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)

 

Memorial Day

Saturday Night - May 30, 1942

Promoted by Frank Murphy

Adult admission:  40¢

Children under 12:  10¢

 

 

First Heat – 8 laps

PLACE:

DRIVER:

FROM:

1

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

2

Red Taylor

Chapman, Kansas

3

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 laps

1

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

2

Dwight Wadley

Wichita, Kansas

3

Jimmy “Buss” Bartlett

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Third Heat – 8 laps

1

Ernie Booth*

Chickasha, Oklahoma

2

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

3

Val Jameson

McPherson, Kansas

 

 

 

Fourth Heat – 8 laps

1

Don Brown

Salina, Kansas

2

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

3

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Consolation Race

1

Charley Hedges

Salina, Kansas

2

_____  Powell

Chickasha, Oklahoma

 

 

 

Match Race – 4 laps

1

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

2

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

 

 

 

B Feature – 20 laps

1

Dwight Wadley

Wichita, Kansas

2

Ernie Booth*

Chickasha, Oklahoma

3

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

4

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

A Feature – 12 cars - 30 laps

1

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

2

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

3

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

4

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

 

 

Bob McKim

 

Don Brown

 

Bill Brown

Darrin McKim collection

 

Mike Applebee

Vickey Cummings collection

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Cindy Abbott collection

 

Red Taylor

 

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Wichita Beacon photo

 

Vic Rothe

 

Dwight Wadley

 

Jimmy “Buss” Bartlett

 

Ernie Booth

 

Charley Hedges

Vickey Cummings collection


 

 

 

 

*A newspaper article in the Wichita Beacon says this driver’s name was Clarence Booth but that is undoubtedly incorrect.

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, 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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