35th Annual

Hutchinson Nationals

410 Outlaw Sprint Car, 360 Sprint Car, Late Model Stock Car, Modified, Sportsman, Road Runner & Street Stock Races

On the Historic Half-Mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Sunday – July 28, 1991

 

  

Sanctioned by – National Championship Racing Association (N.C.R.A.)

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

 

Attendance – 9,000 

 

 

 

 

Sammy Swindell of Bartlett, Tennessee leading on the front straightaway at Hutchinson on this afternoon – Sandra Watts photo for the Hutchinson News

 

 

 

 Buddy Mullens at left and Ernie Fraizner at right after Mullens won both the sportsman A feature and the modified A feature races on this afternoon – Mullens family collection

 

 

 

Street Stock

A Feature – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Ken Crissman

St. John, Kansas

  2

Rick Mueller

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Rickey Blackburn

Hutchinson, Kansas

  4

Mark Borecky

Hutchinson, Kansas

  5

Gary Nulf

Hutchinson, Kansas

  6

Larry Winfield

Salina, Kansas

  7

Rich Ward

Great Bend, Kansas

  8

Jeff Nichols

Hutchinson, Kansas

  9

Tony Humphreys

Salina, Kansas

10

Ray Thiel

Nickerson, Kansas

Crissman started this race from the pole position.

 

 

 

Road Runner

A Feature – 20 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Greg Stephens

Wichita, Kansas

  2

David Blocher

Newton, Kansas

  3

David Holcomb

El Dorado, Kansas

  4

Jerry Munden

St. John, Kansas

  5

Ricky Dunsworth

Hutchinson, Kansas

  6

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

  7

David Conkwright

Manhattan, Kansas

  8

Albert Ramey

Wichita, Kansas

  9

Shawn Overton

Haysville, Kansas

10

Jed Day

Wichita, Kansas

 

Steve Hamlin

Wellington, Kansas

Hamlin started this race from the pole position.

 

 

Sportsman

A Feature – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Buddy Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

  2

Rich Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

  4

Mike Smith

Wichita, Kansas

  5

Jerry Derr

Enid, Oklahoma

  6

Jim Stolzenberg

Clyde, Kansas

  7

Tom Coyan

Wichita, Kansas

  8

Mike Hickey

Wichita, Kansas

  9

Bud Andrews

Kiowa, Kansas

10

Bob Arnold

Salina, Kansas

Mullens started this race from the pole position.

 

 

 

Modified

A Feature – 20 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Buddy Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

  2

Don Renfro

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Brian Franz

Newton, Kansas

  4

Bobby Simmons

Wichita, Kansas

  5

Rich Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

  6

David Brack

Great Bend, Kansas

  7

Kevin McMinville

Wichita, Kansas

  8

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

  9

Frank Graven

Cushing, Oklahoma

10

Randy Ginest

Stafford, Kansas

Mullens started this race from the pole position.

 

 

 

Late Model Stock Car

A Feature – 25 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Frank McGehee

Wichita, Kansas

  2

Larry McDaniels

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Ted Martin

Manhattan, Kansas

  4

Lonnie Smith

Wichita, Kansas

  5

Delbert Smith

Wichita, Kansas

  6

Carl Nelson

St. John, Kansas

  7

David Brack

Great Bend, Kansas

  8

Don Davis, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

  9

Earl Kinderknecht

Salina, Kansas

10

Bud Purkey

Coffeyville, Kansas

 

Mike Cooper

Beloit, Kansas

 

Bob Billups

Wichita, Kansas

 

Ed Borecky

Hutchinson, Kansas

DNF

Terry Deatherage

Wichita Falls, Texas

McGehee started on the pole and led every lap of this race.  McDaniels started outside of the front row and followed McGehee the entire distance.

Cooper, Billups, and Borecky tangled in the southwest turn causing the race to be restarted.

Deatherage’s car blew its engine on the twenty-fifth lap.

