Results of Auto and Motorcycle Races Run at

Arkansas City Speedway

a.k.a.

West Madison Speedway

Arkansas City, Kansas

1930 - 1932

A Composite of Reports Published in the

Arkansas City Daily Traveler and Arkansas City Tribune

Friday - July 4, 1930 – Independence Day

A.A.A. Sanctioned Auto Races

Advertised Purse: $1,235

Attendance: “Small crowd”

To see pre-race newspaper advertisements and publicity articles leading up to this auto race.

Entry List:

	Driver	From	Car Owner	From	Car #	Car
1	Carl Mayfield*	Wichita, KS	Carl Mayfield	Wichita, KS	C-13	Mayfield Spl.
2	Pat Cunningham	St. Joseph, MO	C. O. Bennett	Kansas City, MO	700	B & B Spl.
3	Lew Reynolds	St. Joseph, MO	George Lawhon	St. Joseph, MO	X-35	Lawhon Spl.
4	W. D. “Bill” Shea**	Bartlesville, OK	V. B. Brown	Bartlesville, OK	58	Brown Spl.
5	Jimmy Martin	Wichita, KS	Jimmy Martin	Wichita, KS	3	Martin Bro. Spl.
6	George L. Williams	Wichita, KS			1	Fronty Spl.
7	Louis “Speed” Irwin***	Iola, KS	Russell Hill	Arkansas City, KS	7	Hill Spl.
8	Andrew Fuller	Arkansas City, KS	Andrew Fuller	Arkansas City, KS	30-30	Gallivan Ford
9	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS				Fronty
10	Jimmy Davis	Duncan, OK			711	Wells-Brook Spl.
11	Robert Landon	Arkansas City, KS	Dwight Moody	Arkansas City, KS	2	Moody Spl.
12	Gilbert B. Eddie	Arkansas City, KS	Joe Hutchinson	Arkansas City, KS	44	Hutchinson Spl.
13	Bill Mathews	Oklahoma City, OK	Bill Mathews	Oklahoma City, OK		Mathews Spl.

*The newspaper incorrectly listed Carl Mayfield as being from Oklahoma City, OK

**William David “Bill” Shea (1902-1957)

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

Time Trials – 1 Lap – Purse: $25

		Driver	From	Car #	Car	Time	Purse
	1	Pat Cunningham	St. Joseph, MO	700	B & B Special	30.8	$25
	2	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS		Fronty	31.2	-
	3	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin	Iola, KS	7	Hill Special	31.4	-
	4	Andrew “Cokey” Fuller	Arkansas City, KS	30-30	Gallivan Ford	31.6	-
	5	Gilbert B. Eddie	Arkansas City, KS	44	Hutchinson Special	31.8	-
	6	George L. Williams	Wichita, KS	1	Fronty Special	32.0	-
	7	Jimmy Davis	Duncan, OK	711	Wells-Brook Special	32.0	-
	8	Jimmy Martin	Wichita, KS	3	Martin Brothers Special	32.2	-
	9	Robert Landon	Arkansas City, KS	2	Moody Special	32.2	-
Rea Bray

First Heat* – F & T Oil Co. Special Stake - 10 Laps – Purse: $250 - Time: 5:18.4

	Driver	From	Car	Car #	Time	Purse	Reason Out
1	Pat Cunningham	St. Joseph, MO	B & B Special	700	5:18.4	$150	Running
2	Andrew “Cokey” Fuller	Arkansas City, KS	Gallivan Ford	30-30	5:18.6	65	Running
3	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS	Fronty		5:29.0	35	Running**
4	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin	Iola, KS	Hill Special	7		-	Running
5	George L. Williams	Wichita, KS	Fronty Special	1		-
6	Gilbert B. Eddie	Arkansas City, KS	Hutchinson Special	44	DNF	-	Wreck

*For the fastest six cars from time trials.

**Clyde Rea Bray finished this race running on only three wheels.

To see what the newspaper said about this race.

