Stock Car Races on the ½ Mile Dirt Racetrack at the

Montgomery County Fairgrounds in

Coffeyville, Kansas

Friday, June 4, 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

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

2

41JR

Chet Hamby

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

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

2

41JR

Chet Hamby

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Simmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe

3

11

Bill Eslick

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Harold Ivy

Coffeyville, Kansas

1934 Ford 5-window coupe

4

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

55

Marvin Trowbridge

Tulsa, Oklahoma

George Cashman

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 5-window Chevrolet coupe

3

26

Ken Westervelt

Independence, Kansas

Ken Westervelt

Independence, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

94

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe

2

41JR 

Chet Hamby

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Paul Simmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1932 Ford 3-window 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

8

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Ford coupe

2

88

Harold Thompson

Carthage, Missouri

Earl Goodman

Carthage, Missouri

Pink 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

3

77

Paul Curry

Carthage, Missouri

Eddie Williams

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1934 Dodge 3-window coupe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Car Owner

From

Automobile

1

41JR

Chet Hamby

Kansas City, Missouri

Paul Smmons

Coffeyville, Kansas

White 1932 Ford 3-window coupe

2

3

Happy Hart

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Clifford Seaton

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

3

94

Jay Moore

Pittsburg, Kansas

1937 Cadillac LaSalle coupe

4

8

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Harley Wettstein

Pittsburg, Kansas

Ford coupe

5

23

Squirt Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

Clifford  “Squirt” Bartholomew

Coffeyville, Kansas

White / Red 1932 Ford 5-window coupe

6

71

Ray Clark

Pittsburg, Kansas

Frank Osborn

Coffeyville, Kansas

Passionate Pink 1934 Ford 5-window coupe

7

79

Howard “Red” Davis

Carthage, Missouri

Howard “Red” Davis 

Carthage, Missouri 

5-window Ford coupe 

DNF

26

Ken Westervelt

Independence, Kansas

Ken Westervelt

Independence, Kansas

 

DNF

88

  Harold Thompson

Carthage, Missouri

  Earl Goodman

  Carthage, Missouri

Pink 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe

Thompson rolled several times in the northwest turn and was knocked unconscious.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 Harold Thompson

Ryan Rector collection

Squirt Bartholomew

Roy Duncan collection

Marvin Trowbridge

Ryan Rector collection