28th Annual Kansas State Championship

Modified & 360 Sprint Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Saturday – September 12, 1992

 

Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas

Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas

Announcer – Warren Hardy of Wichita, Kansas

Flagman / starter – Nunie Coleman of Wichita, Kansas 

 

 

 

Jeff Oelkers in his Modified at Hutchinson – Oelkers collection

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

First Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

7B

Clay Bontrager

Hesston, Kansas

2

44

Rick Riner

Wichita, Kansas

3

14c

Dean Chadd

Lincoln, Nebraska

4

2J

John Blurton

Dodge City, Kansas

5

3K

Chris Cox

Sedgwick, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

Second Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

43

Jim Selenke

Goddard, Kansas

2

16x

Mike Chadd

Lincoln, Nebraska

3

1

Dwight Schroeder

Moundridge, Kansas

4

88

Steve King*

Jetmore, Kansas

5

77

Adam Fellers

Newton, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

Third Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

65

Don Vonderfecht

Holbrook, Nebraska

2

1D

Paul Dutton

Wichita, Kansas

3

3$

Shelby Steenson

Salina, Kansas

4

4

Don Foster

Wichita, Kansas

5

7c

Eddie Tidwell

Ada, Oklahoma

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

B Feature Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

  1

7c

Eddie Tidwell

Ada, Oklahoma

  2

77

Adam Fellers

Newton, Kansas

  3

45

Scott Brown

Amarillo, Texas

  4

3K

Chris Cox

Sedgwick, Kansas

  5

4x

Roger Thompson

Junction City, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

A Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

  1

43

Jim Selenke

Goddard, Kansas

  2

7B

Clay Bontrager

Hesston, Kansas

  3

1D

Paul Dutton

Wichita, Kansas

  4

88

Steve King*

Jetmore, Kansas

  5

2J

John Blurton

Dodge City, Kansas

  6

3$

Shelby Steenson

Salina, Kansas

  7

77

Adam Fellers

Newton, Kansas

  8

45

Scott Brown

Amarillo, Texas

  9

14c

Dean Chadd

Lincoln, Nebraska

10

4x

Roger Thompson

Junction City, Kansas

11

3K

Chris Cox

Denver, Colorado

12

7c

Eddie Tidwell

Ada, Oklahoma

13

16x

Mike Chadd

Lincoln, Nebraska

14

73

Charlie Rishel

Wichita, Kansas

15

53

Terry Herl

Wichita, Kansas

Herl crashed into the outside crash wall on the eleventh lap in the north turn.

Mike Chadd was running in second place until his engine expired on the final lap.

 

 

 

Modified

First Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

10M

Marc Hurd

Wichita, Kansas

2

55

Corky VanGotten

Chanute, Kansas

3

29

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

4

87

Tom Yocom

Sedgwick, Kansas

5

J2

Jack Simmons

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Modified

Second Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

44

Brian Powers

Wichita, Kansas

2

92s

Jerry Fox

Dewey, Oklahoma

3

2w

Richard Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

4

10

Marc Robe

Wichita, Kansas

5

12s

Jim Stiner

 

 

 

 

Modified

Third Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

1

Bobby Simmons

Wichita, Kansas

2

2

Randy Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

3

3J

Jimmy Segraves

Valley Center, Kansas

4

2OLD

Rich Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

5

48

Sam Brittendall

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Modified

Fourth Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

15M

Ted Martin

Dodge City, Kansas

2

86

Brian Franz

Newton, Kansas

3

40

Jerry Munden

St. John, Kansas

4

27M

Mike Wichman

Silver Lake, Kansas

5

1040

Jim Decker, Sr.

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Modified

C Feature Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

9M

Dimond Mundy

Wichita, Kansas

2

J11

Jerry Breeden

Salina, Kansas

3

72

Vernon Hammond

Wichita, Kansas

4

166x

Kenny Schmidt

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

63

Derek Turkin

Topeka, Kansas

 

 

 

Modified

B Feature Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

3J

Jimmy Segraves

Valley Center, Kansas

2

2OLD

Rich Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

3

1040

Jim Decker, Sr.

Wichita, Kansas

4

10

Marc Robe

Wichita, Kansas

5

72

Vernon Hammond

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Modified

A Feature Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

  1

1

Bobby Simmons

Wichita, Kansas

  2

2

Randy Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

  3

92s

Jerry Fox

Dewey, Oklahoma

  4

10

Marc Robe

Wichita, Kansas

  5

87

Tom Yocom

Sedgwick, Kansas

  6

55

Corky VanGotten

Chanute, Kansas

  7

72

Vernon Hammond

Wichita, Kansas

  8

10M

Marc Hurd

Wichita, Kansas

  9

2OLD

Rich Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

10

44

Brian Powers

Wichita, Kansas

11

86

Brian Franz

Newton, Kansas

12

29

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

13

27M

Mike Wichman

Silver Lake, Kansas

14

40

Jerry Munden

St. John, Kansas

15

3s

Jimmy Segraves

Valley Center, Kansas

 

15M

Ted Martin

Dodge City, Kansas

DNF

1040

Jim Decker, Sr.

Wichita, Kansas

DNF

2w

Richard Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

Martin and Powers both led early before Powers tapped Martin’s car from behind causing both cars to spin out.

Fox and Oelkers both had led by the tenth lap.

Richard Wilson dropped out with a broken axle.

Randy Wilson came from third place to passed Oelkers and Simmons to take the lead on the twelfth lap but the pass was negated when Decker crashed into the wall in front of the grandstands bringing out the yellow flag.  That put Simmons back into the lead with Oelkers in second place.  When the race was restarted, Oelkers spun out in the first corner.

 

 

Dwight Schroeder

Schroeder collection

Jim Selenke

J D and Jannie Porter collection from the Racing From the Past website

 

Steve King

Hutchinson News photo 

 

 

 

Clay Bontrager

Debi Roberts photo for the Hutchinson News

 Shelby Steenson

SLYS Speed Shots photo from Steenson collection

Randy Wilson

Wilson collection

 

Richard Wilson

Wilson collection

Brian Franz

Franz collection

Brian Powers

Rob Simmons photo

 

Rich Wilson

Wilson collection

Marc Hurd

In the Dirt photo

 

 

 

 

 

* Steven M. “Steve” King (1973-2006) was fatally injured in a racing accident at Knoxville, Iowa.

 

 

  

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