Feature Race Winners in the Automobile Races
Run on the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Page 1 of 8
1909 – 1932
The first known ˝ mile racetrack in Hutchinson was located at the Reno County Agricultural and Joint Stock Association grounds north of the Eastside Cemetery in south central Hutchinson as early as 1879. A newer racetrack was built in 1887 at the Arkansas Valley Fair Association grounds then located southeast of what is now the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. There was a big push to build a new one-mile racetrack there in 1893 but those efforts failed.
The Central Kansas Fair Association was formed at Hutchinson in 1901 and a new ˝ mile racetrack was constructed that same year on 50 acres of land bounded by Main Street on the West, Poplar Street on the East, 11th Avenue on the South and 17th Avenue on the North. It was there that the first automobile race in Hutchinson was run in 1909. Almost immediately after that event, work was started on the “new” Kansas State Fairgrounds including the current racetrack located about ˝ mile north of the old site. The new facilities, including the racetrack and new grandstands, were completed in time for the fair and races to be run in October of 1910. Automobiles, motorcycles, and horses were all raced on the new racetrack that year.
In September of 1912, members of the Hutchinson Automobile Owners Club petitioned the Kansas State Fair Association to lengthen the ˝ mile oval into a one-mile speedway as the American Automobile Association would not recognize any records set on any racetrack less than one-mile in length. Again, the group of Hutchinson automobile enthusiasts was unsuccessful.
In 1913, the current fairgrounds were expanded and the Kansas State Legislature passed a bill recognizing the fair in Hutchinson as the official Kansas State Fair.
The current grandstands were built before the state fair in 1928 in order to replace two older grandstands on the site. The southern most of those grandstands (which were the larger of the two) had been torn down to make room for the new grandstands. The northern grandstands were not torn down until 1929 so two grandstands (the new one plus the smaller of the two older grandstands) were in place for the races in 1928.
The date of most of the races below is a link that will take you to a web page telling about the races run at the Kansas State Fairgrounds on that date. Most of those web pages contain photos of some of the cars and drivers that competed in those races.
Date: |
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Driver: |
From: |
Automobile: |
Sanction: |
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George C. Wiles |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
E.M.F. |
F.A.M. |
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Glenn M. Breed |
Bushton, Kansas |
Buick Model 16 |
None |
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W. W. Brown |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Buick Model 10 |
None |
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Louis Disbrow |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
None |
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Louis Disbrow |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
None |
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Louis Disbrow |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Louis Disbrow |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Gray Streak Case #2 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Bill Endicott |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Case |
I.M.C.A. |
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September 25, 1915 |
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Races canceled due to rain |
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I.M.C.A. |
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Bill Endicott |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Sweeney Special Maxwell #1 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Eddie Hearne |
Chicago, Illinois |
Briscoe |
I.M.C.A. |
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Cliff Woodbury |
Chicago, Illinois |
Duesenberg #16 |
I.M.C.A. |
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George Clark |
Ft. Worth, Texas |
Case |
I.M.C.A. |
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Jules Ellingboe |
Crookston, Minnesota |
Briscoe |
I.M.C.A. |
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Sig Haugdahl |
Albert Lea, Minnesota |
Fiat |
I.M.C.A. |
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Bill Endicott |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Hudson Super-Six |
I.M.C.A. |
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George Clark |
Ft. Worth Texas |
Duesenberg |
I.M.C.A. |
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George Clark |
Ft. Worth, Texas |
Duesenberg |
I.M.C.A. |
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Johnny Mais |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Essex |
None |
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John Boyd |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Hudson Special |
I.M.C.A. |
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John Boyd |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Hudson Special |
I.M.C.A. |
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Harold Roller |
Abilene, Kansas |
Ford Special |
None |
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Harold Roller |
Abilene, Kansas |
Ford Special |
None |
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Fred Lentz |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Essex Special #1 |
None |
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Leon Duray |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Golden Submarine |
I.M.C.A. |
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Fred Lentz |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Essex Special #1 |
None |
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Fred Horey |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Frontenac |
I.M.C.A. |
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James Speer |
Wichita, Kansas |
Frontenac |
None |
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Al Waters |
Chicago, Illinois |
Duesenberg #8 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Fred Lentz |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Lentz Special |
None |
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Charles Lebsack |
Otis, Kansas |
Kerbs Special #4 |
None |
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Al Waters |
Chicago, Illinois |
Golden Oldfield Special #2 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Al Waters |
Chicago, Illinois |
Golden Oldfield Special #2 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Fred Lentz |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Dodge Brothers’ Special |
None |
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September 21, 1925 |
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Races canceled due to rain |
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None |
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Fred Horey |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Miller Special |
I.M.C.A. |
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Charles Lebsack |
Great Bend, Kansas |
Kerbs Special #4 |
None |
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Charles Lebsack |
Otis, Kansas |
Kerbs Special #4 |
None |
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Vic Felt |
Deer Trail, Colorado |
Frontenac |
None |
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Fred Horey |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Miller Special #23 |
I.M.C.A. |
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September 23, 1927 |
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Races canceled due to rain |
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None |
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Rex Edmonds |
Houston, Texas |
Chevrolet Special #77 |
None |
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Jim White |
Sharon Springs, Kansas |
White Special #28 |
None |
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George Barringer |
Los Angeles, California |
Barringer Special #21 |
None |
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Emory Collins |
Regina, Sask., Canada |
Red Streak D.O. Fronty #7 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Emory Collins |
Regina, Sask., Canada |
Red Streak D.O. Fronty #7 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Archie Powell |
Galesburg, Illinois |
Frontenac #3 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Rea Bray |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Hill Special Frontenac #7 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Big car races canceled due to rain |
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I.M.C.A. |
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Emory Collins |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Miller #7 |
I.M.C.A. |
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Maynard Clark |
Milan, Illinois |
Gerber Special #15 |
None |
*The races in 1909 were run on a ˝ mile racetrack in a park between 11th Street and 17th Street ˝ mile south of the current facility in Hutchinson.
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