Troy Routh of Maize, Kansas drove this light yellow over navy blue 1932 Ford 2-door sedan in 1954. It was owned by Earl Balzer of Newton, Kansas – Mary Ann Heaton photo
Troy Allen Routh Earl M. Balzer
1926 - 1984 1928 - 1998
Photograph from the Loretta Cox collection
Troy Routh being congradulated by Marilyn Nelson on one of his wins at Jayhawk Park in Newton, Kansas. The flagman is Ted Davis and the man with a dark shirt over his t-shirt on the other side of the car’s radiator (drinking from a paper cup) is J. T. Kelso – J. T. Kelso collection
Troy Routh is buried in Lakewood South Memorial Park at Jackson, Mississippi
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