Jalopy Races at JayCee Speedway, Larned, KS on August 11, 1957

JayCee Speedway

Larned, Kansas

Sunday Night – August 11, 1957

Race promoter – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Sanctioned by – Merrick Racing Promotions of Dodge City, Kansas

Sponsored by – Larned Jaycees of Larned, Kansas

President of the Larned Jaycees – Dean Sallee of Larned, Kansas

Speedway general manager – Wilbur Dirks of Larned, Kansas

Public address announcer – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Flagman / starter – Ben Hughes of Dodge City, Kansas

Trophy girl – Kathy Fertig of Larned, Kansas

Nelson Carlson

Toiler & Toiler

Jerry Jinks

Cokeley collection

Don Spreier

Cokeley collection

Ron Nicholson

Bill Nicholson collection

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

Don Shumard

Coffman collection

Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy collection

Fritz Kuntzsch

Tiller & Toiler

John Riead

Riead collection

Bernie Beydler

Leland Salmans collection

Kenny Roach

Stan Morrison collection

First Heat Race – 10 Laps
Place	Car #	Driver	From	Car Owners	Car Owners From	Started
1	46	Darrell Harms	Dodge City, Kansas	Harold Skelton	Larned, Kansas
2	49	Jerry Collins	Hutchinson, Kansas
3	39	John Riead	Hutchinson, Kansas	Steve Schafer	Hutchinson, Kansas
4	53	Dale May	Great Bend, Kansas	Joe Clawson	Great Bend, Kansas
	86	Lloyd White	Great Bend, Kansas	Lloyd White	Great Bend, Kansas	1
It took five attempts to get this race started as starter Ben Hughes did not think pole sitter Lloyd White was bring the cars around fast enough for a fair start.

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps
Place	Car #	Driver	From	Car Owner	Car Owner From
1	80	Stanley Trahern	Dodge City, Kansas	Bob Kenneman & Melvin Tuxhorn	Montezuma, Kansas
2	28	Don Shumard	Dodge City, Kansas	W. T. "Tommy" Jones	Montezuma, Kansas
3	3	Nelson Carlson	Larned, Kansas	Wilbur Dirks	Larned, Kansas
4	40	Leland Salmans	Larned, Kansas	Leland Salmans	Larned, Kansas
Trahern won this race by a wide margin over the second place car.

Consolation Race
Place	Car #	Driver	From	Car Owner	Car Owner From
1	7	Red Siems	Hutchinson, Kansas
2	82	Don Spreier	Larned, Kansas	Charles Berryman	Larned, Kansas
3	13	Jerry Jinks	Larned, Kansas	Clyde Bennett	Larned, Kansas
4	81	Milton Luft	Great Bend, Kansas	Marvin Clawson	Great Bend, Kansas
Speedway general manager Wilbur Dirks relieved starter Ben Hughes of his duties during this race.

A Feature Race – 10 Cars – 20 Laps
Place	Car #	Driver	From	Car Owner	Car Owner From	Started
1	71	Bob Murphy	Larned, Kansas	Herman Dirks	Albert, Kansas	"in the 5th row"
2	43	Ron Nicholson	Larned, Kansas	John Nicholson	Larned, Kansas
3	49	Jerry Collins	Hutchinson, Kansas
4	35	Fritz Kuntzsch	Larned, Kansas	Joe & Harry Vratil	Larned, Kansas
5	95	Bernie Beydler	Great Bend, Kansas	Al Krueger	Great Bend, Kansas
6	7	Red Siems	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF	85	Kenny Roach	Great Bend, Kansas	J. L. "Junior" Stillwell	Great Bend, Kansas
DNF	3	Nelson Carlson	Larned, Kansas	Wilbur Dirks	Larned, Kansas
DNF	53	Dale May	Great Bend, Kansas	Joe Clawson	Great Bend, Kansas
DNF	13	Jerry Jinks	Larned, Kansas	Clyde Bennett	Larned, Kansas
Jinks spun his car into the infield in the second turn on the third lap. Unable to get it restarted, he climbed out and either stood beside the car or on top of it (reports differ) to watch the rest of the race. On the fifth lap, the cars driven by May and Carlson tangled in the first turn and spun into the infield striking Jinks and the #13 car. The accident hospitalized Jinks with a broken left leg.

This photo of Leland Salmans and his brand new jalopy was taken before the races on this evening at the JayCee Speedway - Tiller & Toiler