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Adam Fellers

Newton, Kansas

2

Jim Selenke

Wichita, Kansas

3

Jim Cramer

Dodge City, Kansas

4

Randy Richardson

Liberal, Kansas

5

Roger Thompson

Junction City, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

2

Larry Neighbors

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3

Jerry Phillips

Galva, Kansas

4

Dave Beggs

Salina, Kansas

5

Shelby Steenson

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

Third Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Mike Peters

Wichita, Kansas

2

Paul Dutton

Wichita, Kansas

3

Jeff Forshee

Wichita, Kansas

4

John Blurton

Dodge City, Kansas

5

Jon Johnson

Utica, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car 

B Feature Race – 10 Laps

Place

Driver

From

1

Mike Chadd

Lincoln, Nebraska

2

Devlin Polkinghorn

Dodge City, Kansas

3

Scott Brown

Amarillo, Texas

4

Randy Woodside

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

360 Sprint Car

A Feature Race – 20 Laps

Place

Driver

From

  1

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

  2

Mike Peters

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Jeff Forshee

Wichita, Kansas

  4

Jim Cramer

Dodge City, Kansas

  5

Roger Thompson

Junction City, Kansas

  6

Jon Johnson

Utica, Kansas

  7

Larry Neighbors

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  8

Randy Richardson

Liberal, Kansas

  9

Randy Woodside

Wichita, Kansas

10

Shelby Steenson

Salina, Kansas

  

 

 

N. C. R. A. 410 Sprint Car

Heat Race – 11 cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

1

Sammy Swindell*

Bartlett, Tennessee

2

24

Jerry Stone

Tulsa, Oklahoma

3

3BG

Mike Peters

Wichita, Kansas

4

33

Butch Ivy

Little Rock, Arkansas

5

3

Terry Gray

Bartlett, Tennessee

 

 

 

N. C. R. A. 410 Sprint Car

A Feature – 11 cars – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

  1

1

Sammy Swindell*

Bartlett, Tennessee

  2

24

Jerry Stone

Tulsa, Oklahoma

  3

3BG

Mike Peters

Wichita, Kansas

  4

3

Terry Gray

Bartlett, Tennessee

  5

12

Aaron Lemmons

Owasso, Oklahoma

  6

7h

Pete Butler

Little Rock, Arkansas

  7

33

Butch Ivy

Little Rock, Arkansas

  8

61

Ernest Jennings

Norman, Oklahoma

  9

30

Rick England

Wichita, Kansas

10

 

Rick Barksdale

Norman, Oklahoma

11

 88

Steve King**

Jetmore, Kansas

 

 

 

  

Ricky Dunsworth

Warren Vincent photo

Jeff Oelkers

Oelkers collection

Buddy Mullens

James Anderson collection

Rick Mueller

Lehman collection

 

 

 

Rickey Blackburn

Hutchinson News

Don Davis, Jr.

Warren Vincent photo

Brian Franz

Franz collection

Don Renfro

Rob Simmons photo

 

 

    

Rich Wilson

Wilson collection

Larry McDaniels

Webshots website

Delbert Smith

Running the High Side Blog

David Brack

Warren Vincent photo

 

 

 

 Lonnie Smith

81 Speedway program

Ed Borecky

Hutchinson News

Bud Purkey

Mike Cornelison photo

Jeff Forshee

Brian Carroll collection

 

 

 

Garry Lee Maier

Steve Hardin collection

Sammy Swindell

Brian Carroll collection

Larry Neighbors

ASCS website

Rick England

Cokeley collection

 

 

 

Mike Peters

Brian Carroll collection

Terry Gray

Phil Bowden photo

Jon Johnson

Brian Carroll collection

Steve King

Hutchinson News photo 

 

 

 

 Shelby Steenson

SLYS Speed Shots photo from Steenson collection

Ernest Jennings

Rudy Garcia collection from the Racing From the Past website

Jim Selenke

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

Aaron Lemmons

Michael Dilling photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Sammy Swindell had competed in the Daytona “500” earlier in 1991.

 

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

 

 

 

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