Big Car Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on September 23, 1948

Big Car Races on the

Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Thursday – September 23, 1948

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

Promoter – Frank R. Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Price of Admission:

Adult general admission	-	$1.20
Child general admission	-	.60
Reserved bench seat	-	1.50
Reserved chair seat	-	1.75
Box seat	-	2.00

Emory Collins

Wood collection

Ben Musick

Swart collection

Roy Prosser

Roy Eaton collection

Ernie Johnson

Don Radbruch collection

Clair Cotter

Wood collection

Russ Lee

Don Radbruch collection

Phil Mocca

Jeff Adams collection

Rabbit Musick

Bill Hill collection

Billy Snyder

Don Radbruch collection

Time Trials – 17 Cars - 1 Lap

Place	Driver	From	Car #	Engine	Time from Today	Timed in Earlier
1	Emory Collins	Le Mars, Iowa	7	Offenhauser		25.12
2	Rabbit Musick¹	Dallas, Texas	5	Offenhauser		26.55
3	Ben Musick	Dallas, Texas	39	Offenhauser		26.90
4	Billy Snyder	Minneapolis, Minnesota	13	Offenhauser		28.45
5	Dick “Red” White	North Hollywood, California	77			28.65
6	Bill Hooper³	Decatur, Illinois	1	Offenhauser	28.90
7	Roy Prosser	North Hollywood, California	88	Ford		29.00
8	George Swangler	Grand Forks, North Dakota	10	Mercury		29.10
9	Clair Cotter	Austin, Minnesota	44	Ford		29.65
10	Ernie Johnson	Christine, North Dakota	5	Cragar		29.96
11	Bill Everhart²	Wichita, Kansas	9	Schofield		30.06
12	Russ Lee	Minneapolis, Minnesota	6	Offenhauser		30.25
13	Phil Mocca	St. Louis, Missouri	Circle 2	Hal		30.67
14	Bill Hoff	Minneapolis, Minnesota	88			31.50
15	Roy Yauger	Austin, Minnesota	62	Mercury		31.70
16	Red Bellew	Moberly, Minnesota	F-8	Ford		33.55
17	Bud Stone	Chicago, Illinois	F-6	Ford		36.65

Hooper was not entered in the races on either Sunday, September 19, 1948 or on Tuesday, September 21, 1948 so he was allowed to run a time trial today and have the time intergraded into the standings above which was then used for today’s races.

First Heat Race – 6 cars – 5 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Car #	Engine	Purse	Time
1	Emory Collins	Le Mars, Iowa	7	Offenhauser	$55	2:27.35
2	Rabbit Musick¹	Dallas, Texas	5	Offenhauser	35
3	Ben Musick	Dallas, Texas	39	Offenhauser	25
4	Billy Snyder	Minneapolis, Minnesota	13	Offenhauser
5	Dick “Red” White	North Hollywood, California	77
6	Bill Hooper³	Decatur, Illinois	1	Offenhauser

Second Heat Race – 6 Cars – 5 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Car #	Engine	Purse	Time
1	Russ Lee	Minneapolis, Minnesota	6	Offenhauser	$45	2:28.0
2	George Swangler	Grand Forks, North Dakota	10	Mercury	30
3	Roy Prosser	North Hollywood, California	88	Ford	20
4	Clair Cotter	Austin, Minnesota	44	Ford
5	Ernie Johnson	Christine, North Dakota	5	Cragar
6	Bud Stone	Chicago, Illinois	F-6	Ford

Consolation Race – 6 Cars – 5 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Car #	Engine	Purse	Time
1	Phil Mocca	St. Louis, Missouri	Circle 2	Hal	$35	2:32.20
2	Clair Cotter	Austin, Minnesota	44	Ford	25
3	Dick “Red” White	North Hollywood, California	77		20
4	Billy Snyder	Minneapolis, Minnesota	13	Offenhauser
5	Ernie Johnson	Christine, North Dakota	5	Cragar
6	Bud Stone	Chicago, Illinois	F-6	Ford

Handicap Match Race – 2 Cars – 3 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Car #	Engine	Purse	Time
1	Russ Lee	Minneapolis, Minnesota	6	Offenhauser	$30	1:24.10
2	Emory Collins	Le Mars, Iowa	7	Offenhauser	20

Collins led this race from the start but slid wide on the last turn allowing Lee to get by and go on to win by a narrow margin.

Australian Pursuit Handicap Race – 5 Cars – 7 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Car #	Engine	Purse	Time
1	Billy Snyder	Minneapolis, Minnesota	13	Offenhauser	$35
2	Red Bellow	Moberly, Missouri	F-8	Ford	25	DNF
3	Roy Yauger	Austin, Minnesota	62	Mercury	20	DNF
4	Ernie Johnson	Christine, North Dakota	5	Cragar	15	DNF
5	Bill Hoff	Minneapolis, Minnesota	88		15	DNF

Sweepstakes Championship Race – 10 Cars – 7 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Car #	Engine	Purse	Time
1	Emory Collins	Le Mars, Iowa	7	Offenhauser	$170	3:35.00
2	Rabbit Musick¹	Dallas, Texas	5	Offenhauser	140
3	Ben Musick	Dallas, Texas	39	Offenhauser	100
4	Russ Lee	Minneapolis, Minnesota	6	Offenhauser	70
5	Phil Mocca	St. Louis, Missouri	Circle 2	Hal	40
6	Bill Hooper³	Decatur, Illinois	1	Offenhauser	20
7	Clair Cotter	Austin, Minnesota	44	Ford
8	George Swangler	Grand Forks, North Dakota	10	Mercury
9	Roy Prosser	North Hollywood, California	88	Ford
10	Dick “Red” White	North Hollywood, California	77

The first four finishers in this race were all driving Offenhauser powered cars and these four finished the race nearly four abreast.

¹Elmer Ray “Rabbit” Musick (1918-1962) was driving the Campbell Offy #5.

²Bill Everhart (1911-1980) was driving the Swart Brothers #9 big car

³ Bill Hooper was driving the Campbell Offy #1 which was the former O’Day Offy.

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