Track Records*

For The Half-Mile Dirt Oval

Bo Stearns’ Track

That was located at

10343 North Broadway - Wichita, Kansas

During the 1930s

*Times have not been located for nearly all of the races run but these are the best records from the times currently known.

1 Lap

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 24, 1930	*	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Model A Ford	Model A Ford
August 7, 1932	32.20	Ted Davis	Junction City, KS			Milliken Special	Chevrolet
August 7, 1932	32.20 tie	Vern Ellis	Kansas City, MO	Vern Ellis	Kansas City, MO	Ellis Special	176 cu. in 4 cyl. Model-T Ford with a Schofield head
August 7, 1932	32.20 tie	Pat Cunningham	Otis, KS	Leonard Kerbs	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special	176 cu. in. 4 cyl. Model-T Ford modified by the Frontenac Motor Co.
August 13, 1933	29.68	Pat Cunningham	Otis, KS	Leonard Kerbs	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special

*Although the time is unknown, this was the first non-practice lap ever run on this race track so it had to have been a track record.  By all accounts though, the races were slow that night so it is assumed that the next timed lap was also a new track record.

3 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
August 7, 1932	1:48.80	M. Parkinson				Gilmore Special

5 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
Autust 7, 1932	2:44.00	Pat Cunningham	Otis, KS	Leonard Kerbs	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special	176 cu. in 4 cyl. Model-T Ford modified by the Frontenac Motor Co.

6 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 25, 1930	3:10.00	Pat Cunningham	St. Joseph, MO			Ford	176 cu. in 4 cyl. Model-T Ford with a Gallivan head

7 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
Autust 7, 1932	3:48.20	J. E. White	Herington, KS	J. E. White	Herington, KS	Ford	176 cu. in 4 cyl. Model-T Ford modified by the Frontenac Motor Co.
August 13, 1933	3:39.56	Pat Cunningham	Otis, KS	Leonard Kerbs	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special

10 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 24, 1930	*	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Model A Ford	Model A Ford
July 25, 1930	5:11.80	Pat Cunningham	St. Joseph, MO			Ford	176 cu. in 4 cyl. Model-T Ford with a Gallivan head

*Although the time is unknown, this was the first race of this distance ever run on this race track so it had to have been a track record.  By all accounts though, the races were slow that night so it is assumed that the next race of this distance was also a new track record.

12 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 26, 1930	7:26.00	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Model A Ford	Model A Ford

15 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 24, 1930	*	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Matt Ward	Duncan, OK	Model A Ford	Model A Ford
August 13, 1933	7:53.67	Pat Cunningham	Otis, KS	Leonard Kerbs	Otis, KS	Kerbs Special

*Although the time is unknown, this was the first race of this distance ever run on this race track so it had to have been a record.  By all accounts though, the races were slow that night so it is assumed that the next race of this distance was also a new track record.

20 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 24, 1930	*	Jimmy Arnold	Houston, TX			Chevrolet	6-cyl. Chevrolet

*Although the time is unknown, this was the first race of this distance ever run on this race track so it had to have been a record.  By all accounts though, the races were slow that night so it is assumed that the next race of this distance was also a new track record.

25 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 25, 1930	13.31.00	Lawrence Hughes	Beatrice, NE			Model A Ford	Model A. Ford

30 Laps

Date	Time	Driver	Driver From	Owner	Owner From	Car	Engine
July 24, 1930	*	Lawrence Hughes	Beatrice, NE	Lawrence Hughes	Beatrice, NE	Chrysler 75	Chrysler 75

*Although the time is unknown, this was the first race of this distance ever run on this race track so it had to have been a record.  By all accounts though, the races were slow that night so it is assumed that the next race of this distance was also a new track record.

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