Pinky Mullens

Mullens collection 

Frank Lies

Bob Mays collection 

David Ross

Bob Mays collection 

Jack Petty

Ken Gretemen photo 

Forrest Coleman

Bob Mays collection 

Jay Schrock

Bob Mays collection 

Aaron Madden

Racing from the Past website

Bill Lewis

Bob Mays collection  

H. A. Ratzlaff

Deen Woods collection

Joe Lehman

Lyndon Greaney photo 

Roy Bryant

Bob Mays collection 

Walt McWhorter

Bob Mays collection 

Charlie Pitts

Charlie Pitts collection 

Lee Salmans

Dodge City Globe 

Dick Hendershot

Bob Mays collection 

Grady Wade

Ken Greteman photo 

Jim Harkness

Cokeley collection 

 Harold Leep

Bob Mays collection 

Bill Rigsby

Rigsby collection 

Bill Bookout

Bill Bookout collection 

Dick Walker

Bob Mays collection 

Melvin Rogers

Hutchinson News photo 

Don Spreier

Bob Mays collection 

Dale Reed

Bob Mays collection 

Bob Reynolds

Bob Mays collection 

Ken Myers

Bob Mays collection 

Herb Copeland

Bob Mays collection 

Bill Wilson

Jehu Speedway racing program 

Dennis Anton

Cokeley collection 

Alan Herbert

Dodge City Globe 

Jerry Stone

Bob Mays collection 

Pat Woodard

Bob Mays collection 

Paul Dutton, Sr.

Bob Mays collection 

Bud Hatch

Bob Mays collection 

Evard Humphrey

Pogue collection 

James Garner

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays 

Gerald Grady

Walt Wimer photo from the Raceway Magazine web site 

Dale McDaniels

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays 

Bob Peck

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays

Bill Cohee

Racing from the Past website

Wylan Cattrell

Racing from the Past website

Emmett Hahn

National Championship program

Garry Abell

Deen Woods collection

Terry Kowalsky

Racing from the Past website

Garry Fuller, Sr.

 Lyndon Greaney photo

Lawrence Sinks

Lawrence Sinks collection

Time Trials for the

Twelfth Annual National Modified Jalopy Championship Races

On the Historic Half-Mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Saturday – July 27, 1968

 

 

 

Sanctioned by – Merrick Racing Incorporated (M.R.I.)

Race Director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Flagman / starter – Al Alexander of Wichita, Kansas

National Jalopy Trophy Queen – Dee Ann Morton of Liberal, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 These three pictures were taken from different angles but just minutes apart.  Visible in this photo are #2 Forrest Coleman, #1x Ray Ager, #70 Bill Smith, #6x Pat Patterson, #42 Don Hickman, #67 Dale Parsons, #86 Jay Schrock, and #61 Norman Jennings – Deen Woods collection

 

 

 

 

 

The photo above was taken in the morning just outside the back straightaway as everyone was getting ready to run time trials.  Visible in that photo are cars #89 Dick Bloom, #57 Pat Woodard, #81 Bill Martinson, #5 Jerry Stone, #21 Bud Lindstrom, #16 Charles Simpson, #46 Ron Polson, 05 Don Hartman, #42 Don Hickman, and #67 Dale Parsons.  The photo below was taken a little later that same morning from a slightly different place and at a slightly different angle.  Visible in that photo are cars #81 Bill Martinson, #21 Bud Lindstrom, #60 Don Carmen, #57 Pat Woodard, #50 Bill Bookout, #154 Bill Lewis, #12 Evard Humphrey, #67 Dale Parsons, and #42 Don Hickman – Photos from the Deen Woods collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Trials – 1 Lap

