Late Model Stock Car Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on September 17, 1962

Late Model Stock Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Monday – September 17, 1962

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

Attendance – “a packed grandstand”

Total purse – $1,900

Time Trials – 1 Lap

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Dick Hutcherson**	Keokuk, Iowa	28.34

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Phil Cronin	Parma Heights, Ohio	4:55.12
2	Darrell Dake	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
3	Bob Reynolds	Edmond, Oklahoma
4	Leonard “Lenny” Funk	Otis, Kansas
5	Ramo Stott	Keokuk, Iowa
6	Gerry Harrison	Topeka, Kansas

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa	4:48.14
2	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota
3	Mert Williams	Rochester, Minnesota
4	John Mickey	Columbus Junction, Iowa
5	John Jones	Russell, Minnesota
6	Newt Bartholomew	Carlisle, Iowa

Brua lead this race until he slid high on the last lap and Derr passed him on the inside for the victory.

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars – 5 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa	2:28.87
2	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota
3	Phil Cronin	Parma Heights, Ohio
4	Darrell Dake	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	DNF

This race was a replay of the second heat race. Brua lead this race until he slid high in the south turn on the last lap and Derr passed him on the inside for the victory.

Consolation Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa	3:51.12
2	Dick Hutcherson**	Keokuk, Iowa
3	Clyde Douglas	Wichita Falls, Texas
4	Gerry Harrison	Topeka, Kansas
5	Ed Birkey	Peoria, Illinois
6	John Jones	Russell, Minnesota

Novelty Race – 4 Cars – 4 Laps

Place	Driver	From
1	Ramo Stott	Keokuk, Iowa
2	Phil Cronin	Parma Heights, Ohio
3	John Jones	Russell, Minnesota
4	Ed Birkey	Peoria, Illinois

These drivers raced for one lap, the drivers got out, ran around their cars, got back in and raced for another lap. After the second lap, they got out, ate a piece of pie, got back in and raced for another lap. After the third lap, they got out, drank a cup of soda pop, got back in to their cars, and raced for another lap. The one who completed the fourth lap first was the winner.

Feature Race – 15 Cars – 25 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Bob Reynolds	Edmond, Oklahoma	12:31.37
2	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa
3	Mert Williams	Rochester, Minnesota
4	Darrell Dake	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
5	John Mickey	Columbus Junction, Iowa
6	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa
7	Dick Hutcherson**	Keokuk, Iowa
8	Phil Cronin	Parma Heights, Ohio
9	Leonard “Lenny” Funk	Otis, Kansas
10	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota
11	Gerry Harrison	Topeka, Kansas
12	John Jones	Russell, Minnesota	DNF
13	Clyde Douglas	Wichita Falls, Texas	DNF
14	Newt Bartholomew	Carlisle, Iowa	DNF
15	Ed Birkey	Peoria, Illinois	DNF

Birkey’s car threw a wheel on the 8^th lap.

Reynolds started on the pole and led the entire race. Derr challenged for the lead several times but Reynolds pulled away from him on the straight-aways. His check for finishing first in this race was $310.

Reynolds was driving a 1962 Ford.

Derr was driving a 1962 Pontiac.

Stott’s car number was 0.