New Model Stock Car Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on Labor Day of 1950

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
	Gayford Dye*	Hutchinson, Kansas	85

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
1	Jim Roper	Halstead, Kansas	55		1949 Oldsmobile			2
2	Bob McKim	Salina, Kansas	88		1950 Oldsmobile #88			3
3	Fred South	Salina, Kansas	99		1940 Ford			5
4	Dan Berghaus	Meade, Kansas	1JR.		1940 Ford			11
5	Guy Lindsey	Moberly, Missouri	5		1949 Lincoln			6
6	Jim Ware	Hutchinson, Kansas	39		1951 Kaiser			13
	Norman Horn	Great Bend, Kansas	33		1949 Cadillac			1
	Charles Golliher	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	21		1940 Mercury			4
	Bill Lehman	Hutchinson, Kansas	51		1950 Pontiac			7
	Jim Hazlitt	Enid, Oklahoma	200		1939 Ford			8
	John Mulk	Ellinwood, Kansas	12		1949 Lincoln			9
	Don Holmes	Langford, Kansas	H2		1940 Studebaker			10
	Jack Herber	Enid, Oklahoma	90		1940 Ford			12

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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