25th Annual Kansas State Championship

Late Model Sportsman, Road Runner & Thumper Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Sunday – September 10, 1989

 

Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas

Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas

Flagman / starter – Nunie Coleman of Wichita, Kansas

Announcer – Warren Hardy of Wichita, Kansas

 

Track condition – “dirty and dusty” 

 

 

 

Two unidentified drivers take evasive measures in one of the thumper heat races to miss the spinning car #11 driven by Steve Burch of Junction City, Kansas – Sandra Watts photo for the Hutchinson News

 

 

  

Thumper

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Don Strahley

Junction City, Kansas

2

Scott Lehman

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Jimmy Segraves

Wichita, Kansas

4

Don Hickel

Salina, Kansas

5

Lloyd Pickering

Sublette, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Jerry Munden

St. John, Kansas

2

Grady Mays

Wichita, Kansas

3

Dennis Stevenson

Salina, Kansas

4

Stewart Segraves

Wichita, Kansas

5

Mike Schlatter

Turon, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Monty Albright

White City, Kansas

2

Ron Baughman

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Mike Spear

Lincoln, Kansas

4

Jeff Martin

Wichita, Kansas

5

David Blocher

Newton, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Fourth Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Tom Grist

Topeka, Kansas

2

Robert Bookout

Wichita, Kansas

3

Pat Mikesell

Wichita, Kansas

4

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Randy Albright

White City, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Fifth Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

John Houle

Wichita, Kansas

2

Harlan Lofthus, Jr.

Junction City, Kansas

3

Ted Thomas

Wichita, Kansas

4

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

5

Steve Arrington

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Sixth Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Gary Cooper

St. John, Kansas

2

Doug Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Brian Franz

Newton, Kansas

4

Brian Powers

Wichita, Kansas

5

Earl Hamilton

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

D Feature Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Rick Pitts

Nickerson, Kansas

2

Rick Stallbaumer

Topeka, Kansas

3

Ross Johnson

El Dorado, Kansas

4

Tom Johnson

El Dorado, Kansas

5

Ken Bonham

Great Bend, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

C Feature Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Rusty Rice

White City, Kansas

2

Jed Day

Wichita, Kansas

3

Scott Lewis

Wichita, Kansas

4

Rick Stallbaumer

Topeka, Kansas

5

Roger Bennett

Junction City, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

B Feature Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Stewart Segraves

Wichita, Kansas

3

Don Hickel

Salina, Kansas

4

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

5

Scott Garst

Topeka, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

A Feature Race – 12 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Don Strahley

Junction City, Kansas

  2

Robert Bookout

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Scott Lehman

Hutchinson, Kansas

  4

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

  5

Doug Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

  6

Harlan Lofthus, Jr.

Junction City, Kansas

  7

Monty Albright

White City, Kansas

  8

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

  9

Stewart Segraves

Wichita, Kansas

10

John Houle

Wichita, Kansas

Strahley started in the third row but took over the lead on the first lap and held it the rest of the way.

 

 

 

Road Runner

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Travis Patch

Holton, Kansas

2

Dane Shockey

Wichita, Kansas

3

Gary Goff

Wichita, Kansas

4

Mike Moore

Great Bend, Kansas

5

Larry Nulf

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Randy Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

3

Darwin Ferguson

Great Bend, Kansas

4

Ray Thiel

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

  

 

 

Road Runner

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

2

Mark Crough

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Ricky Dunsworth

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Jim Withee

Junction City, Kansas

5

Carl Nelson

St. John, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

B Feature Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Grady Fielder

Chapman, Kansas

3

Larry Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Bob Arnold

Salina, Kansas

5

Jason Shepard

Yates Center, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

A Feature Race – 12 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

  2

Travis Patch

Holton, Kansas

  3

Randy Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

  4

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

  5

Ricky Dunsworth

Hutchinson, Kansas

  6

Dane Shockey

Wichita, Kansas

  7

Darwin Ferguson

Great Bend, Kansas

  8

Larry Nulf

Hutchinson, Kansas

  9

Carl Nelson

St. John, Kansas

10

Gary Goff

Wichita, Kansas

Patch started this race on the pole position while Mohr started on the outside of the front row.  Mohr grabbed the lead at the start and held it over second place running Patch fore the entire distance.

 

 

 

Kansas State Road Runner Championship

Determined from those winning the most total points over the two days of Road Runner racing at the Kansas State Fair

Place

Driver

From

1

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Late Model Sportsman

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Larry McDaniels

Wichita, Kansas

2

Delbert Smith

Wichita, Kansas

3

David Brack

Great Bend, Kansas

4

Deen Woods

Beloit, Kansas

5

Buddy Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

  

 

 

Late Model Sportsman

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Ted Martin

Dodge City, Kansas

2

Don Davis, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Kenny Moore

Winfield, Kansas

4

Rod Bencken

Rexford, Kansas

5

John Allen

Chanute, Kansas

 

 

 

Late Model Sportsman

Third Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Lonnie Smith

Wichita, Kansas

2

Shelby Steenson

Salina, Kansas

3

John Cragg

Manhattan, Kansas

4

Mike Martin

Derby, Kansas

5

Steve Foster

Abilene, Kansas

 

 

 

Late Model Sportsman

B Feature Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Joe Woods

Wichita, Kansas

2

Ricky Dunsworth

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Ron Simmons

Ft. Scott, Kansas

4

Terry Cheek

Wichita, Kansas

5

Chuck Fairchild

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Late Model Sportsman

A Feature Race – 15 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Lonnie Smith

Wichita, Kansas

  2

Larry McDaniels

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Don Davis, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

  4

David Brack

Great Bend, Kansas

  5

Ted Martin

Dodge City, Kansas

  6

Delbert Smith

Wichita, Kansas

  7

Shelby Steenson

Salina, Kansas

  8

Kenny Moore

Winfield, Kansas

  9

John Cragg

Manhattan, Kansas

10

John Allen

Chanute, Kansas

Smith started the race on the pole position and led the entire race.

McDaniels started on the outside of the front row and ran in second place for the complete distance.

 

 

 

Kansas State Late Model Sportsman Championship

Determined from those winning the most total points over the two days of Late Model Sportsman racing at the Kansas State Fair

Place

Driver

From

1

Larry McDaniels

Wichita, Kansas

2

Shelby Steenson

Wichita, Kansas

3

Don Davis, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Jeff Oelkers

Oelkers collection

Buddy Mullens

Mullens family collection

Kenny Moore

Elaine Moore collection

Don Davis, Jr.

Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

David Brack

Racing from the Past website

Ricky Dunsworth

Racing from the Past website

Steve Foster

Racing from the Past website

Shelby Steenson

Racing from the Past website

 

 

 

Randy Wilson

Wilson collection

Delbert Smith

Running the High Side Blog

Larry McDaniels

Webshots website

Rick Pitts

Charlie Pitts collection

 

 

 

Scott Lehman

Lehman collection

Mark Crough

Melissa Lacey photo for the Hutchinson News

 Lonnie Smith

81 Speedway program

Joe Woods

Lehman collection

  

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