Hot Rod Races
Oakley, Kansas
June 26, 1949
Oakley Graphic
Friday, June 24, 1949
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HOT-ROD RACES OAKLEY, KANSAS
Sunday June 26
Time Trials: One Oclock Races: Two Oclock
Plenty Of Races
Cars from Denver - Wichita- Newton Several local - and from surrounding towns
OAKLEY HAS THE FASTEST HALF MILE TRACK In Northwest Kansas - Time Trials PROVE IT !!!
Sponsored By Oakley Chamber of Commerce
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The #7-11 Ford of Leroy Eugene L. E. Pickrel |
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The #8 of Jack Smith |
Time Trials
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Place |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car # |
Time |
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1 |
Jack Smith |
Denver, CO |
8 |
29.95 |
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L. E. Pickrel |
Scott City, KS |
7-11 |
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Frank Lies |
Wichita, KS |
400 |
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Oakley, KS |
20 |
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Heat Race
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Place |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car # |
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1 |
Oakley, KS |
20 |
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Novelty Race*
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Place |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car |
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1 |
W. K. Carson |
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Ford |
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2 |
Oakley, KS |
Oldsmobile |
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Feature Race
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Place |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car # |
Purse** |
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1 |
L. E. Pickrel |
Scott City, KS |
7-11 |
$140.00 |
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2 |
Oakley, KS |
20 |
130.00 |
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3 |
Frank Lies |
Wichita, KS |
400 |
46.25 |
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DNF broken steering arm |
Jack Smith |
Denver, CO |
8 |
46.25 |
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Chamber of Commerce Race Committee Chairman: |
Emmett Anderson |
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Timer and Starter: |
W. K. Carson |
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P. A. Announcer: |
Arnold Blank Blankenburg |
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Position Man: |
John Leitner |
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General Admission: |
$1.00 for Adults |
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Pit Pass: |
$1.00 |
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Attendance: |
1,200 |
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Racing Conditions: |
Hot, Windy, and Dusty |
This very poor photo was taken at Oakley, Kansas in 1949. It shows Frank Lies of Wichita, Kansas being push started in a track hot rod owned by L. E. Pickrel, Sr. of Scott City, Kansas. Click your mouse on the photo above to see other photos of Frank Lies in the #400 hot rod.
A COUPLE OF THE DRIVERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THESE RACES:
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Les Suter |
Frank Lies |
*Only two cars started the novelty race. Participants had to stop their cars in the middle of the race, get out; drink a coke, then get back in their cars and complete the race.
**The purse totaled $362.50 for the afternoon and was paid out for total finishing positions for the day rather than for just one race.
All photographs on this web page, except the photos of Frankie Lies, are from the Punch Lemburg collection from the book Roaring Roadsters #2 by Don Radbruch. The head photo of Frankie Lies is from the Loretta Cox collection while the photo of Lies in car #400 is from the Lies collection.
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