Twentieth Annual National Modified Championship Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Sunday August 1, 1976
Sanctioned by National Championship Racing Association (N.C.R.A.)
Promotional Company Merrick Racing Promotions (M.R.P.)
Race Director Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas
Flagman / Starter Forrest Cox, Jr. of Dodge City, Kansas
Trophy Queen Ann Yost of Ingalls, Kansas
Attendance over 10,000
Parade Lap for the Late Model Feature Race
#08 Steve Lutkie on the pole; #77 Jack Petty out side of the front row; #30 Marvin Bradford inside of the second row Merrick racing program
First Super Modified Heat Race 10 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
17 |
Davie Moore |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
15 |
Herb Copeland |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
07 |
Dave Frusher |
Ness City, Kansas |
4 |
6 |
Shelby Steenson |
Abilene, Kansas |
5 |
25 |
Dale Reed |
Wichita, Kansas |
Moore started on the pole of this race and led the entire distance fending off a late race charge by Copeland.
Second Super Modified Heat Race 10 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
94 |
Jerry Stone |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
7 |
Roy Bryant |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
09 |
Ted Bacon |
Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
4 |
32 |
Ken Sweet |
Lawton, Oklahoma |
5 |
166 |
Ronnie Ramer |
Omega, Oklahoma |
DNF |
56 |
Frank Lies |
Wichita, Kansas |
Stone, Bryant, and Lies fought a spirited battle for the lead in this race until Lies broke a ring gear and pinion on the ninth lap. Bryant mounted one last charge at Stone but fell two feet short at the finish line.
Third Super Modified Heat Race 10 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
52 |
Emmett Hahn |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
2 |
112 |
Arnold Horner |
Jetmore, Kansas |
3 |
87 |
Mike McClelland |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
4 |
43 |
Bob Cody |
Amarillo, Texas |
5 |
79 |
Fred Hembree |
Ness City, Kansas |
6 |
24 |
Jay Woodside |
Wichita, Kansas |
Hahn had charged from ninth to third place by the end of the third lap. He then passed Horner and Woodside on the outside exiting the northwest turn on the seventh lap and led the rest of the way to the finish.
Fourth Super Modified Heat Race 10 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
88 |
Terry Uehling |
Ness City, Kansas |
2 |
86 |
Jon Johnson |
Utica, Kansas |
3 |
14 |
Wylan Cattrell |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
96 |
Terry Doss |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
5 |
98 |
Walt McWhorter |
Wichita, Kansas |
DNF |
76 |
Harold Leep |
Wichita, Kansas |
Leep crashed hard into the southwest turn wall.
Uehling had moved up from his seventh place starting spot to take over the second spot on the second lap. He then passed Johnson on the fifth lap to win the race by two car lengths.
Results from the Late Model Heat Races have yet to be located.
Late Model Trophy Dash
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
08 |
Steve Lutkie |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
77 |
Jack Petty |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
30 |
Jerry Barnes |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
44x |
Steve Kammerer |
Goddard, Kansas |
Late Model B Feature Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
78 |
Tom Pickard |
Edmond, Oklahoma |
2 |
|
Richard Powell |
Enid, Oklahoma |
3 |
48 |
Sam Brittendall |
Salina, Kansas |
4 |
98 |
Rod Keller |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
33 |
Bob Dauer |
Marquette, Kansas |
6 |
2 |
Don Kreie |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
70x |
Don Morris |
Junction City, Kansas |
Super Modified B Feature Race 25 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
24 |
Jay Woodside |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
Larry Coleman |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
10 |
Lawrence Sinks |
Lawrence, Kansas |
4 |
58 |
Duane Cain |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
|
Lyndon Moss |
Amarillo, Texas |
6 |
|
Dutch Ter Steege |
Bethany, Oklahoma |
7 |
97 |
Alan Herbert |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
|
Bill Carr |
Garden City, Kansas |
9 |
|
Bobby Griffin |
Dallas, Texas |
10 |
6 |
Randy Willingham |
Amarillo, Texas |
DNF |
76 |
Harold Leep |
Wichita, Kansas |
Leep was involved in a five-car crash in the northeast turn on the third lap.
Coleman led the first five laps before being passed by Woodside in the southwest turn.
