West Side Speedway

1/5 mile dirt racetrack that was located two blocks north

of Douglas Street between Glenn Street and Vine Street

at 1800 West Third Street in Wichita, Kansas

 

Midget Auto Races

Sanctioned by

Kansas Midget Racing (KMR)

Sunday Night – August 17, 1941

Promoted by Frank Murphy

Adult admission:  40¢ plus tax

Children under 12:  15¢ plus tax 

 

Published Entry List

PLACE:

DRIVER:

FROM:

 

Tex West

Dallas, Texas

 

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

 

Carl Oliver

Wichita, Kansas

 

Ralph Foster

Wichita, Kansas

 

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

 

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

 

Harold Priddy

Salina, Kansas

 

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

 

Emmett Taylor

Wichita, Kansas

 

D. A. Clem

Wichita, Kansas

 

Clarence Green

Salina, Kansas

 

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

 

Red Taylor

Chapman, Kansas

 

Art McCammon

Delphos, Kansas

 

Paul “Breezy” Barber

Salina, Kansas

 

George Smith

Kansas City, Missouri

 

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

Clarence Merritt

Chelsea, Oklahoma

 

Ted Parker

Ft. Worth, Texas

 

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

M. L. “Al” Faulkner

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

First Heat – 10 Laps

1

Tex West

Dallas, Texas

2

Ted Parker

Ft. Worth, Texas

3

Ralph Foster

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Second Heat – 10 Laps

1

George Smith

Kansas City, Missouri

2

Carl Oliver

Wichita, Kansas

3

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Third Heat – 10 Laps

1

Harold Priddy

Salina, Kansas

2

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Fourth Heat – 10 Laps

1

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

2

Red Taylor

Chapman, Kansas

3

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Fifth Heat - 10 Laps

1

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

3

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Match Race

4 fastest cars from Time Trials

1

George Smith

Kansas City, Missouri

2

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

4

Ted Parker

Ft. Worth, Texas

 

 

 

B Feature – 20 Laps

1

Harold Priddy

Salina, Kansas

2

Art McCammon

Delphos, Kansas

3

M. L. “Al” Faulkner

Salina, Kansas

4

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

A Feature – 30 Laps – 6:37.8

1

George Smith

Kansas City, Missouri

2

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

3

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

4

Tex West

Dallas, Texas

 

 

 

Art McCammon

Cindy Abbott collection

 

Clyde Graves

 

Clarence Merritt

 

Bill Brown

Darrin McKim collection

 

Red Taylor

Vickey Cummings collection

 

Clarence Green

Vickey Cummings collection

 

 

 

 

Tex West

 

Carl Oliver

 

Ralph Foster

 

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Wichita Beacon photo

 

Bob McKim

 

Wayland “Bud” Camden

 

Emmett Taylor

 

D. A. Clem

 

George Smith

 

Ernie Powell

 

Ted Parker

 

M. L. “Al” Faulkner

Wichita Beacon photo

 

Mike Applebee

Vickey Cummings collection

 

Harold Priddy

Westerhaus collection

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, all of the photos on this web page are from the book One Tough Circuit, Midget Racing in America’s Heartland by Bill Hill 

 

 

 

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