Second Heat* – Home National Bank Special Stake - 10 Laps – Purse: $135 - Time: 5:17.2

	Driver	From	Car	Car #	Time	Purse	Reason Out
1	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS	Fronty		5:17.2	$75	Running
2	Jimmy Davis	Duncan, OK	Wells-Brook Special	711	5:29.4	35	Running
3	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin	Iola, KS	Hill Special	7	5:40.6	25	Running
4	George L. Williams	Wichita, KS	Fronty Special	1		-

*For the fastest six cars from time trials excluding the first two finishers in the first heat race.

To see what the newspaper said about this race.

Third Heat* – Security National Bank Special Stake – 12 Laps – Purse: $100 - Time: 6:31.8

	Driver	From	Car	Car #	Time	Purse	Reason Out
1	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin	Iola, KS	Hill Special	7	6:31.8	$50	Running
2	Robert Landon	Arkansas City, KS	Moody Special	2	6:36.4	30	Running
3	Andrew “Cokey” Fuller**	Arkansas City, KS	Hutchinson Special	44	7:30.0	20	Running
4	George L. Williams	Wichita, KS	Fronty Special	1		-
5	Jimmy Martin	Wichita, KS	Martin Brothers Special	3		-

*For the fastest six cars from time trials excluding the first two finishers in the first two heat races.

**Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller replaced Gilbert Eddie as the driver of Joe Hutchinson’s “Hutchinson Special” #44 for this heat race. The car limped across the finish line in a distant third place with a “blown piston”.

To see what the newspaper said about this race.

Special* – Union State Bank Special Stake – 8 Laps – Purse: $85 - Time: 4:31.4

	Driver	From	Car	Car #	Time	Purse	Reason Out
1	Robert Landon	Arkansas City, KS	Moody Special	2	4:31.4	$40	Running
2	Jimmy Martin	Wichita, KS	Martin Brothers Special	3	4:28.0	30	Running
3	Jimmy Davis	Duncan, OK	Wells-Brook Special	711	4:31.4	15	Running

*The criteria for a starting position in this “special” race was not included in the newspaper reports.

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Main Event* – Kanotex and Shell Refinery Sweepstakes - 16 Laps – Purse $640 - Time: 8:26.0

	Driver	From	Car	Car #	Time	Purse	Reason Out
1	Pat Cunningham	St. Joseph, MO	B & B Special	700	8:26.0	$350	Running
2	Rea Bray	Hutchinson, KS	Fronty		8:30.0	175	Running
3	Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller	Arkansas City, KS	Gallivan Ford	30-30	8:38.0	80	Running
4	Robert Landon	Arkansas City, KS	Moody Special	2	9:30.0	35	Running
5	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin	Iola, KS	Hill Special	7	DNF	-
6	Jimmy Davis	Duncan, OK	Wells-Brook Special	711	DNF	-	Wreck

*For the first two finishers from each of the three heat races.

To see what the newspaper said about this race.

Sunday - July 20, 1930

Stock Car Races

Attendance: “Fair-sized audience”

Time Trials – 1 Lap

		Driver	From	Car	Time
	1	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Ford Roadster	35.8
	2	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin*	Iola, KS		35.8
	3	Lawrence O. Hughes	Beatrice, NE	Chrysler “75” Roadster	36.2
	4	Doc Newman			36.2
		L. B. Ward		Chevrolet
		Joe Muhlher	Guthrie, OK	Chevrloet 6
		Jack Shore	Oklahoma City, OK	DeSoto
		Gilbert B. Eddie	Arkansas City, KS	Ford Roadster
		Jimmy Snyder	Arkansas City, KS	Pontiac
		Henry F. “Wingey” Williams	Wichita Falls, TX
		Max Richards	Arkansas City, KS	Ford Touring
		Carl Schroeder	Arkansas City, KS
*Henry F. “Wingey” Williams*		Ira Patten	Ottawa, KS

*Louis J. “Speed” Irwin (1904-1987) tied with Matt Ward for quick time in the time trials, but then lost a coin toss for the honor.

First Heat – 10 Laps - Time: 6:10.6

	Driver	From	Car	Reason Out
1	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Ford roadster	Running
2	Lawrence O. Hughes	Beatrice, NE	Chrysler “75” roadster	Running
3	Joe Muhlher	Guthrie, OK	Chevrolet 6	Running
	Doc Newman
	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin	Iola, KS		Overheated

For the fastest seven car from time trials.

