This photo was taken on the front straight-away at Winfield, Kansas on July 4, 1953.  The 1933 Ford coupe #5 was driven by Lee Wilt of Winfield; the #1 car was driven by Ralph Lies of Wichita, Kansas; and the car in front of Ralph was a 1936 Ford sedan.  The car behind #5 Lee Wilt was driven by Bill Killion also of Wichita and the car behind Killion’s is #4jr Hudson believed to have been driven by Bud Webster of Winfield.

Dean Crow collection