Big Car Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on September 20, 1949

Big Car Races on the

Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Tuesday – September 20, 1949

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

Promotional company – Auto Racing Incorporated of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Promoter – Frank R. Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota

This photo was taken on the front straight-away at Hutchinson in 1949. The car at left was owned and driven by Jimmy Wilburn.

Darrin McKim collection

Emory Collins

Wood collection

Ben Musick

Swart collection

Bill Anderson

Don Radbruch collection

Clair Cotter

Wood collection

Loren Fondoble

Lehman collection

Bert Hellmueller

Larry Sullivan photo

Bill Hooper

Jeff Adams collection

Jimmy Wilburn

Don Radbruch collection

Joe James

Joe Roletto collection

Time Trials – 16 Cars - 1 Lap
Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Emory Collins	Le Mars, Iowa	24.53
2	Jimmy Wilburn***	Indianapolis, Indiana	26.42
3	Bill Anderson*	Long Beach, California	26.80
4	Ben Musick	Dallas, Texas	26.95
5	Bill Hooper	Decatur, Illinois	27.82
6	Clair Cotter	Austin, Minnesota	28.34
7	Joe James**	Van Nuys, California	28.47
8	Bert Hellmueller	Louisville, Kentucky	28.57
9	Robert Marr	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	29.10
9	Loren Fondoble	Wichita, Kansas	29.10
11	Owen Aleshire	Moberly, Missouri	29.47
12	Win Herner	Minneapolis, Minnesota	30.42
13	Roy Yauger	Austin, Minnesota	30.60
14	Johnny Harper	Chicago, Illinois	30.64
15	Bill Hoff	St. Paul, Minnesota	31.04
16	Red Ballew	Moberly, Missouri	31.22
Win Herner was the only driver to compete on this day that had not raced on Sunday so he alone took a time trial. All of the others stood on the time they had turned in Sunday’s time trials.

First Heat Race – 6 Cars - 7 Laps
Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Emory Collins	Le Mars, Iowa	3:44.4
2	Ben Musick	Dallas, Texas
3	Joe James**	Van Nuys, California

Second Heat Race – 6 Cars - 7 Laps
Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Jimmy Wilburn***	Indianapolis, Indiana	3:22.3
2	Bill Anderson*	Long Beach, California
3	Clair Cotter	Austin, Minnesota

Feature Race – 10 Laps
Place	Driver	From
1	Jimmy Wilburn***	Indianapolis, Indiana
2	Emory Collins	Le Mars, Iowa
3	Bert Hellmueller	Louisville, Kentucky
4	Ben Musick	Dallas, Texas

* William Terry “Wild Bill” Anderson (1917-1950) of Long Beach, California was fatally injured at the Mitchell Speedrome in Mitchell, Indiana. He was the third driver to loose his life in the former Gus Schrader Offy.

** Joseph David “Joe” James (1925-1952) came east to Kansas with mechanic Jud Phillips and body man Jack Dulin. They brought with them an old refurbished sprint car with an Ardun flathead engine. James would go on to compete in the Indianapolis “500” twice before being fatally injured in a racing accident at San Jose, California.

*** James T. “Jimmy” Wilburn (1908-1984) competed in the Indianapolis “500” in 1946.

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