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 – September 14, 1941
Promoted by Frank Murphy
Announced Attendance: 2,500+
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Published Entry List |
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D. A. Clem |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Ted Parker |
Ft. Worth, Texas |
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Art Rhodes |
Dallas, Texas |
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Tex West* |
Dallas, Texas |
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Mike Applebee |
Salina, Kansas |
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Art McCammon |
Delphos, Kansas |
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Emmett M. “Buzz” Barton |
Chickasha, Oklahoma |
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Eldon “Curly” Steerman |
Hoisington, Kansas |
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Ralph Foster |
Wichita, Kansas |
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George “Junior” Elrod |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Emmett Taylor |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Carl Oliver |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Wayland “Bud” Camden |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Harold Priddy |
Salina, Kansas |
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Elmer Priddy |
Salina, Kansas |
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Bill Brown |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Frank Dickerson |
Wichita, Kansas |
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M. L. “Al” Faulkner |
Salina, Kansas |
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Ernie Powell |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
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Guy “Mac” McHenry |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
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Carroll Forrest |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Red Taylor** |
Chapman, Kansas |
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Ed Overton |
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First Heat |
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PLACE: |
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D. A. Clem |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Tex West* |
Dallas, Texas |
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Wayland “Bud” Camden |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Second Heat |
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Frank Dickerson |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Emmett Taylor |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Mike Applebee |
Salina, Kansas |
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Third Heat |
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M. L. “Al” Faulkner |
Salina, Kansas |
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Ernie Powell |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
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Carl Oliver |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Fourth Heat – 6 cars started |
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Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
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Eldon “Curly” Steerman |
Hoisington, Kansas |
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Guy “Mac” McHenry |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Ed Overton |
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Bill Brown |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Elmer Priddy |
Salina, Kansas |
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Australian Pursuit |
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D. A. Clem |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
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Consolation Race |
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Red Taylor** |
Chapman, Kansas |
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Carroll Forrest |
Wichita, Kansas |
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B Feature – 20 laps |
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Bob McKim |
Salina, Kansas |
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M. L. “Al” Faulkner |
Salina, Kansas |
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Guy “Mac” McHenry |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Eldon “Curly” Steerman |
Hoisington, Kansas |
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A Feature - 30 laps |
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Tex West* |
Dallas, Texas |
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D. A. Clem |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Emmett Taylor |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Frank Dickerson |
Wichita, Kansas |
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Emmett Taylor
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Wayland “Bud” Camden
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M. L. “Al” Faulkner Wichita Beacon photo
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Guy “Mac” McHenry
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Red Taylor Vickey Cummings collection
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Mike Applebee Vickey Cummings collection |
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Bill Brown Darrin McKim collection |
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Harold Priddy Vickey Cummings collection |
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D. A. Clem
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Ted Parker
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Tex West*
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Art McCammon Cindy Abbott collection
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Emmett M. “Buzz” Barton
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Eldon “Curly” Steerman Wichita Beacon photo
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Ralph Foster
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Carl Oliver
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Frank Dickerson
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Ernie Powell
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Bob McKim
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George “Junior” Elrod Darrin McKim collection |
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Art Rhodes Vickey Cummings collection |
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Elmer Priddy Vickey Cummings collection |
The father of Elmer Priddy is shown above looking over the midget that his son was killed in shortly after the accident in the fourth heat race at West Side Speedway. 20-year-old Elmer Priddy of Salina, Kansas had only been driving for a couple of weeks and was competing in only the fourth race of his young racing career but he had already developed a bad habit of looking behind him while he was racing. On this evening, veteran driver Ralph Foster had warned Priddy about that saying, “You have already been there! You should be looking where you are going instead!” Priddy was looking behind him again on the final lap of the fourth heat race on this night when his Perry Fuller owned #1 midget side-swiped the midget driven by Bill Brown, ran over a wheel on Brown’s car, and flipped 1½ times. Priddy’s 800-pound midget landed upside down on top of the driver killing him instantly. Elmer Priddy was a younger brother of veteran driver Harold Priddy – Wichita Beacon photo from the Vickey Cummings collection |
*Austin E. Wetzler (1903-1962) of Dallas, Texas raced for many years under the alias “Tex West”. He was also well known by the nickname “Ironhead”.
**LeRoy Dudley “Red” Taylor (1915-1967) is buried in the Indian Hill Cemetery at Chapman, Kansas.
Unless otherwise noted, 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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