28th Annual Kansas State Championship
Modified & 360 Sprint Car Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Saturday – September 12, 1992
Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas
Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas
Announcer – Warren Hardy of Wichita, Kansas
Flagman / starter – Nunie Coleman of Wichita, Kansas
Jeff Oelkers in his Modified at Hutchinson – Oelkers collection
360 Sprint Car
First Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
7B |
Clay Bontrager |
Hesston, Kansas |
2 |
44 |
Rick Riner |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
14c |
Dean Chadd |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
4 |
2J |
John Blurton |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
3K |
Chris Cox |
Sedgwick, Kansas |
360 Sprint Car
Second Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
43 |
Jim Selenke |
Goddard, Kansas |
2 |
16x |
Mike Chadd |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
3 |
1 |
Dwight Schroeder |
Moundridge, Kansas |
4 |
88 |
Steve King* |
Jetmore, Kansas |
5 |
77 |
Adam Fellers |
Newton, Kansas |
360 Sprint Car
Third Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
65 |
Don Vonderfecht |
Holbrook, Nebraska |
2 |
1D |
Paul Dutton |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
3$ |
Shelby Steenson |
Salina, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
Don Foster |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
7c |
Eddie Tidwell |
Ada, Oklahoma |
360 Sprint Car
B Feature Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
7c |
Eddie Tidwell |
Ada, Oklahoma |
2 |
77 |
Adam Fellers |
Newton, Kansas |
3 |
45 |
Scott Brown |
Amarillo, Texas |
4 |
3K |
Chris Cox |
Sedgwick, Kansas |
5 |
4x |
Roger Thompson |
Junction City, Kansas |
360 Sprint Car
A Feature – 15 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
43 |
Jim Selenke |
Goddard, Kansas |
2 |
7B |
Clay Bontrager |
Hesston, Kansas |
3 |
1D |
Paul Dutton |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
88 |
Steve King* |
Jetmore, Kansas |
5 |
2J |
John Blurton |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
3$ |
Shelby Steenson |
Salina, Kansas |
7 |
77 |
Adam Fellers |
Newton, Kansas |
8 |
45 |
Scott Brown |
Amarillo, Texas |
9 |
14c |
Dean Chadd |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
10 |
4x |
Roger Thompson |
Junction City, Kansas |
11 |
3K |
Chris Cox |
Denver, Colorado |
12 |
7c |
Eddie Tidwell |
Ada, Oklahoma |
13 |
16x |
Mike Chadd |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
14 |
73 |
Charlie Rishel |
Wichita, Kansas |
15 |
53 |
Terry Herl |
Wichita, Kansas |
Herl crashed into the outside crash wall on the eleventh lap in the north turn.
Mike Chadd was running in second place until his engine expired on the final lap.
Modified
First Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
10M |
Marc Hurd |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
55 |
Corky VanGotten |
Chanute, Kansas |
3 |
29 |
Jeff Oelkers |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
87 |
Tom Yocom |
Sedgwick, Kansas |
5 |
J2 |
Jack Simmons |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Modified
Second Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
44 |
Brian Powers |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
92s |
Jerry Fox |
Dewey, Oklahoma |
3 |
2w |
Richard Wilson |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
10 |
Marc Robe |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
12s |
Jim Stiner |
|
Modified
Third Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
1 |
Bobby Simmons |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
Randy Wilson |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
3J |
Jimmy Segraves |
Valley Center, Kansas |
4 |
2OLD |
Rich Wilson |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
48 |
Sam Brittendall |
Salina, Kansas |
Modified
Fourth Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
15M |
Ted Martin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
86 |
Brian Franz |
Newton, Kansas |
3 |
40 |
Jerry Munden |
St. John, Kansas |
4 |
27M |
Mike Wichman |
Silver Lake, Kansas |
5 |
1040 |
Jim Decker, Sr. |
Wichita, Kansas |
Modified
C Feature Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
9M |
Dimond Mundy |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
J11 |
Jerry Breeden |
Salina, Kansas |
3 |
72 |
Vernon Hammond |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
166x |
Kenny Schmidt |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
5 |
63 |
Derek Turkin |
Topeka, Kansas |
Modified
B Feature Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
3J |
Jimmy Segraves |
Valley Center, Kansas |
2 |
2OLD |
Rich Wilson |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
1040 |
Jim Decker, Sr. |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
10 |
Marc Robe |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
72 |
Vernon Hammond |
Wichita, Kansas |
Modified
A Feature Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
1 |
Bobby Simmons |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
Randy Wilson |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
92s |
Jerry Fox |
Dewey, Oklahoma |
4 |
10 |
Marc Robe |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
87 |
Tom Yocom |
Sedgwick, Kansas |
6 |
55 |
Corky VanGotten |
Chanute, Kansas |
7 |
72 |
Vernon Hammond |
Wichita, Kansas |
8 |
10M |
Marc Hurd |
Wichita, Kansas |
9 |
2OLD |
Rich Wilson |
Wichita, Kansas |
10 |
44 |
Brian Powers |
Wichita, Kansas |
11 |
86 |
Brian Franz |
Newton, Kansas |
12 |
29 |
Jeff Oelkers |
Wichita, Kansas |
13 |
27M |
Mike Wichman |
Silver Lake, Kansas |
14 |
40 |
Jerry Munden |
St. John, Kansas |
15 |
3s |
Jimmy Segraves |
Valley Center, Kansas |
|
15M |
Ted Martin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
DNF |
1040 |
Jim Decker, Sr. |
Wichita, Kansas |
DNF |
2w |
Richard Wilson |
Wichita, Kansas |
Martin and Powers both led early before Powers tapped Martin’s car from behind causing both cars to spin out.
Fox and Oelkers both had led by the tenth lap.
Richard Wilson dropped out with a broken axle.
Randy Wilson came from third place to passed Oelkers and Simmons to take the lead on the twelfth lap but the pass was negated when Decker crashed into the wall in front of the grandstands bringing out the yellow flag. That put Simmons back into the lead with Oelkers in second place. When the race was restarted, Oelkers spun out in the first corner.
Dwight Schroeder Schroeder collection |
Jim Selenke J D and Jannie Porter collection from the Racing From the Past website |
Steve King Hutchinson News photo |
Clay Bontrager Debi Roberts photo for the Hutchinson News |
Shelby Steenson SLYS Speed Shots photo from Steenson collection |
Randy Wilson Wilson collection |
* Steven M. “Steve” King (1973-2006) was fatally injured in a racing accident at Knoxville, Iowa.
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