Automobile Races at the Kansas State Fair on September 15, 1919

Automobile Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Monday, September 15, 1919

Sanctioned by – International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)

George Clark

Sigurd W. Haugdahl collection

John Boling

Gary Wolfe collection

Time Trials – 2 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Automobile	Purse	Time
1	George Clark*	Ft. Worth, Texas	Duesenberg	$100	1:09.4
2	John Boling*	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Hudson		1:09.8
3	John Boyd	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Packard		1:12.0
4 – tie	Tuck Fordyce	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Mercer		1:14.0
4 – tie	Mark Jenkins	Des Moines, Iowa	Stutz		1:14.0

First Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Automobile	Purse	Time
1	John Boling*	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Hudson	$0	4:15.0
2	Dwight Mercer	Bartlesville, Oklahoma	Lust Ford Special

Second Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Automobile	Purse	Time
1	George Cark*	Ft. Worth, Texas	Duesenberg	$0	3:55.0
2	John Boyd	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Packard

Third Heat Race – 6 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Automobile	Purse	Time
1	John Boyd	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Packard	$0	3:49.0
2	George Clark*	Ft. Worth, Texas	Duesenberg
3	John Boling”	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Hudson

Novelty Race for Miniature Cars – 2 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Automobile	Purse	Time
1	_____ Davies		“Baby’s Unionalls”	$0	1:25.0
2			“Baby Mine”

These two cars were described as being miniature cars.

Finals – 20 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Automobile	Purse	Laps Completed
1	George Clark*	Ft. Worth, Texas	Duesenberg	$800	20
2	John Boling*	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Hudson	480	20
3	John Boyd	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Packard	320	20
4	Tuck Fordyce	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Mercer		20
5	Dwight Mercer	Bartlesville, Oklahoma	Lust Ford Special		19

Clark led this entire race although Boling stayed close behind and challenged for the top spot on several occasions. Boyd was a close third place for much of the race before his engine went sout dropping him back to finish 100 feet behind the leader in third place.

There was also an exhibition auto polo match on the program with the “American” team defeating the “British” team 2 – 0.

* George Clark (1890-1978) and John Boling (1884-1932) have both competed in the Indianapolis “500”.

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