The Hutchinson Prairiefest

Road Runner & Thumper Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Sunday – July 3, 1988

 

Promotional company – Speedways Inc. of Wichita, Kansas

Race director – C. Ray Hall of Wichita, Kansas

Flagman / starter – Nunie Coleman – Wichita, Kansas

Public address announcer – Warren Hardy of Wichita, Kansas

 

Alan Bullard of Great Bend, Kansas is shown here leading the second road runner heat race on this afternoon - Monty Davis photo for the Hutchinson News

 

Thumper

First Heat Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Butch Whitford

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Ralph Stewart

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

John Kammerer

Wichita, Kansas

4

Curtis Woods

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Steve Nienke

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Second Heat Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Carl Nelson

Wichita, Kansas

2

Pinky Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

3

John Foster

Douglass, Kansas

4

Rick White

Wichita, Kansas

5

Tim DeVaughn

  

 

 

Thumper

Third Heat Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Jerry Munden

St. John, Kansas

2

Rick Mueller

Wichita, Kansas

3

John Cokeley

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Jeff Nichols

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

David Blocher

Newton, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Fourth Heat Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Ray Thiel

Nickerson, Kansas

2

Don Hickel

Claflin, Kansas

3

Robert Bookout

Wichita, Kansas

4

Butch Hall

Wichita, Kansas

5

Albert Castor

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

Trophy Dash

Place

Driver

From

1

Pinky Mullens

Wichita, Kansas

2

Carl Nelson

Wichita, Kansas

3

Butch Whitford

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Ralph Stewart

Hutchinson, Kansas

5

Ray Thiel

Nickerson, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

B Feature Race

Place

Driver

From

  1

Jed Day

Wichita, Kansas

  2

David Blocker

Newton, Kansas

  3

Bill Davis

Hutchinson, Kansas

  4

Steve Nienke

Wichita, Kansas

  5

John Cokeley

Hutchinson, Kansas

  6

Mike Miller

Wichita, Kansas

  7

Roy McCammon

Wichita, Kansas

  8

Eddie Martinez

Hutchinson, Kansas

  9

Paul Hiebert

Hutchinson, Kansas

10

Albert Castor

Hutchinson, Kansas

11

Eric Main

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Thumper

A Feature Race

Place

Driver

From

  1

Carl Nelson

Wichita, Kansas

  2

Jed Day

Wichita, Kansas

  3

Jerry Munden

St. John, Kansas

  4

Ray Thiel

Nickerson, Kansas

  5

Butch Hall

Wichita, Kansas

  6

John Kammerer

Wichita, Kansas

  7

Rick Mueller

Wichita, Kansas

  8

Robert Bookout

Wichita, Kansas

  9

Rick White

Wichita, Kansas

10

Curtis Woods

Hutchinson, Kansas

11

Steve Nienke

Wichita, Kansas

12

John Cokeley

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

First Heat Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

Dave Taylor

Wichita, Kansas

3

Gary Schuessler

Wichita, Kansas

4

Daryl Ferguson

Great Bend, Kansas

5

Randy Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Second Heat Race

Place

Driver

From

1

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

2

Larry Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

4

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

5

Bob Arnold

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Trophy Dash

Place

Driver

From

1

Gary Schuessler

Wichita, Kansas

2

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

4

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

A Feature Race

Place

Driver

From

  1

Randy Wilson

Wichita, Kansas

  2

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

  3

Dave Taylor

Wichita, Kansas

  4

Larry Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

  5

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

  6

Daryl Ferguson

Great Bend, Kansas

  7

Gary Schuessler

Wichita, Kansas

  8

Jerome Davis

Wichita, Kansas

  9

Bob Arnold

Salina, Kansas

10

Leo Moore

 

11

Wes Mohr, Jr.

Hutchinson, Kansas

12

Jeff Oelkers

Wichita, Kansas

  

Pinky Mullens

Mullens family collection

Rick Mueller

Lehman collection

Randy Wilson

Wilson collection

 

Jeff Oelkers

Oelkers collection

 

Alan Bullard

Bullard collection

 

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