Late Model Stock Car Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on September 15, 1963

Late Model Stock Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Sunday – September 15, 1963

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

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Fastest six cars from the time trials

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Leonard “Lenny” Funk	Otis, Kansas	4:48.18
2	Dick Hutcherson**	Keokuk, Iowa
3	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa
4	Johnny Jones	Russell, Minnesota
5	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa
6	Jim Washburn	Keokuk, Iowa

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Cars that placed sixth through twelfth in the time trials

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Bob Reynolds	Edmond, Oklahoma	4:53.95
2	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota
3	Jerry Douglas	Wichita Falls, Texas
4	Leon Bowman	Kansas City, Missouri
5	Ralph Wilhelm	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
6	Bill Gibson	Kansas City, Kansas

Third Heat Race – 9 Cars – 10 Laps

The remainder of the field from the time trials

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ernie McMahon	Ft. Madison, Iowa	4:53.75
2	Newton “Newt” Bartholomew	Carlisle, Iowa
3	Eddie Harrow	Corpus Christi, Texas
4	Phil Cronin	Houston, Texas
5	Ed Negre***	Monet, Missouri
6	Bill Thomas	St. Paul, Minnesota
7	Jerry Brown	Springfield, Illinois*****
8	Luther Poteet	Topeka, Kansas
9	Ernie McMahan	Ft. Madison, Iowa

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Johnny Beauchamp****	Atlantic, Iowa	3:59.82
2	Dick Johnson	St. Paul, Minnesota
3	Bill Thomas	St. Paul, Minnesota
4	Jerry Brown	Springfield, Illinois****
5	Luther Poteet	Topeka, Kansas

Feature Race – 25 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Dick Hutcherson**	Keokuk, Iowa	11:57.28
2	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa
3	Leonard “Lenny” Funk	Otis, Kansas
4	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa
5	Johnny Jones	Russell, Minnesota
6	Bob Reynolds	Edmond, Oklahoma
7	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota
8	Jerry Douglas	Wichita Falls, Texas
9	Phil Cronin	Houston, Texas
10	Johnny Beauchamp****	Atlantic, Iowa
11	Eddie Harrow	Corpus Christi, Texas
12	Ralph Wilhelm	Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ramo Stott

Midwest Racing Archives website

Dick Hutcherson

Midwest Racing Archives website

Ralph Wilhelm

I. M. C. A. yearbook

Ernie McMahan

I. M. C.. A. kyearbook

* Ramo Stott competed in the Daytona “500” eleven times.

** Dick Hutcherson (1931-2005) competed in the Daytona “500” three times.

*** Ed Negre competed in the Daytona “500” eleven times.

**** Johnny Beauchamp (1923-1981) went on to compete in the Daytona “500” in 1959.

***** Another source lists Jerry Brown as being from Springfield, Missouri instead of Springfield, Illinois.

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