Races on May 21, 1967

3 Star AMA Sanctioned Motorcycle Races

Cowley County Fairgrounds, Winfield, Kansas

Sunday, May 21, 1967

Announced Attendance: 2,500 Total Purse: $900

NOVICE – Entries (incomplete list)

Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
*John Jeffries*	*Yale, OK***	*141m*	*Bultaco*
*Jerry Frazier*	*Springfield, MO***		*Honda*
*Wendell Whisenhunt*	*Lindsay, OK***	*47m*	*Bultaco*
*Jim Mayfield*	*Springfield, MO***		*Bultaco*
*Bill Radar*	*Kansas City, MO***	*77k*	*Bultaco*
*Michael Van Bibber*	*Albuquerque, NM***	*58m*	*Harley-Davidson Sprint*
*John L. Farquharson*	*Oklahoma City, OK***	*110m*	*Bultaco*
*Ralph Wilson*	*Oklahoma City, OK***	*63n*	*Honda*
*Frankie Westerman*	*Albuquerque, NM***	*107*
*Lee Parker*	*Ft. Collins, CO***	*67m*	*Yamaha*
*Bill Jenneman*	*Grand Island, NE***	*58j*	*Harley-Davidson Sprint*
*Ken Jackson*	*Lincoln, NE***	*63j*	*Greeves*
		43
		44
		36
		*143*

NOVICE – Heat 1 – 12 Laps

Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	*John Jeffries*	*Yale, OK***	*141m*	*Bultaco*	*$10*
2	*Jerry Frazier*	*Springfield, MO***		*Honda*
3	*Wendell Whisenhunt*	*Lindsay, OK***	*47m*	*Bultaco*
4	*Jim Mayfield*	*Springfield, MO***		*Bultaco*

NOVICE – Heat 2 – 12 Laps

Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	*Bill Radar*	*Kansas City, MO***	*77k*	*Bultaco*	*$10*
2	*Michael Van Bibber*	*Albuquerque, NM***	*58m*	*Harley-Davidson Sprint*
3	*John L. Farquharson*	*Oklahoma City, OK***	*110m*	*Bultaco*
4	*Ralph Wilson*	*Oklahoma City, OK***	*63n*	*Honda*

NOVICE – Final – 12 Laps

Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	*Bill Radar*	*Kansas City, MO***	*77k*	*Bultaco*	*$30*
2	*Wendell Whisenhunt*	*Lindsay, OK***	*47m*	*Bultaco*
3	*Jerry Frazier*	*Springfield, MO***		*Honda*
4	*John L. Farquharson*	*Oklahoma City, OK***	*110m*	*Bultaco*

AMATEUR – Heat 1 – 12 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*Duane Walker*	*Shawnee, OK***	*55m*	*BSA*
2	*Dick Woods*	*Topeka, KS***	*42n*	*Harley-Davidson*
3	*Fred Jones*	*Liberty, MO***		*BSA*
4	*Bentley Hardwick*	*Duncanville, TX***	*44n*	*BSA*

AMATEUR – Heat 2 – 12 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*Ken Bright*	*Ponca City, OK*	*69n*	*BSA*
2	*Mike Ninci*	*Kansas City, MO*	*95k*	*Harley-Davidson*
3	*Lee Craig*	*St. Joseph, MO*	*36k*	*Harley-Davidson*
4	*Jerry Mathews*	*Shawnee, OK*	45n	*Triumph*

AMATEUR – Final – 12 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
1	*Dwane Walker*	*Shawnee, OK*	*55m*	*BSA*
2	*Ken Bright*	*Ponca City, OK*	*69n*	*BSA*
3	*Mike Ninci*	*Kansas City, MO*	95k	*Harley-Davidson*
4	*Dick Woods*	*Topeka, KS*	42n	*Harley-Davidson*

EXPERT – Entries (incomplete list)

Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model
*Fred Nix*	*Nil, WI*	95	*Harley-Davidson*
*Ted Davis*	*Ponca City, OK*	90	*BSA Gold Star*
*Neil Keen*	*Decatur, IL*	10	*BSA Gold Star*
*Terry Deatherage*	*Derby, KS*	*33n*	*BSA Gold Star*
*Buddy Elmore*	*El Paso, TX*	79	*Triumph*
*Pat Gosch*	*Omaha, NE*	47	*Triumph Daytona 500*
*William T. Rufner*	*Ft. Worth, TX*	93	*BSA*
*Robert Winters*	*Ft. Smith, AR*	21	*BSA*
*Roy D. Johnston*	*Bartlesville, OK*	*71m*	*BSA Gold Star*
*Mike Powell*	*Polo, IL*	43	*Triumph*
*Monty Barrett*	*Tulsa, OK*	*85y*
*Sid Carlson*	*Seattle, WA*	73
*Jim Henry*	*Houston, TX*	*90n*	*BSA Gold Star*
*Darrel Dovel*	*Hutchinson, KS*	45	*Harley-Davidson*

