Late Model Stock Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Tuesday – September 19, 1967

 

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

Promotional company – Auto Racing Incorporated of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Race promoter – Frank Winkley of Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Attendance – 4,000 

 

 

 

Sprint Race – 7 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Otis, Kansas

3:23.28

2

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

 

3

Ramo Stott

Keokuk, Iowa

 

4

Ole Brua

Albert Lea, Minnesota

 

5

Lewis Taylor

Shawnee, Kansas

 

6

Butch Hall

Russell, Minnesota

 

7

Dick Johnson

St. Paul, Minnesota

 

 

 

  

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Roland Wilson

Bedford, Iowa

4:00.25

 

2

Willie Crane

Springfield, Missouri

 

3

Elmer Walton

Liberty, Missouri

 

4

Karl Stoufer

Independence, Missouri

  

5

Vince Rizzo

Chicago, Illinois

 

6

J. D. Boten

Topeka, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Leon Bowman

Wichita, Kansas

4:56.39

2

Jim Thomas

Springfield, Missouri

 

3

Jerry Wichman

Kansas City, Missouri

 

4

Bill Stark

Des Moines, Iowa

 

Thomas led until he spun out on the fifth lap.  He was able to get his car restarted and worked his way back up to second place.

 

 

 

Consolation Race – 12 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

1

Dick Johnson

St. Paul, Minnesota

6:13.10

2

Tom Roller

Independence, Missouri

 

3

Vince Rizzo

Chicago, Illinois

 

4

J. D. Boten

Topeka, Kansas

 

5

Bill Stark

Des Moines, Iowa

 

6

Karl Stoufer

Independence, Missouri

 

7

Elmer Walton

Liberty, Missouri

 

Stoufer spun out but was able to get his car underway again and finished the race. 

 

 

 

Australian Pursuit – 5 Laps

Place

Driver

From

 

1

Butch Hall

Russell, Minnesota

 

2

Karl Stoufer

Independence, Missouri

 

DNF

Vince Rizzo

Chicago, Illinois

 

Rizzo’s car spun out on the first lap.

This race was scheduled for eight laps but ended after five laps when Hall passed Stoufer.

 

 

 

Feature Race – 17 Cars – 25 Laps

Place

Driver

From

Time

  1

Ernie Derr

Keokuk, Iowa

11:38.81

  2

Ramo Stott

Keokuk, Iowa

 

  3

Leonard “Lenny” Funk

Otis, Kansas

 

  4

Ole Brua

Albert Lea, Minnesota

 

  5

Leon Bowman

Wichita, Kansas

 

  6

Butch Hall

Russell, Minnesota

 

  7

Dick Johnson

St. Paul, Minnesota

 

  8

Roland Wilson

Bedford, Iowa

 

  9

Wille Crane

Springfield, Missouri

DNF

10

Jim Thomas

Springfield, Missouri

DNF

11

Bill Stark

Des Moines, Iowa

DNF

12

Tom Roller

Independence, Missouri

DNF

DNF

Elmer Walton

Liberty, Missouri

DNF

Funk started on the pole but Derr passed him for the lead no more than 150 yards into the first lap of the race.  Funk remained in second place until lap five when he was passed by Stott.

Crane’s car spun out in the northeast turn and became stuck on a mud bank just to the inside of the racing surface.

Walton’s car lost a wheel just as he exited the southeast turn on to the back stretch.  Walton stopped the car but the wheel rolled all the way down the back stretch and into the northeast turn before it finally stopped.

Only eight cars were able to finish the race.

 

 

 

 

Lewis Taylor

Mike Evans collection from Racing from the Past

#3 Ole Brua races with #1 Ernie Derr

Lee Ackerman photo from the Midwest Racing Archives Website

 

 

   

  

  

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