Joe Sanko

19/3/1912 - 4/14/1946

Record updated

His real name was Joseph J. Hrycenko. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA, though his relatives were from Poland. Joe Sanko died in a hospital in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, of injuries received while driving in the first AAA sanctioned event at Williams Grove Speedway after WW-II. It was a non-championship race.