West Side Racetrack

Wichita, Kansas – July 4, 1911

Attendance – 5,000

Novelty Race

*Finish*	*Driver*	*From*	*Automobile*
1	Carl E. Evans	Wichita, Kansas	Auburn 40
2	Ivan V. Appleby*	Wichita, Kansas	Moon

Each car had to carry a full load of passengers that had to get out every quarter of a mile while the driver killed the engine. The driver then had to crank the engine back up, load his passengers back into the car and continue on for another quarter of a mile where the process started all over again. Evans was the easy victor.

Free-for-All – 3 Cars – 10 Laps – Time: 6 minutes, 17.0 seconds

*Finish*	*Driver*	*From*	*Automobile*	*Tires*
1	Harold R. Peterson**	Wichita, Kansas	Crawford	Racine
2	Glenn M. Breed	Bushton, Kansas	Buick Model 17	Michner
3	_____ Heller		Moon

Breed ran most of this race in third place, just moving into second place near the end. This race was run during a blinding sand storm. Given the conditions, Breed told a newspaper reporter that he was surprised that he had done as well as he had.

John Henry Baldauf

* Ivan Vernon Appleby (1894-1941)

** The Crawford automobile driven by Harold Reynolds Peterson (1894-1945) was owned by John Henry “Jack” Baldauf (1875-1956) of the Regal Auto Company which was a dealership for Crawford and Regal automobiles in Wichita.

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