Third Annual Kansas State Modified Jalopy Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on September 20, 1967

Third Annual Kansas State Modified Jalopy Championship Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Wednesday – September 20, 1967

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

Race Director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Attendance – “fewer than 3,000”

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas	4:35.0
2	Ken Myers	Wichita, Kansas
3	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas
4	Clarence “Todd” Coker	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5	H. A. Ratzlaff	Dodge City, Kansas
6	Jay Schrock	Hutchinson, Kansas
7	Alan Herbert	Dodge City, Kansas
8	Ed Whiteny	Norton, Kansas
9	Bill Wilson	Salina, Kansas
10	Garry Abell	Beloit, Kansas
11	Forrest Coleman	Wichita, Kansas

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	4:41.8
2	D. E. “Gene” Suggs	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3	Harold Leep	Wichita, Kansas
4	Larry Dewell	Fowler, Kansas
5	Jack Petty	Wichita, Kansas
6	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas
7	Curtis “Bud” Haehn	Wichita, Kansas
8	Don Spreier	Larned, Kansas
9	Dale Parsons	McPherson, Kansas
10	Sam Brittendall	Salilna, Kansas

Third Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Roy Bryant	Wichita, Kansas	4:33.5
2	Willie Hecke	Holdrege, Nebraska
3	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas
4	Walt McWhorter	Wichita, Kansas
5	Bud Lindstrom	Moore, Oklahoma
6	Joe Lehman	Denver, Colorado
7	Les Angel	Hutchinson, Kansas
8	Roy Andrews	Denver, Colorado
9	Phil Simmons	Kearney, Nebraska
10	Don Smith	Holdrege, Nebraska

Bryant’s car was smoking heavily while the other competitors were bunched close behind him but unable to see well enough to pass him.

Trophy Dash – 5 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2:13.3
2	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas
3	D. E. “Gene” Suggs	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
4	Larry Dewell	Fowler, Kansas
5	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas
6	Ken Meyers	Wichita, Kansas
7	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas
8	Willie Hecke	Holdrege, Nebraska

This race was close all the way between Rogers and Lies.

B Feature – 15 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Garry Abell	Beloit, Kansas	7:55.5
2	Dick Walker	Arkansas City, Kansas
3	Forrest Coleman	Wichita, Kansas
4	Dale Parsons	McPherson, Kansas
5	Larry Torson	Dodge City, Kansas
6	Bob Peck	Manhattan, Kansas
7	Don Smith	Holdrege, Nebraska
8	Tom Fagan	Hastings, Nebraska
9	Rolland Crocker	Salina, Kansas
10	Ronnie Huff	Denver, Colorado
11	Bill Wilson	Salina, Kansas
DNF	Sam Brittendall	Salina, Kansas
DNF	Ken Hooker	Hastings, Nebraska

Hooker’s car was nudged from behind on the initial start of the race and spun into the muddy infield.

On the restart, Crocker’s car ran over the wheel of another car and flew high into the air coming down on the back of Brittendall’s car. The incident knocked a large hole in the body of Brittendall’s car but Crocker’s car was undamaged.

Abell and Walker staged a good battle for the lead throughout the entire race.

A Feature – 15 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas	8:57.8
2	Harold Leep	Wichita, Kansas
3	Walt McWhorter	Wichita, Kansas
4	Roy Bryant	Wichita, Kansas
5	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas
6	Jack Petty	Wichita, Kansas
7	H. A. Ratzlaff	Dodge City, Kansas
8	Larry Dewell	Fowler, Kansas
9	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas
10	Willie Hecke	Holdrege, Nebraska
11	D. E. “Gene” Suggs	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DNF	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Rogers was in third place until his car crashed into the cement retaining wall around the outside of the southwest turn. Rogers was not hurt but the car was heavily damaged.

Frank Lies of Wichita won the both the first heat race and the A feature on this day. The man dressed in white at right is the car’s owner Kenny Riffel of Herington, Kansas – Leroy Byers photo from the Bob Mays collection