Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Friday, August 22, 1958

 

Sanctioned by – Southeast Kansas Racing Club

Race Organizer – Harold Burtrum 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

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

18

Ralph Roby

Lamar, Missouri

Lewis Carter

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

2

71

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

3

6

Jack Greenhaw

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Alexander

Copan, Oklahoma

Light Blue 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe 

 

76

Leroy Ellis

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Eddie Williams

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Dodge 5-window coupe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

9

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong

Coffeyville, Kansas

 

2

34

Bob Baker

Pittsburg, Kansas

Clyde & Dick Nash

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe

3

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

8 Ball

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Plymouth 3-window coupe

2

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

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

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

3

1

Leroy Kendall

Emmett & Mervin “Shorty” Ryan

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

DNF

28

Bud Reed

Chanute, Kansas

Bud Reed

Chanute, Kansas

 

DNF

21

Jack Howell

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jack & Gail Jones

Coffeyville, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

A collision between the cars driven by Reed and Howell as they exited the south turn, was the only collision of the entire program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

8 Ball

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Jay Moore

Pittsburgh, Kansas

Plymouth 3-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

 From

Automobile

1

76

Leroy Ellis

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Eddie Williams

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Dodge 5-window coupe

2

8 Ball

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Jay Moore

Pittsburgh, Kansas

Plymouth 3-window coupe

3

23

Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 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

24

Harvey Shane

Parsons, Kansas

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

6

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

7

1

Leroy Kendall

 

Emmett & Mervin “Shorty” Ryan

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window copue

The owners of cars #24 and #28 protested the “8 Ball” car owned and driven by Jay Moore but an official inspection of the car found it to be within the rules.

 

 

 

 

Jay Moore

Tim Belk collection

Bob Baker

Roy Duncan collection

Squirt Bartholomew

Roy Duncan collection

Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton

Roy Duncan collection

 

 

 

 

 

Leroy Kendall

Wooten collection

 

Ralph Roby right with Louis Carter

Roby collection

Bill Eslick

Roy Duncan collection

Engine builder John Greenleaf’s children playing

on the #21 Plymouth coupe driven by Jack Howell

Edna Greenleaf collection

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Greenhaw

John Upchurch collection