"Wild Bill"  -  "Little Bill"  -  "Shorty"  -  "Pee Wee" William Jean "Bill" Nelson 1927 - 1987
		LEFT: Bill Nelson, of Wichita, Kansas, is shown here standing beside a Kenny Neeley built Hudson stock car. BELOW: "Wild Bill" Nelson receiving a trophy he won in a Kenny Neely owned Hudson sedan in the mid-1950s.  To see a photograph of Bill and Kenny with the Hudson:
These cars were built by Kenny Neely and sponsored by Pop Drain's Garage of Wichita, Kansas.  Each of the cars was blue over white with red numbers.  Left to right:  Don Everhart with the #9 Hudson sedan, Orval Beckel with the 1934 Hudson sedan #99 in which he won the A feature at Winfield, Kansas on September 6, 1954, and Bill Nelson with the #98 Hudson coupe – Harriet Ramsey collection
Bill Nelson was sitting high in the seat at left but cowered from the camera while clowning with an unidentified "powder puff" driver at right.  The car was a Hudson sedan owned by: Kenneth Fenton "Kenny" Neely 1923 - 1993
Can anyone identify the woman standing beside the #50 car above?  If so, please contact Bob Lawrence. Return to page 2 of the History of Auto Racing at Winfield website.