Grand National Championship

Late Model Stock Car, Late Model Sportsman, Limited Sportsman, Modified, & Sprint 4 Races

On the Historic Half-Mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Saturday – July 30, 1988

 

Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas

Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas

Announcer – Warren Hardy of Wichita, Kansas

Flagman – Nunie Coleman of Wichita, Kansas

 

Track condition – “There were two grooves for racing”

 

All starting positions were determined by a pill draw

 

It took two wreckers to remove Oren Haas’ late model sportsman from the racetrack after he was involved in a crash during his heat race – Greg Peters photo for the Hutchinson News

 

Sprint 4

Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

11

Jack Lamb

Wichita, Kansas

2

59

Shelby Steenson

Abilene, Kansas

3

77

Dwight Schroeder

Newton, Kansas

4

 

Ken Sweet

Wichita, Kansas

5

57

Allan Unruh

Wichita, Kansas

 

Modified

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Marc Robe

Wichita, Kansas

2

Doug Clark

Wichita, Kansas

3

Stan Triggs

Mesa, Arizona

4

Paul Wiens

Wichita, Kansas

5

Jerry Phillips

Galva, Kansas

 

Modified

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Delbert Smith

Wichita, Kansas

2

Rick Merrill

Wichita, Kansas

3

Bob Overton

Wichita, Kansas

4

Don Renfro

Wichita, Kansas

5

Troy Gemmill

Ponca City, Oklahoma

  

Modified

Third Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Buddy Mullens

Maize, Kansas

2

Randy Lucas

Wichita, Kansas

3

Mike Craig

Manhattan, Kansas

4

Dan Oswalt

Iola, Kansas

5

Paul Dutton

Wichita, Kansas

 

Modified

B Feature Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Don Foster

Wichita, Kansas

2

Joe Reed

Wichita, Kansas

3

Sam Brittendall

Salina, Kansas

4

Butch Day

McPherson, Kansas

 

Limited Sportsman

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Richard Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

2

Buddy Mullens

Maize, Kansas

3

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Steve Bush

Wichita, Kansas

5

Erick Magruder

Cheney, Kansas

 

Limited Sportsman

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Rob Glasse

Wichita, Kansas

2

Jack Lamb

Wichita, Kansas

3

Dane Shockey

Wichita, Kansas

4

Brad Johnston

Wichita, Kansas

5

Garry Fuller, Sr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Late Model Sportsman

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Buddy Mullens

Maize, Kansas

2

Bud Purkey

Coffeyville, Kansas

3

Ted Martin

Dodge City, Kansas

4

Joe Woods

Wichita, Kansas

5

David Conkwright

Manhattan, Kansas

 

Late Model Sportsman

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Ron McAninch

Wichita, Kansas

2

Steve Stults

Wichita, Kansas

3

Ed Borecky

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Shelby Steenson

Abilene, Kansas

5

Lonnie Smith

Wichita, Kansas

 

Late Model Stock Car

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Larry McDaniels

Wichita, Kansas

2

Howard Willis

Pasadena, Texas

3

James Shepherd

Wichita Falls, Texas

4

Butch Speicker

Denver, Colorado

5

Steve Fuqua

Mayetta, Kansas

 

Late Model Stock Car

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Doug Ingalls

Longview, Texas

2

Jeep Berry

Grand Junction, Colorado

3

Don Davis, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Henry Witt

Waco, Texas

5

Rodger Peck

Manhattan, Kansas

Ingalls started on the outside of the fourth row in this race.

 

Late Model Stock Car

Third Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

David Brack

Great Bend, Kansas

2

Terry Deatherage

Iowa Park, Texas

3

Dhon Hauserman

Wichita, Kansas

4

Delbert Smith

Wichita, Kansas

5

Bill Lafollette

Manhattan, Kansas

Brack started this race from the inside of the third row.

 

Late Model Stock Car

B Feature Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Larry Harvey, Jr.

Kansas City, Kansas

2

Mike Conkwright

Manhattan, Kansas

3

David Karst

Casper, Wyoming

4

John Cragg

Manhattan, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Buddy Mullens

Fraizer collection

David Brack

Warren Vincent photo

Rob Glasse

Warren Vincent photo

Terry Deatherage

Warren Vincent photo

  

Steve Bush

Joe Aldershof collection

Paul Wiens

Jeff Wiens photo

Dwight Schroeder

Schroeder collection

Jack Lamb

Jack Lamb collection

   

Steve Stults

Stults collection

Ed Borecky

Hutchinson News

Joe Woods

Lehman collection

Bud Purkey

Mike Cornelison photo

 

 Jack Lamb

Lies collection

Jeep Berry

Berry collection

Dhon Hauserman

Rick Kippes photo

 Lonnie Smith

81 Speedway program

 

Larry McDaniels

Webshots website

Shelby Steenson

Warren Vincent photo

 

 

 

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