
Day 5 Results:
- Henry "Cocky" O’Brien---Al Rivera (New team), 1561.7 miles, 102 points
- Al Grenda---Eddie Testa, 1561.6 miles, 203 points
- Bobby Echeverra ---Irvine Schuller, 1561.4 miles, 200 points
- Geary May---Fred Schultz, 1560.9 miles, 130 points
- Sebastian Schmidt---George Antrobus, 1560.3 miles, 206 points
- Jack McCoy---Russell Allen, 1560.3 miles, 122 points
- Erwin Mullen---Willie Austin, 1558.8 miles, 63 points
- Phil Wright---Pete Hagopian
Raul Larazola abandoned
A. Freeman---Earl Boston - abandoned
Tony Lugo---Cruz Diaz - abandoned
Final Results:
- Henry O’Brien---Al Rivera, 1781.6 miles
- Al Grenda---Eddie Testa, 1781.5 miles
- Bobby Echeverra---Irvine Schuller, 1781.2 miles
- Geary May---Freddie Schultz, 1780.7 miles
- Russell Allen---Jack McCoy, 1780.2 miles
- Sebastian Schmidt---George Antrobus, 1779.9 miles
- William Austin--- Irwin Mullen, 1778.2 miles
- Phil Wright---Pete Hagopian, 1777.2 miles
Eighteen years earlier in 1915, Alfred Grenda (Aus) partnered with Alfred Hill (USA) and won the six-day race at Madison Square Garden. In that race the team of Grenda/Hill set a record of 2770.8 miles. This record is still in place (1933). Alfred Grenda was 44 years old when he started the 1933 LA 6-day.
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