Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the
Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Coffeyville, Kansas
Friday, May 15, 1959
Sanctioned by Southeast Kansas Racing Club
Race organizer Harold Burtrum of Coffeyville, Kansas
Sponsored by V. F. W. Post 1022 of Coffeyville, Kansas
Starter, flagman, referee Cleo White of Coffeyville, Kansas
Public address announcer Bill Bowser of Coffeyville, Kansas
Adult admission $1.00
First Heat 8 Laps
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
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Automobile |
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9 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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25 |
Ben Hufft |
Sapulpa, Oklahoma |
Jack Stephens |
South Coffeyville, Oklahoma |
White / Black 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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3 |
28 |
Bud Reed |
Chanute, Kansas |
Bud Reed |
Chanute, Kansas |
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DNF |
5 |
Charlie Hovis |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Charles Hovis |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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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 |
24 |
Jim Wooten * |
Carthage, Missouri |
Carl & Wanda Riley |
Sedan, Kansas |
Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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34 |
Bob Baker |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Dick Nash |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe |
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3 |
11 |
Bud Morgan |
Chanute, Kansas |
Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window 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 |
1 |
Leroy Kendall |
Emmett & Mervin Shorty Ryan |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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2 |
18 |
Ralph Roby |
Lamar, Missouri |
Lewis Carter |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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3 |
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Joe Seifried |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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5 |
Charlie Hovis |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Charles Hovis |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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Trophy Dash 4 Cars 4 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
18 |
Ralph Roby |
Lamar, Missouri |
Lewis Carter |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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DNF |
34 |
Bob Baker |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Dick Nash |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe |
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DNF |
25 |
Ben Hufft |
Sapulpa, Oklahoma |
Jack Stephens |
South Coffeyville, Oklahoma |
White / Black 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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Feature 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
24 |
Jim Wooten * |
Carthage, Missouri |
Carl & Wanda Riley |
Sedan, Kansas |
Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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2 |
19 |
Bill Eslick |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Jack Jones & John Greenleaf |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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3 |
9 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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4 |
18 |
Ralph Roby |
Lamar, Missouri |
Lewis Carter |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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5 |
11 |
Bud Morgan |
Chanute, Kansas |
Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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1 |
Leroy Kendall |
Emmett & Mervin Shorty Ryan |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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3 |
Joe Seifried |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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5 |
Charlie Hovis |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Charles Hovis |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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34 |
Bob Baker |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Dick Nash |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe |
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25 |
Ben Hufft |
Sapulpa, Oklahoma |
Jack Stephens |
South Coffeyville, Oklahoma |
White / Black 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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99 |
Tom Malone |
Parsons, Kansas |
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3-window coupe |
Baker and Hufft crashed through the wire fence on the south turn together and then into Malone who overturned.
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Bob Baker Roy Duncan collection |
Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton Roy Duncan collectio |
Leroy Kendall Wooten collection |
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Ralph Roby right with Louis Carter Roby collection |
Bill Eslick Coffeyville Journal |
Jim Wooten left with Carl Riley Wooten collection |
* Jim Wooten won a total of $62.66 from the purse in these races.