Ben Steadman

Cokeley collection

 

Ray Riner

Kenny Greteman photo

 

Alvin Riley

Gary Shinkle collection

 

Francis Kingan

Cokeley collection

 

Grady Wade

Kenny Greteman photo

 

Jack Petty

Ken Gretemen photo

 

Charlie Pitts

Charlie Pitts collection

 

John Riead

John Riead collection

 

Lee Salmans

Hutchinson News

 

Walt McWhorter

Bob Mays collection

 

Pinky Mullens

Mullens family collection

 

Dick Hendershot

Mohawk Speedway program

 

Jay Woodside

Larry Hall collection

 

Frankie Lies

Lies collection

 

Bill Curless

77 Speedway program

 

Forrest Coleman

National Jalopy Championship program

 

Bill Nelson

81 Speedway program

 

David Ross

David Ross collection

 

Bill Bookout

Mullens family collection

 

Dale Reed

Hutchinson News photo

 

Dick Unger

Lies collection

 

Roy Bryant

Lies collection

 

Jerry Reed

Lies collection

 

Sportsman Modified Jalopy Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

Tuesday – September 17, 1963

 

 

Promotional Company – Merrick Racing Promotions (M.R.P.)

Race Director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Flagman / Starter – Al Alexander of Wichita, Kansas

 

 

(These cars were known regionally as “rails”)

 

 

 

Trophy Dash Action

David Ross in his own #54, Forrest Coleman in the Ernie McCoy #4 and Grady Wade in the LaVern Nance #11 – Hutchinson News photo

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

  1

Forrest Coleman

Wichita, Kansas

4:45.4

  2

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

 

  3

Charlie Lutkie

Wichita, Kansas

 

  4

Leland Salmans

Larned, Kansas

 

  5

Jay Woodside

Wichita, Kansas

 

  6

Henry Ellington

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

  

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

  1

David Ross

Jetmore, Kansas

4:45.3

  2

Virgil Chapman

Kansas City, Missouri

 

  3

Ben Steadman

Sharon, Oklahoma

 

  4

Paul Befort, Jr.

Garden City, Kansas

 

  5

Dale Reed

Wichita, Kansas

 

  6

Jack Petty

Wichita, Kansas

 

  7

Bill Curless

Arkansas City, Kansas

 

  8

Dick Hendershot*

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

  9

Al Baldus

Kansas City, Missouri

 

10

John Riead

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

  

Third Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

  1

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

4:40.5

  2

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

 

  3

Roy Bryant

Wichita, Kansas

 

  4

Ray Riner

Wichita, Kansas

 

  5

Bill Bookout

Wichita, Kansas

 

  6

Bill Nelson

Wichita, Kansas

 

  7

Charlie Pitts

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

  8

Wylan Cattrell

Wichita, Kansas

 

  9

Dick Doran

Wichita, Kansas

 

10

Carl Hayes

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

  

Trophy Dash – 6 Cars – 5 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

2:13.0

2

Forrest Coleman

Wichita, Kansas

 

3

Walt McWhorter

Wichita, Kansas

 

4

David Ross

Jetmore, Kansas

 

5

Ray Riner

Wichita, Kansas

 

6

Virgil Chapman

Kansas City, Missouri

 

 

 

  

B Feature Race – 15 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

  1

John Riead

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

  2

Dick Unger

Wichita, Kansas

 

  3

Jerry Collins

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

  4

J. D. Cox

Wichita, Kansas

 

  5

Carl Hayes

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

  6

Pinky Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

 

  7

Leon Spain

Manhattan, Kansas

 

  8

Milton Luft

Great Bend, Kansas

 

  9

Vester VanSickle

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

10

Francis Kingan

Enid, Oklahoma

 

11

Al Murie

Kansas City, Missouri

 

12

Alvin Riley

Medora, Kansas

 

13

Marvin Jacobs

Wilson, Kansas

 

14

Marvin Bischoff

Williamsburg, Kansas

 

DNF

Gene McClellan

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

DNF

Milton Ward

Great Bend, Kansas

 

DNF

Duane Cauley

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

DNF

Jerry Reed

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

DNF

Buddy Leibrand

Parkville, Missouri

 

DNF

Dick Doran

Wichita, Kansas

 

Doran’s car rolled over twice in the north turn on the first lap.

Leibrand’s car spun to a stop in the southeast turn and Leibrand abandoned it there.

Reed’s car flipped over onto its top in the northeast turn.

Cauley car overheated and he abandoned it by the outside fence in the south turn.

Ward spun his car into the outside fence at the end of the back stretch near the northeast turn.

McClellan dropped out when his engine blew-up in the southwest turn.

 

 

 

A Feature Race – 25 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

  1

Grady Wade

Wichita, Kansas

 

  2

Forrest Coleman

Wichita, Kansas

 

  3

Roy Bryant

Wichita, Kansas

 

  4

Frank Lies

Wichita, Kansas

 

  5

Bill Nelson

Wichita, Kansas

 

  6

Ray Riner

Wichita, Kansas

 

  7

Virgil Chapman

Kansas City, Missouri

 

  8

Dale Reed

Wichita, Kansas

 

  9

Jay Woodside

Wichita, Kansas

 

10

Leland Salmans

Larned, Kansas

 

11

Ben Steadman

Sharon, Oklahoma

 

12

Bill Curless

Arkansas City, Kansas

 

13

Jack Petty

Wichita, Kansas

 

DNF

Earl Hughes

Buffalo, Oklahoma

 

     A radiator hose broke on Hughes car on the 18th lap sending it crashing through the outside fence in the northeast turn.

 

 

 

 

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