David Ross

Bob Mays collection 

Roy Bryant

Bob Mays collection 

Walt McWhorter

Bob Mays collection 

Ken Myers

Bob Mays collection 

Dick Hendershot

Bob Mays collection 

Forrest Coleman

Bob Mays collection 

Bill Bookout

Bill Bookout collection 

Dick Walker

Bob Mays collection 

Jackie Howerton

Loretta Cox collection 

Herb Copeland

High Plains THUNDER BY Bob Mays 

Alan Herbert

Dodge City Globe 

Grady Wade

Monte Cole collection

Racing from the Past website 

Jerry Reed

Bob Mays collection 

Ron Fowler

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays collection 

Al Lemmons

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays 

Jerry Holm

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays 

Dale McDaniel

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays 

Pat Woodard

Bob Mays collection 

Pinky Mullens

Mullens family collection 

Jack Petty

Ken Gretemen photo from the Bob Mays collection 

Dale Parsons

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays 

Todd Coker

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays 

Bud Hatch

Bob Mays collection 

Aaron Madden

Bob Mays collection

Frank Lies

Bob Mays collection

Bill Cohee

Racing from the Past website

Wylan Cattrell

Racing from the Past website

Joe Ballard

Racing from the Past website

Emmett Hahn

National Championship program

Terry Uehling

Hutchinson Nationals program

Don Craig

Brian Conn collection

Racing from the Past website

Garry Fuller, Sr.

Lyndon Greaney photo

Lawrence Sinks

Lawrence Sinks collection

D. E. "Gene" Suggs

Lies collection

Lawrence Sinks

Lies collection

Ray Eubanks

81 Speedway program

Kenny Stidd

Satterwhite collection

Time Trials for the

Fourteenth Annual National Modified Championship Races

On the Historic Half-Mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Saturday – July 25, 1970

 

 

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

Race director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Flagman / Starter – Al Alexander of Wichita, Kansas

Trophy Queen – Colleen Hand of Newton, Kansas

 

 

 

 The pits at Hutchinson were located outside of the back straightaway during time trials at the Nationals.  This photo of the #6 Evart-Isaac-owned Chevy driven by Dale Reed was taken there on this day – Rick Lane collection from the Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

 

Time Trials – 1 Lap

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Engine

Time

  1

55

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

25.36

  2

54

David Ross

Jetmore, Kansas

Chevrolet

25.50

  3

69

Roy Bryant

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

25.52

  4

1300

Jackie Howerton

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

25.55

  5

8

Herb Copeland

Dodge City, Kansas

Chevrolet

25.60

  6

6

Dale Reed

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

25.66

  7

37

Bob Williams

Kansas City, Missouri

Chevrolet

25.78

  8

33

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

25.92

  9

97

Jim Harkness

Ness City, Kansas

Chevrolet

26.06

10

04

Forrest Coleman

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

26.20

11

2x

Ron Fowler

Chanute, Kansas

Chevrolet

26.33

12

1

Emmett Hahn

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

26.33

13

77

Al Lemmons

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

26.45

14

50x

Bob Reynolds

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

26.50

15

16

D. E. “Gene” Suggs

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

26.50

16

19

Ken Myers

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

26.55

17

66

Ron Huff

Denver, Colorado

Chevrolet

26.55

18

71

Jerry Holm

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

26.67

19

98

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

26.68

20

27

Terry Uehling

Ness City, Kansas

Chevrolet

26.72

21

151

Dale McDaniel

Ft. Scott, Kansas

Chevrolet

26.87

22

49x

David Brotherton

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

26.90

23

1-A

Kenny Stidd

Amarillo, Texas

Ford

27.01

24

97x

Joe Ballard

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

27.04

25

50

Bill Bookout

Enid, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

27.05

26

21

Jim Black

Enid, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

27.24

27

3

Dick Hendershot, Sr.*

Hutchinson, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.24

28

4

Clarence “Todd” Coker

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

27.31

29

18

Francis Hoppenstedt

Manhattan, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.32

30

59

Gary Avise

Salina, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.32

31

58

Dick Walker

Arkansas City, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.38

32

67

Dale Parsons

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.49

33

666

Alan Herbert

Dodge City, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.57

34

75

Don Craig

Lawrence, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.59

35

45

Don Hovda

Oxford, Nebraska

Chevrolet

27.62

36

2

Ray Riner

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.69

37

22

Dave Ediger

Buhler, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.71

38

14

Wylan Cattrell

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.80

39

17

Walt Whitney

Norton, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.95

40

57

Pat Woodard

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

27.96

41

222

Thad Dosher

Topeka, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.07

42

02

Pinky Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.17

43

1x

Billy Ager

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Chevrolet

28.21

44

7

Lawrence Sinks

Lawrence, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.27

45

12

Bill Cohee

Topeka, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.30

46

39

Bill Smith

Lecompton, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.41

47

16x

Charlie Randolph

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

28.57

48

48 

Sam Brittendall

Salina, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.77

49

62

Carl “C.Q.” Curless

Hutchinson, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.84

50

23

Jerry Reed

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.89

51

72

Garry Fuller, Sr.

Salina, Kansas

Chevrolet

28.90

52

36

Henry Ellington

Hutchinson, Kansas

Chevrolet

29.04

53

82

Ronnie Holman

Omaha, Nebraska

Chevrolet

29.10

54

83

Jack Petty

Hutchinson, Kansas

Chevrolet

29.17

55

11

Ray Eubanks

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

29.20

56

10

Clark Racer

Wichita, Kansas

Chevrolet

29.63

57

33x

Roger Blackshere

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

30.02

58

49

Lawrence Petrie

Salina, Kansas

Ford

30.11

59

76

Don Borntrager

Burrton, Kansas

Chevrolet

30.56

60

104

Ed Russell, Jr.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

NT

61

87

Bud Hatch

Yates Center, Kansas

 

NT

62

 

Dick Coker

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

NT

63

 

H. E. White

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

NT

64

 

Aaron Madden

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

NT

65

 

Steve Foster

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chevrolet

NT

66

 

Bill Martinson

McPherson, Kansas

Chevrolet

NT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#97 Jim Harkness and #2x Ron Fowler are shown here lined up awaiting their turn to take a time trial on this afternoon – Rick Lane collection from the Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

 Frank Lies is shown here in the Kenny-Riffel-owned #55 lined up awaiting for his turn to take a time trial on this afternoon.  The wait did not hurt anything as Lies set the quickest time of the day – Rick Lane collection from the Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Richard M. “Dick” Hendershot (1925-1976) was fatally injured in a racing accident at Salina, Kansas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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