Modified Races at Hutchinson, KS on September 20, 1970

Sixth Annual Kansas State Modified Championship Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Sunday – September 20, 1970

Promotional Company – Merrick Racing Promotions (M.R.P.)

Race director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Attendance - "a capacity crowd"

This photo was taken during the trophy dash on this afternoon. The drivers of the cars shown are: #3 Melvin Rogers of Oklahoma City, #4 Forrest Coleman of Wichita, Kansas, #55 Frank Lies of Wichita, and #54 David Ross of Jetmore, Kansas - Lies collection

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	4	Forrest Coleman	Wichita, Kansas	4:40.5
2	54	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas
3	90	Garry Abell	Beloit, Kansas
4	10	Stanley Trahern	Amarillo, Texas
5	69	Jerry Stone	Wichita, Kansas
6	33	Grady Wade	Wichita, Kansas
7	3	Dick Hendershot*	Hutchinson, Kansas
8	22	Dave Ediger	Hutchinson, Kansas
9		Phil Simmons	Kearney, Nebraska
10	18	Bob Peck	Manhattan, Kansas

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	3x	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	4:46.3
2	222	Francis Hoppenstedt	Salina, Kansas
3	333	Jay Woodside	Kansas City, Missouri
4	666	Alan Herbert	Dodge City, Kansas
5	8	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas
6		Tom Pickard	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7	48	Sam Brittendall	Salina, Kansas
8	59	Garry Fuller, Sr.	Salina, Kansas
9		Bill Martinson	McPherson, Kansas

Third Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas	4:46.5
2	67	Dale Parsons	Wichita, Kansas
3	97	Jim Harkness	Wichita, Kansas
4		Roy Bryant	Wichita, Kansas
5	7	Lawrence Sinks	Lawrence, Kansas
6		Charles Dicker	Wichita, Kansas
7		Dennis Holzman	Wichita, Kansas
8	19	Ken Myers	Wichita, Kansas

Harkness led Parsons and Lies until the sixth lap when Lies passed Parsons for second place in the southeast turn. Lies then passed Harkness on the ninth lap and held on for the victory.

Trophy Dash – 6 Cars – 5 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	4	Forrest Coleman	Wichita, Kansas	2:18.0
2	3x	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DNF	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas
DNF	222	Francis Hoppenstedt	Salina, Kansas
DNF	97	Jim Harkness	Wichita, Kansas
DNF	54	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas

Ross spun out coming out of the northwest turn and all of the other cars in the race except for the one driven by Coleman, piled into Ross’ disabled machine. Of the cars involved, only Rogers was able to restart the race.

B Feature – 18 Cars –15 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1		Tom Pickard	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	7:10.8
2	87	Bud Hatch	Yates Center, Kansas
3	23	Jerry Reed	Wichita, Kansas
4	50	Bill Bookout	Enid, Oklahoma
5		Jerry Everhart	Wichita, Kansas
6	39	Bill Smith	Lecompton, Kansas
7	7	Lawrence Petrie	Salina, Kansas
DNF	59	Garry Fuller, Sr.	Salina, Kansas
DNF	19	Ken Myers	Wichita, Kansas
DNF		Phil Simmons	Kearney, Nebraska
DNF		Bud Mounts	Goddard, Kansas
DNF	62	Carl “C.Q.” Curless	Hutchinson, Kansas

Curless spun out in the southwest turn collecting the car driven by Mounts. Everhart took evasive measures but caught the wheel of another car and flipped over. Six other cars jammed together on the front straightaway trying to get stopped in time. In doing so, Simmons’ #75 car first balanced on its nose and the toppled over onto its side.

A Feature – 18 Cars – 20 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	4	Forrest Coleman	Wichita, Kansas	9:23.3
2	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas
3	54	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas
4	3x	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5	333	Jay Woodside	Kansas City, Missouri
6	59	Garry Abell	Beloit, Kansas
7	10	Stanley Trahern	Amarillo, Texas
8	7	Lawrence Sinks	Lawrence, Kansas
9	67	Dale Parsons	Wichita, Kansas
10		Charles Decker	Wichita, Kansas
DNF	33	Grady Wade	Wichita, Kansas
DNF	48	Sam Brittendall	Salina, Kansas
DNF	666	Alan Herbert	Dodge City, Kansas
DNF	8	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas
DNF	69	Jerry Stone	Wichita, Kansas

Trahern’s #10 car spun out exiting the southeast turn collecting the cars driven by Wade, Brittendall, Herbert, Copeland, and Stone with stone’s George-Hibbs-owned #69 turning over. Stone suffered a broken knee. Only Trahern was able to restart the race.

Coleman led the entire race finishing an eighth of a mile ahead of second place. Rogers, Lies and Ross battled for second place with Ross passing Lies twice but he was unable to close in on Coleman. On the 14^th lap, Lies passed both Rogers and Ross on the outside exiting the northwest turn and held on to finish in second place.

Kansas State Modified Championship

Determined from those winning the most total points over the two days of modified racing at the Kansas State Fair