Late Model Stock Car Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Sunday – April 29, 1956
"Wheat Belt 100"
Sanctioned by – International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)
Promotional company – Auto Racing Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Race Promoter – Frank R. Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Scorekeeper – Verna Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance – 5,000
Feature Race – 200 Laps
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car |
1 |
Johnny Beauchamp |
Harlan, Iowa |
1956 Chevrolet |
2 |
Shorty Ebert |
Kansas City, Missouri |
1956 Dodge |
3 |
Lenny Funk |
Galatia, Kansas |
1956 Dodge |
4 |
Bud Burdick |
Omaha, Nebraska |
|
5 |
Milton Luft |
Great Bend, Kansas |
|
6 |
Dick Jepsen |
Hoxie, Kansas |
1956 Oldsmobile 88 |
7 |
Jim Martin |
Richmond, Missouri |
|
8 |
Newt Bartholomew |
Carlisle, Iowa |
|
9 |
Roxie Dancy |
Shreveport, Louisana |
|
10 |
Lee McClune |
What Cheer, Iowa |
|
11 |
Doc Narber |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
|
12 |
Rodney Clark |
Emporia, Kansas |
|
DNF |
Verdeen Rath |
Pipestone, Minnesota |
1956 Dodge |
DNF |
Sonny Morgan |
Beaumont, Texas |
1956 Chevrolet |
DNF |
Bob Burdick |
Omaha, Nebraska |
1956 Ford |
DNF |
Fred South |
Salina, Kansas |
1955 Oldsmobile |
Beauchamp took over the lead on the 60th lap when Bob Burdick's Ford broke an axle and threw a wheel. Sonny Morgan's Chevrolet caught fire shortly thereafter causing him to drop out of the race. Beauchamp was leading Ebert by about 300 yards at the finish.
Rath's Dodge rolled twice in the north turn.
South lost a wheel early in the race. He was able to get the car repaired only to roll it over five times in the south turn..
This photo was taken just as Verdeen Rath of Pipestone, Minnesota began the first of his two rolls in the north turn.
Hutchinson News photo
This photo was taken seconds later just as Verdeen Rath was completing the second of two rollovers in the north turn.
Hutchinson News photo
#99 Fred South of Salina, Kansas in his 1955 Oldsmobile
Lehman collection
Dick Jepsen in the 1956 Oldsmobile 88 he raced this day. Click your mouse on the photo above to see another photo of this car in the Oldsmobile dealership garage in Hoxie, Kansas.
Dick Jepsen collection
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