Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the
Montgomery County Fairgrounds in
Coffeyville, Kansas
Friday, August 28, 1953
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
Number of entries – 22
Adult admission – $1.00
Attendance – 3,600
Trophy Dash – 4 Laps
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
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Car Owner |
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Automobile |
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11 |
Bill Eslick |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Harold Ivy |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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Little 5 |
Lucius Bailey |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Bill Hamlin |
Joplin, Missouri |
White / Blue 3-window Ford coupe |
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88 |
Harold Thompson |
Carthage, Missouri |
Earl Goodman |
Carthage, Missouri |
Pink 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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DNF |
21JR |
Joe Youvan |
Franklin, Kansas |
Pete Battitori |
Franklin, Kansas |
Black / White 5-window Ford coupe |
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First Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
Sweet 16 |
Vaughn Curry |
Carthage, Missouri |
Frank Sewell |
Joplin, Missouri |
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Harvey Shane |
Parsons, Kansas |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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3 |
44 |
Freck Cash |
Girard, Kansas |
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DNF |
14 |
Albert Curtis |
Parsons, Kansas |
Albert Curtis |
Parsons, Kansas |
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Albert Curtis was uninjured when he crashed through the fence on the south courve. |
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Second Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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9 |
Jack Belk |
Joplin, Missouri |
Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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Consolation Race – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Automobile |
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1 |
33 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Stuart Blackett |
Cherokee, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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Bill Bleasant |
Mulberry, Kansas |
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Mulberry, Kansas |
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Arlis Treck |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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Little 5 |
Lucius Bailey |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
Bill Hamlin |
Joplin, Missouri |
White / Blue Ford 3-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 |
11 |
Bill Eslick |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Harold Ivy |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
1934 Ford 5-window coupe |
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2 |
33 |
Ray Clark |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Stuart Blackett |
Cherokee, Kansas |
1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
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3 |
21JR |
Joe Youvan |
Franklin, Kansas |
Pete Battitori |
Franklin, Kansas |
5 Black / White 5-window Ford coupe |
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4 |
7 |
Jay Moore |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Jay Moore |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
Ford coupe |
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Harvey Shane |
Parsons, Kansas |
Paul Simmons |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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9 |
Jack Belk |
Joplin, Missouri |
Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong |
Coffeyville, Kansas |
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7 |
88 |
Harold Thompson |
Carthage, Missouri |
Earl Goodman |
Carthage, Missouri |
Pink 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe |
Race officials surprised the competitors with a mandatory inspection of each engine after the races were completed. That included removing one of the engine heads from each car whoever every engine was found to be in compliance with the rules.
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Joe Youvan Ryan Rector collection |
Ray Clark Tim Belk collection |
Harold Thompson Ryan Rector collection |
