Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the
Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Coffeyville, Kansas
Friday, September 10, 1954
Sanctioned by – Southeast Kansas Racing Club
Promoted by – George Rodell & Truman Stoker of Pittsburg, Kansas doing business as the Coffeyville Racing Association
Starter / flagman – Lloyd Peak of Girard, Kansas
Public address announcer – Bill Bowser of Coffeyville, Kansas
Adult admission – $1.00
Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps
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Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
41JR |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
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First Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
66 |
Joe Seifried |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Cleo White & Frank Savage |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford coupe |
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2 |
77 |
Paul Curry |
Carthage, Missouri |
Eddie Williams |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1934 Dodge 3-window coupe |
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3 |
55 |
Floyd Campbell |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Hayden Wells |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe |
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Second Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
16 |
Vaughn Curry |
Carthage, Missouri |
Ralph Blackett |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Ford coupe |
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2 |
10 |
Jack Penwell / Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Harold Ivy |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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3 |
23 |
Squirt Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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DNF |
41JR |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
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DNF |
71 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Frank Osborn |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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DNF |
22 |
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Leo Argyle & Harold Burtrum |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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DNF |
89 |
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DNF |
11 |
Billy Phelps |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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The five cars listed as not finishing this race plus the #10 driven by Penwell, were all involved in the same pileup in the south turn. Penwell was the only driver injured in the accident; he receiving a deep cut on his face that required several stitches to close. The radiator was damaged on the #41JR car so Hart took over as driver of the #10 car that Penwell had been driving and finished the race in second place in relief of Penwell. Chet Hamby of Tulsa, Oklahoma was probably driving car #22 but the story in the “Coffeyville Daily Journal” does not say. |
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Consolation – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
32 |
Amy Buettell |
Chanute, Kansas |
Ralph Blackett |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
3-window coupe |
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2 |
26 |
Ken Westerfelt |
Independence, Kansas |
Ken Westerfelt |
Independence, Kansas |
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3 |
88 |
Harold Thompson |
Carthage, Missouri |
Earl Goodman |
Carthage, Missouri |
Pink 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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Feature – 25 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
32 |
Amy Buettell |
Chanute, Kansas |
Ralph Blackett |
Joplin, Missouri |
3-window coupe |
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23 |
Squirt Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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3 |
16 |
Vaughn Curry |
Carthage, Missouri |
Ralph Blackett |
Joplin, Missouri |
Ford coupe |
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4 |
10 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Harold Ivy |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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5 |
79 |
Howard “Red” Davis |
Carthage, Missouri |
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5-window coupe |
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Ray Clark Roy Duncan collection |
Amy Buettell Danley Clow photo |
Harold Thompson Ryan Rector collection |
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Howard “Red” Davis’ Ford although that is his wife, Evelyn Davis, seated in the car in this photo Tim Belk collection |
Squirt Bartholomew Roy Duncan collection |
Floyd Campbell Ryan Rector collection |
