Big Car Races on the
Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Sunday – May 22, 1949
Sanctioned by – International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)
Attendance – 8,000
Track condition – "dusty with a large hole in the middle of the south turn"
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Ben Musick Swart collection |
Clair Cotter Wood collection |
Bill Anderson Don Radbruch collection |
Time Trials – 14 Cars - 1 Lap
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
Jimmy Wilburn* |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
26.09 |
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2 |
Bill Anderson** |
Long Beach, California |
28.71 |
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3 |
Ben Musick |
Dallas, Texas |
28.99 |
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Loren Fondoble |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Clair Cotter |
Austin, Minnesota |
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Al Kettering |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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Cotton Musick |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Win Herner |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
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Chet Mortenson |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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First Heat Race – 5 Cars – 5 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
Jimmy Wilburn* |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
2:33.90 |
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2 |
Ben Musick |
Dallas, Texas |
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3 |
Loren Fondoble |
Wichita, Kansas |
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4 |
Clair Cotter |
Austin, Minnesota |
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5 |
Al Kettering |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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Second Heat Race – 4 Cars – 5 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
Bill Anderson** |
Long Beach, California |
2:39.39 |
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2 |
Cotton Musick |
Wichita, Kansas |
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3 |
Win Herner |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
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4 |
Chet Mortenson |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Consolation Race – 5 Cars – 5 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
Loren Fondoble |
Wichita, Kansas |
2:48.12 |
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2 |
Chet Mortenson |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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3 |
Clair Cotter |
Austin, Minnesota |
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4 |
Al Kettering |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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5 |
Win Herner |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
DNF |
Match Race – 2 Cars – 3 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
Bill Anderson** |
Long Beach, California |
1:46.38 |
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2 |
Cotton Musick |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Australian Pursuit – 4 Cars
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Place |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
Loren Fondoble |
Wichita, Kansas |
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2 |
Al Kettering |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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3 |
Win Herner |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
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4 |
Clair Cotter |
Austin, Minnesota |
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Feature Race – 10 Cars – 10 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
Jimmy Wilburn* |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
4:14.14 |
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2 |
Ben Musick |
Dallas, Texas |
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3 |
Bill Anderson** |
Long Beach, California |
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4 |
Cotton Musick |
Wichita, Kansas |
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5 |
Loren Fondoble |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Wilburn finished only a half car length ahead of Musick; those two being 75-yards in front of third place Anderson at the end.
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Loren Fondoble Roy Eaton collection |
Jimmy Wilburn Don Radbruch collection |
Al Ketter Don Radbruch collection |
* James T. “Jimmy” Wilburn (1908-1984) competed in the Indianapolis “500” in 1946.
** 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.
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