26th Annual Kansas State Championship

360 Sprint Car & Thumper Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Saturday – September 8, 1990

 

Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas

Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas

Flagman / starter – Nunie Coleman of Wichita, Kansas

Announcer – Warren Hardy of Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Kay Cox of Sedgwick, Kansas in car #3K leads the field down the front straightaway early in the first heat race.  Eventual winner Garry Lee Maier of Dodge City, Kansas in #11x is shown in second place – Sandra Watts photo for the Hutchinson News

 

 

 

Thumper

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Grady Fielder

Chapman, Kansas

3:09.38

2

Rusty Rice

White City, Kansas

 

3

Jim Rogers

Satanta, Kansas

 

4

Dave Knier

Hugoton, Kansas

 

5

John Boice

Valley Falls, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Thumper

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Rodney Schmutz

Junction City, Kansas

2:57.46

2

Dennis Millard

Topeka, Kansas

 

3

Rickey Blackburn

Nickerson, Kansas

 

4

Jeff Hartwell

Colby, Kansas

 

5

Glen Garst

Topeka, Kansas

 

 

 

  

Thumper

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Steve Hamlin

Wichita, Kansas

 

2

Don Derringer

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Mike Wichman

Silver Lake, Kansas

 

4

Roger Bennett

Junction City, Kansas

 

5

Tracy Schmidt

White City, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Thumper

Fourth Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Chuck Taylor

Dodge City, Kansas

2:49.15

2

Ken Crissman

St. John, Kansas

 

3

Mike Schlatter

Turon, Kansas

 

4

Albert Castor

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

5

Bill VanCampen

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Thumper

Fifth Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Jed Day

Wichita, Kansas

2:15.76

2

Don Strahley

Junction City, Kansas

 

3

Steve Burch

Junction City, Kansas

 

4

Mike Manske

Hugoton, Kansas

 

5

Jamie French

Hugoton, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Thumper

Sixth Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Eddie Martinez

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

2

Greg Stephens

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Jerry Munden

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

4

Ryan Nye

Wichita, Kansas

 

5

Bryan Stacy

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Thumper

C Feature Race

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Ted Thomas

Wichita, Kansas

 

2

Tim Ross

Lyons, Kansas

 

3

Bill Davis

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

4

Tad Uncapher

Wichita, Kansas

 

5

Butch Hall

Wichita, Kansas

 

  

 

 

Thumper

B Feature Race

Place

Driver

From

 

  1

Steve Burch

Junction City, Kansas

 

  2

Roger Bennett

Junction City, Kansas

 

  3

Ryan Nye

Wichita, Kansas

 

  4

Jim Rogers

Satanta, Kansas

 

  5

Ted Thomas

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Thumper

A Feature Race – 12 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

  1

Ken Crissman

St. John, Kansas

 

  2

Chuck Taylor

Dodge City, Kansas

 

  3

Greg Stephens

Wichita, Kansas

 

  4

Grady Fielder

Chapman, Kansas

 

  5

Ryan Nye

Wichita, Kansas

 

Crissman bumped leader Taylor on the final turn getting his car loose enough for Crissman to get past.

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

 

2

Paul Dutton

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Roger Thompson

Junction City, Kansas

 

4

Brian Herbert

Dodge City, Kansas

 

5

Roger Sundquist

Holdrege, Nebraska

 

 

Kay Cox

Sedgwick, Kansas

 

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Adam Fellers

Newton, Kansas

2:22.79

2

John Blurton

Dodge City, Kansas

 

3

Stan Constant

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

4

Jon Johnson

Utica, Kansas

 

5

Dwight Schroeder

Moundridge, Kansas

 

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

A Feature Race – 15 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

  1

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

5:39.67

  2

Stan Constant

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  3

Jon Johnson

Utica, Kansas

 

  4

Paul Dutton

Wichita, Kansas

 

  5

Adam Fellers

Newton, Kansas

 

Maier won this race by a wide margin over second place finisher Constant.

 

 

 

 

Rickey Blackburn

Hutchinson News

Garry Lee Maier

Steve Hardin collection

Stan Constant

NCRA program

Dwight Schroeder

Schroeder collection

 

 

 

Jon Johnson

Brian Carroll collection

 

 

  

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