Sprint Car Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on October 15, 1989

410 Sprint Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Sunday – October 15, 1989

Sanctioned by – United Sprint Association (U.S.A.)

Total purse – $30,000

Total entries – 25 cars

#3D Howie Sewell of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma leads #1 Sammy Swindell of Bartlett, Tennessee down the front straightaway in the third heat race. Swindell eventually passed Sewell to finish second in this race – Larry Swank photo for the Hutchinson News

#85 Bob Ewell leads #5 Danny Lasoski and #11 Steve Kinser down the front straightaway in the trophy dash on this afternoon - Bob Ewell collection

Time Trials – 1 Lap

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	23s	Frankie Kerr	Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania	19.406
2	55	Mike Peters	Wichita, Kansas	19.590
3	11	Steve Kinser	Bloomington, Indiana	20.134
4	12	Shane Carson	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	20.165
5	9	Rich Bubak	Golden, Colorado	20.206

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1	11	Steve Kinser	Bloomington, Indiana
2	1n	Paul Dutton	Wichita, Kansas
3	77	Mike Brooks	Knoxville, Iowa
4	51	Mark Kinser	Oolitic, Indiana
5	5	Danny Lasoski	Dover, Missouri

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1	47	Rocky Hodges	Des Moines, Iowa
2	11x	Garry Lee Maier	Dodge City, Kansas
3	85	Bob Ewell	Forney, Texas
4	25	Kenny French	Washington, Iowa
5	12	Shane Carson	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Third Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1	3	Terry Gray	Bartlett, Tennessee
2	1	Sammy Swindell*	Bartlett, Tennessee
3	3D	Howie Sewell	Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
4	1L	Ricky Logan	Little Rock, Arkansas
5	1a	Bobby Allen	Hanover, Pennsylvania

Trophy Dash – 5 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1	85	Bob Ewell	Forney, Texas
2	11	Steve Kinser	Bloomington, Indiana
3	5	Danny Lasoski	Dover, Missouri
4	12	Shane Carson	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5	55	Mike Peters	Wichita, Kansas
6	23s	Frankie Kerr	Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

B Feature Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1	63	Todd Kane	Powell, Ohio
2	9	Rich Bubak	Golden, Colorado
3	57	Dan Hamilton	Tyler, Texas
4	12	Ricky Jennings	Norman, Oklahoma
5	1	Dwight Schroeder	Moundridge, Kansas
6	30	Rick England	Wichita, Kansas
7	44	Tim Stevens	Paxton, Nebraska
8	5	Mike Sommers	Ellis, Kansas

A Feature Race – 24 Cars – 25 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1	85	Bob Ewell	Forney, Texas
2	1	Sammy Swindell*	Bartlett, Tennessee
3	12	Shane Carson	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
4	5	Danny Lasoski	Dover, Missouri
5	55	Mike Peters	Wichita, Kansas
6	11x	Garry Lee Maier	Dodge City, Kansas
7	23s	Frankie Kerr	Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
8	9	Rich Bubak	Golden, Colorado
9	3	Terry Gray	Bartlett, Tennessee
10	47	Rocky Hodges	Des Moines, Iowa
11	3D	Howie Sewell	Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
12	1a	Bobby Allen	Hanover, Pennsylvania
13	57	Dan Hamilton	Tyler, Texas
14	51	Mark Kinser	Oolitic, Indiana
15	12	Ricky Jennings	Norman, Oklahoma
16	1L	Ricky Logan	Little Rock, Arkansas
17	25	Kenny French	Washington, Iowa
DNF	44	Tim Stevens	Paxton, Nebraska
DNF	30	Rick England	Wichita, Kansas
DNF	1	Dwight Schroeder	Moundridge, Kansas
DNF	63	Todd Kane	Powell, Ohio
DNF	11	Steve Kinser**	Bloomington, Indiana
DNF	1n	Paul Dutton	Wichita, Kansas
DNF	5	Mike Sommers	Ellis, Kansas

Steve Kinser led the first eight laps building up a half-lap lead over second place Ewell. Entering the southwest turn on the ninth lap, Kinser attempted to lap French on the outside but his left front tire touched French’s right rear tire sending Kinser’s mount careening into the outside crash wall and out of the race. When the racing resumed, Ewell was the new leader and held that position to the finish. The victory paid $5,250 from the purse.