Results of Races Run at

Arkansas City Speedway

a.k.a.

West Madison Speedway

Arkansas City, Kansas

In 1929

 

A Composite of Reports Published in the

 Arkansas City Daily Traveler and Arkansas City Tribune

 

 

 

 

Sunday - July 4, 1929 – Independence Day

Estimated Attendance:  5,000 - 6,500

 

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Time Trials – 1 Lap:

*Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller (1905-1932) was actually a co-owner of this car with Joe Hutchinson.

**Three weeks after this race at Arkansas City, KS, an “Art Hutchins, of Tulsa, OK” drove his OHC Laurel Ford to victory in the feature race at nearby Winfield, KS.  Most likely, these men were both the same person.

***This may have been Russell D. Hill

****Louis Julius “Speed” Irwin (1904-1987)

 

First Heat – 6 Laps – Time:  3:24.0

*This was probably Russell D. Hill.

 

 

Second Heat – 6 Laps – Time:  3:30.4

*Three weeks after this race at Arkansas City, KS, an “Art Hutchins, of Tulsa, OK” drove his OHC Laurel Ford to victory in the feature race at nearby Winfield, KS.  Most likely, these men were both the same person.

**The Whippet Special was forced from the remainder of the program by a cracked gas tank received in this race.  The Whippet had been brought here with a fast reputation and the fans regretted to see it go to the pits.

***Jimmy Martin’s car was forced to quit the race when the gas line broke and the spilling gasoline caught fire on the car.  The blaze was quickly extinguished with no damage to the car.  Mechanic George Williams suffered a burned hand while putting out the fire.  The accident happened on the east straightaway opposite the stands on the west side of the speedway.  Fred Gould, Arkansas City insurance man, was the first to go to Williams’ aid with a fire extinguisher.

 

 

Third Heat – 6 Laps – Time:  3:24.0

*Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller (1905-1932) was actually a co-owner of this car with Joe Hutchinson.

**Joe Taylor took the lead at the start and roared around the speedway four times with Fuller right at his rear, lost in the dust on most of the turns.  As the two swept into the fifth lap, Fuller took the lead on the home straightaway and increased his lead over Taylor to two seconds.

***Three weeks after this race at Arkansas City, KS, an “Art Hutchins, of Tulsa, OK” drove his OHC Laurel Ford to victory in the feature race at nearby Winfield, KS.  Most likely, these men were both the same person.

****This was probbly Russell D. Hill.

 

 

Sweepstakes – 10 Laps – Time:  5:45.4

          This developed into a private struggle between Fuller and Taylor.  Taylor took the lead and defended it for five laps against the speedy Arkansas City Indian.  Time and again, the two roared around the turns with dirt flying and wheels so close that the large crowd gasped for fear the two cars would lock.  Fuller finally found an opening when the two sailed around the curve leading into the home straightaway, and, on the next turn, cut ahead of Taylor to take the lead.  Fuller won but Taylor flashed past right on his heels.

*Newspaper accounts are unclear as to whether there were more than two starters in this race.

**Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller (1905-1932) was actually a co-owner of this car with Joe Hutchinson.

***Three weeks after this race at Arkansas City, KS, an “Art Hutchins, of Tulsa, OK” drove his OHC Laurel Ford to victory in the feature race at nearby Winfield, KS.  Most likely, these men were both the same person.

 

Total Purse:  A little over $1,000 with $350 of that won by Andrew “Cokey” Fuller.

 

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Monday - September 2, 1929 – Labor Day

A.A.A. Sanctioned Auto Races

Estimated Attendance:  1,500

 

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Entry List:

*Brothers Phil B. Cline and F. G. “Major” Cline had come from Tennessee to live and race in the Midwest.

**Eddie G. Graves (1906-1937) is buried in the Hewitt Cemetery at Wilson, OK.

***Andrew “Cokey” Fuller (1905-1932) co-owned this car with Joe Hutchinson (1894-1958).

****Earl Hovenden (1903-1966) passed away in New Mexico.

*****Louis Julius “Speed” Irwin (1904-1987).

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Andrew “Cokey” Fuller

 

Time Trials – 1 Lap:

*Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller (1905-1932) co-owned this car with Joe Hutchinson (1904-1958).

Other drivers participated in the time trials but their results were not reported in the newspaper.

 

 

1^st Match Race – Home National Bank Sweepstakes – 6 Laps:

*Cokey Fuller had “trouble with his pistons” for the last three laps.

 

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2^nd Match Race and Handicap – Home National Bank Sweepstakes – 8 Laps – 6 Starters:

 

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3^rd Match Race – Polar Bear Flour Sweepstakes – 10 Laps:

*Jack Mayfield is probably the same person as Carl Ray Mayfield.

 

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Consolation Race – Kansas Mill and Elevator Sweepstakes - 6 Laps:

*Jack Mayfield is probably the same person as Carl Ray Mayfield.

 

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Feature Race – Kanotex Sweepstakes – 20 Laps:

 

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To see newspaper articles about all the races run on this date.

 

To see results of races run at this racetrack from 1930 to 1932.

 

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