Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Friday, May 1, 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

 

 

 

Jim Wooten poses with the #24 Plymouth in which he won the 15-lap feature race – Wooten collection

 

 

 

 

First Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

24

Jim Wooten *

Carthage, Missouri

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

2

2

Larry Maxwell

3

28

Bud Reed

Chanute, Kansas

Bud Reed

Chanute, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

34

Bob Baker

Pittsburg, Kansas

Dick Nash

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe

2

18

Ralph Roby

Lamar, Missouri

Lewis Carter

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

3

19

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jack Jones & John Greenleaf

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

2

18

Ralph Roby

Lamar, Missouri

Lewis Carter

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

3

19

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jack Jones & John Greenleaf

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

24

Jim Wooten *

Carthage, Missouri

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

2

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

3

18

Ralph Roby

Lamar, Missouri

Lewis Carter

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

4

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

5

2

Larry Maxwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

24

Jim Wooten *

Carthage, Missouri

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe 

2

18

Ralph Roby

Lamar, Missouri

Lewis Carter

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

3

19

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jack Jones & John Greenleaf

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

4

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

5

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

6

34

Bob Baker

Pittsburg, Kansas

Dick Nash

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe 

7

1

Leroy Kendall

Emmett & Mervin “Shorty” Ryan

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

Bob Baker

Roy Duncan collection

Bill Eslick

Coffeyville Journal

Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton

Roy Duncan collection

 

 

 

 

Ralph Roby right with Louis Carter

Roby collection

Leroy Kendall

Wooten collection

Jim Wooten left with Carl Riley

Wooten collection

 

 

 

 

* Jim Wooten won a total of $66.17 from the purse in these races.