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 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
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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