Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Memorial Day – Friday, May 30, 1958

 

Sanctioned by – Southeast Kansas Racing Club

Promoted by – 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

 

 

 

 

First Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

  1

1

Charlie VanGotten

Chanute, Kansas

Frank VanGotten

Chanute, Kansas

1934 Ford coupe

  2

76

Buzz Miser

Fairland, Oklahoma

Eddie Williams

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Dodge 5-window coupe

  3

24JR.

Harvey Campbell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

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

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

2

19

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Gail & Jack Jones 

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

3

24

Harvey Shane

Parsons, Kansas

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolation – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

10

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Gail & Jack Jones

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

2

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cliff Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

3

23

Squirt Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 4 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

24

Harvey Shane

Parsons, Kansas

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holdover Feature

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

 From

Automobile

1

24

Harvey Shane

Parsons, Kansas

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe 

2

3

Joe Seifried

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cliff Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

3

23

Squirt Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

Clifford “Squirt” Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

4

9

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Mike Buster, Jim Hoggatt & Gene Armstrong

Coffeyville, Kansas

 

5

1

Jim Wooten

Coffeyville, Kansas

Emmett & Mervin “Shorty” Ryan

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

6

18

Ralph Roby

Lamar, Missouri

Lewis Carter

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

7

13

Ray Griswold

Coffeyville, Kansas

Ray Griswold & Joe Soles

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Feature

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

19

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Gail & Jack Jones

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

3

24

Harvey Shane

Parsons, Kansas

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

4

25

Wayne Craven

Delaware, Oklahoma

Jack Stephens

South Coffeyville, Oklahoma

White / Black 1934 Ford 3-window coupe

5

11

Bud Morgan

Chanute, Kansas

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

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

6

6

Robbie Robinson

Coffeyville, Kansas

Robbie Robinson

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

7

77

Russ Miser

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Russ Miser

Tulsa, Oklahoma

White 3-window coupe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Car Owners’ Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

24

Carl Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Carl & Wanda Riley

Sedan, Kansas

Pink / Black 1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe 

2

11

Marvin Patterson

Coffeyville, Kansas

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

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window Ford coupe

3

13

Harold Bartrum

Coffeyville, Kansas

Ray Griswold & Joe Soles

Coffeyville, Kansas

5-window coupe

DNF

6

Robbie Robinson

Coffeyville, Kansas 

Robbie Robinson

Coffeyville, Kansas

Light Blue 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

DNF

77

Russ Miser

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Russ Miser

Tulsa, Oklahoma

White 3-window coupe

DNF

33

Jim Kimbrel

Coffeyville, Kansas

Jim Kimbrel

Coffeyville, Kansas

1937 Nash 3-window coupe

DNF

19

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

Gail & Jack Jones 

Coffeyville, Kansas

1932 Plymouth 5-window coupe

 By the time this race ended, cars numbered 77, 6 and 33 had all overturned but there were no injuries.

 

 

 

 

Jim Kimbrel

Roy Duncan collection

Bill Eslick

Danley Clow photo from the Phil Pace collection

Ralph Roby right with Louis Carter

Roby collection

 

 

 

 

Jim Wooten

Wooten collection

Squirt Bartholomew

Roy Duncan collection

Joe Seifried left with Cliff Seaton

Roy Duncan collection

 

 

 

 

 

Robbie Robinson

John Upchurch collection