31st Annual Kansas State Championship

360 Sprint Car, Road Runner & Thumper Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Sunday – September 10, 1995

 

 

Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas

Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas

Announcer – Warren Hardy of Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Dennis Nelson of Manhattan, Kansas is shown here leading the fourth heat race in the Thumper division – Dan Bayer photo for the Hutchinson News 

 

 

 

Thumper

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Darren Moses

Wichita, Kansas

2

Lance Burkhart

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Kelly Choate

Ponca City, Oklahoma

4

Chris Mayes

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Darrell Beckham, Jr.

Valley Center, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Rusty Rice

White City, Kansas

2

Brian Casey

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Michael Hilbert

Ponca City, Oklahoma

4

Brad Taylor

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

C. W. Devena

Buhler, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Clint Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Louis Giltner

Wichita, Kansas

3

Rod Butler

Silver Lake, Kansas

4

Troy Sale

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Rick Julian

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Fourth Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Dennis Nelson

Manhattan, Kansas

2

Don Strahley

Junction City, Kansas

3

Lyle Goertzen

Buhler, Kansas

4

Lee Steffen

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Brian Dailey

Emporia, Kansas

     

 

 

Thumper

B Feature Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Rick Julian

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Craig Newell

Wichita, Kansas

3

Brian Dailey

Emporia, Kansas

4

Scott Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

  

 

 

Thumper

A Feature Race – 15 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Louis Giltner

Wichita, Kansas

  2

Clint Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

  3

Brad Taylor

Hutchinson, Kansas

  4

Lance Burkhart

Hutchinson, Kansas

  5

Dennis Nelson

Manhattan, Kansas

  6

Brian Casey

Hutchinson, Kansas

  7

Chris Mayes

Hutchinson, Kansas

  8

Lee Steffen

Hutchinson, Kansas

  9

Rusty Rice

White City, Kansas

10

Lyle Goertzen

Buhler, Kansas

Giltner started on the pole and led this entire race. 

 

 

 

Road Runner

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Gary Nulf

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Rickey Blackburn

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Buck Sewell

Wichita, Kansas

4

Bart Baker

Dodge City, Kansas

5

Ed Seidl

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Scott Lehman

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Rick Mueller

Wichita, Kansas

3

Larry Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Dennis Roths

Valley Center, Kansas

5

Mike Burkhart

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Greg Stephens

Wichita, Kansas

2

Brent Burkhart

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Ricky Dunsworth

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Scott Brown

Meriden, Kansas

   

 

 

Road Runner

B Feature Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Rance Roberts

Lecompton, Kansas

2

Carl Reusser

Corpus Christi, Texas

3

Rick Bell

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Doug Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

A Feature Race – 15 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Scott Lehman

Hutchinson, Kansas

  2

Gary Nulf

Hutchinson, Kansas

  3

Greg Stephens

Wichita, Kansas

  4

Brent Burkhart

Hutchinson, Kansas

  5

Larry Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

  6

Rickey Blackburn

Hutchinson, Kansas

  7

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

  8

Bart Baker

Dodge City, Kansas

  9

Ed Seidl

Wichita, Kansas

10

Rance Roberts

Lecompton, Kansas

Lehman, Nulf, and Stephens started one-two-three and ran the entire race in that order. 

 

 

 

360 Sprint Cars

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Steve King*

Jetmore, Kansas

2

Scott Jenkins

Dodge City, Kansas

3

Dwight Schroeder

Moundridge, Kansas

4

Lester Keene

Caney, Kansas

5

Rick England

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Cars

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Jon Johnston

Utica, Kansas

2

Danny Jennings

Norman, Oklahoma

3

Devlin Polkinghorn

Dodge City, Kansas

4

Clay Bontrager

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Jim Selenke

Goddard, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Cars

A Feature Race – 15 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Danny Jennings

Norman, Oklahoma

  2

Steve King*

Jetmore, Kansas

  3

Jon Johnson

Utica, Kansas

  4

Scott Jenkins

Dodge City, Kansas

  5

Devlin Polkinghorn

Dodge City, Kansas

  6

Dwight Schroeder

Moundridge, Kansas

  7

Lester Keene

Caney, Kansas

  8

Rick England

Wichita, Kansas

  9

Clay Bontrager

Hutchinson, Kansas

10

Ryan Wettstein

Liberal, Kansas

King started on the pole and led the first nine laps.  Jennings started on the outside of the second row but moved into second place on the first lap.  When King bobbled in the northeast turn on the tenth lap, Jennings slipped by and led the remainder of the race. 

 

 

 

Kansas State 360 Sprint Car Championship

Determined from those winning the most total points over the two days of 360 Sprint Car racing at the Kansas State Fair

Place

Driver

From

Points

  1

Devlin Polkinghorn

Dodge City, Kansas

108

  2

Jon Johnson

Utica, Kansas

107

  3

Clay Bontrager

Hutchinson, Kansas

  96

  4 – tie

Scott Jenkins

Dodge City, Kansas

  84

  4 – tie

Rick England

Wichita, Kansas

  84

  6

Lester Keene

Caney, Kansas

  81

  7

Danny Jennings

Norman, Oklahoma

  80

  8

Jim Selenke

Goddard, Kansas

  76

  9

Steve King

Jetmore, Kansas

  85

10

Dwight Schroeder

Moundridge, Kansas

  56

 

 

 

 

Darrell Beckham, Jr.

Stults collection

Scott Lehman

Lehman collection

Rick Mueller

Lehman collection

Rickey Blackburn

Hutchinson News

 

 

 

Kelly Choate

Kelly Choate collection

Jon Johnson

Brian Carroll collection

Danny Jennings

In the Dirt photo

Steve King*

Hutchinson News photo 

 

 

 

Clay Bontrager

Debi Roberts photo for the Hutchinson News

Rick England

Cokeley collection

Dwight Schroeder

Schroeder collection

Jim Selenke

J D and Jannie Porter collection from the Racing From the Past website

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Steven M. “Steve” King (1973-2006) was fatally injured in a racing accident at Knoxville, Iowa.

 

 

 

 

  

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