Late Model Stock Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

Saturday – September 18, 1965

 

 

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

Promotional company – Auto Racing Incorporated of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Race promoter – Frank Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Trace condition – “muddy and slow”

 

   

 

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Ramo Stott*

Keokuk, Iowa

 

2

Ole Brua

Albert Lea, Minnesota

 

3

Bob McGinnis

Pierre, South Dakota

 

4

Vic Elson

Ash Grove, Missouri

 

5

Roland Wilson

Bedford, Iowa

 

             

 

 

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

 

2

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Otis, Kansas

 

3

Lewis Taylor

Overland Park, Kansas

 

4

Bob Todd

Harrisonville, Missouri

 

5

Larry Stottlemeyer**

Kansas City, Missouri

 

 

 

 

Feature Race – 25 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

  1

Ramo Stott*

Keokuk, Iowa

13:52.59

  2

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

 

  3

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Otis, Kansas

 

  4

Ole Brua

Albert Lea, Minnesota

 

  5

Roland Wilson

Bedford, Iowa

 

  6

Lewis Taylor

Overland Park, Kansas

 

  7

Bob McGinnis

Pierre, South Dakota

 

  8

Bob Todd

Harrisonville, Missouri

 

  9

Larry Stottlemeyer**

Kansas City, Missouri

 

10

Bill Troth

Wessington, South Dakota

 

                Due to threatening weather, the feature race was moved up to the third race on the program.  Stott was driving a 1965 Plymouth and Derr was driving a 1965 Dodge.  Stott lead the last half of this race.

 

 

 

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Tom Roller

Independence, Missouri

 

2

Roland Wilson

Bedford, Iowa

 

3

Butch Hall

Russell, Minnesota

 

4

Bill Gibson

Kansas City, Missouri

 

5

Bill Troth

Wessington, South Dakota

 

 

Phil Cronin

Houston, Texas

DNF

Roller was driving a 1961 Ford. 

Cronin was leading this race when he crashed his 1963 Ford into the outside fence exiting the north turn onto the front straightaway.

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 5 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Otis, Kansas

 

2

Ramo Stott*

Keokuk, Iowa

 

3

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

 

4

Ole Brua

Albert Lea, Minnesota

 

 

 

 

Australian Pursuit – 5 Cars – 7 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Larry Stottlemeyer**

Kansas City, Missouri

 

2

Bob Todd

Harrisonville, Missouri

 

3

Butch Hall

Russell, Minnesota

 

4

Karl Stoeffer

Independence, Missouri

 

5

Tom Roller

Independence, Missouri

 

                The cars started this race at 100 yard intervals from a standing stop.  Stottlemeyer was driving a 1964 Ford.  Stoeffer was driving car #166.

 

 

 

 

Lewis Taylor finished third in the second heat race and sixth in the feature race this day

Mike Evans collection from Racing from the Past

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Ramo Stott competed in the Daytona “500” eleven times.

 

** One sources lists this driver’s name as “Larry Sottlemeyer”.

 

 

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