Motorcycle Races

Cowley County Fairgrounds

Winfield, Kansas

Saturday  –  October 16, 1909

The program consisted of automobile races, motorcycles races, and bicycle races.

Results of the Motorcycle races:

Match Race – Automobile vs. Motorcycle – 4 Laps
Place	Driver	Hometown	Car Owner	Hometown	Make	Time
1	Dan Randall	Wichita, KS	Dan Randall	Wichita, KS	Indian	5:00.00
2	Carl Thorp	Winfield, KS	Carl Thorp	Winfield, KS	REO

Free-for-All – 6 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Make	Time
1	Ray Hockaday	Wichita, KS		5:01.00
2	Ray Weishaar	Wichita, KS
3	Claud Andrews	Wichita, KS
4	Dan Randall	Wichita, KS	Indian
5	Pete Hickerson	Winfield, KS

One sources states that this race was won in 4:01 seconds.

Novelty Race – 6 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Make	Time
1	Ray Hockaday	Wichita, KS		7:00.60
2	Frank Drury	Winfield, KS	Thor

The Slow Race – 1 Lap
Place	Rider	Hometown	Make	Time
1	Frank Drury	Winfield, KS	Thor	7:12.00
2	Ray Hockaday	Wichita, KS

Twin Cylinder Race – 10 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Make	Time
1	Ray Weishaar	Wichita, KS		7:54.00
2	Dan Randall	Wichita, KS	Indian
3 – tie	Claud Andrews	Wichita, KS
3 – tie	Ray Hockaday	Wichita, KS

Andrews’ motorcycle suffered a blown tire on the back straightaway on the fifth lap.  The accident caused both Andrews and Hockaday to fall with Hockaday suffering a leg injury. 

Open to riders from Winfield and Arkansas City, Kansas only – 6 – laps 

Place	Rider	Hometown	Time
1	Pete Hickerson	Winfield, KS	4:55.40
2	_____  Patterson	Arkansas City, KS
3	J. W. Kidd	Arkansas City, KS

Free-for-All – 4 laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Make	Time
1	Dan Randall	Wichita, KS	Indian	2:55.00
2	Ray Weishaar	Wichita, KS
3	Claud Andrews	Wichita, KS

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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