<page_title> Cross Country Cycling Classic </page_title> <section_title> 1929-1950: Opening up the West </section_title> <table> <cell> 1935 <col_header> Year (Date) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Donald Lightburn <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1936 <col_header> Year (Date) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Donald Lightburn <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1937 <col_header> Year (Date) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jose Sosa <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1938 <col_header> Year (Date) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jose Sosa <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1939 <col_header> Year (Date) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ben Sanchez <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1942 <col_header> Year (Date) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Goldburn Ferguson <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> Aston Gill <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> Aston Gill <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1947 <col_header> Year (Date) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Aston Gill <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> </table>
Donald Lightburn was the winner of the Cross Country Cycling Classic in 1935 and 1936 followed by Jose Sosa in 1937 and 1938, Ben Sanchez in 1939, Goldburn Ferguson in 1942, and Aston Gill in 1947 (his 3rd victory).