Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Friday, June 24, 1955

 

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

Adult admission – $1.00

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

98

Amy Buettell

Chanute, Kansas

Clyde Kile

Chanute, Kansas

1932 Ford coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

16

Vaughn Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Ralph Blackett

Coffeyville, Kansas

Ford coupe

2

3

Jim Martin

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

3

73

Wayne Craven

Delaware, Oklahoma

Bill Schooley

Coffeyville, Kansas

Brown 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

4

66

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cleo White & Frank Savage

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

41JR

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Simmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe

2

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

3

98

Amy Buettell

Chanute, Kansas

Clyde Kile

Chanute, Kansas

1932 Ford coupe

4

23

Squirt Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

10

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Harold Ivy

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

2

34

Floyd Campbell

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dick Nash 

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue / Black Dodge 5-window coupe

3

23

Squirt Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

2

41JR

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Simmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe

3

16

Vaughn Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Ralph Blackett

Coffeyville, Kansas

Ford coupe

4

10

  Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

  Harold Ivy

  Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

5

3

  Jim Martin

 

  Clifford Seaton

  Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

6

66

  Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

  Cleo White & Frank Savage

  Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford coupe 

7

73

  Wayne Craven

Delaware, Oklahoma

  Bill Schooley

  Coffeyville, Kansas

Brown 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

DNF

98

  Amy Buettell

Chanute, Kansas

  Clyde Kile

  Chanute, Kansas

1932 Ford coupe

 

 

 

Ray Clark

Roy Duncan collection

 

Bill Eslick

Danley Clow photo from the Phil Pace collection

Floyd Campbell

Tim Belk collection

 

 

 

 

Squirt Bartholomew

Roy Duncan collection

 

Wayne Craven

Wayne Craven collection