Sprint Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

Wednesday – September 21, 1960

 

 

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

Flagman / starter – Al Sweeney of Chicago, Illinois

 

 

 

Flagman Al Sweeney of Chicago, Illinois is shown here preparing to give the green flag to start one of the races on this day in Hutchinson.  Sweeney was known for hiding the flag behind his leg and out of the driver’s site until the last instant – Hutchinson News photo 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 7 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Harry Ross

Houston, Texas

3:11.79

2

Gordon Woolley

Waco, Texas

 

3

Emmett “Buzz” Barton

Tampa, Florida

 

4

Jim McElreath*

Arlington, Texas

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 7 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Bert Hellmueller

Louisville, Kentucky

3:15.01

2

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Newton “Buzz” Rose

Los Angeles, California

 

4

Johnny Rutherford**

Houston, Texas

 

 

 

 

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Bill Billingsley

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

2

Tony Magasany

San Francisco, California

 

3

Fred Nelson

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

4

Jay Woodside

Wichita, Kansas

 

5

Walt “Duke” Wyrembek

Los Angeles, California

 

 

 

 

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Jim McElreath*

Arlington, Texas

3:41.07

2

Willard “Mickey” McCormick

Mitchell, Indiana

 

3

Jerry Shumaker

Wichita, Kansas

 

4

Dale Reed

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 5 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time 

1

Gordon Woolley

Waco, Texas

 2:21.53

2

Harry Ross

Houston, Texas

 

3

Bert Hellmueller

Louisville, Kentucky

 

4

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Feature Race – 16 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Emmett “Buzz” Barton

Tampa, Florida

6:50.51

2

Jim McElreath*

Arlington, Texas

 

3

Newton “Buzz” Rose

Los Angeles, California

 

4

Willard “Mickey” McCormick

Mitchell, Indiana

 

5

Jerry Shumaker

Wichita, Kansas

 

6

Gordon Woolley

Waco, Texas

 

Barton won a total of $290 for the day which included $200 for first place in the feature race

 

  

 

 

Jerry Shumaker

Tom Madison collection

Dale Reed

L. A. Ward photo from the book

Big Car Thunder by Bob Mays

Walt McWhorter

Big Car Thunder by Bob Mays

 

 

 

Buzz Rose

Lou Ash photo from the book

Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Jay Woodside

Jay Woodside collection

Johnny Rutherford

Lou Ash photo from the book

Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

 

 

 

Bert Hellmueller

Bob Stolze collection 

Gordon Woolley

Leroy Byers photo from the book

Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

Bill Billingsley

Armin Krueger photo from the book

Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

 

 

 

Mickey McCormick

L. A. Ward photo

Harry Ross

One Tough Circuit by Bill Hill

Buzz Barton

Floyd Seago collection

Jim McElreath

Lou Ash photo from the book

Big Car THUNDER by Bob Mays

 

 

 

 

 

* Jim McElreath went on to compete in the Indianapolis “500” fifteen times.

 

** John Sherman “Johnny” Rutherford III went on to win the Indianapolis “500” three times.

 

 

 

 

 

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