Late Model Stock Car Time Trials for the

Twentieth Annual National Modified Championship Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Saturday – July 31, 1976

 

 

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

Race Director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Flagman / Starter – Forrest Cox, Jr. of Dodge City, Kansas

Trophy Queen – Ann Yost of Ingalls, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Time Trials – 1 Lap

All of the competitors that timed in are listed here by how fast they qualified but the actual times have only been located for the 20 that turned in the fastest times.

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Year  /  

Make  /  Model

Time

  1

08

Steve Lutkie

Wichita, Kansas

1976

Chevrolet Camaro

25.99

  2

77

Jack Petty

Wichita, Kansas

1973

Ford

26.32

  3

30x

Marvin Bradford

Salina, Kansas

1965

Chevrolet

26.56

  4

6

Gary Pletcher

Sharon Sprints, Kansas

1974

Chevrolet

26.59

  5

44x

Steve Kammerer

Goddard, Kansas

1967

Chevrolet Camaro

26.61

  6

12

Ted Shepard

Enid, Oklahoma

1975

Dodge

26.69

  7

1x

Garry Fuller, Sr.

Salina, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet Camaro

26.72

  8

15

J. D. Martin

Dodge City, Kansas

1964

Chevrolet

26.81

  9

11

Van Gemmill

Ponca City, Oklahoma

1973

Chevrolet

26.82

10

4

Terry Deatherage

Wichita, Kansas

1976

Chevrolet

26.83

11

77x

Gary Holbert

Concordia, Kansas

1967

Chevrolet

26.86

12

76

Marvin Newman

Enid, Oklahoma

1976

Chevrolet Camaro

26.95

13

71

Loyd Farr

Leoti, Kansas

1970

Chevrolet

26.95

14

31

Buck Cadwell

Arnet, Oklahoma

1973

Chevrolet

26.95

15

32-2

Butch Brack

Great Bend, Kansas

 

Chevrolet Camaro

26.97

16

171

Jim Haggar

Liberty, Missouri

1972

Chevrolet Chevelle

27.03

17

99

Leroy Dauer

Falun, Kansas

1966

Chevrolet

27.12

18

11x

Bud Haehn

Wichita, Kansas

1970

A. M. C. Javelin

27.35

19

0

Mel Potts

Salina, Kansas

1976

Chevrolet Camaro

27.38

20

97

Milton Ward

Great Bend, Kansas

1965

Chevrolet

27.38

21

25

Dale Ulery

Dodge City, Kansas

1967

Chevrolet

 

22

26

Jim Kizzar

Chase, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet

 

23

22

Max Sloan

Great Bend, Kansas

1964

Chevrolet

 

24

8

Dan Hacker

Kingman, Kansas

1969

Ford

 

25

55x

Larry Lutkie

Wichita, Kansas

1967

Chevrolet

 

26

9

Garry Abell

Lincoln, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet Camaro

 

27

13

Mike Lutkie

Wichita, Kansas

1972

Chevrolet

 

28

30

Jerry Barnes

Dodge City, Kansas

1975

Chevrolet Camaro

 

29

2x

Howard Spitler

Republic, Kansas

1969

Chevrolet Camaro

 

30

777

Dave Oltman

Salina, Kansas

1973

Chevrolet Camaro

 

31

55

Alan Combs

Herington, Kansas

1966

Chevrolet

 

32

14

Von Morton

Hutchinson, Kansas

1971

Chevrolet

 

33

21

Doug Thompson

Junction City, Kansas

1976

Chevrolet

 

34

3

Roger Copple

Minneapolis, Kansas

1971

Chevrolet Nova

 

35

33

Bob Dauer

Marquette, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet

 

36

86

Bill Main

Hutchinson, Kansas

1971

Chevrolet

 

37

78

Tom Pickard

Edmond, Oklahoma

1969

Chevrolet

 

38

48

Sam Brittendall

Salina, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet

 

39

7

Greg Holbert

Concordia, Kansas

1972

Chevrolet

 

40

7-11

Harold Lohf

Salina, Kansas

1967

Chevrolet

 

41

27x

J. J. Adolph

Manhattan, Kansas

1969

Chevrolet Chevelle

 

42

98

Rod Keller

Dodge City, Kansas

1965

Chevrolet

 

43

2

Don Kreie

Dodge City, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet

 

44

72

Frank McGehee

Wichita, Kansas

1970

Ford

 

45

00x

Frank Sell, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

1969

Chevrolet Camaro

 

46

45x

Elmo Lane

Hutchinson, Kansas

1968

Ford

 

47

97-2

Clark Stone

Pratt, Kansas

1955

Chevrolet

 

48

70x

Don Morris

Junction City, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet Chevelle

 

49

57

Jack Saltkill

Beloit, Kansas

1967

Chevrolet

 

50

131

Marvin McNett

Great Bend, Kansas

1967

Chevrolet Chevelle

 

51

53

Mike Beckerman

Fowler, Kansas

1965

Chevrolet

 

52

44

Bob Forst

Wichita, Kansas

1968

Chevrolet

 

53

81

Bill Martinson

McPherson, Kansas

1965

Ford

 

54

64

Gary Cunningham

South Hutchinson, Kansas

1964

Chevrolet

 

55

7x

Larry Sherbert

Ellinwood, Kansas

1968

Ford

 

56

66

Gerald Shultz

Kansas City, Missouri

1969

Chevrolet Chevelle

 

57

52

A. C. Saint

Tulsa, Oklahoma

1972

Chevrolet

 

58

1

Oren Haas

Wichita, Kansas

1965

Chevrolet Chevelle

 

59

40

Joe Wallace

Kansas City, Missouri

1975

Chevrolet Camaro

 

60

88

Jim Campbell

Harrison, Arkansas

1976

Chevrolet Camaro

 

61

 

Richard Powell

Enid, Oklahoma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Lutkie

Racing from the Past website

Garry Fuller, Sr.

Racing from the Past website

Terry Deatherage

Racing from the Past website

 Van Gemmill

Schrater family collection

 

 

 

Butch Brack

Schrater family collection

Steve Kammerer

81 Speedway program

Marvin Bradford

Racing from the Past website

Gary Holbert

Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

Milton Ward

Racing from the Past website

Bud Haehn

Racing from the Past collection

Jack Petty

Racing from the Past website

 

Ted Shepard

Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

Loyd Farr

Racing from the Past website

Buck Cadwell

Racing from the Past website

Mel Potts

Racing from the Past website

Leroy Dauer

Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

Dave Oltman

Racing from the Past website 

Dan Hacker

Racing from the Past website 

Jim Kizzar

Racing from the Past website

Larry Lutkie

Steve Lutkie collection

 

 

 

Garry Abell

Racing from the Past website

Howard Spitler

Racing from the Past website

Alan Combs

Racing from the Past website

Von Morton

Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

Doug Thompson

Racing from the Past website

Bob Dauer

Racing from the Past website

Bill Main

Racing from the Past website

Don Kreie

Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

Elmo Lane

Racing from the Past website

Don Morris

Racing from the Past website

Oren Haas

Racing from the Past collection

Frank McGehee

Haehn collection

 

 

 

Joe Wallace

Racing from the Past website 

Richard Powell

Racing from the Past website 

Frank Sell

Racing from the Past website

J. D. Martin

Merrick racing program

 

 

 

J. J. Adolph

Brian Conn collection from the Racing from the Past website 

Sam Brittendall

Duane Toyne collection from the Racing from the Past website

 

 

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