Automobile Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Saturday, September 18, 1915
Races sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (I.M.C.A.)
I.M.C.A. Representative for Kansas – W. S. Thompson of Hutchinson, Kansas
Race promoter - Louis Disbrow of Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance – 8,000
Louis Disbrow in the Jay-Eye-See Case
Horey collection
Time Trials – 2 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
|
Time |
1 |
Johnny Raimey** |
Case Comet |
|
1:07.4 |
2 |
Eddie Hearne* |
Case #8 |
|
1:08.6 |
3 |
Louis Disbrow* |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
|
1:10.4 |
Match Race for Cars with Engines of 231-CID to 300 CID – 4 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Purse |
Time |
1 |
Tommy Milton* |
Mercer |
$75 |
2:33.2 |
2 |
Johnny Raimey** |
Scat |
25 |
|
Exhibition Run for Time - 2 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
|
Time |
1 |
Louis Disbrow* |
Jay-Eye-See Case |
|
1:10.4 |
Class “C” Race for Cars with Engines of 301 CID to 450 CID – 6 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Purse |
Time |
|
1 |
Eddie Hearne* |
Case #8 |
$75 |
3:48.2 |
|
2 |
Johnny Raimey** |
Case Comet |
25 |
|
|
3 |
Joe Cleary |
Scat |
|
|
|
4 |
Tommy Milton* |
Mercer |
|
|
|
Exhibition Run for Time - 4 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
|
Time |
1 |
Louis Disbrow* |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
|
2:19.4 |
Novelty Race – 3 Laps with Tire & Wheel Change
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
|
Time |
1 |
Eddie Hearne* |
Case #8 |
|
2:42.0 |
2 |
Louis Disbrow* |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
|
|
Hearne’s crew changed his wheel & tire in 15.0 seconds. Disbrow’s crew only took 14.0 seconds to change his wheel & tire.
Australian Pursuit – 10 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Purse |
Time |
1 |
Johnny Raimey** |
Case Comet |
$75 |
6:01.6 |
2 |
Joe Cleary |
Scat |
25 |
|
3 |
Tommy Milton* |
Mercer |
|
|
Free-For-All – 6 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Purse |
Time |
1 |
Louis Disbrow* |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
$200 |
3:44.4 |
2 |
Eddie Hearne* |
Case #8 |
100 |
|
3 |
Johnny Raimey** |
Case Comet |
50 |
|
4 |
Joe Cleary |
Scat |
|
|
5 |
Tommy Milton* |
Mercer |
|
|
*Eddie Hearne (1887-1955), Louis Disbrow (1888-1939), and Tommy Milton (1893-1962) have all competed in the Indianapolis “500”.
**John R. “Johnny” Raimey (1880-1964) was from Cincinnati, Ohio and later moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He drove racing cars for 20 years before turning his attention to promoting automobile races in the Tennessee area. Johnny lost a leg in 1931 when an errant racing car struck him after it had run off of a Memphis racetrack.
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