22nd Annual Kansas State Championship

Dirt Champ & Road Runner Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

 Hutchinson, Kansas

 

Sunday – September 7, 1986

 

Promotional companySpeedways 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

 

Track condition – “wet and muddy” 

 

 

 

 

Road Runner

First Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

35

Neal Nuss

Russell, Kansas

2

B23

John Cullison

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

11x

Steve Burch

Manhattan, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Second Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

24

Doug Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

06

Albert Ramey

Wichita, Kansas

3

12x

Gayle Smith

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Third Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

9

Glen Schartz

Nickerson, Kansas

2

42x

Perry Rice

Hutchinson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

Fourth Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

4

Ricky Dunsworth

Hutchinson, Kansas

2

2K

Mike Moore

Great Bend, Kansas

3

21

Jerry Leonard

 

 

 

 

Road Runner

Fifth Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

7

Jerry Eveland

Wichita, Kansas

2

17

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

3

31

Alran Loffland

 

 

 

 

Road Runner

Trophy Dash

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

17

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

C Feature Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

A55

Bob Arnold

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

B Feature Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

9

Glen Schartz

Nickerson, Kansas

 

 

 

Road Runner

A Feature Race – 12 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

  1

24

Doug Miller

Hutchinson, Kansas

  2

35

Neal Nuss

Russell, Kansas

  3

2K

Mike Moore

Great Bend, Kansas

  4

9

Glen Schartz

Nickerson, Kansas

DNF

17

Alan Bullard

Great Bend, Kansas

Bullard was among the leaders when his hood blew up in front of his windshield.  He made a quick pit stop to have it removed and returned to the race only to drop out later. 

 

 

 

Dirt Champ

First Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

11x

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

2

43

Jim Selenke

Wichita, Kansas

3

23R

Devlin Polkinghorn

Dodge City, Kansas

4

21

Tony Armstrong

Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

 

 

Dirt Champ

Second Heat Race

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

75

Tony Bruce, Sr.

Liberal, Kansas

2

8

Mike Gigot

Garden City, Kansas

3

88

Terry Uehling

Ness City, Kansas

4

97

Alan Herbert

Dodge City, Kansas

 

 

 

Dirt Champ

A Feature Race – 20 Laps – Purse for First Place: $750

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

11x

Garry Lee Maier

Dodge City, Kansas

2

23R

Devlin Polkinghorn

Dodge City, Kansas

3

88

Terry Uehling

Ness City, Kansas

4

43

Jim Selenke

Wichita, Kansas

DNF

75

Tony Bruce, Sr.

Liberal, Kansas

Maier led until the seventh lap when he was passed by Uehling who then led until Maier repassed him on the nineteenth lap.  Uehling’s car then slipped out of gear and he was forced to coast much of the last lap being passed by Polkinghorn in the process.

 

 

 

Alan Bullard

Mike Cornelison photo

Ricky Dunsworth

Racing from the Past website

Jim Selenke

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

Garry Lee Maier

Steve Hardin collection

 

 

 

  

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