Kansas State Fairgrounds

Hutchinson, Kansas

1909 - 1953

For Distances of from 1 to 6 Laps

For the Track Records for Distances of from 7 Laps to 50 Laps

^†Most of these records are shown as published in the local newspapers at the time. Elapsed times have not been located for all races run but these are the best records from the time period that are currently known. The timing clocks were not necessarily accurate, accurately read, and / or trustworthy. Additional errors could have been tossed in by the newspapers too, trying to embellish a story or just an error on the part of the reporters. However, these are what we have to go on now.

1 Lap

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Automobile	Engine	Sanction
September 20, 1916	35.4	Cliff Woodbury	Chicago, IL	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	I.M.C.A.
September 19, 1919	34.2	George Clark	Ft. Worth, TX	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	I.M.C.A.
September 19, 1919	34.2 tie	Harvey Demster	Indianapolis, IN	Peugeot	Peugeot	I.M.C.A.
September 19, 1919	34.2 tie	Dick Seip	Oklahoma City, OK	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	I.M.C.A.
September 22, 1922	31.4	Fred Horey	St. Paul, MN	Frontenac	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
July 5, 1926*		Fred Lentz	Hutchinson, KS
September 24, 1926	31.0	Charles Lebsack	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special #4	Frontenac	None
September 24, 1926	31.0 tie	Leonard Kerbs	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special #1	Frontenac	None
September 20, 1929	31.0 tie	Emory Collins	Regina, Sask., Can	Red Streak D. O. Fronty #7	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
September 20, 1929	31.0 tie	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS	Frontenac #4	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
1928**	30.0	Leonard Kerbs	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special	Frontenac
September 15, 1930	30.8	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS	Frontenac #7	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
September 19, 1930	30.4	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS	Frontenac	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
September 19, 1930	30.0	Archie Powell	Galesburg, IL	Frontenac #3	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
September 23, 1932	28.1	Maynard Clark	Milan, IL	Gerber Special #15	Chevrolet	None
September 22, 1933	27.99	Clarence Haskell	Lincoln, NE	Miller Special	Miller	None
September 24, 1937	27.5	Bill Morris***	Denver, CO	Messer Special #4	Cragar	I.M.C.A.
September 20, 1938	27.2	Len Musick	Dallas, TX	Turco Special #1		I.M.C.A.
September 20, 1940	27.0	Bill Morris***	Dallas, TX	Messer Special	D.O. Hal	M.H.R.A.
September 22, 1940	26:63	Bill Morris***	Dallas, TX	Messer Special	D.O. Hal	M.H.R.A.
September 16, 1941	25.4	Gus Schrader	Cedar Rapids, IA	Riverside Tire Special #5	Offenhauser	I.M.C.A.
September 15, 1946	24.91	Emory Collins	Le Mars, IA	Riverside Special Offy #7	Offenhauser	I.M.C.A.
September 18, 1949	24.53	Emory Collins	Le Mars, IA	Riverside Special Offy #7	Offenhauser	I.M.C.A.
September 22, 1953	24.49	Deb Snyder	Kent, OH	Snyder Offy #3	Offenhauser	I.M.C.A.

*According to an article in the July 6, 1926 issue of the Hutchinson Daily Herald newspaper, Fred Lentz was the then current track record holder for the ½ mile distance but it is not currently known when he set that record, how fast he went, or what automobile he was driving when he did so.

**According to an article in the September 24, 1932 issue of the Hutchinson Daily News newspaper, Leonard Kerbs had set a new one-lap track record of 30.0 “four years ago”. To date, it has not been confirmed that Kerbs even raced at Hutchinson, Kansas that year.

