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

 

 

Opening Night of the 1942 Racing Season

Midget Races Sanctioned by

Kansas Midget Racing (KMR)

Sunday Night - May 3, 1942

Promoted by Frank Murphy

Adult admission:  40¢

Children under 12:  10¢

 

First Heat – 8 laps

PLACE:

DRIVER:

FROM:

1

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

3

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

 

 

 

Second Heat – 8 laps

1

Frank Dickerson

Tulsa, Oklahoma

2

Ralph Foster

Wichita, Kansas

3

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Third Heat – 8 laps

1

Clarence Merritt

Chelsea, Oklahoma

2

Rex Woodward

Hutchinson, Kansas

3

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Fourth Heat – 8 laps

1

Buzz Barton

Chickasha, Oklahoma

2

Dick Sharp

Chickasha, Oklahoma

3

Don Brown

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

Consolation

1

Charley Hedges

Salina, Kansas

2

Val Jameson

McPherson, Kansas

 

 

 

Novelty

1

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

2

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3

Mike Applebee

Salina, Kansas

 

 

 

B Feature – 20 laps

1

Dick Sharp

Chickasha, Oklahoma

2

Bob McKim

Salina, Kansas

3

Clarence Brooks 

Sioux City, Iowa 

 

 

 

A Feature – 12 cars - 30 laps

1

Wayland “Bud” Camden

Wichita, Kansas

2

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Wichita, Kansas

3

Clyde Graves

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

  

 

 

Emmett M. “Buzz” Barton

 

Don Brown

 

 

Dick Sharp

 

Charley Hedges

Vickey Cummings collection

 

Mike Applebee

Vickey Cummings collection

Clyde Graves

 

Wayland “Bud” Camden

 

Guy “Mac” McHenry

Cindy Abbott collection

 

Frank Dickerson

 

Ralph Foster

 

Bob McKim

 

Clarence Merritt

 

Rex Woodward

 

Clarence Brooks

 

 

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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