Motorcycle Races

Cowley County Fairgrounds

Winfield, Kansas

Thursday Afternoon, July 4, 1912

Results:

OPEN - Time Trials – 2 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Time	Make / Model	Purse
1	Max Wilson	Topeka, KS	1:25.00	Harley-Davidson	$20
2	Wells Bennett	Wichita, KS	1:33.00	Thor	$10

OPEN - Heat 1 – 20 Laps – Time: 14:50 – 5 Starters
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	Wells Bennett	Wichita, KS		Thor	$20
2	Gene Spencer	Topeka, KS		Indian	$10

OPEN - Heat 2 – 20 Laps – Time: 14:40 – 5 Starters
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	Wells Bennett	Wichita, KS		Thor	$20
2	Max Wilson	Topeka, KS		Harley-Davidson	$10

SINGLE CYLINDER STOCK - Heat 1 – 10 Laps – Time: 7:08.50
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	Wells Bennett	Wichita, KS		Thor	$20
2 - tie	Ray Ellis	Arkansas City, KS		Moto-Racycle	$  5
2 - tie	Lloyd Stevens	Las Vegas, NM		Indian	$  5

SINGLE CYLINDER STOCK- Final – 20 Laps – Time: 14:08.50
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Purse
1	Wells Bennett	Wichita, KS		Thor	$20
2	Lloyd Stevens	Las Vegas, NM		Indian	$10

Ralph Stillwell and Frank Mansfield, both of Arkansas City, Kansas, entered the races at Winfield on this date but they did not compete.

Source: July 5, 1912 issue of the Winfield Daily Courier

Wells Bennett, of Wichita, Kansas was the class of the field at Winfield, Kansas on July 4, 1912 although this picture of him was not taken at Winfield – Dave Harrier collection

In Memory of:

William Wells Bennett

1891 - 1969

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