Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the
Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Coffeyville, Kansas
Tuesday, August 26, 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
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An unidentified crewman looks over the #45 car after driver Tom Malone was involved in a wreck during the consolation race. |
Driver Russ Miser, in white walking at left, was later hospitalized with serious head injuries after initially walking away from this crash on the last lap of the feature. |
Coffeyville Daily Journal photos
First Heat – 8 Laps
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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21 |
Floyd Campbell |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Jack & Gail Jones |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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2 |
6 |
Jack Greenhaw |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Alexander |
Copan, Oklahoma |
Light Blue 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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3 |
77 |
Russ Miser |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Russ Miser |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
White 1934 Dodge 3-window coupe |
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Second Heat – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
1 |
Leroy Kendall |
Emmett & Mervin “Shorty” Ryan |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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2 |
25 |
Wayne Craven |
Delaware, Oklahoma |
Jack Stephens |
South Coffeyville, Oklahoma |
White / Black 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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3 |
24 |
Harvey Shane |
Parsons, Kansas |
Carl & Wanda Riley |
Sedan, Kansas |
Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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Consolation – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
1 |
Charlie VanGotten |
Chanute, Kansas |
Frank VanGotten |
Chanute, Kansas |
1934 Ford coupe |
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2 |
11 |
Bud Morgan |
Chanute, Kansas |
Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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3 |
10 |
Bill Eslick |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Harold Ivy |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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DNF |
13 |
Ray Griswold |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Ray Griswold & Joe Soles |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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DNF |
45 |
Tom Malone |
Parsons, Kansas |
Parsons Salvage |
Parsons, Kansas |
3-window cope |
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DNF |
76 |
Leroy Ellis |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Eddie Williams |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White 1934 Dodge 5-window coupe |
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DNF |
23 |
Squirt Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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DNF |
33 |
Eddie Goin |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Jim Kimbrel |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1937 Nash 3-window coupe |
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Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
21 |
Floyd Campbell |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Jack & Gail Jones |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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Feature – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
34 |
Bob Baker |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Clyde & Dick Nash |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe |
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2 |
21 |
Floyd Campbell |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Jack & Gail Jones |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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3 |
18 |
Ralph Roby |
Lamar, Missouri |
Lewis Carter |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
5-window coupe |
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4 |
3 |
Joe Seifried |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe |
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5 |
11 |
Bud Morgan |
Chanute, Kansas |
Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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9 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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7 |
25 |
Wayne Craven |
Delaware, Oklahoma |
Jack Stephens |
South Coffeyville, Oklahoma |
White / Black 1934 Ford 3-window coupe |
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DNF |
77 |
Russ Miser |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Russ Miser |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
White 1934 Dodge 3-window coupe |
Miser received serious injuries when he crashed on the last lap of the race.
Final Point Standings for 1958
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Points |
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1 |
3 |
Joe Seifried |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Clifford Seaton |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
189 |
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2 |
11 |
Bud Morgan |
Chanute, Kansas |
Dr. Herbert B. George, D. C. & Marvin Patterson |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
163 |
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3 |
23 |
Squirt Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
151 |
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4 |
34 |
Bob Baker |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Dick Nash |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
145 |
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5 |
8 |
Jay Moore |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Jay Moore |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
126 |
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5 |
24 |
Harvey Shane |
Parsons, Kansas |
Carl & Wanda Riley |
Sedan, Kansas |
126 |
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7 |
9 |
Happy Hart |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
114 |
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8 |
18 |
Ralph Roby |
Lamar, Missouri |
Lewis Carter |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
66 |
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9 |
1 |
Leroy Kendall |
Emmett & Mervin “Shorty” Ryan |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
65 |
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10 |
25 |
Wayne Craven |
Delaware, Oklahoma |
Jack Stephens |
South Coffeyville, Oklahoma |
63 |
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11 |
76 |
Leroy Ellis |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Eddie Williams |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
59 |
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12 |
71 |
Bill Eslick |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Frank Osborn |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
52 |
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13 |
21 |
Floyd Campbell |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Jack & Gail Jones |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
42 |
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14 |
6 |
Jack Greenhaw |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Paul Anexander |
Copan, Oklahoma |
35 |
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15 |
1 |
Charlie VanGotten |
Chanute, Kansas |
Frank VanGotten |
Chanute, Kansas |
28 |
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16 |
33 |
Eddie Goin |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Jim Kimbrel |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
27 |
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17 |
13 |
Ray Griswold |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Ray Griswold & Joe Soles |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
24 |
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18 |
77 |
Russ Miser |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Russ Miser |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
19 |
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19 |
28 |
Bud Reed |
Chanute, Kansas |
Bud Reed |
Chanute, Kansas |
18 |
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20 |
43 |
Fred Collins |
Chanute, Kansas |
Fred Collins |
Chanute, Kansas |
9 |
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21 |
2 |
Harvey Campbell |
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Ivan Hannah |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
8 |
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Jack Greenhaw John Upchurch collection |
Bill Eslick Danley Clow photo from the Phil Pace collection |
Squirt Bartholomew Roy Duncan collection |
Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton Roy Duncan collection |
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Bob Baker Roy Duncan collection |
Ralph Roby right with Louis Carter Roby collection |
Leroy Kendall Wooten collection
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Engine builder John Greenleaf’s children playing on the #21 Plymouth coupe driven by Floyd Campbell Edna Greenleaf collection |
Eddie Goin
Roy Duncan collection