Stock Car Races at Winfield, Kansas on July 5, 1954

July 5, 1954

Frank Lies of Wichita, Kansas drove this 1932 Ford 5-window coupe to victory in the A feature at Winfield, Kansas on July 5, 1954. The car was owned by Kenny Riffel of Herington, Kansas. Lies won the third heat race and the A feature collecting $131.52 from the purse.

Winfield Daily Courier

Racers to Compete for State Standings at July 5 Event Here

Competition for top position in state standings among the auto racing fraternity in Kansas is expected to be on a high level on Monday, July 5, at the auto races to be held at the Winfield fairgrounds under sponsorship of the Lions club.

A Winfield car owned by Joe Collins and driven by Will Forrest, Wichita, which has been a consistent winner this season, now stands in second place with 125 points. High man on the totem pole now is Frank Lies, Wichita. Both of these cars race under the Cejay Stadium banner. The lead man so far among the racers from the Robbins Speedway is Forrest Coleman, and Bill Nelson ranks second.

Keen Competition
          Possibility that these standings may be changed at Wichita next Sunday is forseen. However, by the time of the Winfield races there will be keen competition for the money and trophy.
          At the racing program in Winfield May 31, the Collins entry driven by Forrest, won the heat, trophy and feature races. Last Sunday night at Wichita, Forrest drove the Collins car to win in the heat race and trophy dash and came in for second money on the A feature race.

Expects 50 cars
          Collins, who is director of the racing program for the Winfield Lions, says he expects around 50 cars again for the races here July 5. He expects several from Ponca City this time. A new speedway was opened there last Sunday and some of the top talent from Ponca is expected to compete with Kansas drivers in Winfield next Monday.
          Big crowds have been attending the racing programs at the fairgrounds the past two seasons. All persons attending are required to sit in the covered grandstand. General admission admits to the grandstand also. Children under 12 accompanied by an adult, are admitted free.
          Time trials are scheduled to get under way soon after 1 p.m. followed by a full afternoon of races where spills and thrills are assured.
          Johnnie Autry, Enid, will be the starter of the races.

Winfield Daily Courier
July 6, 1954, page 13

Huge Crowd Sees Stock car Races

Winfield's Fourth of July stock car races were run Monday afternoon with the usual thrills and spills that go with stock car races. The results:

	First Heat Race	Time - 3:50.0		Second Heat Race	Time - 3:57.3
1	Will Forrest	Wichita, Kansas	1	Orval Beckel	Wichita, Kansas
2	Hugh Shea	Wichita, Kansas	2	Ed Schauf¹	Wichita, Kansas
3	Bill Nelson	Wichita, Kansas	3	John McGee²	Wichita, Kansas

	Third Heat Race			Trophy Dash
1	Frank Lies³	Wichita, Kansas	1	Will Forrest	Wichita, Kansas
2	Harold Leep	Wichita, Kansas	3	Orval Beckel	Wichita, Kansas
3	Johnnie Bush	Wichita, Kansas	3	Frank Lies³	Wichita, Kansas

	B Feature Semi-Final			B Feature Final
1	Don Fortey	Wichita, Kansas	1	Orval Beckel	Wichita, Kansas
2	Bud Webster	Winfield, Kansas	2	Tom Salmon, Jr.	Wichita, Kansas
3	Freddy Tinnemeyer⁴	Wichita, Kansas	3	Max Ritter	Waynoka, Oklahoma
			4	Buddy Quick	Wichita, Kansas

	A Feature Semi-Final			A Feature Final
1	Bob Newman	Wichita, Kansas	1	Frank Lies³	Wichita, Kansas
2			2	Johnnie Bush	Wichita, Kansas
3	Will Forrest	Wichita, Kansas	3	Will Forrest	Wichita, Kansas
4	Don Everhart	Wichita, Kansas	4	Al Williams	Wichita, Kansas

¹Ed Schauf drove car #99

²John McGee drove a car #5 owned by Harry Prater.

³Frank Lies won $131.52 for finishing first in the third heat race and first in the A Feature.

⁴Freddy Tinnemeyer drove a 1932 Ford sedan #60.

Ralph Lies, of Wichita, Kansas, started this race on the pole in Bob Martin's #1 Ford coupe. Harold Leep drove the Red Forshee owned #84 at Winfield in 1954 and starting on the outside of the front row of this race. The white #35 Ford coupe, on the outside of the second row, was owned by Allen Carter, of Arkansas City, Kansas, and driven by Melvin Cattrell, of Wichita, Kansas - Loretta Cox collection

Some of the Drivers Who Participated this Day