Late Model Stock Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

Tuesday – September 20, 1960

 

 

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

 

Attendance – 8,000 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Car

 

1

Ramo Stott*

Keokuk, Iowa

1960 Ford

 

2

Bob Eichor

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1960 Ford

 

3

Joe Dolphy

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

 

4

Mert Williams

Rochester, Minnesota

1958 Ford

 

5

Newt Bartholomew

Carlisle, Iowa

1957 Chevrolet

 

6

Buddy McKee

Springfield, Missouri

 

DNF

                McKee’s throttle stuck and he crashed into the fence, sailed over it, and flipped over on his top.

 

   

 

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Car

Time

1

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

1960 Pontiac

5:07.89

2

Dick Hutcherson**

Keokuk, Iowa

1957 Pontiac

 

3

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Otis, Kansas

1959 Plymouth

 

4

Gerry Harrison

Topeka, Kansas

1960 Ford Fairlane

 

  

 

 

Dash – 5 Laps

4 fastest cars from time trials

Place

Driver

From

Car

Time

1

Ramo Stott

Keokuk, Iowa

1960 Ford

2:32.64

2

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

1960 Pontiac

 

3

Bob Eichor

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1960 Ford

 

4

Dick Hutcherson

Keokuk, Iowa

1957 Pontiac

 

                Stott spun out on the first lap causing the race to be restarted.  

 

 

 

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Car

Time

1

Mert Williams

Rochester, Minnesota

1958 Ford

4:08.30

2

Don Kordalis

Springfield, Missouri

 

 

3

Newt Bartholomew

Carlisle, Iowa

1957 Chevrolet

 

4

Phil Cronin

Houston, Texas

 

 

5

Gerry Harrison

Topeka, Kansas

1960 Ford Fairlane

 

6

Bill Pollack

Springfield, Missouri

 

 

  

 

 

Novelty Race – 4 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Car

 

1

Newt Bartholomew

Carlisle, Iowa

1957 Chevrolet

 

2

Joe Dolphy

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

 

3

Phil Cronin

Houston, Texas

 

DNF

4

Bill Pollack

Springfield, Missouri

 

DNF

                These drivers raced for one lap, the drivers got out, ran around their cars, got back in and raced for another lap.  After the second lap, they got out, ate a piece of pie, got back in and raced for another lap.  After the third lap, they got out, drank a cup of soda pop, got back in to their cars, and raced for another lap.  The one who completed the fourth lap first was the winner.

                Cronin was running side-by-side with Bartholomew when a rear axle broke and he lost a wheel.

                Pollack lost his brakes and he coasted half a lap past the first get out point before he could get stopped.

 

 

Feature Race – 12 Cars – 25 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Car

Time

  1

Ramo Stott*

Keokuk, Iowa

1960 Ford

12:37.95

  2

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

1960 Pontiac

 

  3

Joe Dolphy

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

 

  4

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Otis, Kansas

1959 Plymouth

 

  5

Dick Hutcherson**

Keokuk, Iowa

1957 Pontiac

 

  6

Bob Eichor

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1960 Ford

 

  7

Mert Williams

Rochester, Minnesota

1958 Ford

 

  8

Newt Bartholomew

Carlisle, Iowa

1957 Chevrolet

 

  9

Don Kordalis

Springfield, Missouri

 

 

10

Gerry Harrison

Topeka, Kansas

1960 Ford Fairlane

 

11

Bill Pollack

Springfield, Missouri

 

 

12

Phil Cronin

Houston, Texas

 

DNF

                Stott started from the pole and lead the entire race.

                Williams spun out on the third lap but was able to get his car restarted and back into the race.

                Cronin lost a rear wheel and axle on the fifth lap and spun into the infield and out of the way of the other cars.

                Harrison also spun out but was able to get restarted and back into the race.

 

 

 

Lenny Funk

Funk collection

 

 

 

 

* Ramo Stott went on to compete in the Daytona “500” eleven times.

 

** Dick Hutcherson (1931-2005) went on to compete in the Daytona “500” three times.

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