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 – October 12, 1941

Promoted by Frank Murphy

Incomplete results as published in the Wichita Beacon

 

First Heat

10 Laps – Time: 2:07

PLACE:

DRIVER:

FROM:

1

Ralph Foster

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

B Feature

20 Laps – Time: 4:31.5

1

Red Taylor

Chapman, Kansas

 

 

 

A Feature

30 Laps – Time: 6:21.5

1

D. A. Clem

Wichita, Kansas

2

Frank Dickerson

Wichita, Kansas

3

Ralph Foster

Wichita, Kansas

4

Emmett Taylor

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Emmett Taylor

Ralph Foster

 

Red Taylor

 

D. A. Clem

 

Frank Dickerson

 

 

All of the photographs on this web page are from the book One Tough Circuit, Midget Racing in America’s Heartland by Bill Hill

 

 

 

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