The Known Performance Record of the Riverside Offy
An incomplete record
John Sloan and Gus Schrader purchased the O’Day Offy from Hank O’Day and it became the Riverside Offy.
The webmaster has attempted to incorporate the paint schemes of the Riverside Offy into this website. The car was painted black with a red #1 in 1941 and was still painted those colors at least into the 1960s.
1941
Date |
Driver |
Owner |
Mechanic |
Car Name |
Car# |
Engine |
Venue |
Known Results |
Purse |
Sanction |
8/3 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Scott County Fairgrounds Davenport, IA |
3rd in time trials 3rd in heat 1 3rd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
8/16 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Springfield, IL |
3rd in time trials 3rd in heat 1 3rd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
8/17 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Sedalia, MO |
3rd in time trials 3rd in heat 1 2nd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A |
8/21 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Wapello County Fairgrounds Eldon, IA |
DNF in heat 3 |
|
I.M.C.A. |
8/22 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Des Moines, IA |
4th in time trials 4th in heat 1 1st in heat 2 4th in feature |
$120.00 |
I.M.C.A. |
8/23 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Minnesota State Speedway St. Paul, MN |
3rd in time trials 3rd in heat 1 1st in dash 3rd in feature |
$235.00 |
I.M.C.A. |
8/24 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Des Moines, IA |
4th in time trials 2nd in heat 2 3rd in feature |
$190.00 |
I.M.C.A. |
8/27 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Minnesota State Speedway St. Paul, MN |
2nd in heat 1 2nd in feature |
$272.50 |
I.M.C.A. |
8/28 |
Ben Musick |
Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Des Moines, IA |
3rd in time trials 2nd in heat 2 |
|
I.M.C.A. |
8/29 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Des Moines, IA |
4th in time trials 2nd in heat 2 3rd in feature |
$180.00 |
I.M.C.A. |
8/30 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Minnesota State Speedway St. Paul, MN |
2nd in heat 1 DNF in dash 3rd in feature |
$195.00 |
I.M.C.A. |
8/31 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Minnesota State Speedway St. Paul, MN |
2nd in heat 1 3rd in feature |
$227.50 |
I.M.C.A. |
9/3 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Webster City Fairgrounds Webster City, IA |
2nd in time trials 1st in heat 3rd in dash 2nd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
9/6 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds DuQuoin, IL |
1st in heat 4th in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
9/7 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Ozark Empire Fairgrounds Springfield, MO |
3rd in time trials 2nd in heat 2 3rd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
9/11 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Mid-America Fairgrounds Topeka, KS |
17th in time trials 2nd in heat 3 4th in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
9/19 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS |
2nd in time trials 1st in heat 2 2ed in helmet dash 1st in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
9/24 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Oklahoma City, OK |
4th in time trials 2nd in dash |
|
I.M.C.A. |
9/27 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Oklahoma City, OK |
2nd in heat 1 2nd in dash 3rd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
9/28 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Muskogee, OK |
2ne in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
10/2 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL |
2nd in heat 1 1st in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
10/4 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL |
2nd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
10/12 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
High Point Motor Speedway High Point, NC |
4th in time trials 2nd in heat 2 DNF in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
10/18 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Mid-South Fairgrounds Memphis, TN |
DNF in time trials |
|
I.M.C.A. |
10/19 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fair Speedway Shreveport, LA |
2nd in heat 2 3rd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
10/22 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan & Gus Schrader |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fair Speedway Shreveport, LA |
3rd in semi-final |
|
I.M.C.A. |
1942
Date |
Driver |
Owner |
Mechanic |
Car Name |
Car# |
Engine |
Venue |
Known Results |
Purse |
Sanction |
2/3 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl |
1 |
310 Offy |
Plant Field Tampa, FL |
1st in time trials 1st in heat 1 2nd in heat 4 2nd in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
2/7 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Plant Field Tampa, FL |
2nd in heat 2 4th in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
2/14 |
Ben Musick |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Plant Field Tampa, FL |
2nd in heat 1 1st in dash 1st in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
5/10 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, PA |
3nd in time trials 5th in heat 11 |
|
C.S.R.A. |
5/30 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fair Park West Allis, WI |
1st in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
5/31 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Cape Girardeau Fairgrounds Cape Girardeau, MO |
1st in time trials 1st in heat 1 1st in feature |
|
I.M.C.A. |
6//14 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Scott County Fairgrounds Davenport, IA |
1st in feature |
|
C.S.R.A. |
6/21 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl |
1 |
310 Offy |
Des Moines Co. Fairgrounds Burlington, IA |
1st in time trials 1st in feature |
I.M.C.A. |
|
6/28 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Batavia Fairgrounds Batavia, NY |
1st in time trials 3rd in heat 1 1st in feature |
|
C.S.R.A. |
7/4 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
State Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL |
1st in time trials 2nd in match race 1st in feature |
|
C.S.R.A. |
7/12 |
Joie Chitwood |
John Sloan |
|
Riverside Spl. |
1 |
310 Offy |
Eastern Illinois Fairgrounds Danville, IL |
Races canceled during time trials |
|
I.M.C.A. |
Sometime during World War II, John Stanfield of Dallas, Texas acquired the Riverside Offy from John Sloan and then sold the car to Peaches Campbell. Campbell then changed the car’s name back to the O’Day Offy. It is unknown if Stanfield actually owned the car or if he just acted as a broker in the transaction.
To view an incomplete performance record of Hank O’Day’s O’Day Offy |
To view an incomplete performance record of Peaches Campbell’s O’Day Offy |
To view an incomplete performance record of Frank Baldauf’s Baldauf Offy |
To view an incomplete list of Drivers and Owners, Point Standings, and Track Records of this car |
To return to the primary O’Day Offy webpage |
Footnotes:
1. |
The car used 5 quarts of oil in this 10-lap heat race so Joie Chitwood did not start the feature. |
Sources:
Books:
America’s Speedways Past and Present Third Edition by Allan E. Brown, 2003
Dirt Track Legends, a History of Sprint Car Racing at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Vol. 1 1907-1949 by Lee O’Brien
The Rim Riders, the World’s Fastest Racing Circuit by Buzz Rose, Ben Franklin Press: 2002
Show Biz Auto Racing, IMCA Big Cars 1915-1977 by Buzz Rose, Ben Franklin Press: 2001
Microfilm:
International Motor Contest Association records on microfilm 1941-1942