Motorcycle Races at Winfield, KS on July 4, 1960

Class “C” AMA Sanctioned Motorcycle Races

Cowley County Fairgrounds, Winfield, Kansas

Monday, July 4, 1960

Presented by the Winfield Lions club in conjunction with the Wichita Jeeps Motorcycle club

37 Riders Entered

AMATEUR – Time Trials – 1 Lap
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Larry Palmgren*	*Denver, CO***	*28m*	*Harley-Davidson*	*29.59*

AMATEUR – Trophy Dash – 3 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Larry Palmgren*	*Denver, CO***	*28m*	*Harley-Davidson*

NOVICE – Heat 1
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Robert Strickler*	*Hutchinson, KS***		*BSA Gold Star*

NOVICE – Heat 2
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Herbert “Hoo Doo” Howard*	*Tulsa, OK***		*Enfield*

EXPERT – Heat 1
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Mike Long*	*Ponca City, OK***	*56n*	*BSA Gold Star*

EXPERT – Heat 2
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Mike Long*	*Ponca City, OK***	*56n*	*BSA Gold Star*

NOVICE – Final – 10 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Dale Phillips*	*Kansas City, MO***		*BSA Gold Star*
2	*Robert Strickler*	*Hutchinson, KS***		*BSA Gold Star*
3	*John Sanger*	*Tulsa, OK***		*Triumph*
DNF	*Herbert “Hoo Doo” Howard* ¹	*Tulsa, OK***		*Enfield*

AMATEUR – Final – 10 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Delmar Dovel*	*Hutchinson, KS***	*59n*	*BSA Gold Star*
2	*Larry Carlson*	*Topeka, KS***	*99m*	*Harley-Davidson*
3	*Donald Bartley*	*Topeka, KS***	*36n*	*BSA Gold Star*
DNF	*Dick Harrison* ²	*Oklahoma City, OK***	*36m*	*BSA Gold Star*
DNF	*John Ellis* ²	*Hutchinson, KS***	*28n*	*Triumph*

EXPERT – Final – 10 Laps
Place	Rider	Hometown	Plate #	Make / Model	Time
1	*Mike Long*	*Ponca City, OK***	*56n*	*BSA Gold Star*
2	*Darrel Dovel*	*Hutchinson, KS***	*49n*	*Triumph*
3	*Bill Dusenbery, Sr.*	*Wichita, KS***	81	*BSA Gold Star*
4	*Nathan Watts*	*Tulsa, OK***	*64n*	*BSA Gold Star*

¹Herbert “Hoo Doo” Howard’s Enfield motorcycle developed engine trouble causing him to retire from the Novice final.

²Dick Harrison and John Ellis suffered a few cuts and bruises when they locked handlebars and fell in the north turn during the Amateur final.

All photographs on this page are from the Mike Long collection.

Turn one during the Novice final

Start of one of the heat races

#56n Mike Long entering

the back stretch from turn 2

#56n Mike Long on the back stretch

#56n Mike Long in turn 3

#56n Mike Long in turn 4

#59n Delmar Dovel leading this Amateur class race

#56n Mike Long leads #49 Darrel Dovel through the fourth turn in the Expert final.

Personal records kept by Stan Engdahl of Marquette, Kansas show that he finished

fourth in one of the Amateur heat races on this day.

If you know anything more about these races run at Winfield, Kansas on July 4, 1960, please contact Bob Lawrence.

In Memory of:

Robert “Bob” Strickler

1939 - 1970

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