Belleville, Kan. (May 30, 1963) - Two new world's records for new-car
stock cars was established at the Jayhawk 100 races held in Belleville Sunday
afternoon before a capacity crowd.
Ernie Derr, 1962 IMCA stock car champion, set a new world mark for a half-mile
track in the time trials with a one-lap speed of 24.50. This erased the old
world mark established in 1954 by Bob Peterson at Salem, Ind. Derr knocked
.33-one-hundredths of a second off the world record, which had been :24.83,
Derr, of Keokuk, Iowa, was driving a 1963 Pontiac.
The world record is
for dirt and asphalt half-mile tracks.
Dick Hutcherson,
Keokuk, Iowa also set a new world record for 100 laps on a half-mile track, as
he won the feature event in 42:18.25
This record also had
stood since 1954 and had been set at Salem, Ind., by Bob Peterson. Hutcherson,
currently in third place in the IMCA stock car standings in a 1963 Ford, and
Ramo Stott, Keokuk, Iowa, driving a 1963 Plymouth and the current IMCA point leader,
fought a duel for the 100-lap championship here Sunday.
After the inverted
start Stott jumped into the lead
and held that position to the 38th lap with Hutcherson right on his
tail. On the 38th lap Hutcherson jumped into the lead for two laps, then Stott
pulled back in front.
On the 42nd lap
Hutcherson grabbed the lead for good to go on and win the race, with his and
Stott's car never more than a car length apart.
Lennie Funk, Otis,
Kan., driving a 1963 Ford held third place all through the race. Fourth place
finisher was John Mickey, Columbus Junction in a 1963 Pontiac and Ernie Derr,
1963 Pontiac finished fifth.
Hutcherson and Stott
lapped ever one in the field one-lap with the exception of Funk, the third-place
finisher.
The race was
exceptionally trouble free, as only two cars failed to finish out of the 13
starters.
Ramo Stott, driving a
1963 Plymouth, won the first 10-lap heat race following the time trials and
Hutcherson won the second. Newt Bartholomew, Carlisle, Iowa driving a 1963 Plymouth,
won the six-lap consolation race.
Eight of the top
10-stock car drivers in the standings were present for the event here Sunday
for non-money winners, which preceded the 100-lap feature event.
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