Late Model Stock Car and Junior Stock Car Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Saturday – June 4, 1977
Sponsored by – L & M Racing of Salina, Kansas
Race promoters – Gary Morgan and Gayle Leister of Salina, Kansas
Track manager – Jim Giles of Salina, Kansas
Public address announcer – Fred Fabey of Salina, Kansas
Flagman / Starters – Wayne White and Lawrence Petrie of Salina, Kansas
Souvenir program - Tim Belk collection
Larry Ball of Springfield, Missouri is shown here on the Hutchinson racetrack on this weekend. Ball set quick time in time trials on this afternoon and then won the “King of the Hill” race to collect $500 from the purse – Warren Vincent photo from the Racing from the Past website
Junior Stock Car
First Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
241 |
Garry Abell |
Beloit, Kansas |
2 |
54 |
Ab Mortimer |
Gypsum, Kansas |
3 |
42 |
Ed Borecky |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
4 |
21 |
Steve Foster |
Abilene, Kansas |
Junior Stock Car
Second Heat Race
|
Car # |
Driver |
From |
|
35 |
Curt Mattern |
Minneapolis, Kansas |
Junior Stock Car
Unspecified Preliminary Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
42 |
Ed Borecky |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
2 |
4-11 |
Jake Jacobs` |
Marquette, Kansas |
|
37 |
Orville Clinton |
Minneapolis, Kansas |
Clinton spun out
while running in second place.
Junior Stock Car
King of the Hill Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
241 |
Garry Abell |
Beloit, Kansas |
2 |
42 |
Ed Borecky |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Abell collected $250
from the purse for finishing in first place.
Late Model Stock Car
Time Trials – 1 Lap
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
3 |
Larry Ball |
Springfield, Missouri |
Ball’s time for one
lap was 26.066 seconds.
First Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
70 |
Don Morris |
Junction City, Kansas |
2 |
8 |
Lynn Mosher |
Concordia, Kansas |
3 |
28 |
Jim Hilty |
Lindsborg, Kansas |
4 |
44x |
Rickey Blackburn |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
Late Model Stock Car
Second Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
98 |
Rod Keller |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
44 |
Herb Shepard |
Enid, Oklahoma |
3 |
45 |
Elmo Lane |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
4 |
22x |
Jerry Trude |
Jamestown, Kansas |
Late Model Stock Car
Third Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
97 |
Milton Ward |
Great Bend, Kansas |
2 |
77 |
Jack Petty |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
59 |
Shelby Steenson |
Abilene, Kansas |
4 |
22 |
Max Sloan |
Great Bend, Kansas |
Late Model Stock Car
Fourth Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
198 |
Randy Ogden |
Woodward, Oklahoma |
2 |
30 |
Marvin Bradford |
Salina, Kansas |
3 |
68 |
Tom Jones |
Mutual, Oklahoma |
4 |
77x |
Gary Holbert |
Concordia, Kansas |
Late Model Stock Car
Fifth Heat Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
66x |
Tom Laster |
Muskogee, Oklahoma |
2 |
25 |
Bill Sanders |
Muskogee, Oklahoma |
3 |
1 |
Garry Fuller, Sr. |
Salina, Kansas |
4 |
07 |
Buck Cadwell |
Arnett, Oklahoma |
Late Model Stock Car
Unspecified Preliminary Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
4 |
Terry Deatherage |
Wichita, Kansas |
Late Model Stock Car
King of the Hill Race
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
1 |
3 |
Larry Ball |
Springfield, Missouri |
2 |
40 |
Joe Wallace |
Kansas City, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
Terry Deatherage |
Wichita, Kansas |
Deatherage led the first lap of
this race before spinning out in the southwest turn.
Wallace challenged Ball for the lead in the final turn but came up short in his bid.
Ball ran one lap in this race in 25.91 seconds and collected $500 from the purse for finishing in first place.
The trophies for each of the races on this afternoon were donated by the L & B Oil Company in memory of former driver Bill Main of Hutchinson, Kansas who passed away in 1976.
These races were all preliminary races for the Hutch 100 run on Sunday, June 5, 1977.
Randy Ogden of Woodward, Oklahoma won the fourth heat race for late model stock cars
Racing from the Past website
Herb Shepard of Enid, Oklahoma finished second in the second heat for late model stock cars
Warren Vincent photo
Elmo Lane Racing from the Past website |
Shelby Steenson Racing from the Past website |
Steve Foster Racing from the Past website |
Garry Abell Racing from the Past website |
Garry Fuller, Sr. Racing from the Past website |
Terry Deatherage Racing from the Past website |
Tom Laster Racing from the Past website |
Bill Sanders Racing from the Past website |
Joe Wallace Racing from the Past website |
Marvin Bradford Racing from the Past website |
Max Sloan Racing from the Past website |
Gary Holbert Racing from the Past website |
Milton Ward Racing from the Past website |
Don Morris Racing from the Past website |
Jack Petty Racing from the Past website |
Buck Cadwell Racing from the Past website |
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