Fifth Annual Kansas State Modified Championship Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Saturday – September 13, 1969

 

 

Promotional Company – Merrick Racing Incorporated (M.R.I.)

Race director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

 

Attendance – “a near capacity crowd”

Number of cars entered – 47 

 

These races were broadcast live on the local CBS television affiliate KTVH, Channel 12 in Hutchinson

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

4:17.0

2

Herb Copeland

Dodge City, Kansas

 

3

Ken Myers

Wichita, Kansas

 

4

Jerry Everhart

Wichita, Kansas

 

5

David Ross

Jetmore, Kansas

 

 

 

  

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

4:25.0

2

Roy Bryant

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Forrest Coleman

Wichita, Kansas

 

4

Sam Brittendall

Salina, Kansas

 

5

Jay Schrock

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

Dick Hendershot*

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

Harold Armstrong

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

Jerry Reed

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

Dave Oltman

McPherson, Kansas

 

DNF

Charlie Pitts

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

The cars driven by Schrock, Hendershot, Armstrong, Reed, Oltman, and Pitts were involved in a pileup on the back straightaway on the first lap of the race.  Later in this same race, Pitts’ car crashed into the outside wall around the north turn of the racetrack but he was not seriously injured.

 

 

 

Third Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

4:52.0

2

Don Hovda

Oxford, Nebraska

 

3

H. A. Ratzlaff

Dodge City, Kansas

 

4

Bob Fitzsimmon

Dodge City, Kansas

 

5

Dale McDaniel

Ft. Scott, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 5 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

H. A. Ratzlaff

Dodge City, Kansas

2:08.9

2

Roy Bryant

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

 

4

Ken Myers

Wichita, Kansas

 

5

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

 

B Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Dale Reed

Wichita, Kansas

7:37.0

2

Jerry Stone

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Lloyd Beckman

Wineola, Nebraska

 

4

Francis Hoppenstedt

Manhattan, Kansas

 

5

Bud Hatch

Yates Center, Kansas

 

 

 

 

A Feature – 20 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time 

1

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

8:38.0

2

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

 

4

Roy Bryant

Wichita, Kansas

 

5

David Ross

Jetmore, Kansas

 

 

Herb Copeland

Dodge City, Kansas

 

 

 

 

  

Frank Lies

Bob Mays collection

Grady Wade

Ken Greteman photo

Jerry Everhart

Bob Mays collection

Herb Copeland

Bob Mays collection

 

 

 

Jay Schrock

Bob Mays collection

Walt McWhorter

Bob Mays collection

Charlie Pitts

Charlie Pitts collection

Bud Hatch

Bob Mays collection

 

 

 

Dale Reed

Bob Mays collection

Ken Myers

Bob Mays collection

Roy Bryant

Bob Mays collection

Dick Hendershot

Bob Mays collection

 

 

 

David Ross

Bob Mays collection

Forrest Coleman

Bob Mays collection

Jerry Stone

Bob Mays collection

H. A. Ratzlaff

Lyndon Greaney photo

 

 

 

Dale McDaniel

High Plains THUNDER  by Bob Mays

Jerry Reed

Bob Mays collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Richard M. “Dick” Hendershot (1925-1976) was fatally injured in a racing accident at Salina, Kansas.

 

 

 

 

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