Sportsmans Speedway

A Tribute To The Former Finest Quarter-Mile High-Banked Oval Dirt Track In The Midwest 

  

 

 

 The Drivers And Their Cars VI
 
 

 

Mechanic Paris “Buddy” Pollard On The Right With Driver Harold Cromley
(Photo Courtesy Of Rudy Reyes)

 

 

Tom Corbin In The Number 44
(Photo Courtesy of Chuck Hines)

 

 

Shorty Pace In The Marshall Motors Number 2 Car
(Photo Courtesy of Chuck Hines)

 

 

 

William Dickey (Left) In His 60 Car With His Father (Middle)
(Photo Courtesy of Chuck Hines)

 

 

Tim Green In The Jensen Construction 55
(Photo Courtesy of Chuck Hines)

 


Jimmy Sills In The Vise-Grip 20 Getting A Push
(Photo Courtesy of Chuck Hines)

 

 

Darling

Rick Darling With The Number 70 Car
(Photo Courtesy Of Karen Darling)

 

 

Roy McKenzie In the Number 59 Car Taking The Checkered Flag During The 1963 Racing Season
(Photo Courtesy Of John J. Lesjack)

 



Roy McKenzie Again With The 59 Car. McKenzie Was A Former USS Lipan Sailor 
 (Photo Courtesy Of John J. Lesjack)


 


 McKenzie With An Earlier 245 Car
(Photo Courtesy Of John J. Lesjack)

 

 

Sportsmans Speedway Marshall

A 2002 Reunion Photo Of Former Sportsmans Racers and Officials
(Photo Courtesy Of Karen Darling)

Front Row Left to Right:

David Brown - racer 
Charlie Mckissick - racer 
John Hughes - announcer 
Betty Taylor - wife of Ken Taylor 
Russell Hibbard - racer 
Jim Jenkins - racer 
  
Back Row Left to Right: 
  
Don Brown - racer 
Raylee Goodwin - racer 
Tom Mikles - racer 
Poodle Utlault - racer 
Herschel Krause - racer 
Danny Lasoski - racer 
Roy Hinton - scorer 
Roy Hibbard - racer 
Jewell Kidwell - scorer 
Charles Hines - car owner 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bill Utz With Car Owner Dean Hathman And Pit Crew Rick Darling
(Photo Courtesy Of Karen Darling)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Curt Grogan 
 
A 1980 Photo Of Curt Grogan Number 5, Curtis Evans In The Air, Tom Corbin 22 And Bob Thoman 26 
(Photo Courtesy Of Curt Grogan) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Phil LaGore Of Marshall In The Winner's Circle
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marshall MO 

Phil LaGore's Number 42 In The Pits 
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines) 
 
 
 
 
 
  Saline County Speedway 
 
Harold Cromley With The 180 Plymouth Powered Car In The Summer Of 1967 At Sportsmans 
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines) 
 
 

 
 
 
Utz 

Bill Utz c.1963
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mikels 
 
Tommy Mikels & Marvin Witcher c.1963 
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Jack Hunt's 69 Car
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A Rare Color Shot Of The Pits At Sportsmans
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roy Cary's 44 Car
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tom Maycock's 24 Car 
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wildman Kelly's 401 Car
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Turn 3 Action At Sportsmans 
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 "Tiger Bob" Williams In Taylor "Pappy" Weld's Car
(Photo Courtesy Of Chuck Hines)
 
 
 
 
 
Marshall Sportsmans 
 
  The 8 Ball "Gunzel" Howerton With His Wife's Name "Chips" Howerton On His Back Window
(Photo Courtesy Of The Charles Hines Collection) 
 
 
 
 
 
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V2 Takes The Checkered
 
(Photo Courtesy Of The Charles Hines Collection) 
 
 
 
 
 
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Left To Right: Melvin Cunningham, His Son, Gerald And Driver Harvey Morrow Taken At Cunningham's Garage On Benton St. In Marshall, MO 
(Photo Courtesy Of The Charles Hines Collection) 
 
 
 
 
 
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Number 23, JR. 
(Photo Courtesy Of The Charles Hines Collection) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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A "Fixer Upper" From Sharp's Co-op Station 
(Photo Courtesy Of The Charles Hines Collection) 
 
 
 
 
   
  

 

 

 


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