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)
Labor Day – Monday Night – September 1, 1941
Promoted by Frank Murphy
Mike Applebee leads Paul “Breezy” Barber at right and an unidentified car running in the outside groove during the B feature race at West Side Speedway on this night – Wichita Beacon photo
First Heat |
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PLACE: |
DRIVER: |
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1 |
Frank Dickerson |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
Carl Oliver |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
Wayland “Bud” Camden |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Second Heat |
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1 |
Clyde Graves |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
2 |
D. A. Clem |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
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Third Heat |
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1 |
Red Taylor |
Chapman, Kansas |
2 |
Vic Rothe |
Kansas City, Missouri |
3 |
Art McCammon |
Delphos, Kansas |
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Fourth Heat |
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1 |
Paul “Breezy” Barber |
Salina, Kansas |
2 |
Emmett Taylor |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
Eddie Overton |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Consolation Race |
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1 |
Guy “Mac” McHenry |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
Mike Applebee |
Salina, Kansas |
3 |
Bill Brown |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Match Race |
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1 |
Clyde Graves |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
2 |
Vic Rothe |
Kansas City, Missouri |
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B Feature – 20 laps |
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1 |
Carl Oliver |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
Harold Priddy |
Salina, Kansas |
3 |
Guy “Mac” McHenry |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
Paul “Breezy” Barber |
Salina, Kansas |
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A Feature - 30 laps |
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1 |
D. A. Clem |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
Vic Rothe |
Kansas City, Missouri |
3 |
Red Taylor |
Chapman, Kansas |
4 |
George Smith* |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Bob McKim
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Vic Rothe
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Emmett Taylor
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Bill Brown Darrin McKim collection
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Harold Priddy Westerhaus collection |
Frank Dickerson
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Carl Oliver
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Wayland “Bud” Camden
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Clyde Graves
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D. A. Clem
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Art McCammon Cindy Abbott collection
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Guy “Mac” McHenry
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Mike Applebee Vickey Cummings collection
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Red Taylor Vickey Cummings collection |
*George Smith finished fourth in the A feature in the #C5 Ford V8-60 midget owned by Bud Camden after Smith’s car owner and the owner the Ford V8-60 midget driven by Al Pichitino withdrew their entries following a dispute with race officials.
All of the photographs on this web page are from the book One Tough Circuit, Midget Racing in America’s Heartland by Bill Hill
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