Late Model Stock Car Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Wednesday – September 19, 1956
Sanctioned by – International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)
Promotional company – Auto Racing Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Race Promoter – Frank R. Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Scorekeeper – Verna Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dick Jepsen
Dick Jepsen collection
200-Lap Race
Place |
Driver |
From |
Automobile |
Laps |
Status |
1 |
Dick Jepsen |
Hoxie, KS |
1956 Oldsmobile 88 |
200 |
Running |
2 |
Darrell Dake* |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
1955 Chevrolet |
200 |
Running |
3 |
Chris Skadal |
Des Moines, IA |
1954 Oldsmobile |
191 |
Lost rear wheel |
4 |
Fred South |
Salina, KS |
Chevrolet |
190 |
Wreck |
5 |
Johnny Beauchamp** |
Harlin, IA |
1956 Chevy |
|
Engine failure |
6 |
Jerry Collins |
Wichita, KS |
Oldsmobile |
175 |
Wreck |
7 |
Don Lawson |
Charles City, MO |
1956 Ford Convertible |
|
Running |
8 |
Clarence Bolton |
Hutchinson, KS |
1951 Ford |
|
Running |
9 |
Bob Short |
Omaha, NE |
Oldsmobile |
|
Running |
10 |
Dwane Streight |
|
1956 Chevrolet |
|
Unknown |
11 |
Tubby Harrison |
Topeka, KS |
1956 Chevrolet |
101 |
Broken front hub |
12 |
Sonny Morgan |
Beaumont, TX |
Chevrolet |
|
Broken axle |
13 |
Doc Narber |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
|
47 |
Wreck |
14 |
Leonard “Lenny” Funk |
Otis, KS |
|
1 |
Wreck |
15 |
Bob Jones |
Hutchinson, KS |
|
1 |
Wreck |
Jones was stationed at the Hutchinson Navel Air Station in Hutchinson. His car became involved with two others on the south turn on the second lap and “flipped”. He was not injured and crawled from the car through the front window.
Narber was the only driver involved in a three-car crash on the second lap, whose car was able to continue in the race. He restarted in last place and was running in fourth place when a front spindle broke throwing his car into the south fence at the same spot where the earlier three-car crash had occurred.
As was his custom, Bolton “maintained a cautious Sunday driver pace.”
Collins’ Oldsmobile “skidded into the fence”.
Beauchamp was leading the I.M.C.A. points standings going into this event and was also leading the race at the mid-point when a strap broke that was holding his gas tank in place. After quick repairs, Sonny Morgan took over Beauchamp’s car as relief driver and was gaining on Jepsen when the engine began to sputter.
South “piled up against the fence on the west side of the track” where his car sat for the remainder of the race.
Jepsen had a three-lap lead over second place Dake when his Oldsmobile blew a rear tire on the 159th lap. Jepsen lost 2˝ laps getting the tire changed. Dake mistakenly thought he was leading the race and did not try to challenge Jepsen until the last five laps of the race. Jepsen’s margin of victory was the length of a straight-away.
* Darrell Dake went on to compete in the Daytona “500” twice.
** Johnny Beauchamp (1923-1981) went on to compete in the Daytona “500” in 1959.
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