Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Friday, August 27, 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

Place

Car 3

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

41JR

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Simmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 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

32

Amy Buettell

Chanute, Kansas

Bill Hamlin & Frank Sewell

Joplin, Missouri

3-window coupe

3

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

77

Paul Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Eddie Williams

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Dodge 3-window coupe

2

8

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Ford coupe

3

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

16

Vaughn Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Bill Hamlin & Frank Sewell

Joplin, Missouri

Ford coupe

2

10

Jack Penwell

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Harold Ivy

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

3

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

32

Amy Buettell

Chanute, Kansas

Bill Hamlin & Frank Sewell

Joplin, Missouri

3-window coupe

2

79

Howard “Red” Davis

Carthage, Missouri

Howard “Red” Davis

Carthage, Missouri

5-window Ford coupe

3

88

Harold Thompson

Carthage, Missouri

Earl Goodman

Carthage, Missouri

Pink 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

16

Vaughn Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Bill Hamlin & Frank Sewell

Joplin, Missouri

Ford coupe

2

41JR

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Simmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe

3

32

Amy Buettell

Chanute, Kansas

Bill Hamlin & Frank Sewell

Joplin, Missouri

3-window coupe

4

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

5

30

Jack Howell

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jack Lightstone & Bill Schooley

Coffeyville, Kansas

Brown 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

6

10

Jack Penwell

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Harold Ivy

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

 

 

 

 

Ray Clark

Roy Duncan collection

 Howard “Red” Davis’ Ford although that is his

wife, Evelyn Davis, seated in the car in this photo

Tim Belk collection

Amy Buettell

Danley Clow photo

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton

Roy Duncan collection

Harold Thompson

Ryan Rector collection

Jack Penwell

Danley Clow photo from the Phil Pace collection