New Model Stock Car Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Labor Day - Monday – September 4, 1950
Attendance – 3,500
#85 Gayford Dye of Hutchinson leads #H2 Don Holmes of Langford, Kansas down the pit road after the non-qualifiers race - Lehman collection
Time Trials – 22 Cars – 1 Lap
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car # |
Automobile |
Time |
|
1 |
Norman Horn |
Great Bend, Kansas |
33 |
1949 Cadillac |
36.51 |
|
2 |
Jim Roper |
Halstead, Kansas |
55 |
1949 Oldsmobile |
36.68 |
|
3 |
Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
88 |
1950 Oldsmobile 88 |
36.80 |
|
4 |
Guy Lindsey |
Moberly, Missouri |
5 |
1949 Lincoln |
36.90 |
|
4 |
Fred South |
Salina, Kansas |
99 |
1950 Mercury |
36.90 |
|
6 |
Charles Golliher |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
21 |
1940 Mercury |
37.77 |
|
7 |
Bill Lehman |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
51 |
1950 Pontiac |
38.42 |
|
8 |
Jim Hazlitt |
Enid, Oklahoma |
200 |
1939 Ford |
38.62 |
|
9 |
John Mulk |
Ellinwood, Kansas |
12 |
1949 Lincoln |
38.65 |
|
10 |
Jim Herber |
Enid, Oklahoma |
25 |
1940 Ford |
39.59 |
|
11 |
Don Holmes |
Langford, Kansas |
H2 |
1940 Studebaker |
39.60 |
|
12 |
Jack Herber |
Enid, Oklahoma |
90 |
1940 Ford |
39.64 |
|
13 |
Jim Ware |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
39 |
1951 Kaiser |
40.00 |
|
|
Dan Berghaus |
Meade, Kansas |
1JR. |
1940 Ford |
|
|
|
Milton Luft |
Emporia, Kansas |
22 |
|
|
|
|
Jim Curley |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
39 |
1951 Kaiser |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
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Gayford Dye* |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
85 |
|
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Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 5 Laps
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car # |
Automobile |
Started |
1 |
Norman Horn |
Great Bend, Kansas |
33 |
1949 Cadillac |
1 |
2 |
Jim Roper |
Halstead, Kansas |
55 |
1949 Oldsmobile |
2 |
3 |
Guy Lindsey |
Moberly, Missouri |
5 |
1949 Lincoln |
4 |
4 |
Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
88 |
1950 Oldsmobile 88 |
3 |
First Heat Race – 6 Cars – 10 Laps – Time: 6:01.75
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car # |
Automobile |
Started |
1 |
Norman Horn |
Great Bend, Kansas |
33 |
1949 Cadillac |
1 |
2 |
Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
88 |
1950 Oldsmobile 88 |
2 |
3 |
Fred South |
Salina, Kansas |
99 |
1940 Ford |
3 |
4 |
Bill Lehman |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
51 |
1950 Pontiac |
5 |
|
John Mulk |
Ellinwood, Kansas |
12 |
1949 Lincoln |
4 |
|
Jim Herber |
Enid, Oklahoma |
25 |
1940 Ford |
6 |
Horn was just able to nose McKim out at the finish.
Second Heat Race – 6 Cars – 10 Laps – Time: 6:01.0
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car # |
Automobile |
Started |
1 |
Jim Roper |
Halstead, Kansas |
55 |
1949 Oldsmobile |
1 |
2 |
Charles Golliher |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
21 |
1940 Mercury |
3 |
3 |
Guy Lindsey |
Moberly, Missouri |
5 |
1949 Lincoln |
2 |
4 |
Jim Hazlitt |
Enid, Oklahoma |
200 |
1939 Ford |
4 |
|
Don Holmes |
Langford, Kansas |
H2 |
1940 Studebaker |
5 |
|
Jim Curley |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
39 |
1951 Kaiser |
6 |
Non Qualifiers Race – 5 Cars – 10 Laps
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car # |
Automobile |
Started |
1 |
Milton Luft |
Emporia, Kansas |
22 |
|
1 |
2 |
Gayford Dye* |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
85 |
|
5 |
3 |
Jim Curley |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
31 |
|
2 |
4 |
Don Holmes |
Langford, Kansas |
H2 |
1940 Studebaker |
4 |
5 |
|
|
4 |
|
3 |
Feature Race – 13 Cars – 50 Laps
Place |
Driver |
From |
Car # |
Automobile |
Started |
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1 |
Jim Roper |
Halstead, Kansas |
55 |
1949 Oldsmobile |
2 |
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2 |
Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
88 |
1950 Oldsmobile #88 |
3 |
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3 |
Fred South |
Salina, Kansas |
99 |
1940 Ford |
5 |
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4 |
Dan Berghaus |
Meade, Kansas |
1JR. |
1940 Ford |
11 |
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5 |
Guy Lindsey |
Moberly, Missouri |
5 |
1949 Lincoln |
6 |
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6 |
Jim Ware |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
39 |
1951 Kaiser |
13 |
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Norman Horn |
Great Bend, Kansas |
33 |
1949 Cadillac |
1 |
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Charles Golliher |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
21 |
1940 Mercury |
4 |
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Bill Lehman |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
51 |
1950 Pontiac |
7 |
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Jim Hazlitt |
Enid, Oklahoma |
200 |
1939 Ford |
8 |
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John Mulk |
Ellinwood, Kansas |
12 |
1949 Lincoln |
9 |
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Don Holmes |
Langford, Kansas |
H2 |
1940 Studebaker |
10 |
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Jack Herber |
Enid, Oklahoma |
90 |
1940 Ford |
12 |
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Roper lead the entire distance. Ware lost a wheel on the last turn on the final lap and crossed the finish line on three wheels and a hub.
Bill Lehman Lehman collection |
Dan Berghaus Dr. Mary Berghaus collection |
Jim Roper at left with car owner Millard Clothier Clothier collection |
Bob McKim Darrin McKim collection |
* Merle Gayford Dye (1923-1998)
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