Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Friday, July 17, 1953

 

Sanctioned by – Southeast Kansas Racing Club

  Promoted by – George Radell & 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

Attendance – 2,500

 Number of entries – 17

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

33

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

2

Little 5

Lucius Bailey

Coffeyville, Kansas

Bill Hamlin

Joplin, Missouri

White / Blue 3-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

94JR

Joe Moyer

Carthage, Missouri

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe

2

Bill Bleasant

Mulberry, Kansas

3

99

Squirt Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

Jim Keith

Coffeyville, Kansas

 

DNF

Homer Albers

Pittsburg, Kansas

 

 

Plymouth coupe

Albers crashed in the northwest turn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

7

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Ford coupe

2

21JR

Joe Youvan

Franklin, Kansas

Pete Battitori

Franklin, Kansas

Black / White 5-window Ford coupe

3

95

C. K. Little

Pittsburg, Kansas

 

 

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe 

4

 

Driver has yet to be identified

 

 

 

 

5

 

Driver has yet to be identified

 

 

 

 

6

33

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

Little 5

Lucius Bailey

Coffeyville, Kansas

Bill Hamlin

Joplin, Missouri

White / Blue 3-window coupe 

Bailey started this race in the last position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

33

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

2

Driver has yet to be identified

3

Little 5

Lucius Bailey

Coffeyville, Kansas

Bill Hamlin

Joplin, Missouri

White / Blue 3-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Youvan

Ryan Rector collection

Ray Clark

Tim Belk collection