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Time

  1

55

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

24.91

  2

88

Don Spreier

Larned, Kansas

25.13

  3

11

Roy Bryant

Wichita, Kansas

25.14

  4

3

Melvin Rogers

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

25.23

  5

69

Bill Rigsby

Wichita, Kansas

25.30

  6

26

Dick Hendershot*

Hutchinson, Kansas

25.39

  7

71

Bob Peterson

Colby, Kansas

25.43

  8

154

Bill Lewis

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

25.49

  9

8

Herb Copeland

Dodge City, Kansas

25.50

10

2x

Ron Fowler

Chanute, Kansas

25.50

11

54

David Ross

Jetmore, Kansas

25.52

12

98

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

25.53

13

12

Evard Humphrey

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

25.57

14

6x

R. W. “Pat” Patterson

Wichita Falls, Texas

25.59

15

17

D. E. “Gene” Suggs

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

25.59

16

999

Harold Leep

Wichita, Kansas

25.67

17

58

Dale Reed

Wichita, Kansas

25.68

18

133

Bob Reynolds

Edmond, Oklahoma

25.71

19

33x

Emmett Hahn

Tulsa, Oklahoma

25.71

20

27

Terry Kowalsky

Great Bend, Kansas

25.79

21

1x

Aaron Madden

Midwest City, Oklahoma

25.84

22

1

H. A. Ratzlaff

Dodge City, Kansas

25.95

23

22

Charlie Pitts

Hutchinson, Kansas

25.96

24

166

Ronald Huff

Denver, Colorado

25.98

25

108

Garry Abell

Salina, Kansas

26.01

26

86

Jay Schrock

Hutchinson, Kansas

26.05

27

50

Bill Bookout

Enid, Oklahoma

26.12

28

6

Joe Lehman

Denver, Colorado

26.15

29

66

Gerald Grady

Dodge City, Kansas

26.18

30

2

Forrest Coleman

Wichita, Kansas

26.19

31

85

Dean Roper

Joplin, Missouri

26.20

32

38

Tom Pickard

Edmond, Oklahoma

26.34

33

04

Leon Spain

Manhattan, Kansas

26.36

34

188

Bill Wilson

Salina, Kansas

26.43

35

79

Alan Herbert

Dodge City, Kansas

26.45

36

24

Bob Fitzsimmon

Dodge City, Kansas

26.46

37

666

Dennis Anton

Kinsley, Kansas

26.48

38

52

Jim Harkness

Ness City, Kansas

26.57

39

81

Dale McDaniels

Ft. Scott, Kansas

26.62

40

84

Rolland Crocker

Salina, Kansas

26.63

41

19

Ken Myers

Wichita, Kansas

26.63

42

34

Walt Pickard

Pueblo, Colorado

26.64

43

18

Bob Peck

Manhattan, Kansas

26.67

44

121

Bob Ager

Colorado Springs, Colorado

26.74

45

35

Dick Walker

Arkansas City, Kansas

26.76

46

7

Jim Black

Enid, Oklahoma

26.82

47

92

Jim Bunch

Ft. Scott, Kansas

26.86

48

02x

Pinky Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

26.88

49

89

Dick Bloom

Wichita, Kansas

26.88

50

10

Leland Salmans

Larned, Kansas

26.89

51

31

Roger Thompson

Junction City, Kansas

26.90

52

09

Bill Nash

Enid, Oklahoma

26.92

53

5

Jerry Stone

Wichita, Kansas

26.92

54

76

Les Angel, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

26.95

55

50x

Jack Duckworth

Denver, Colorado

26.93

56

21

Bud Lindstrom

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

26.98

57

57

Pat Woodard

Maize, Kansas

26.98

58

9

Junior Garner

Muskogee, Oklahoma

27.02

59

16

Paul Dutton, Sr.

Wichita, Kansas

27.11

60

24x

Leo Tucker

Denver, Colorado

27.12

61

67

Dale Parsons

Wichita, Kansas

27.18

62

122

Don Craig

Lawrence, Kansas

27.27

63

1x

Ray Ager

Colorado Springs, Colorado

27.28

64

61

Norman Jennings

Norman, Oklahoma

27.28

65

14x

Lawrence Sinks

Lawrence, Kansas

27.32

66

60

Ron Carmen

 

27.34

67

14

Wylan Cattrell

Wichita, Kansas

27.39

68

7x

Ed Whitney

Norton, Kansas

27.46

69

87

Garry Harrison

Topeka, Kansas

27.46

70

15x

Doug Johnson

Tulsa, Oklahoma

27.53

71

75

Garry Fuller, Sr.

Salina, Kansas

27.54

72

37

Leroy Chance

Colby, Kansas

27.59

73

0

Sam Brittendall

Salina, Kansas

27.77

74

17

Walter Whitney

Norton, Kansas

27.80

75

12

Bill Cohee

Topeka, Kansas

27.83

76

81

Bill Martinson

Salina, Kansas

27.94

77

162

Charlie Turner

Arkansas City, Kansas

28.00

78

70

Bill Smith

Lecompton, Kansas

28.04

79

3

Dick Hendershot*

Hutchinson, Kansas

28.08

80

16x

Charles Simpson

Pueblo, Colorado

28.14

81

56

Si Thompson

Ensign, Kansas

28.42

82

95

Jack Petty

Wichita, Kansas

28.78

83

02

Roger McGary

Dodge City, Kansas

28.91

84

26x

Bill Dye

Colorado Springs, Colorado

28.98

85

20

Harold Armstrong

Wichita, Kansas

29.06

86

46

Ronnie Polson

Kinsley, Kansas

29.07

87

11x

Jerry Ager

Colorado Springs, Colorado

29.10

88

08

Francis Hoppenstedt

Manhattan, Kansas

29.22

89

07

Bud Hatch

Yates Center, Kansas

29.25

90

94

Gordon Lucas

Wichita, Kansas

29.33

91

05

Don Hartman

Goodland, Kansas

32.24

92

83

Dick Pollard

Junction City, Kansas

32.60

93

42

Don Hickman

Barnard, Kansas

NT

94

15

Glen Kinsey

Hutchinson, Kansas

NT

95

62

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

NT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R. W. “Pat” Patterson of Wichita Falls, Texas timed in 14th fastest on this day at Hutchinson – Roger Burnett collection

 

 

 

 

Dean Roper of Joplin, Missouri timed in 31st fastest in time trials on this day at Hutchinson.  He apparently did not want you to see his engine though.  Roper would go on to compete twice in the Daytona “500” before being passing away from a heart attack while competing in an ARCA sanctioned race at Springfield, Illinois in 2001 – Racing from the Past web site

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

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