Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Sunday, September 20, 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

Number of entries – 28

Adult admission – $1.00

Attendance – 1,500

 

 

 

 

 #66 _____ Duke on the pole, #55 Marvin Trowbridge outside of the front row, “Little 5” driven by Lucius Baily is inside of the second row, #3 Happy Hart is outside of the second row and #33 Ray Clark on the outside of the fourth row as the cars make their way down the backstretch at Coffeyville on the pace lap for the consolation race – Ryan Rector collection

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

Sweet 16

Vaughn Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Frank Sewell

Joplin, Missouri

Ford coupe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

94JR

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Pittsburg, Kansas

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe

DNF

33

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

DNF

21JR

Joe Youvan

Franklin, Kansas

Pete Battitori

Franklin, Kansas

Black / White 5-window Ford coupe

DNF

11

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Harold Ivy

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

Clark, Youvan and Eslick all crashed in the south turn but only Youvan was injured.  He suffered a broken arm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation – 10 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

55

Marvin Trowbridge

Tulsa, Oklahoma

George Cashman

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe

2

33

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

3

66

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cleo White & Frank Savage

Coffeyville, Kansas

 

 

Little 5

Lucius Bailey

Coffeyville, Kansas

Bill Hamlin

Joplin, Missouri

White / Blue 3-window Ford coupe

 

3

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

DNF

66

_____ Duke

 

 

 

 

DNS

69

Paul Curry

Carthage, Missouri

 

 

 

Duke crashed through the fence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

94JR

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Pittsburg, Kansas

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

94JR

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Pittsburg, KS

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe

2

33

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

3

Sweet 16

Vaughn Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Frank Sewell

Joplin, Missouri

Ford coupe

4

55

Marvin Trowbridge

Tulsa, Oklahoma

George Cashman

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe

5

18

Earl “Red” Kramer

Iola, Kansas

Jack Lightstone

Coffeyville, Kansas

 

6

 

Jack Belk

Joplin, Missouri

 

 

 

 

Bob Parks

Parsons, Kansas

 

 

 

 

37

John Eccles

Iola, Kansas

Al Weiland

Iola, Kansas

5-womdpw Ford coupe

 

 

Bud Babcock

Parsons, Kansas

 

 

 

 

52

Bill Bevins

 

 

 

 

 

14

Albert Curtis

Parsons, Kansas

Albert Curtis

Parsons, Kansas

 

 

89

Wayne Stephens

Nowata, Oklahoma

 

 

 

 

71

_____ Treet

 

 

 

 

 

66

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cleo White & Frank Savage

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford coupe

 

25JR

Jack Howell

Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

 

 

DNF

3

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 Ray Clark

Tim Belk collection

Joe Youvan

Ryan Rector collection

John Eccles

Tim Belk collection