Races on May 11, 1963

Tri-State Championship Motorcycle Scrambles

Cowley County Fairgrounds, Winfield, Kansas

Saturday Afternoon - May 11, 1963

50cc Final
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*Wesley Turner*	*Ponca City, OK***	54	*Yamaguchi*
2	*Jack Byrne*	*Arkansas City, KS***	5	*Honda*

175cc Final
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*Danny Dysart*	*Ponca City, OK*	*38n*	Triumph Cub
2	*Bill King*	*Ponca City, OK*

250cc - Heat 1
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*John Stenfors*	*Salina, KS*	*129n*	*Harley-Davidson Sprint*
2	*Dale Sturdevant*	*Wichita, KS*
3	*Mel Hurelbrink*	*San Jose, CA*	*49y*	*Harley-Davidson Sprint*

250cc Heat 2
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*Ken Bright*	*Ponca City, OK*	*69n*	*BSA*
2	*Robert Davis*	*Towanda, KS*
3	*Jim Butler*	*Hutchinson, KS*	*34n*

250cc Consolation
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*Rodine Sargent*	*Wichita, KS*
2	*Bob Coppage*	*Wichita, KS*
3	*Dean Percival*	*Wichita, KS*	9	*Zündapp*

250cc Final
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*John Stenfors*	*Salina, KS*	*129n*	*Harley-Davidson Sprint*
2	*Mel Hurelbrink* ¹	*San Jose, CA*	*49y*	*Harley-Davidson Sprint*
3	*Dale Sturdevant*	*Wichita, KS*
4	*Robert Davis*	*Towanda, KS*

Source: May 13, 1963 issue of the Winfield Daily Courier

¹Mel Hurelbrink lead the 250cc final until his engine slowed on the eighth lap. He was riding an antique Harley-Davidson Sprint owned by Hugo Shea of Wichita, Kansas.

Ken Bright’s pit pass

Bright won the second heat in the 250cc class on this date

Ken Bright collection

Bill Tucker of Tulsa, Oklahoma is shown here rounding the north turn at Winfield in 1963

on a Yamaha 250cc twin two stroke owned by Curley Sutton of Tulsa – Mike Sherman collection

The Motor Maids motorcycle club made an appearance at the races in Winfield in 1963 – Mike Sherman collection

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