Late Model Stock Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

Labor Day – Monday – September 5, 1955

 

 

Promotional company – Hamilton Attractions of Hutchinson, Kansas

Promoter – Verne Hamilton of Hutchinson, Kansas 

Attendance – 3,000

 

 

 

Dick Houdek

Masters photo from the Mike McCoy collection

Fred South

Lehman collection

 

 

  

First Heat Race - 25 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Automobile

1

Dick Houdek

Wichita, Kansas

1955 Hudson Hornet

2

Fred South

Salina, Kansas

1955 Oldsmobile 88

3

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Galatia, Kansas

1952 Chrysler

  

 

 

Second Heat Race - 25 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Automobile

1

Troy Routh

Maize, Kansas

Ford

2

Warren Thorpe

 

1954 Ford

3

Chuck Moses

Wichita, Kansas

1953 Plymouth

  

 

 

Feature Race - 100 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Automobile

1

Fred South

Salina, Kansas

1955 Oldsmobile 88

2

Dick Houdek

Wichita, Kansas

1955 Hudson Hornet

3

Johnny Mock

El Dorado, Kansas

1954 Oldsmobile

  

 

 

 

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