19th Annual Kansas State Championship

Dirt Champ Car and Mini-Modified Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Sunday – September 11, 1983

 

Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas

Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas

Flagman / starter – Nunie Coleman of Wichita, Kansas

Announcers – Bo Kline, Warren Hardy, and "Willie Wheelchair" of Wichita, Kansas  

 

 

 

Steve Stults

Rigsby collection

Roger VanHorn

VanHorn collection

Dwight Schroeder

Schroeder collection

 

 

 

 Mini-Modified

First Heat Race – 6 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

77

Dwight Schroeder

Newton, Kansas

2

81

Bill Mills

Newton, Kansas

3

1

Steve Stults

Wichita, Kansas

4

11

Jack Lamb

Wichita, Kansas

5

17

Bryson Mills

Wichita, Kansas

DNF

5x

Roger VanHorn

Maize, Kansas

 

 

 

Mini-Modified

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

1

Steve Stults

Wichita, Kansas

2

77

Dwight Schroeder

Newton, Kansas

3

81

Bill Mills

Newton, Kansas

4

4

Jack Lamb

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Mini-Modified

A Feature Race – 5 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

77

Dwight Schroeder

Newton, Kansas

2

11

Jack Lamb

Wichita, Kansas

3

1

Steve Stults

Wichita, Kansas

4

17

Bryson Mills

Wichita, Kansas

DNF

81

Bill Mills

Newton, Kansas

Stults was leading when he was involved in a crash in the final turn of the race that dropped him back to third place.

 

 

  

 Kansas State Mini-Modified Championship

Determined from those winning the most total points over the two days of Mini-Modified racing at the Kansas State Fair.

Place

Driver

From

Points

  1

Jack Lamb

Wichita, Kansas

150

  2

Steve Stults

Wichita, Kansas

140

  3

Dwight Schroeder

Newton, Kansas

139

  4

Bryson Mills

Wichita, Kansas

109

  5

Roger VanHorn

Maize, Kansas

  40

  6

Bill Mills

Newton, Kansas

  17

  7

Al Hall

Wichita, Kansas

  15

 

 

  

 

Dirt Champ

First Heat Race – 7 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

1n

Herb Copeland

Wichita, Kansas

2

11x

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

3

43

Jim Selenke

Wichita, Kansas

4

0

Randy Richardson

Liberal, Kansas

5

1

Tommie Estes

Ada, Oklahoma

6

123

Danny Duvall

Tryone, Oklahoma

DNF

3x

Dee Zelmer

Lee’s Summit, Missouri

  

  

 

Dirt Champ 

Second Heat Race – 7 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

3

Jeff Forshee

Wichita, Kansas

2

20

Steve Carithers

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3

5L

Frank Offutt

Utica, Kansas

4

23

Dale Borger

Jetmore, Kansas

5

9

Darrell Bybee

Wichita, Kansas

6

08

John Falen

Liberal, Kansas

DNF

96

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

 

  

 

Dirt Champ 

Consolation Race – 11 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

  1

1

Tommie Estes

Ada, Oklahoma

  2

1n

Herb Copeland

Wichita, Kansas

  3

11x

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

  4

0

Randy Richardson

Liberal, Kansas

  5

123

Danny Duvall

Tyrone, Oklahoma

  6

20

Steve Carithers

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  7

3

Jeff Forshee

Wichita, Kansas

  8

5L

Frank Offutt

Utica, Kansas

  9

23

Dale Borger

Jetmore, Kansas

10

9

Darrell Bybee

Wichita, Kansas

11

08

John Falen

Liberal, Kansas

  

 

 

Dirt Champ

A Feature Race – 10 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

1n

Herb Copeland

Wichita, Kansas

2

11x

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

3

1

Tommie Estes

Ada, Oklahoma

4

43

Jim Selenke

Wichita, Kansas

5

0

Randy Richardson

Liberal, Kansas

6

20

Steve Carithers

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

7

123

Danny Duvall

Tyrone, Oklahoma

DNF

9

Darrell Bybee

Wichita, Kansas

DNF

08

John Falen

Liberal, Kansas

DNF

5L

Frank Offutt

Utica, Kansas

 

 

  

 Kansas State Dirt Champ Championship

Determined from those winning the most total points over the two days of Dirt Champ racing at the Kansas State Fair.

Place

Driver

From

Points

  1

Herb Copeland

Wichita, Kansas

159

  2

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

126

  3

Steve Carithers

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  98

  4

Danny Duvall

Tyrone, Oklahoma

  91

  5

Randy Richardson

Liberal, Kansas

  84

  6

Jim Selenke

Wichita, Kansas

 

  7

Tommie Estes

Ada, Oklahoma

 

  8

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

 

  9

John Falen

Liberal, Kansas

 

10

Frank Offutt

Utica, Kansas

 

11

Darrell Bybee

Wichita, Kansas

 

12

Jeff Forshee

Wichita, Kansas

 

13

Dale Borger

Jetmore, Kansas

 

 

 

 

#96 Frank Lies – Leroy Byers photo from the Bob Mays collection

 

 

 

Jim Selenke in his own #43 – Leroy Byers photo from the Bob Mays collection

 

 

 

Jack Lamb (second from right) and his crew after winning the Kansas State Mini-Modified championship.  That is trackside announcer and Wichita, Kansas radio personality "Willie Wheelchair" holding the microphone in the background at right - Jack Lamb collection 

 

 

 

 

Danny Shouse

Racing From the Past website

Herb Copeland

Brian Carroll collection

Garry Lee Maier

Steve Hardin collection

Jeff Forshee

Brian Carroll collection

 

 

  

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