Harry Stockman (January 13, 1919 – March 23, 1994)
was an American

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who raced

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s. He was born in Yucaipa,

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. Stockman was often based in Arizona and won the CRA

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race at the South Mountain Speedway,

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in 1952.www.wheelsofspeed.com (retrieved 22 May 2009)
/ref> Stockman drove for

Vic Edelbrock Otis Victor Edelbrock, Sr. (August 16, 1913 – November 11, 1962) was an American automotive aftermarket performance parts engineer, racer and is considered one of the founders of the American hot rod movement Victor, known as "Vic", establ ...

's midget car racing team, driving for the 1951 and 1952 seasons. He was also the CRA champion for the year of 1952.www.scrafan.com (retrieved 27 May 2009)
/ref> As a side activity, Stockman played hockey with the San Bernardino Shamrocks of the California Hockey League in the 1951–52 season. He died in 1994 after a period of ill-health. His son Gary is involved in sports cars as well, and is currently the race director at

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, where his father frequently raced and tested Edelbrock's cars.www.oldracingcars.com (retrieved 26 May 2009)
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Notes and references

1919 births 1994 deaths American racing drivers People from Yucaipa, California Racing drivers from California {{US-autoracing-bio-stub