Automobile Races
Cowley County Fairgrounds
Winfield, Kansas
Friday – October 15, 1909
The program consisted of automobile races, motorcycles races, and bicycle races.
Sanctioned by the Motor Cup Club of Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 2,000
Results of the Automobile races:
Time Trials – 4 Laps
Place |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Owner |
Hometown |
Entrant |
From |
Make |
Time |
Purse – Winner Take All |
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Arkansas City, Kansas |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
REO |
2:51.5 |
$100 |
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2 |
Unknown |
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This event was originally to have been a challenge race between the automobiles and the motorcycles but the automobile owners declined the challenge so each automobile was given a chance to run by itself against the clock instead. Only two automobiles participated and only the time turned in by Kimball has been located to date, but his was the quickest time for the distance of any of either of the automobiles participating. Ray Weishaar then ran the same distance on his Indian motorcycle against the clock and turned in a time of 2:31.5 so he was presented with the purse for running the fastest 4-laps of the day.
Free-for-All – 2 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car Owner |
Hometown |
Entrant |
From |
Make |
Time |
Purse – Winner Take All |
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1 |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Frank Brandenburg |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Kimble & Moody |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Hudson-20 |
1:28.0 |
Pair of Thermos with Morocco bound case, valued at $25 |
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Grover Collinson |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Grover Collinson |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Grover Collinson |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Buick |
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Carl Tharp |
Winfield, Kansas |
Carl Tharp |
Winfield, Kansas |
Carl Tharp |
Winfield, Kansas |
REO |
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Joe Blubaugh |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Collinson & Blubaugh |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Collinson & Blubaugh |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Buick |
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Walter W. Penrose |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Phillips & Penrose |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Phillips & Penrose |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Jackson |
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James Phillips |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Phillips & Penrose |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Phillips & Penrose |
Arkansas City, Kansas |
Jackson |
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Judy Hall collection |
Dr. Lemuel Blondel “L. B.” Kimball (1877-1941) was a Jeweler and an optician from Arkansas City, Kansas. He drove a Hudson-20 owned by Frank Brandenburg who was the fire chief of Arkansas City, Kansas. Dr. Kimball also ran a REO in trials but then drove Brandenburg’s Hudson-20 in the free-for-all race. Dr. Kimball’s fastest time in time trials and his victory in the free-for-all race won him a pair of “Thermos & Morocco bound case valued at $25.” The thermos bottles were placed on display in Winfield for a time before they were sent to car owner Brandenburg.
Dr. L. B. Kimball is buried beside his wife in the Sunset Lawns Cemetery at El Dorado, Kansas while Frank Brandenburg is buried in Hope Cemetery southwest of Arkansas City, Kansas.
Race Officials
Manager – James A. Whitty of Chicago, Illinois
Judge – John Parman of Arkansas City, Kansas
Judge – Wilmer H. Billings of Arkansas City, Kansas
Time Keeper – W. N. Harris of Arkansas City, Kansas
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