Sprint Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

Sunday – September 18, 1960

Sanctioned by – International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)

Attendance – 15,000

Pete Folse Bob Mays collection

Mickey McCormick L. A. Ward photo

Buzz Barton Floyd Seago collection

Jim McElreath Lou Ash photo from the book Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Time Trials – 1 Lap

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Pete Folse	Tampa, Florida	25.37
2	Jim McElreath*	Arlington, Texas	26.34
3	Johnny Rutherford**	Houston, Texas	26.42
4	Emmett “Buzz” Barton	Tampa, Florida	26.48
5	Dick Ettinger	Wichita, Kansas	26.52
6	Willard “Mickey” McCormick	Mitchell, Indiana	26.60
7	Jerry Shumaker	Wichita, Kansas	26.78
8	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas	26.90
9	Newton “Buzz” Rose	Tampa, Florida	26.93
10	Gordon Woolley	Waco, Texas	27.04
11	Marvin Faw	Minneapolis, Minnesota	27.44
12	Bill Billingsley	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	28.98
13	Roy Bryant	Wichita, Kansas	30.73
14	Harry Ross	Houston, Texas	NT
14	Jay Woodside	Wichita, Kansas	NT
14	Tony Magasany	San Francisco, California	NT
14	Bert Hellmueller	Louisville, Kentucky	NT

Magasany spun out in the south turn on his time trial run and sheered off several boards in the fence.

First Heat Race – 7 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Newton “Buzz” Rose	Tampa, Florida	3:11.25
2	Jerry Shumaker	Wichita, Kansas
3	Johnny Rutherford**	Houston, Texas
4	Pete Folse	Tampa, Florida
5	Dick Ettinger	Wichita, Kansas

Second Heat Race – 7 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas	3:11.65
2	Jim McElreath*	Arlington, Texas
3	Gordon Woolley	Waco, Texas
4	Emmett “Buzz” Barton	Tampa, Florida

Match Race – 4 Cars – 5 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Jim McElreath*	Arlington, Texas	2:19.30
2	Jerry Shumaker	Wichita, Kansas
3	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas
4	Johnny Rutherford**	Houston, Texas

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Willard “Mickey” McCormick	Mitchell, Indiana	3:43.11
2	Harry Ross	Houston, Texas
3	Tony Magasany	San Francisco, California
4	Marvin Faw	Minneapolis, Minnesota
5	Dick Ettinger	Wichita, Kansas
6	Bill Billingsley	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7	Jay Woodside	Wichita, Kansas

Australian Pursuit – 6 Cars – 4 Laps

Place	Driver	From
1	Emmett “Buzz” Barton	Tampa, Florida

Feature Race – 10 Cars – 20 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Emmett “Buzz” Barton	Tampa, Florida	9:15.65
2	Pete Folse	Tampa, Florida
3	Jim McElreath*	Arlington, Texas
4	Johnny Rutherford**	Houston, Texas
5	Willard “Mickey” McCormick	Mitchell, Indiana
6	Gordon Woolley	Waco, Texas
7	Harry Ross	Houston, Texas
8	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas
9	Bill Billingsley	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10	Tony Magasany	San Francisco, California

Folse started from the pole position and lead the first seven laps before being passed by Barton.  Folse remained close to Barton for the remainder of the race as they two pulled away from the rest of the field.

Jerry Shumaker Tom Madison collection

Dale Reed L. A. Ward photo from the book Big Car Thunder by Bob Mays

Marvin Faw Tommy Madison collection

Buzz Rose Lou Ash photo from the book Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Jay Woodside Jay Woodside collection

Johnny Rutherford Lou Ash photo from the book Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Roy Bryant Leroy Byers photo from the book Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Gordon Woolley Leroy Byers photo from the book Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Bill Billingsley Armin Krueger photo from the book Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Bert Hellmueller

Bob Stolze collection

* Jim McElreath went on to compete in the Indianapolis “500” fifteen times.

** Johnny Rutherford went on to win the Indianapolis “500” three times.

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