Automobile Races
AUTOMOBILE RACES
American Legion One-Mile Dirt Oval Racetrack
Oakley, Kansas
Sunday Afternoon, September 14, 1930
ENTRY LIST:
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DRIVER |
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HOMETOWN |
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Hutchinson, Kansas |
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Russell D. Hill1 |
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Arkansas City, Kansas |
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Bill Epps2 |
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Oakley, Kansas |
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Sammy Ard3 |
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Sterling, Colorado |
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Tom Holden4 |
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Los Angeles, California |
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Russell D. Hill |
Bill Epps2 was seriously injured when his P.E.B. Special collided with another car in a race at Hugo, Colorado on Friday, September 12, 1930 and over turned several times so he was unable to participate in these races at Oakley.
These races were organized by Tom Holden4 under the name Consolidated Auto Racing Association. We know the races went on as scheduled but the only results that have been discovered to date are that Sammy Ard3 of Sterling, Colorado won a 5-mile preliminary race.
If you know anything more about these races, please contact Bob Lawrence.
Oakes photographs from the Stephen Dean collection
1Russell D. Hill was born c1901 in Kansas.
2William R. “Bill” Epps was born c1904 in Kansas.
3Samuel K. “Sammy” Ard (1904-1950) is buried in the Sterling Cemetery at Sterling, Colorado.
4Tom Holden (1906-1987) is buried in the WaKeeney City Cemetery at WaKeeney, Kansas.
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