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Automobile Races
On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, Kansas
Saturday, September 21, 1918
Sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)
The starter for the races on this date was J. Alex Sloan.
Time Trials – 2 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Time |
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1 |
Jules Ellingboe |
Briscoe |
1:05.8 |
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2 |
“Wild Bill” Endicott |
Hudson Super-Six |
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Endicott named his car the “Rahe Special” in honor of the Rahe Automotive School in Kansas City where he had “done the work of overhauling” the car.
First Heat Race
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Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Time |
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1 |
“Wild Bill” Endicott |
Hudson Super-Six |
“slow” |
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2 |
Leon Duray |
Maxwell |
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Three-Mile Race – 6 Laps – 3 Cars
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Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Time |
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1 |
Jules Ellingboe |
Briscoe |
3:27.4 |
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2 |
“Wild Bill” Endicott |
Hudson Super-Six |
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3 |
Leon Duray |
Maxwell |
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Sunflower Sweepstakes – 25 Laps
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Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Time |
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1 |
“Wild Bill” Endicott |
Hudson Super-Six |
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2 |
Jules Ellingboe |
Briscoe |
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3 |
Leon Duray |
Maxwell |
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Endicott took the lead on the 20th lap from Leon Duray who had to pull into the pits to add water. Endicott then held off Ellingboe in a close race to the finish.
Class Handicap
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Place |
Driver |
Automobile |
Time |
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1 |
“Wild Bill” Endicott |
Hudson Super-Six |
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2 |
Jules Ellingboe |
Briscoe |
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3 |
Leon Duray |
Maxwell |
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Endicott beat Ellingboe to the finish line by no more than the width of a radiator.
Leon Duray was an alias used by George Stewart.
Bill Endicott (1876-1944), Jules Ellilngboe (1892-1948), and Leon Duray (1894-1956) have all three competed in the Indianapolis “500”.
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“Wild Bill” Endicott Tom Saal collection |
Leon Duray Don Radbruch collection |
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