He dominated the inaugural season at Edgewood Speedway in 1951, winning 11 feature events at the Alexandria Bay, New York oval and claiming the Adirondack Stock Car Club championship.
[1][2] Don June began racing in 1951 in a Ford owned by George Schultz at the Edgewood and Canton NY speedways.
A rookie, he was so unbeatable that many nights the promoters would start him on the backstretch, a half-lap behind the field.
[3][4][5] A master mechanic, June earned the nickname “Stroker” after his experiments with stroking a crankshaft in a Chrysler produced big horsepower gains.
[2] June was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame 2022.