St. Paul, Minn. (August 30, 1963) – Dick Hutcherson joined
Jerry Daniels as three-time auto racing feature winner Friday afternoon at the
Minnesota State Fair before 13,609 fans.
Hutcherson won the new model stock car 100-lap feature,
taking the lead on the first lap and staying in front the entire way.
He was challenged right down the checkered flag by
Thursday’s 200-lap winner, Lenny Funk, but Hutcherson’s 1963 Ford was equal to
every occasion as he toured the half-mile dirt oval in record time.
It was the 30-year-old Keokuk, Iowa contractor’s 22nd
feature victory of the season in IMCA competition for the last six months.
Hutcherson’s victory was worth $850, which added to his
previous feature and heat winnings of over $1,200, gave him more than $2,000 in
prize money for four days of racing.
Second place finisher Funk pressed Hutcherson to within a
one and three-quarters second lead as late as the 93rd lap, but two high turns
in the next seven laps helped Hutcherson come home eight car lengths in front
at the checkers.
Ernie Derr and Ramo Stott, both of Keokuk, waged a
continuous duel for third place with Derr eventually winning that spot. Mert
Williams of Rochester, Minn., took fifth.
Results -
1. Dick Hutcherson
2. Lennie Funk
3. Ernie Derr
4. Ramo Stott
5. Mert Williams
6. Johnny Beauchamp
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