Late Model Stock Car Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Monday – September 18, 1967
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
First Heat Race – 7 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Car |
Time |
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1 |
Ernie Derr |
Keokuk, Iowa |
1967 Dodge |
3:20.48 |
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2 |
Ramo Stott |
Keokuk, Iowa |
1967 Plymouth |
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3 |
Ole Brua |
Albert Lea, Minnesota |
Ford |
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DNF |
Leonard “Lenny” Funk |
Otis, Kansas |
1965 Ford |
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Second Heat Race – 10 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Car |
Time |
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1 |
Roland Wilson |
Bedford, Iowa |
1962 Plymouth |
4:57.18 |
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2 |
Leon Bowman |
Wichita, Kansas |
1967 Ford Fairlane |
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3 |
Willie Crane |
Springfield, Missouri |
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Third Heat Race – 10 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Car |
Time |
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1 |
Leon Bowman |
Wichita, Kansas |
1967 Ford Fairlane |
4:44.38 |
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2 |
Willie Crane |
Springfield, Missouri |
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DNF |
Bob Perry |
Springfield, Missouri |
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Perry’s car blew an engine.
Consolation Race – 12 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Car |
Time |
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1 |
Dick Johnson |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
1964 Ford |
5:54.65 |
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2 |
Jerry Wichman |
Kansas City, Missouri |
1965 Ford |
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3 |
Tom Roller |
Independence, Missouri |
1965 Ford |
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Australian Pursuit
|
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car |
|
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1 |
Larry Sottlemeyer |
Kansas City, Missouri |
1964 Ford |
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2 |
Leonard “Lenny” Funk |
Otis, Kansas |
1965 Ford |
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DNF |
Dale Keeling |
Dixon, Missouri |
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DNF |
Glen Stauffer |
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Ford |
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Keeling’s car crashed into a low concrete gate at the head of the front straightway. He was treated for an arm injury and released from the local hospital.
Stauffer’s car was heavily damaged when he spun into the outside wall in the southwest turn.
Feature Race – 30 Laps
|
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car |
Time |
|
1 |
Ernie Derr |
Keokuk, Iowa |
1967 Dodge |
13.52.44 |
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2 |
Ole Brua |
Albert Lea, Minnesota |
Ford |
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3 |
Leonard “Lenny” Funk |
Otis, Kansas |
1965 Ford |
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4 |
Lewis Taylor |
Shawnee, Kansas |
Plymouth |
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5 |
Ramo Stott |
Keokuk, Iowa |
1967 Dodge |
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Stott challenged Derr early in this race but then dropped back. He then had to make a pit stop on the nineteenth lap to have the left front fender pulled away from the tire after side-swiping another car.
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Lewis Taylor Mike Evans collection from Racing from the Past |
Lenny Funk Funk collection |
#3 Ole Brua races with #1 Ernie Derr Lee Ackerman photo from the Midwest Racing Archives Website |
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