Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Saturday, May 26, 1956

 

Sanctioned by – Southeast Kansas Racing Club

  Promoted by – Warren Satchel of Independence, Kansas

 Starter / flagman / referee – Cleo White of Coffeyville, Kansas

Public address announcer – Bill Bowser of Coffeyville, Kansas

Adult admission – $1.00

Number of entries – 21

Attendance – “near capacity crowd”

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

13

Ray Griswold

Coffeyville, Kansas

Ray Griswold & Joe Soles

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

2

6

Vernon Robinson

Coffeyville, Kansas

Paul Zimmer

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

3

73

Bob Clayborn

Bill Schooley & Jack Lightstone

Coffeyville, Kansas

Brown 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

34

Jim McMichels

Dick Nash

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue / Black 5-window Dodge coupe

2

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

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

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

3

19

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Jack Jones

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

DNF

71

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

71

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

2

79

Howard “Red” Davis

Carthage, Missouri

Howard “Red” Davos

Carthage, Missouri

5-window Ford coupe

3

10

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Harold Ivy

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

DNF

7

Jack Bromley

Coffeyville, Kansas

 

 

 

Bromley rolled his car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

2

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

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

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

3

19

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Jack Jones

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

4

79

Red Davis

Carthage, Missouri

5-window Ford coupe

5

10

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Harold Ivy

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

6

99

Earl White

 

 

 

 

Bill Eslick

Danley Clow photo from the Phil Pace collection

 Jay Moore

Roy Duncan collection

Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton

Roy Duncan collection

Ray Clark

Edna Greenleaf collection

 

 

 

Vernon Robinson

John Upchurch collection

Jim McMichels

Roy Duncan collection

Howard “Red” Davis

Danley Clow photo