Late Model Stock Car Races at Hutchinson, Kansas on September 21, 1965

Late Model Stock Car Races

On the Historic Half-mile Racetrack at the

Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

Tuesday – September 21, 1965

Sanctioned by – International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.)

Time Trials – 15 Cars – 1 Lap

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa	28.76
2	Leonard “Lenny” Funk	Otis, Kansas	29.27
3	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa	29.58
4	Roland Wilson	Medford, Iowa	29.74
5	Phil Cronin	Houston, Texas	29.87
6	Lewis Taylor	Overland Park, Kansas	30.04
7	Tom Roller	Independence, Missouri	30.33
8	Larry Sottlemeyer**	Kansas City, Missouri	30.34
9	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota	30.41
10	Butch Hall	Russell, Minnesota	30.49
11	Vic Elson	Ash Grove, Missouri	31.06
12	Bob McGinnis	Pierre, South Dakota	31.16
13	Bob Todd	Harrisonville, Missouri	31.19
14	Karl Stoeffer	Independence, Missouri	32.11
15	Bob Troth	Wessington, South Dakota	NT

First Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa	5:32.33
2	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota
3	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa
4	Lewis Taylor	Overland Park, Kansas
5	Larry Sottlemeyer**	Kansas City, Missouri

Second Heat Race – 10 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Leonard “Lenny” Funk	Otis, Kansas	5:09.59
2	Phil Cronin	Houston, Texas
3	Roland Wilson	Bedford, Iowa
4	Butch Hall	Russell, Minnesota
5	Bob McGinnis	Pierre, South Dakota

Consolation Race – 8 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Bob Todd	Harrisonville, Missouri	4:16.80
2	Vic Elson	Ash Grove, Missouri
3	Tom Roller	Independence, Missouri
4	Bob McGinnis	Pierre, South Dakota
5	Larry Sottlemeyer**	Kansas City, Missouri
6	Bob Troth	Wessington, South Dakota
	Karl Stoeffer	Independence, Missouri	DNF

Stoeffer was leading this race in his car #166 until he spun off of the racetrack in the northeast turn and got stuck in the infield mud.

Trophy Dash – 4 Cars - 5 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa	2:25.14
2	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa
3	Leonard “Lenny” Funk`	Otis, Kansas
4	Roland Wilson	Bedford, Iowa

Derr started last in this race.

Australian Pursuit – 4 Cars – 3 Laps

Place	Driver	From
1	Butch Hall	Russell, Minnesota
2	Bob Troth	Wessington, South Dakota
3	Bob McGinnis	Pierre, South Dakota
4	Karl Stoeffer	Independence, Missouri

Hall started last in this race.

Feature Race – 25 Laps

Place	Driver	From	Time
1	Ernie Derr	Keokuk, Iowa	11:44.28
2	Ramo Stott*	Keokuk, Iowa
3	Leonard “Lenny” Funk	Otis, Kansas
4	Lewis Taylor	Overland Park, Kansas
5	Phil Cronin	Houston, Texas
6	Ole Brua	Albert Lea, Minnesota
7	Roland Wilson	Bedford, Iowa
8	Larry Sottlemeyer**	Kansas City, Missouri
9	Bob Todd	Harrisonville, Missouri
10	Vic Elson	Ash Grove, Missouri
11	Bob McGinnis	Pierre, South Dakota
12	Tom Roller	Independence, Missouri
13	Butch Hall	Russell, Minnesota

Derr started from the pole position and steadily pulled away to a big lead by the finish.

Lewis Taylor

Mike Evans collection from Racing from the Past

#3 Ole Brua races with #1 Ernie Derr

Lee Ackerman photo from the Midwest Racing Archives Website

* Ramo Stott competed in the Daytona “500” eleven times.

** One sources lists this driver’s name as “Larry Stottlemeyer”.

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