V.F.W.

July 23, 1967 Winfield Daily Courier Saturday, July 22, 1967 60 Cars Expected For Big Races Sunday

V.F.W.

Nearly 60 cars are expected to be roaring around the track at the Fairgrounds Sunday when it's turned into a speedway for the V.F.W. Sports Car Races.

Forty drivers are expected to come from Wichita with others from Bartlesville, Enid, Blackwell, Oklahoma, and one car from Winfield sponsored by Phillips' Salvage Yard will be driven by Kenneth Moore.

Several of the Wichita competitors have been vying for the lead of the semi-late model point standings as the north Wichita track.  The three at the top, at the present time are Pinky Mullens, Gary Vogt, and Bud Haehn.

So far, V.F.W. spokesmen say the weather looks good.

Racing WHEELS
Vancouver, WA - Saturday, July 22, 1967 - Page 14

AUTO RACING ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS
Maxine Hill, Reporter

WICHITA, KS – The new Auto Racing Association of Kansas (ARAK) will hold its first sanctioned race Sunday, July 23, at Winfield, Kansas at the Winfield Fairgrounds.  The race is sponsored by the Spencer-Yarbrough V.F.W. Post of Winfield, Kansas.

First race starts at 2:30 p.m. and will feature late model stocks.  For further information, contact the president of ARAK, Dale Chase of Wichita, Kansas.  Cars are expected from Kansas, Oklahoma, and other Midwest areas.

ARAK was organized during mid-season of 1966 and is comprised of late model stocks at the present time with future plans for other divisions.

Before the Races Started
Eventual A feature winner Bob Reed is shown here warming up his 1958 Ford stock car through the first turn before the start of the racing program on July 23, 1967.  It had been nine years since cars had raced on the Cowley County Fairgrounds race track and apparently no one remembered that this race track required a lot of water.  Not nearly enough was applied to the racing surface which caused very dusty racing conditions - Bob Reed collection

Winfield Daily Courier Monday, July 24, 1967           Around 2,000 Spectators watched Pinky Mullens win the trophy dash at the stock car races yesterday sponsored by the V.F.W.  Shown here in the lead, Mullens is one of the top point drivers that came down from Wichita for the races which were termed a success by V.F.W. Commander Charles Cloud, Jr.  No one was injured but the fences did take a beating as nearly 60 cars raced around the track at the fairgrounds.  Safety precautions included closing off the reserve section in front of the grandstand allowing seating in the bleachers only. Outside front row starter Pinky Mullens is shown at left getting a jump on pole sitter Gary Moore at the start of the trophy dash in this picture that accompanied the above paragraph in the Winfield newspaper.  Mullens held the advantage and won the race while Moore dropped to a third place finish behind Buddy Hill.  The flagman was Al Alexander.

Trophy Dash Winner
Pinky Mullens excepting the trophies after the trophy dash at Winfield, Kansas on July 23, 1967.  Pictured left to right are Dusty Cloud, Mullens, Charlie Terpening, and Dale Chase.  The #4x Ford driven by Bill Swoyer of Wichita, Kansas can be seen in the background at left - Ron Cyr photo from the Pinky Mullens collection

Click your mouse on the photo above to see another photo of these men that was taken by Jerry Leep at nearly the same time this one was.

32 year-old Bob Reed (center) of Wichita, Kansas took third place in the second semi-feature race at Winfield, Kansas on July 23, 1967.  He then started inside of the second row in the "A" feature.  Reed took the lead going into the first turn on the first lap of that race and led the rest of the way.  His total share of the purse that day came to $65.

This picture was taken on the racetrack in front of the grandstand after Reed won the "A" feature that day.  Left to right are: pit crewman Arnold Stoner, Bob Reed, and pit crewman Joe Nedeau.  Reed's 1958 Ford was sponsored by Lyle's Seneca Sinclair service station in Wichita and was powered by a 352 cubic inch Ford engine.

Click your mouse on the photo above to see a photo of Bob Reed with starter Al Alexander immediately after Reed won this "A" feature.

Car #58, in the background at left, is the 1957 Chevrolet of Hershell Wagoner of Wichita, Kansas.  The #98 car in the background at right is a Studebaker driven by Larry Sutton of Hutchinson, Kansas – Ron Cyr photos from the Bob Reed collection

Admission Ticket Copies of this flyer were taped up in store windows and placed on the windshields of parked cars.

"Get your lucky number program!"  One of the familiar sounds that race fans heard as they walked from their parked cars toward the grandstands at Winfield stock car races.  The number 19 on the bottom of the cover of the program at right above was the "lucky number" for this program.  Inside the program was a list of expected (read that "hoped for") drivers with their car numbers.    Among the advertisements, there was also a place for the fan to keep record the finishing order of each race.  The list of drivers was made up from those had been participating at "81" Speedway in Wichita, Kansas that year, and that did not necessarily mean that each of those drivers and, or, cars would race at Winfield on this particular day.  It turned out not to be a very accurate listing.

