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

PLACE:

DRIVER:

FROM:

1

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

2

Carl Oliver

Wichita, Kansas

3

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Second Heat

1

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2

D. A. Clem

Wichita, Kansas

3

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Third Heat

1

Red Taylor

Chapman, Kansas

2

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

3

Art McCammon

Delphos, Kansas

 

 

 

Fourth Heat

1

Paul “Breezy” Barber

Salina, Kansas

2

Emmett Taylor

Wichita, Kansas

3

Eddie Overton

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Consolation Race

1

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

2

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

3

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Match Race

1

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

 

 

 

B Feature – 20 laps

1

Carl Oliver

Wichita, Kansas

2

Harold Priddy

Salina, Kansas

3

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

4

Paul “Breezy” Barber

 Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

A Feature - 30 laps

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

 

Vic Rothe

 

Emmett Taylor

 

Bill Brown

Darrin McKim collection

 

Harold Priddy

Westerhaus collection

Frank Dickerson

 

Carl Oliver

 

Wayland “Bud” Camden

 

Clyde Graves

 

D. A. Clem

 

Art McCammon

Cindy Abbott collection

 

Guy “Mac” McHenry

 

Mike Applebee

Vickey Cummings collection

 

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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