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 – October 5, 1941

Promoted by Frank Murphy

Announced Attendance:  2,500+

 

Published Entry List

 

DRIVER:

FROM:

 

George Binnie

Kansas City, Missouri

 

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

 

D. A. Clem

Wichita, Kansas

 

Tex West*

Dallas, Texas

 

Emmett Taylor

Wichita, Kansas

 

Red Taylor**

Chapman, Kansas

 

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

 

George “Junior: Elrod

Wichita, Kansas

 

Jimmy “Buss” Bartlett

Wichita, Kansas

 

Louis Geisen

Minneapolis, Kansas

 

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

 

Carl Oliver

Wichita, Kansas

 

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

 

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

 

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

 

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

 

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

M. L. “Al” Faulkner

Salina, Kansas

 

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

 

Ralph Foster

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

First Heat

PLACE:

DRIVER:

FROM:

1

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

2

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

3

D. A. Clem

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Second Heat

1

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

2

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3

Ralph Foster

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Third Heat

1

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

3

Jimmy “Buss” Bartlett

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Fourth Heat

1

Tex West*

Dallas, Texas

2

M. L. “Al” Faulkner

Salina, Kansas

3

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Match Race

1

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

2

D. A. Clem

Wichita, Kansas

3

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

4

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Consolation Race

1

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

2

Emmett Taylor

Wichita, Kansas

3

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

B Feature – 20 laps

1

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

2

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

M. L. “Al” Faulkner

Salina, Kansas

4

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

A Feature - 30 laps***

1

George Binnie

Kansas City, Missouri

2

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3

D. A. Clem

Wichita, Kansas

4

Vic Rothe

Kansas City, Missouri

 

 

 

Vic Rothe

 

Ernie Powell

 

Bob McKim

 

Clyde Graves

 

Frank Dickerson

 

George “Junior” Elrod

Darrin McKim collection

 

Mike Applebee

Vickey Cummings collection

George Binnie

 

D. A. Clem

 

Tex West

Wichita Beacon photo

 

Emmett Taylor

 

Red Taylor**

 

Wayland “Bud” Camden

 

Jimmy “Buss” Bartlett

 

Louis Geisen

 

Carl Oliver

 

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Wichita Beacon photo

 

Guy “Mac” McHenry

 

M. L. “Al” Faulkner

Wichita Beacon photo

 

Ralph Foster

 

Bill Brown

Darrin McKim collection

 

 

* Austin E. Wetzler (1903-1962) of Dallas, Texas raced for many years under the alias “Tex West”.  He was also well known by the nickname “Ironhead”.

 

** The #77 midget that Harold Priddy had driven all season, had been sold since the last race at West Side Speedway, to Duke Westerhaus and Bill Martin who repainted it and got Red Taylor to drive it for them.

 

*** This was a rare night in that not a single car was lapped in the 30-lap A Feature race.

 

 

 

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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