36 stock cars raced this day.  Starting positions in the heat races were determined by a random draw.  Results:

First Heat:

Fn.	St.	Car#	Driver	Driver From	Car Make	Car Owner	Owner From	Bud Haehn
1	2	02	Pinky Mullens	Wichita, KS	Ford	Charlie Terpening	Wichita, KS
2	3	20	Gary Moore	Wichita, KS	Ford	Pinky Mullens	Wichita, KS
3	7	72	Bud Haehn	Wichita, KS	Ford	Pat Sisk	Wichita, KS
4	1	4x	Bill Swoyer	Wichita, KS	Ford	Bill Swoyer	Wichita, KS
5	8	14	Gary Beyer	Peck, KS	Chevrolet	Gary Beyer	Peck, KS
6	11	29	Bob Reed	Wichita, KS	Ford	Bob Reed	Wichita, KS
			Did Not Finish:
	4	1A	Bob Overton	Wichita, KS	Ford	Bob Overton	Wichita, KS
	5	10	Lou Steward	Winfield, KS	Ford	Lou Steward	Winfield, KS
	6	20x	Ron Dunkle	Bartlesville, OK	Chevrolet	Ron Dunkle	Bartlesville, OK	Roy Andrews
	9	58	Hershel Wagoner	Wichita, KS	Chevrolet	Hershel Wagoner	Wichita, KS
	10	3	Sherman Boling	Bartlesville, OK	Chevrolet	Sherman Boling	Bartlesville, OK
Second Heat:
1	3	87	Gordon Dodson	Wichita, KS	Chevrolet	Gordon Dodson	Wichita, KS
2	4	7x	Melvin May, Jr.	Maize, KS	Ford	Melvin May, Jr.	Maize, KS
3	7	5	Mel Montgomery	Wichita, KS	Ford	John Hebb	Wichita, KS
4	8	49	Roy Andrews	Wichita, KS	Ford	Fred Cornelison	Wichita, KS
5	2	92	Ron Frame	Mulvane, KS	Ford	Ron Frame	Mulvane, KS	Pinky Mullens
			Did Not Finish:
	1	60	Ernest Ramey	Wichita, KS	Ford	John Marshall	Wichita, KS
	5	8x	Ken Myers	Newton, KS	Oldsmobile	Charie Laing	Wichita, KS
	6	69	Sharrel “Big” Webb	Vera, OK	Plymouth	Sharrel “Big” Webb	Vera, OK
	9	88	Kenny Moore	Winfield, KS	Chevrolet	Leo Phillips	Winfield, KS
	10	0	Vern Allen	Wichita, KS	Ford	Vern Allen	Wichita, KS
	11	98	Larry Sutton	Hutchinson, KS	Studebaker	Larry Sutton	Hutchinson, KS
	12	82	Wayne Sigley	Augusta, KS	Chevrolet	Wayne Sigley	Augusta, KS	Kenny Moore
Third Heat:
1	2	39	Buddy Hill	Wichita, KS	Ford	Buddy Hill	Wichita, KS
2	3	22	Harold Armstrong	Wichita, KS	Ford	Pinky Mullens	Wichita, KS
3	6	7	Al Jones	Bartlesville, OK	Chevrolet	Al Jones	Bartlesville, OK
4	8	65	Dick Unger	Wichita, KS	Ford	Dick Unger	Wichita, KS
			Did Not Finish:
	4	16	Ken Hauschild	Wichita, KS	Chevrolet	Ed Brady	Wichita, KS
	5	96	Jess Neal	Oxford, KS	Ford	Jess Neal	Oxford, KS	Lou Steward
	7	91	Jim Grantham	Wichita, KS	Chevrolet	Jim Grantham	Wichita, KS
	9	77	Jack Petty	Wichita, KS	Ford	Orbin Mashaney	Maize, KS
	10	09	Merle Wagoner	Wichita, KS	Ford	Merle Wagoner	Wichita, KS
	11	07	Bud Helmuth	Hutchinson, KS	Studebaker	Bud Helmuth	Hutchinson, KS
	12	12	Don Jones	Bartlesville, OK	Chevrolet	Don Jones	Bartlesville, KS
	13	42	Dan Casmaer	Haysville, KS	Ford	Dan Casmaer	Haysville, KS
	1	4	Bob Lawrence	Wichita, KS	Ford	Larry Wiles	Albuquerque, NM
Trophy Dash:								Dan Casmaer
1	2	02	Pinky Mullens	Wichita, KS	Ford	Charlie Terpening	Wichita, KS
2	6	39	Buddy Hill	Wichita, KS	Ford	Buddy Hill	Wichita, KS
3	1	20	Gary Moore	Wichita, KS	Ford	Pinky Mullens	Wichita, KS
4	3	7x	Melvin May, Jr.	Maize, KS	Ford	Melvin May, Jr.	Maize, KS
			Did Not Finish:
	4	87	Gordon Dodson	Wichita, KS	Chevrolet	Gordon Dodson	Wichita, KS
	5	22	Harold Armstrong	Wichita, KS	Ford	Pinky Mullens	Wichita, KS
								Harold Armstrong
First Semi-Final:
1	2	69	Norman Gougler	Vera, OK	Plymouth	Sharrel “Big” Webb	Vera, OK
2	4	88	Kenny Moore	Winfield, KS	Chevrolet	Leo Phillips	Winfield, KS
3	5	77	Jack Petty	Wichita, KS	Ford	Orbin Mashaney	Maize, KS
4	6	1A	Bob Overton	Wichita, KS	Ford	Bob Overton	Wichita, KS
5	8	41	John Marshall	Wichita, KS	Ford	John Marshall	Wichita, KS
			Did Not Finish:
	1	82	Wayne Sigley	Augusta, KS	Chevrolet	Wayne Sigley	Augusta, KS	Vern Allen
	3	10	Lou Steward