Vintage Dirt Track
Hot Rods
of Central Kansas
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Jim Roper of Halstead, Kansas in a hot rod owned by brothers Marvin and Vernis Church of Whitewater, Kansas in 1948 – Lies collection

 

 

Charlie Lutkie in a hot rod at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas in 1948 – Lies collection

 

 

Dorrell Wilkinson in his own hot rod at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas on July 19, 1948.  He was fatally injured in an accident in this same car on this racetrack just one week later – Lies collection

 

 

#13 driven by Bill Lofflin after it had overturned and was then struck in the roll cage by a hot rod driven by Dutch Bodenhimer of Woodward, Oklahoma at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas in 1948 – Lies collection

  

#101 driven by Theron Kinzie is shown here flipping at Jayhawk Park Speedway in Newton, Kansas in 1948 – Lies collection

  

Bob Thorne’s hot rod after a crash in 1948 – Lies collection

 

Frank Lies sitting on the Church Brothers’ hot rod with co-owner Vernis Church at right - 1948 – Lies collection

 

#1 Frank Lies leads the #8 hot rod driven by Bill Everhart to win a trophy dash at Cejay Stadium.  Note the hood on Lies’ car flapping in the wind just behind his front tire - 1949 – Lies collection

 

Claud Ash in a hot rod owned by John Frost.  The photo was taken in August of 1949 – Lies collection

 

Bob Thorne in a hot rod owned by Al White and Ted Kammerer - 1949 – Lies collection

 

Will Forrest in a #24 hot rod owned by Al White and Ted Kammerer.  The photo was taken in October of 1949 at CeJay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas – Lies collection

 

Bob Thorne in the #24JR hot rod at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas.  He owned this hot rod himself and had brought it with him when he moved from Dallas, Texas to Wichita.  The photo was taken in October of 1949 – Lies collection

 

#27 Jerry Shumaker in the Church Brothers’ hot rod leads hot rods driven by Buddy Quick and Frank Lies.  Before the race was over, Lies passed both of the hot rods in front of him for the victory - 1949 – Lies collection

  

Lining up on the front straightaway before the start of a race.  The men with the cars are, left to right, Charlie Lutkie, Earl Mills, Charles (last name unknown), Lyle Baker (with his back to the camera), Bill Perkins and Frank Manley (both of whom are walking to the right).  The hot rods are #81 owned by Earl Mills and #5 owned and driven by Charlie Lutkie - Cejay Stadium, Wichita, Kansas - 1949 – Lies collection

 

 

Charlie Lutkie with a Mercury powered hot rod equipped with Ardun overhead valve heads.  Lutkie both owned and drove this hot rod.  The photo was taken at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas on April 30, 1950 – Lies collection

 

 

Charlie Lutkie in his own #5 hot rod leads Frank Lies in Marvin Church’s red #8 hot rod at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas in 1950.  Lies managed to pass Lutkie on the next lap and win the race – Lies collection

 

 

#5 Charlie Lutkie on the inside just edges out Red Taylor for the victory at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas on July 4, 1950 – Lies collection

 

 

Frank Lies in Marvin Chruch’s red #8 hot rod after a feature victory at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas in 1950 – Lies collection

 

 

Bill Mears in a hot rod owned by his uncle, Carroll Forrest - Cejay Stadium, Wichita, Kansas - 1950 – Lies collection

 

 

Bob Thorne in a hot rod owned by C. W. Sampson - Cejay Stadium, Wichita, Kansas on June 3, 1950 – Lies collection

 

 

Bill Mears in the hot rod that he drove for John Metz (standing).  The #5 hot rod in the photo was owned and driven by Charlie Lutkie - Scott City, Kansas - April 13, 1950 – Lies collection

 

 

The only one that has been identified so far in this photo is Frank Lies who is standing second from left.  If you recognize any of the others in this photo taken at Cejay Stadium in Wichita, Kansas in 1949, please contact Bob Lawrence – Lies collection

 

 

Red Taylor in a hot rod owned by C. W. Sampson - Cejay Stadium, Wichita, Kansas - 1950 – Lies collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

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