The Known Performance Record of the Baldauf Offy

The Known Performance Record of the Baldauf Offy

An incomplete record

Frank Baldauf purchased the O’Day Offy from Peaches Campbell and it became the Baldauf Offy.

The webmaster has attempted to incorporate the paint schemes of the Baldauf Offy into this website. The car was painted black with a red #1 in 1941 and was still painted those colors at least into the 1960s.

1953

Date	Driver	Owner	Mechanic	Car Name	Car#	Engine	Venue	Known Results	Purse	Sanction
5/30	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	220 Offy	North Centeral Kansas Fairgrounds Belleville, KS	3^rd in heat 1		I.M.C.A.
5/31	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	220 Offy	State Fairgrounds Des Moines, Iowa	1^st in consolation		I.M.C.A.
7/26	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	220 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	1^st in time trials 1^st in heat 1^st in trophy dash 1^st in feature		U.M.C.A.
9/7	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	220 Offy	Minnesota State Speedway St. Paul, MN	1^st in heat 9^h in feature		I.M.C.A.
9/22	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	220 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	6^th in time trials 3^rd in heat 2 2^nd in trophy dash		I.M.C.A.
10/4	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	220 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	1^st in time trials 1^st in trophy dash 1^st in heat 3 2^nd in feature		U.M.C.A.

1954

Date

Driver

Owner

Mechanic

Car Name

Car#

Engine

Venue

Known Results

Purse

Sanction

5/2

Mickey McCormick

Frank Baldauf

Shorty Miller

Baldauf Offy

220 Offy

Central Kansas Fairgrounds

Abilene, KS

2^nd in time trials

1^st in trophy dash

2^nd in feature

U.M.C.A.

9/21

Mickey McCormick

Frank Baldauf

Shorty Miller

Baldauf Offy

220 Offy

State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, KS

11^th in time trials¹

I.M.C.A.

1955

Date	Driver	Owner	Mechanic	Car Name	Car#	Engine	Venue	Known Results	Purse	Sanction
6/26	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	2^nd in time tirals 2^nd in heat 1 1^st in feature		U.M.C.A.
7/4	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids, IA	DNF²		I.M.C.A.
8/31	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	Minnesota State Speedway St. Paul, MN	1^st in heat 1		I.M.C.A.
9/5	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	Minnesota State Speedway St. Paul, MN	4^th in feature		I.M.C.A.
9/?	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	Dakota State Fair Speedway Huron, SD	8^th in feature		I.M.C.A.
9/20	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	7^th in time trials 1^st in heat 1 3^rd in feature		I.M.C.A.
9/22	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	7^th in time trials 6^thin heat 1 3^rd in consolation		I.M.C.A.

1956

Date	Driver	Owner	Mechanic	Car Name	Car#	Engine	Venue	Known Results	Purse	Sanction
8/14	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	Norton County Fairgrounds Norton, KS			U.M.C.A.
8/15	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	Norton County Fairgrounds Norton, KS	3^rd in heat 3 2^nd in trophy dash 2^nd in feature		U.M.C.A.
8/30	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	North Centeral Kansas Fairgrounds Belleville, KS			I.M.C.A.
9/18	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	2^nd in heat 3 3^rd in feature		I.M.C.A.
9/20	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	State Fairgrounds Hutchinson, KS	1^st in heat 3 4^th in feature		I.M.C.A.
9/22	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	State Fairgrounds Oklahoma City, OK	3^rd in feature		I.M.C.A.
9/23	Mickey McCormick	Frank Baldauf	Shorty Miller	Baldauf Offy	1	270 Offy	State Fairgrounds Oklahoma City, OK	3^rd in feature		I.M.C.A.

Frank Baldauf sold the Baldauf Offy back to Peaches Campbell in 1960.

To view an incomplete performance record of

Hank O’Day’s

O’Day Offy

To view an incomplete performance record of

John Sloan & Gus Schrader’s

Riverside Offy

To view an incomplete performance record of

Peaches Campbell’s

O’Day Offy

To view an incomplete list of Drivers and Owners, Point Standings, and Track Records of this car

To return to the primary O’Day Offy webpage

Footnotes:

1.	The oil pump went out during time trials ruining the engine.

2.	Mickey McCormick was involved in a serious accident that laid him up for several weeks.

Sources:

Books:

America’s Speedways Past and Present Third Edition by Allan E. Brown, 2003

Big Car THUNDER, Sprint Cars on America’s Fair Circuits, Vol. 1 by Bob Mays, Fastrack Publishing, Lincoln, NE: 2005

Show Biz Auto Racing, IMCA Big Cars 1915-1977 by Buzz Rose, Ben Franklin Press: 2001

Newspapers:

Hutchinson Herald newspaper, Hutchinson, KS – 1938 to1941

Hutchinson News newspaper, Hutchinson, KS – 1953 to 1956