Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the
Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Coffeyville, Kansas
Friday, May 21, 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 of Coffeyville, Kansas
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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41JR |
Chet Hamby |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
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71 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Frank Osborn |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
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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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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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First Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
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Automobile |
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1 |
55 |
Marvin Trowbridge |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
George Cashman |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe |
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DNF |
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Squirt Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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Bartholomew collided with Trowbridge and overturned landing on his side. |
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Second Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Car # |
Driver |
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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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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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Consolation – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
11 |
Bill Eslick |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Harold Ivy |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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2 |
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Jack Belk |
Joplin, Missouri |
Stuart Blackett |
Cherokee, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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3 |
22 |
Virgil Gammon |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Leo Argyle & Harold Burtrum |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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Feature – 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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Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-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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4 |
55 |
Marvin Trowbridge |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
George Cashman |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 5-window Chevrolet |
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- 4 |
Bill Phelps |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1936 Willys coupe |
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41JR |
Chet Hamby |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe |
Hamby led this race for the first 13½ laps before his car struck a loose dog on the back stretch and blew out a tire.
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Ray Clark Roy Duncan collection |
Marvin Trowbridge Ryan Rector 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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Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton Roy Duncan collection |
Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew Roy Duncan collection |
Jack Belk Tim Belk collection |
