Art Gould of Wichita, Kansas c1938 - Swart family collection

 Harold Forrest and Milton Smith at Wichita, Kansas c1938 - Swart family collection

 Val Jameson's #7 at Wichita, Kansas in 1939 - Swart family collection

Ready to start a race at an unknown racetrack at Wichita, Kansas c1938 - Swart family collection

One of Bill Swart’s early hot rods at Wichita, Kansas c1935 – Swart family collection

An unknown track roadster at Wichita, Kansas – Marjorie Meyer photo

An 18-car field of track roadsters lines up before the start of a race at Hutchinson, Kansas in the late 1930s – Marjorie Meyer photo 

Left to right:  Art Gould (behind the wheel), Stephen “Dutch” Cipell (seated on tire), Murray Earl, and unidentified.  That is Val Jameson’s track roadster in the background behind Cipell’s head.  This photo was taken at an unidentified racetrack at Wichita, Kansas.  “Dutch” Cipell was fatally injured in a track roadster accident at Colby, Kansas in 1939 – Marjorie Meyer photo

Woodie Spencer of Wichita, Kansas owned this Model-A track roadster but it is unknown who drove it in competition – Marjorie Meyer photo

The men in this photo taken at Wichita, Kansas have not been identified but the car is a 1932 Ford V8 track roadster – Marjorie Meyer photo

The light colored Plymouth track roadster at left was owned and driven by Stephen “Dutch” Cipell.  It is also the car in which he was fatally injured.  The track roadster next to Cipell’s is the same car as in the photo just above this one.  The track roadster at right is unidentified.  This photo was taken at an unidentified racetrack at Wichita, Kansas c1939 – Marjorie Meyer photo

Track roadsters race four wide on an unknown racetrack at Wichita, Kansas – Marjorie Meyer photo

Stephen “Dutch” Cipell’s Plymouth track roadster – Marjorie Meyer photo 

An unidentified track roadster negotiates a curve during a race on an unidentified racetrack at Wichita, Kansas in the late 1930s – Marjorie Meyer photo 

Woodie Spencer’s #45 Model-A track roadster – Marjorie Meyer photo

Close track roadster race at an unidentified racetrack at Wichita, Kansas in the late 1930s – Marjorie Meyer photo

#29 Harold Forrest in a track roadster on an unnamed country racetrack southeast of Wichita, Kansas – Michelle Kristek collection

#53 Harold Forrest leads a pack of track roadsters on an unnamed country racetrack southeast of Wichita, Kansas – Michelle Kristek collection

#53 Harold Forrest on an unnamed country racetrack southeast of Wichita, Kansas – Michelle Kristek collection

#53 Harold Forrest on an unnamed country racetrack southeast of Wichita, Kansas – Michelle Kristek collection

#53 Harold Forrest on an unnamed country racetrack southeast of Wichita, Kansas – Michelle Kristek collection

#53 Harold Forrest racing an unidentified track roadster on an unnamed country racetrack southeast of Wichita, Kansas – Michelle Kristek collection

#53 Harold Forrest runs in second place behind an unidentified competitor on an unnamed country racetrack southeast of Wichita, Kansas – Michelle Kristek collection