Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Friday, May 28, 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 #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Time

1

41JR

Chet Hamby

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Simmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

30.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

41JR

Chet Hamby

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

3

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

23

Squirt Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

2

8

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Ford coupe

3

Lazy 8

Virgil Christmore

Edna, Kansas

Virgil Christmore & Glenn Zimmer

Coffeyville, Kansas

1933 Plymouth coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

55

Marvin Trowbridge

Tulsa, Oklahoma

George Cashman

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe

2

79 

Howard “Red” Davis

Carthage, Missouri

Howard “Red” Davis 

Carthage, Missouri

5-window Ford coupe

3

3

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

33

Jack Belk

Joplin, Missouri

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

2

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

3

94

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

 

 

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

  1

41JR

Chet Hamby

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

3

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

  4

88

Harold Thompson

Carthage, Missouri

Earl Goodman

Carthage, Missouri

Pink 1933 Plymouth coupe

  5

79

Howard “Red” Davis

Carthage, Missouri

Howard “Red” Davis

Carthage, Missouri

5-window Ford coupe 

  6

33

Jack Belk

Joplin, Kansas

Stuart Blackett

Cherokee, Kansas

1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

  7

55

Marvin Trowbridge

Tulsa, Oklahoma

George Cashman

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe

  8

26

Ken Westervelt

Independence, Kansas

Ken Westervelt

Independence, Kansas

 

  9

8

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Ford coupe

10

- 4

Bill Phelps

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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

Coffeyville, Kansas

1936 Willys 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

Jack Belk

Tim Belk collection

 

 

 

 

 Harold Thompson

Ryan Rector collection

Squirt Bartholomew

Roy Duncan collection

Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton

Roy Duncan collection

 

 

 

 

Marvin Trowbridge

Ryan Rector collection