EXPERT – Heat 1 – 12 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	*Fred Nix*	*Nil, WI*	95	*Harley-Davidson*
2	*Ted Davis*	*Ponca City, OK*	90	*BSA Gold Star*	*$30*
3	*Neil Keen*	*Decatur, IL*	10	*BSA Gold Star*
4	*Terry Deatherage*	*Derby, KS*	*33n*	*BSA Gold Star*

EXPERT – Heat 2 – 12 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	*Buddy Elmore*	*El Paso, TX*	79	*Triumph*
2	*Pat Gosch*	*Omaha, NE*	47	*Triumph Daytona 500*	*$30*
3	*William T. Rufner*	*Ft. Worth, TX*	93	*BSA*
4	*Robert Winters*	*Ft. Smith, AR*	21	*BSA*

EXPERT – Final – 12 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	*Pat Gosch*	*Omaha, NE*	47	*Triumph Daytona 500*	*$135*
2	*Ted Davis*	*Ponca City, OK*	90	*BSA Gold Star*
3	*William T. Rufner*	*Ft. Worth, TX*	93	*BSA*
4	*Neil Keen*	*Decatur, IL*	10	*BSA Gold Star*
DNF	*Fred Nix*	*Nil, WI*	95	*Harley-Davidson*

Source: May 22, 1967 issue of the Winfield Daily Courier

AMATEUR ACTION

#38n Danny Dysart of Ponca City, Oklahoma on a Harley-Davidson is shown at left leading #42n Dick Woods through a turn at Oklahoma City in 1967. Both riders also raced at Winfield – Ken Bright collection

LEFT: Dick Woods of Topeka, Kansas on his #42n Harley-Davidson in 1967. Woods finished second in the first Amateur heat and fourth in the Amateur final at Winfield on this date – Ken Bright collection

RIGHT: Mike Ninci of Kansas City, Missouri on his #95k Harley-Davidson. Ninci finished second in the second Amateur heat and third in the Amateur final at Winfield on this date – Photo from a 1971 Sedalia, Missouri AMA Racing Program

Amateur rider Ken Bright had a good day racing at Winfield on this date. He was riding a Triumph in this photo taken at Oklahoma City in 1967 but rode a BSA at Winfield.

Ken Bright collection

Dwane Walker

Dan Robertson collection

Neil Keen

with flagman / starter Bob Whitney

Dan Robertson collection

#10 Neil Keen and #45 Darrel Dovel in close competition - Dan Robertson collection

An unidentified rider tries to get restarted after

sliding into the fence on the south turn at Winfield.

Several unidentified Novice riders race into the southwest turn at Winfield.

#107 is Frankie Westerman.

#77k Bill Radar does a “wheelie” just after the start of one of the Novice races

at Winfield. The #58m fourth from left is Mike Van Bibber while the #58j

second from right is Bill Jenneman.

Unidentified riders race through the southwest turn at Winfield. The #44 in the lead

is a BSA Gold Star, #91 is a Harley-Davidson KR 750, #99 is a Triumph,

and #68 is a Harley-Davidson KR 750.

One of the Expert races in the southwest turn at Winfield. The #43 is a Triumph,

#71m is Roy D. Johnston, fourth from right is Fred Nix, third from the left is

#33n Terry Deatherage, and second from the left is #85y Monty Barrett.

#77k Bill Radar winning the 12-lap Novice final at Winfield on his Butaco.

#77k Bill Radar leads a falling #58m Mike Van Bibber in the southwest turn

during the Novice final at Winfield. Radar went on the win the event.

#95 Fred Nix leads eventual winner #47 Pat Gosch who is followed

by #79 Buddy Elmore and #90 Ted Davis in the Expert final.

#47 Pat Gosch receives congratulations from race promoter Hugo Shea upon winning

the Expert final. The man standing in back of Shea is Bill Dusenbery, Sr.

The nine photos immediately above were taken by Ron Cyr and appear in the official program for the AMA flat track motorcycle races run at

Winfield on May 19, 1968. There, these photos are identified as having been taken at the races in Winfield the preceding May (1967).

“I had gone to Winfield to the first Kansas race of the season. I got there fairly early that morning and there were already quite a few racers there waiting out under the trees for the pits to open. A lot of people had gathered around a Ford Ranchero near the fence. There was a very large pit bull, or some other large dog of that type in the back, un-chained. Anytime someone got too close the dog let them know that that was his property and not to mess with it. I noticed two feet hanging out of the driver's side window and the Gold Star in the back had number 10 on it. Neil (Keen) had gone to sleep sometime that night in perfect confidence that no one would mess with him or his stuff. His dog said so!” - - Jim Henry in 2006

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AMATEUR – Heat 1 – 12 Laps

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AMATEUR – Heat 2 – 12 Laps

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45n

AMATEUR – Final – 12 Laps

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95k

42n

EXPERT – Heat 1 – 12 Laps

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EXPERT – Heat 2 – 12 Laps

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EXPERT – Final – 12 Laps

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Patrick G. “Pat” Gosch

1943 – 1971

Fred “Freddie” Nix

1941 – 1969

Terrence W. “Terry” Deatherage

1942 – 1998

Bentley Rhodes Hardwick

1949 – 1971