New Model Stock Car Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Sunday – May 3, 1953
Sanctioned by – International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)
Attendance – “more than 5,000”
Total purse – $1,800
200-Lap Feature Race
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Automobile |
Laps Completed |
Purse |
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1 |
Gene Brown |
Ft. Worth, Texas |
1953 Oldsmobile |
200 |
$450 |
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2 |
Ernie Derr |
Keokuk, Iowa |
1953 Oldsmobile |
200 |
360 |
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3 |
Bill Harrison |
Topeka, Kansas |
1952 DeSoto |
193 |
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4 |
Ken Jones |
Ft. Worth, Texas |
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5 |
Art Combs |
Emporia, Kansas |
Oldsmobile 88 |
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6 |
Bill Massey |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
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7 |
Dick Houdek |
Wichita, Kansas |
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8 |
Mickey McCormick |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
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9 |
Bob Dyer |
Lawrence, Kansas |
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10 |
Fred Denny |
Ft. Worth, Texas |
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11 |
Johnny Mock |
Eureka, Kansas |
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12 |
Dick Murren |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
1950 Oldsmobile |
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DNF |
Rex Evans |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Derr took the lead on the 45th lap and held it until lap 195 when he hit a rut in the north turn and peeled a tire off its rim. At the time, he had a 200-yard lead on Brown but was forced to slow down to finish the race.
Harrison broke the left front hub and ended the race on three wheels.
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