Hot Rod Races

Sportsman Park – Oakley, Kansas

Tuesday Afternoon, August 14, 1951

 

 

Lloyd Walinder

“Bud” Manning and car

owner “Blank” Blankenburg

 

 

HEAT RACE

PLACE

DRIVER

HOMETOWN

CAR COLOR

CAR #

ENGINE

1

Mickey McCormick1

Wichita, KS

Red

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TROPHY DASH

PLACE

DRIVER

HOMETOWN

CAR COLOR

CAR #

ENGINE

1

Lloyd Walinder

Oberlin, KS

Blue

1

Chevrolet 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRANDSTAND CHOICE RACE

PLACE

DRIVER

HOMETOWN

CAR COLOR

CAR #

ENGINE

1

Bud Manning

Oakley, KS

White

88

Oldsmobile V8

2

Lloyd Walinder

Oberlin, KS

Blue

1

Chevrolet 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUSTRALIAN PURSUIT

PLACE

DRIVER

HOMETOWN

CAR COLOR

CAR #

ENGINE

1

Bud Manning

Oakley, KS

White

88

Oldsmobile V8

 

Lloyd Walinder2

Oberlin, KS

Blue

1

Chevrolet 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

A FEATURE

PLACE

DRIVER

HOMETOWN

CAR COLOR

CAR #

ENGINE

1

Bud Manning3

Oakley, KS

White

88

Oldsmobile V8

 

 

1Willard Victory “Mickey” McCormick (1920-1999) was driving with a broken leg suffered in a racing accident eight days earlier at Oberlin, KS.  The car was heavily damaged in that accident but was repaired in time for the races at Oakley.

 

2Lloyd Walinder was uninjured when his car slid off of the #1 (south) turn and rolled during the Australian Pursuit.

 

3This win established Bud Manning and his car owner, Arnold “Blank” Blankenburg, as both the point leader and the high money winner in the High Plains Racing Association for the 1951 racing season.  Manning went on to win feature races the next two days at Norton, KS giving the dual a big lead in both categories.

 

 

 

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