Late Model A Feature Race 30 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
08 |
Steve Lutkie |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
30x |
Marvin Bradford |
Salina, Kansas |
3 |
44x |
Steve Kammerer |
Goddard, Kansas |
4 |
77x |
Gary Holbert |
Concordia, Kansas |
5 |
15 |
J. D. Martin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
11 |
Van Gemmill |
Ponca City, Oklahoma |
7 |
4 |
Terry Deatherage |
Wichita, Kansas |
8 |
71 |
Loyd Farr |
Leoti, Kansas |
9 |
11x |
Bud Haehn |
Wichita, Kansas |
10 |
171 |
Jim Hager |
Liberty, Missouri |
Super Modified Championship Race 21 Cars 50 Laps
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
Laps Completed |
Purse |
1 |
94 |
Jerry Stone |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
50 |
$1,550 |
2 |
86 |
Jon Johnson |
Utica, Kansas |
8 |
50 |
765 |
3 |
88 |
Terry Uehling |
Ness City, Kansas |
5 |
50 |
750 |
4 |
17 |
Davie Moore |
Wichita, Kansas |
1 |
50 |
625 |
5 |
52 |
Emmett Hahn |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
3 |
50 |
500 |
6 |
79 |
Fred Hembree |
Ness City, Kansas |
19 |
50 |
224 |
7 |
96 |
Terry Doss |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
16 |
49 |
201 |
8 |
32 |
Ken Sweet |
Lawton, Oklahoma |
14 |
49 |
176 |
9 |
07 |
Dave Frusher |
Ness City, Kansas |
9 |
48 |
130 |
10 |
2 |
Larry Coleman |
Wichita, Kansas |
21 |
48 |
100 |
11 |
58 |
Duane Cane |
Wichita, Kansas |
20 |
44 |
90 |
12 |
87 |
Mike McClelland |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
11 |
42 |
110 |
13 |
14 |
Wylan Cattrell |
Wichita, Kansas |
12 |
38 |
105 |
14 |
15 |
Herb Copeland |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
29 |
100 |
15 |
166 |
Ronnie Ramer |
Omega, Oklahoma |
18 |
28 |
64 |
16 |
09 |
Ted Bacon |
Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
|
14 |
|
17 |
112 |
Arnold Horner |
Jetmore, Kansas |
|
13 |
|
18 |
6 |
Shelby Steenson |
Abilene, Kansas |
|
12 |
|
19 |
7 |
Roy Bryant |
Wichita, Kansas |
|
10 |
|
20 |
25 |
Dale Reed |
Wichita, Kansas |
|
8 |
|
21 |
43 |
Bob Cody |
Amarillo, Texas |
|
6 |
|
Copeland was running in fourth place before he dropped out on the 29th lap.
Moore spun out in the northwest turn on the 42nd lap dropping him from second place to fifth.
Frusher was running in second place when his drive line broke on the 49th lap.
Stone led all 50 laps of this race.
Jerry Stone in Shot Hampton's #94 and Roy Bryant in the Kennedy Farms #7 waged a spirited battle for the lead in the second heat race with Stone coming out on top by about two feet Rusty Manning photo
Larry Coleman in the Ray-Riner-owned #2 and #24 Jay Woodside in the Jelly-Wilhelm owned #24. All of these men were from Wichita, Kansas. Click your mouse on this photo to see another of Woodside in the same car also taken this same day Leroy Byers photo from the Bob Mays collection
#17 Davie Moore, #88 Terry Uehling, and #15 Herb Copeland Leroy Byers photo form the Bob Mays collection
#10 Lawrence Sinks of Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence Sinks collection
#52 Emmett Hahn of Tulsa, Oklahoma Warren Vincent photo
Jay Woodside of Wichita, Kansas Warren Vincent photo
#86 Jon Johnson and #07 Dave Frusher battling for second place late in the 50-lap championship race Earl Mahoney photo
Super Modified National Champion
Left to right: Shot Hampton, Trophy Queen Ann Yost, Jerry Stone, Zack Zacola and LaVern Nance National Championship program
#71 Loyd Farr of Leoti, Kansas is shown here leading #40 Joe Wallace of Kansas City, Missouri and an unidentified driver in a late model heat race on this afternoon Mike Cornelison photo
#71 Loyd Farr of Leoti, Kansas is shown here following #4 Terry Deatherage of Wichita, Kansas in a late model A feature race on this afternoon Mike Cornelison photo
Steve Lutkie of Wichita, Kansas on his way to the late model feature victory on this day. The car was owned by Bill Bell of Dodge City, Kansas Hutchinson Nationals program
Herb Copeland Hutchinson Nationals program |
Harold Leep Bob Mays collection |
Terry Doss Hutchinson Nationals program |
Walt McWhorter Racing from the Past website |
Davie Moore Racing from the Past website |
Dale Reed Racing from the Past website |
Dave Frusher Racing from the Past website |
Fred Hembree Racing from the Past website |
Emmett Hahn Racing from the Past website |
Roy Bryant Racing from the Past website |
Jerry Stone Racing from the Past website |
Jon Johnson Racing from the Past website |
Arnold Horner Racing from the Past website |
Mike McClelland Racing from the Past website |
Bob Cody Racing from the Past website |
Terry Uehling Hutchinson Nationals program |
Shelby Steenson Racing from the Past website |
Lyndon Moss Racing from the Past website |
Wylan Cattrell Racing from the Past website |
Frank Lies Racing from the Past website |
Dutch Ter Steege Racing from the Past website |
Alan Herbert Racing from the Past website |
Randy Willingham Racing from the Past website |
J. D. Martin Merrick racing program |
Sam Brittendall Duane Toyne collection from the Racing from the Past website |
Bob Dauer Racing from the Past website |
Marvin Bradford Racing from the Past website |
Jack Petty Racing from the Past website |
Richard Powell Racing from the Past website |
Don Kreie Racing from the Past website |
Gary Holbert Racing from the Past website |
Steve Kammerer 81 Speedway program |
Bud Haehn Racing from the Past website |
Loyd Farr Racing from the Past website |
Van Gemmill Racing from the Past website |
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