Modified Races at Hutchinson, KS on September 19, 1970

Sixth Annual Kansas State Modified Championship Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Saturday – September 19, 1970

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

Race director – Jack Merrick of Dodge City, Kansas

Track condition – “soft and muddy”

Attendance – 10,000

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	66	Dale McCarty	Kansas City, Missouri	4:55.9
2	62	Carl “C.Q.” Curless	Hutchinson, Kansas
3	333	Jay Woodside	Kansas City, Missouri
4	222	Francis Hoppenstedt	Salina, Kansas
5	18	Bob Peck	Manhattan, Kansas
6	67	Dale Parsons	Wichita, Kansas
7	11	Ray Eubanks	Burlington, Kansas

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	6	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas	4:44.5
2	10	Stanley Trahern	Amarillo, Texas
3	4	Forrest Coleman	Wichita, Kansas
4	54	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas
5	3	Dick Hendershot	Hutchinson, Kansas
6	19	Ken Meyers	Wichita, Kansas
7	22	Dave Ediger	Hutchinson, Kansas
8	23	Jerry Reed	Wichita, Kansas
9		Jack Petty	Wichita, Kansas
10		Charles Decker	Wichita, Kansas

Third Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas	4:44.8
2	3x	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3	90	Garry Abell	Beloit, Kansas
4	11x	Stan Shoenberg	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5	59	Gary Fuller	Salina, Kansas
6		Phil Simmons	Kearney, Nebraska
7		Wayne Hattabaugh	Lawrence, Kansas
8	58	Dick Walker	Arkansas City, Kansas
9		Dennis Holzman	Wichita, Kansas

Trophy Dash – 4 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	10	Stanley Trahern	Amarillo, Texas	2:05.6
2	3x	Melvin Rogers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

B Feature – 10 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	98	Walt McWhorter	Wichita, Kansas	5:20.0
2	69	Jerry Stone	Wichita, Kansas
3	8	Herb Copeland	Dodge City, Kansas
4	7	Lawrence Sinks	Lawrence, Kansas
5	87	Bud Hatch	Yates Center, Kansas
6	11	Ray Eubanks	Burlington, Kansas
7		Charles Decker	Wichita, Kansas
8	48	Sam Brittendall	Salina, Kansas
9		Bud Mounts	Gaddard, Kansas
10		Lawrence Petrie	Salina, Kansas
DNF		Roger Thompson	Junction City, Kansas
DNF		Jack Petty	Wichita, Kansas

Petty crashed into the outside wall.

Thompson spun into the infield in the north east turn.

Stone lead for six of the ten laps before being passed by McWhorter on the final turn and losing out at the finish line by half a car length.

A Feature – 15 Laps

Place	Car #	Driver	From	Time
1	54	David Ross	Jetmore, Kansas	9:56.3
2	10	Stanley Trahern	Amarillo, Texas
3	55	Frank Lies	Wichita, Kansas
4	222	Francis Hoppenstedt	Salina, Kansas
5	59	Gary Fuller	Salina, Kansas
6	97	Jim Harkness	Wichita, Kansas
7		Phil Simmons	Kearney, Nebraska
8	18	Bob Peck	Manhattan, Kansas
9	19	Ken Myers	Wichita, Kansas
10	67	Dale Parsons	Wichita, Kansas
11	22	Dave Ediger	Hutchinson, Kansas
DNF	6	Dale Reed	Wichita, Kansas

Reed led the first 10 laps before the engine blew in his Evart-Isaac-owned #6. That left the lead to Lies who held it for less than a lap before being passed by Ross. Ross then pulled away to lead by a quarter of a lap at the end lapping all but the second and third place finishers. Trahern passed Lies for second on the 14^th lap.