West Side Speedway

1/5 mile dirt racetrack that was located two blocks north

of Douglas Street between Glenn Street and Vine Street

at 1800 West Third Street in Wichita, Kansas

 

Midget Auto Races Sanctioned by

Kansas Midget Racing (KMR)

 

Sunday Night – July 12, 1942

Promoted by Frank Murphy

Adult admission:  40¢

Children under 12:  10¢

 

First Heat – 8 laps

PLACE:

DRIVER:

FROM:

1

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

2

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

3

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 laps

1

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

2

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

3

Bill Brown

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Third Heat – 8 laps

1

Don Brown

Salina, Kansas

2

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Match Race – 4 laps

1

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

2

Ernie Powell

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

B Feature – 20 laps

1

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

2

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

3

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

A Feature – 12 cars - 30 laps

1

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

2

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

3

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

4

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Salina, Kansas

 

 

Don Brown

 

Bill Brown

Darrin McKim collection

 

Wayland “Bud” Camden

 

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Cindy Abbott collection

 

Bob McKim

 

Eldon “Curly” Steerman

Wichita Beacon photo

 

Ernie Powell

 

Frank Dickerson

 

Mike Applebee

Vickey Cummings collection

 

 

 

This photo is dated and was taken at the races at West Side Speedway on this night.  The midget was owned by Charlie Peck.  Click your mouse on the photo to see a photo from the Duke Westerhaus collection of Westerhaus seated in this car in 1940 – George Schaeffer photo form the Vickey Cummings collection

 

 

 

This photo of Duke Westerhaus with his first racing car was taken after a wreck on this night at West Side Speedway – Darrin McKim collection

 

 

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, all of the photographs on this website are from the book One Tough Circuit, Midget Racing in America’s Heartland by Bill Hill

 

 

 

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