Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the
Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Coffeyville, Kansas
Friday, May 14, 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
Adult admission – $1.00
Time Trials – 1 Lap
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Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
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Automobile |
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71 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Frank Osborn |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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3 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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77 |
Vaughn Curry |
Carthage, Missouri |
Eddie Williams |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1934 Dodge 3-window coupe |
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4 |
41JR |
Walt Hicks |
Nowata, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
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Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps |
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Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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71 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Frank Osborn |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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3 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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3 |
41JR |
Walt Hicks |
Nowata, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
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First Heat – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
33 |
Jack Belk |
Joplin, Missouri |
Stuart Blackett |
Cherokee, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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2 |
8 |
Harvey Wettstein |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Harvey Wettstein |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Ford coupe |
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3 |
26 |
Ken Westervelt |
Independence, Kansas |
Ken Westerfelt |
Independence, Kansas |
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DNF |
30 |
Will Cramer |
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Jack Lightstone & Bill Schooley |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Brown 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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Cramer’s car lost a wheel. |
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Second Heat – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
3 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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2 |
71 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Frank Osborn |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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3 |
55 |
Marvin Trowbridge |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
George Cashman |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe |
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Consolation – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
41JR |
Chet Hamby |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
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79 |
Howard “Red” Davis |
Carthage, Missouri |
Howard “Red” Davis |
Carthage, Missouri |
5-window Ford coupe |
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22 |
Virgil Gammon |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Leo Argyle & Harold Burtrum |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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DNF |
Lazy 8 |
Virgil Christmore |
Edna, Kansas |
Virgil Christmore & Glenn Zimmer |
Edna, Kansas & Coffeyville, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth coupe |
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DNF |
88 |
Harold Thompson |
Carthage, Missouri |
Earl Goodman |
Carthage, Missouri |
Pink 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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DNF |
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DNF |
11 |
Bill Eslick |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Harold Ivy |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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#88 Thompson suffered a blown radiator hose. The following cars were involved in a crash in the southeast turn with only car #7 being able to restart the race: #7, #Lazy 8, #88, #2, and #11. #22 Gammon crashed into the fence on the southwest turn after the race had been completed. |
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Feature – 15 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
71 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Frank Osborn |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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2 |
3 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White/Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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3 |
41JR |
Chet Hamby |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
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4 |
33 |
Jack Belk |
Joplin, Missouri |
Stuart Blackett |
Cherokee, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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5 |
77 |
Paul Curry |
Carthage, Missouri |
Eddie Williams |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1934 Dodge 3-window coupe |
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Ray Clark Roy Duncan collection |
Howard “Red” Davis’ Ford although that is his wife, Evelyn Davis, seated in the car in this photo Tim Belk collection |
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Jack Belk Tim Belk collection |
Harold Thompson Ryan Rector collection |
