Joe Sostilio
American racing driver (1915-2000)
Joseph Sostilio (January 3, 1915 – July 9, 2000) was an auto racing driver from Natick, Massachusetts. He was born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. He was a midget and stockcar driver.
In 1932, at the age of 17, Sostilio won the first race he entered, driving a Model A Ford. By 1935, Sostilio had added a championship to his resume by capturing the New England Dirt Championship. He repeated as champion in 1936 and 1938. He captured the 1939 Vermont State Midget Championship.
In 1941, Sostillo finished fourth in the first Midget race at the Williams Grove Speedway.
When the war ended, Sostillo returned to the Midget ranks with the Bay State Midget Racing Association, losing the championship to Bob Blair by one point. In 1946, he piloted the Koopman Offenhauser and finished 4th in BSMRA points, competing at tracks from Seekonk, Massachusetts, to Akron, Ohio.
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