Second Heat – 10 Laps – Time: 6:18.6

	Driver	From	Car
1	Jack Shore	Oklahoma City, OK	DeSoto
2	Henry F. “Wingey” Williams	Wichita Falls, TX
3	L. B. Ward		Chevrolet

For non-money winners from the first heat plus those who did not qulify in the top seven positions in time trials.

Match Race – 10 Laps – Time: 6:40.0

	Driver	Car	Time
1	Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller*	Ford roadster	6:40.0
2	L. B. Ward	Chevrolet	6:40.2

*Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller replaced Matt Ward as driver of Matt’s Ford Raodser.

Consolation – 8 Laps – Time: 5:05.0

	Driver	From	Car
1	Louis J. “Speed” Irwin	Iola, KS
2	Gilbert B. Eddie	Arkansas City, KS	Ford Roadster
3	Jimmy Snyder	Arkansas City, KS	Pontiac

“Junk Car” Sweepstakes – 10 Laps – Time: 8:03.0

	Driver	From	Car
	Max Richards	Arkansas City, KS	Ford Touring
	Carl Schroeder	Arkansas City, KS
	Ira Patten	Ottawa, KS

“For cars valued at less than $50.” Apparently this was a claim race.

Sweepstakes – 25 Laps – Time: 15:16.4

		Driver	From	Car
	1	Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller*	Arkansas City, KS	Ford Roadster
	2	Lawrence O. Hughes	Beatrice, NE	Chrysler “75” Roadster
	3	Joe Muhlher	Guthrie, OK	Chevrolet 6
*Cokey Fuller*

*Andrew S. “Cokey” Fuller replaced Matt Ward as driver of Matt’s Ford Raodser as Matt had an infected hand injury.

To see what the newspaper had to say about the auto races run on this speedway on July 20, 1930

To see what the newspaper had to say about all the races run on this speedway in 1930 - 1932.

Monday - September 5, 1932 – Labor Day

Motorcycle Races

Attendance: “Several Thousand”

Time Trials – 1 Lap

		Rider	From	Motorcycle	Time
	1	Albert Jones	Oklahoma City, OK	Indian	34.4
	2	Frank P. Chacon	Wichita, KS	Indian	35.0
	3	Lonnie Lee Rose	Arkansas City, KS	Indian Scout 45	35.0
	4	Herb Ottaway	Wichita, KS	Indian	37.2
	5	Cecil Mulken	Wichita, KS	Excelsior-Henderson Special	38.2
	6	Willis Holman	Coffeyville, KS	Harley-Davidson	39.6
	7	Frank Douglas	Oklahoma City, OK	Indian	39.8
	8	Frenchie Bourdine	Coffeyville, KS	Indian	40.8
	9	Jimmy Hicks	Oklahoma City, OK	Indian	43.4
	10	Glen Richmond	Wichita, KS
*Lonnie Lee Rose*

First Heat – 6 Laps – Time: 3:31.8

	Rider	From	Motorcycle
1	Lonnie Lee Rose	Arkansas City, KS	Indian Scout 45

Second Heat – 6 Laps – Time: 4:06.8

	Rider	From	Motorcycle
1	Willis Holman	Coffeyville, KS	Harley-Davidson

Australian Pursuit – 7 Laps* – Time: 4:55.0

	Rider	From	Motorcycle
1	Albert Jones	Oklahoma City, OK	Indian
2	Frenchie Bourdine	Coffeyville, KS	Indian
3	Cecil Mulken	Wichita, KS	Excelsior-Henderson Special

*This race was scheduled to go ten laps, or until only one rider remained. Jones eliminated Bourdine on the seventh lap.

Barrel Race – 4 Laps – Time: 6:26.0

	Rider	From	Motorcycle
1	Frank Douglas	Oklahoma City, OK	Indian
2	Glen Richmond	Wichita, KS
3	Lonnie Lee Rose	Arkansas City, KS	Indian Scout 45

Sweepstakes – 6 Laps – Time: 3:33.4

	Rider	From	Motorcycle
1	Lonnie Lee Rose	Arkansas City, KS	Indian Scout 45
2	Albert Jones	Oklahoma City, OK	Indian
3	Frank P. Chacon	Wichita, KS	Indian

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