Sportsman Modified Jalopy Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on September 19, 1965

First Annual Kansas State Modified Jalopy Championship Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Sunday – September 19, 1965

Sanctioned by – Merrick Racing Incorporated (M.R.I.)

Race director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Attendance – “a packed crowd”

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	19	Cleman Humphrey	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	3:59.0
2	61	Aaron Madden	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3	4	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas
4	25	Bill Rigsby	Wichita, Kansas
5	3	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6	1520	Jim Powell	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7	1	H. A. Ratzlaff	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DNF	75	Marion Jacobs	Russell, Kansas
DNF		Bill Nelson	Wichita, Kansas

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas	3:59.33
2	50	Bob Reynolds	Edmond, Oklahoma
3		Bud Lindstrom	Moore, Oklahoma
4	62	Bill Curless	Arkansas City, Kansas
5	98	Gene Potts	Great Bend, Kansas
6	33	Andy McKinley	Wakeeney, Kansas
7	88	Don Spreier	Larned, Kansas
8	90	Sam Brittendoll	Salina, Kansas
	35	Clarence "Nut" Cokeley	Liberal, Kansas
DNF		Jim Mayes	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF		Dale Case	Arkansas City, Kansas

Case's car caught on fire.

Mayes' car crashed through the fence on the north end of the racetrack.

Third Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	112	Evard Humphrey	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	5:58.8
2	22	Bob Salem	Dodge City, Kansas
3	87	Bud Hatch	Yates Center, Kansas
4	44	Melvin Herrell	Hutchinson, Kansas
5	76	Gene Angel	Hutchinson, Kansas
6		Denny Altman	Wymore, Oklahoma
7		Clyde Kincaid	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
8		Don Craig	Lawrence, Kansas
DNF	40	Elmo Lane	Hutchinson, Kansas

Lane’s car crashed through the outside fence.

Fourth Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	7	Roy Bryant	Wichita, Kansas	3:59.44
2	86	Jay Schrock	Hutchinson, Kansas
3	47	Dick Walker	Arkansas City, Kansas
4	36	Henry Ellington	Hutchinson, Kansas
5		Stan Schoenberg	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6	29	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas
7	5	Wilber Hecke	Holdridge, Nebraska
8	54	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas
9	28	Red Andrews	Lawrence, Kansas
10	26	Dick Hendershot*	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF		Keigan Wells	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF		Jack Petty	Wichita, Kansas

Trophy Dash – 5 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas	2:10.0
2	7	Roy Bryant	Wichita, Kansas
3	112	Evard Humphrey	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
4	19	Cleman Humphrey	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5	61	Aaron Madden	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

B Feature Race – 15 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1		Bill Nelson	Wichita, Kansas
2	15	Gene McClelland	Hutchinson, Kansas
3	26	Dick Hendershot	Hutchinson, Kansas
4	35	Clarence “Nut” Cokeley	Liberal, Kansas
5		Gary Vogt	Hesston, Kansas
6	12	Ray Riner	Wichita, Kansas
DNF		Francis Burke	Dodge City, Kansas
DNF		Larry Sutton	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF		Gary Nichols	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF		Gene Ruebke	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF		Keigan Wells	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF	92	Loyd Farr	Leoti, Kansas
DNF		Willie Hodde	Dodge City, Kansas
DNF		Terry Kowalsky	Russell, Kansas
DNF	51	Mel Montgomery	Wichita, Kansas
DNF		John Healey	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF	75	Marion Jacobs	Russell, Kansas

Jacobs’ car rolled over landing in the middle of the racetrack.

Nichols rolled his car onto a pile of mud in the infield.

Cokeley collected $70 from the purse for his 4^th place finish in this race.

Cars driven by Burke and Sutton crashed out through the fence together coming to rest wedged against another fence some 50 feet outside the racetrack fence.

A Feature Race – 20 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From
1	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas
2	19	Cleman Humphrey	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3	7	Roy Bryant	Wichita, Kansas
4		Aaron Madden	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5	50	Bob Reynolds	Edmond, Oklahoma
6	87	Bud Hatch	Yates Center, Kansas
7	62	Bill Curless	Arkansas City, Kansas
8		Bud Lindstrom	Moore, Oklahoma
9	1	H. A. Ratzlaff	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10	47	Dick Walker	Arkansas City, Kansas
11		Stan Schoenberg	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	112	Evard Humphrey	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	3	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	1520	Jim Powell	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DNF	29	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas

Copeland’s car lost a right front wheel which bounced high into the air before jumping the fence at the south end of the racetrack and smashing into a brand new Cadillac.

#99 Harold Leep of Wichita, #101 Bob Eichor of Oklahoma City, and #24 Jay Woodside of Kansas City, Missouri also competed in these races but none of them placed in the prize money.