***Bill Morris was an alias used by Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Musick, Sr. (1908-1966).

2 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Automobile	Engine	Sanction
September 18, 1909*	1:24.0	Harry Shoemaker	Hutchinson, KS	Sellers	Sellers	FAM
September 18, 1909*	1:24.0 tie	George Wiles	Hutchinson, KS	E. M. F.	E. M. F.	FAM
September 21, 1912	1:16.6	Barney Oldfield	Wauseon, OH	Cino	Cino	None
September 21, 1912	1:10.0	Barney Oldfield	Wauseon, OH	Christie	Christie V-4**	None
September 18, 1914	1:08.8	Eddie Hearne	Chicago, IL	Case	Case	None
September 19, 1914	1:07.6	Johnny Raimey	Cincinnati, OH	Case Comet	6-cyl. Case	None
September 18, 1915	1:07.4	Johnny Raimey	Cincinnati, OH	Case Comet	6-cyl. Case	I.M.C.A.
September 24, 1915	1:06.8	Johnny Raimey	Cincinnati, OH	Briscoe	Briscoe	I.M.C.A.
September 21, 1918	1:05.8	Jules Ellingboe	Crookston, MN	Briscoe	Briscoe	I.M.C.A.
September 23, 1921	1:05.8 tie	Leon Duray***	Cleveland, OH	Golden Submarine	Miller	I.M.C.A.
September 22, 1922	1:05.4	Fred Horey	St. Paul, MN	Frontenac	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
September 22, 1922	1:04:4****	John Boling	Tulsa, OK			I.M.C.A.
July 4, 1923	1:05.2	James Speer	Wichita, KS	Frontenac	Frontenac	None
September 15, 1924	1:05.2 tie	Al Watters	Chicago, IL	Golden Oldfield Special	Miller	I.M.C.A.
September 24, 1937	55.0	Bill Morris*****	Denver, CO	Messer Special #4	Cragar	I.MC.A.

*The records set in 1909 were set on the old Kansas State Fairgrounds racetrack that was located ½ south of the current racetrack.

**This Cristie V-4 engine had 1,237 CID and was rated at 135 HP.

***Leon Duray was an alias used by George Stewart.

****According to an article in the September 20, 1924 issue of the Hutchinson Herald newspaper, John Boling of Tulsa, Oklahoma set this 2-lap track record at the state fair races in 1922 but it is doubtful that Boling was even entered at Hutchinson that year.

*****Bill Morris of Denver, Colorado was an alias used by Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Musick, Sr. (1908-1966) who was actually from Dallas, Texas.

3 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Automobile	Engine	Sanction
September 18, 1914	2:35.2*	Eddie Hearne	Chicago, IL	Yellow Case #8	Case	None
September 19, 1927	1:40.75	George Young	Milwaukee, WI	Frontenac	Frontenac	I.M.C.A.
September 23, 1932	1:32.0	Pat Cunningham	St. JoSeptemberh, MO	Kerbs Special #K-1	Frontenac	None
July 4, 1933	1:05.0**	M. Seigle	Wichita, KS			None
September 18, 1933	1:29.14	Clarence Haskell	Lincoln, NE	Miller Special #24	Miller	None
September 20, 1935	1:28.5	Bill Morris***	Lincoln, NE	Messer Special #3		I.M.C.A.
September 15, 1940	1:24.0	Vic Rothe	Omaha, NE	Turco Special #1		M.H.R.A.
September 22, 1940	1:22.0	Bill Morris***	Dallas, TX	Messer Special	D.O. Hal	M.H.R.A.
September 16, 1941	1:22.0 tie	Jimmy Wilburn	Portland, OR	Riverside Tire Special #39	Offenhauser	I.M.C.A.
May 27, 1951	1:21.35	Clair Cotter	Austin, MN	Greer Offy #6	Offenhauser	I.M.C.A.

*Eddie Hearne’s time for three laps on September 18, 1914 included a tire & wheel change by his crew.

**It is much more likely that this race was run for 2 laps rather than 3 laps as reported in both the Hutchinson Herald and the Hutchinson News on July 5, 1933. For this to have been the correct time for 3 laps, Seigle would have had to have run an average of 21.67 seconds per lap. Such a feat on the state fair racetrack would have been virtually impossible given the tires and other equipment available in 1933.

***Bill Morris was an alias used by Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Musick, Sr. (1908-1966).

4 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Automobile	Engine	Sanction
September 21, 1912	2:13.0*	Barney Oldfield	Wauseon, OH	Cino	Cino	None
September 19, 1914	2:19.4	Louis Disbrow	Indianapolis, IN	Gray Streak Case #2	Case	None
September 18, 1915	2:19.4 tie	Louis Disbrow	Indianapolis, IN	Gray Streak Case #2	Case	I.M.C.A.
September 24, 1920	2:16.4	John Boyd	Oklahoma City, OK	Hudson Special	Hudson	I.M.C.A.
September 20, 1929