Automobile Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Saturday, September 22, 1917
The attendance at the races was estimated at 25,000. Fair officials credited the large turnout for the fair overall to the automobile races.
Three-Mile Class Race 6 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Purse |
Time |
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1 |
Ben Giroux* |
Sunbeam - Isotta |
$100 |
3:54.2 |
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2 |
Bob Cline |
Scat |
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3 |
Floyd Willard |
Prince Henry Ford #18 |
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4 |
Charles Hawkins |
Clergy |
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Three-Mile Class Race for Cars with Engines up to 600-CDI 6 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Purse |
Time |
George Clark in the red Case #5 Sigurd W. Haugdahl collection |
1 |
Fred Horey |
Briscoe #22 |
$300 |
3:47.25 |
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2 |
George Clark* |
Red Case |
200 |
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3 |
Floyd Willard |
Prince Henry Ford #18 |
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4 |
Ben Giroux* |
Sunbeam - Isotta |
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5 |
Bob Cline |
Scat |
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6 |
George Stewart*** |
Stafford |
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A newspaper story in the Hutchinson Gazette states that Clark won this race by two feet but the judges felt differently and awarded the victory to Horey.
Match Race 10 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
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Time |
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1 |
Fred Horey |
Fiat #4 |
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5:34.2 |
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2 |
Glenn Breed |
Hudson Super-Six #1 |
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Horey won the coin toss and chose a standing start with his Fiat in the inside position.
Ajax Trophy Race 25 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Purse |
Time |
Floyd Willard in the Prince Henry Ford #18 The Arrow newspaper |
1 |
Jules Ellingboe* |
Briscoe |
$500 |
15:15.2 |
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2 |
George Clark* |
Red Case |
300 |
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3 |
Fred Horey |
Briscoe #22 |
200 |
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4 |
Ben Giroux* |
Sunbeam - Isotta |
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5 |
Floyd Willard |
Prince Henry Ford #18 |
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6 |
George Stewart*** |
Stafford |
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DNF |
Charles Hawkins |
Clergy |
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Hawkins Clergy automobile locked wheels with another competitor and his machine bounded up against the fence in the south turn. He was uninjured and this was the only incident of the day. |
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Match Race 10 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
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Time |
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1 |
Fred Horey |
Fiat #4 |
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5:31.2 |
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2 |
Glenn Breed |
Hudson Super-Six #1 |
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Glenn Breed in his Hudson Super-Six #1 Hutchinson Gazette and Hutchinson News from September of 1917 |
VS. |
Fred Horey in his Fiat #4 Don Radbruch collection |
* Jules Ellingboe (1892-1948) and George Clark (1890-1978) have both competed in the Indianapolis 500.
** Ben Giroux was an alias used by Ben Gotoff who raced professionally with IMCA from 1916 until 1922.
*** George Stewart (1894-1956) had his name legally changed to Leon Duray and went on to compete in the Indianapolis 500 under that name.
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