Hot Rod Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on October 8, 1950

Hot Rod Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Sunday – October 8, 1950

Attendance – 2,000

J. R. “Bob” Cox

Jim Edwards photo

Jerry Shumaker

Jim Edwards photo

Noel “Shorty” Jones

Jim Edwards photo

Frank Lies

Jim Edwards photo

Time Trials – 1 Lap

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Jerry Shumaker	Wichita, Kansas	28.96
2	Paul Hainke	Hutchinson, Kansas	28.99
3	Troy Routh	Maize, Kansas	29.57
4	Mickey McCormick	Hutchinson, Kansas

Trophy Dash – 3 Laps

4 fastest cars from time trials

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Jerry Shumaker	Wichita, Kansas	1:29.80
2	Troy Routh	Maize, Kansas
3	Mickey McCormick	Hutchinson, Kansas
4	Paul Hainke	Hutchinson, Kansas

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Will Forrest	Wichita, Kansas	3:08.15
2	J. D. Hanna	Dallas, Texas
3	Mickey McCormick	Hutchinson, Kansas

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Charlie Lutkie	Wichita, Kansas	3:10.30
2	Jerry Shumaker	Wichita, Kansas
3	Noel “Shorty” Jones	Wichita, Kansas
	Paul Hainke	Hutchinson, Kansas	DNF
	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas	DNF

Lies spun out in the south turn and his car was rammed by Hainke’s disabling both vehicles.

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place	Driver	From
1	Troy Routh	Maize, Kansas
2	J. R. “Bob” Cox	Halstead, Kansas
3	Red Taylor	Chapman, Kansas
	Noel “Shorty” Jones	Wichita, Kansas
	Bill Radcliff	Hutchinson, Kansas

Radcliff spun out and his car was struck by that of Cox. Jones turned wide to miss the dual and took out a section of fence.

Feature Race – 11 Cars - 25 Laps

Place	Driver	From
1	Jerry Shumaker	Wichita, Kansas
2	Mickey McCormick	Hutchinson, Kansas
3	Charlie Lutkie	Wichita, Kansas
4	Red Taylor	Chapman, Kansas
5	Noel “Shorty” Jones	Wichita, Kansas
6	Bill Radcliff	Hutchinson, Kansas
	Will Forrest	Wichita, Kansas	DNF
	J. D. Hanna	Dallas, Texas	DNF
	J. R. “Bob” Cox	Halstead, Kansas	DNF
	Troy Routh	Maize, Kansas	DNF

Cox and Hanna tangled on the 18^th lap in the south turn with Cox’s car overturning and throwing him out. He lit on his rear end on the racetrack but jumped up and ran off of the racetrack uninjured. Hanna’s car spun back to the inside of the racetrack where it was struck by a machine driven by Forrest. Both vehicles came to a stop on the racetrack in the southeast turn.

McCormick crashed through the inside railing into the infield on the north turn but just drove through the railing again at another point and continued the race.