Kansas Big Cars
Prior to 1950
The first nine photographs on this page are from the collection Dennis Dye. His father, Paul Dye, worked on big cars driven by Paul's brother, George Bernard "Bernie" Dye, in the 1930s. Few of these photographs were labeled so, if you have any information about any of the photographs on this web page, please contact Bob Lawrence at: sprintguy @ cox.net
Arkansas City Speedway (a.k.a. West Madison Speedway), Arkansas City, Kansas - c1930 |
Anthony Downs, Anthony, Kansas - c1940 |
Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, Kansas – late 1930s |
Unidentified cars at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas – late 1930s |
c1940. Bill Swart,
pictured walking at right, is wearing a shirt that reads: |
Dodge City, Kansas – late 1930s – Cecil Maupin, Jr. collection |
Dodge City, Kansas – late 1930s – Cecil Maupin, Jr. collection |
Freddie Bass, of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the #9 Swart brothers' car at Anthony, Kansas in 1940 – Roy Pulver collection |
#23 Walter L. "Walt” Langhofer (1906-1972) at Herington, Kansas in 1933 – Charles Pauley collection |
Bud Bardy in the #9 Swart brothers big car at Hutchinson, Kansas in 1939. The #500 was owned by Posey Reeves of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Swart family collection |
An unidentified Hal big car at the Kansas State Fairgrounds racetrack at Hutchinson, Kansas c1939 – Marjorie Meyer collection |
An unidentified big car at the Kansas State Fairgrounds racetrack at Hutchinson, Kansas c1939 – Marjorie Meyer collection |
The #9 Joe Coniff Special McDowell Ford big car at the Kansas State Fairgrounds racetrack at Hutchinson, Kansas in the late 1930s. Al Rogers drove this car to a second place finish in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in 1936 – Marjorie Meyer collection |
Dodge City, Kansas – c1939 – Marjorie Meyer collection |
The Swart Brothers’ big car at Norton, Kansas c1939 – Marjorie Meyer collection |
Anthony, Kansas - 1934 – Swart family collection |
The second heat race at Belleville, Kansas on August 29, 1947 – L. A. Ward photo in the Swart collection |
Harry West in Murray Earl’s #27 D. O. Dreyer at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1946 – Jack Earl collection |
#1 Bob Vorbeck at Anthony, Kansas on July 17, 1937 – Don Radbruch collection |
Tom Murie of Hutchinson, Kansas at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1928. Murie appeared in this same car in the movie “The Crowd Roars” in 1932 – Al Murie collection |