May 13, 1951
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson, KS
IMCA 90-minute race
Pole winner: Frankie Tower
Race winner: Chug Montgomery
(143 laps in 90 minutes)
@tmc-chase8 years ago Race preview from Hutchinson News
@tmc-chase8 years ago
Race report and known finishing order 1. Chug Montgomery 2. Eddie Anderson 3. Bobby McKim 4. Herschel Buchanan 5. Bobby Dugan 6. Wally Dahl 7. Art Combs 8. Frankie Tower 9. Jim Ware 10. Bobby Tucker 11. Bill Harrison 12. Gene Harmon 13. Mel Lyons 14. Bill Lehman 15. Fred South 16. Cotton Musick 17. Milton Tuft 18. Herb Craig
@dave-fulton8 years ago
Don't guess winner, "Chug" Montgomery sipped his refreshment in victory Lane!
@tmc-chase8 years ago
I'm thinking about co-opting "Chug Montgomery" as my race weekend nickname when I'm with my Schaefer HOF brethren.
@tmc-chase8 years ago
A quick Google search (that I should've done BEFORE I posted the ad & articles) provided much more detail about the race. One driver's name caught my eye - Jim Roper, the winner of the first NASCAR Strictly Stock race in Charlotte two years earlier. http://winfield.50megs.com/Hutch_Nationals/Fair/13May1951.htm
@dave-fulton8 years ago
A possible TMC- Chase recruit?
As I gathered my gear for the trip to the 600 in 2011, I doubled-over laughing when I spotted a random Schaefer Light under my work bench. I had no idea how long it had been under there - maybe a couple of years. It was covered in dust and cobwebs, and it had been subjected to a wide range of temperature extremes.
I used a Sharpie to mark the bottom of it with "TMC" so at least one of us would know to avoid it. As the weekend progressed, I turned from avoidance to deviant opportunism. I targeted the 22 year-old son of one of our SHOFers to go bottoms up with it. As we got ready to head for the track, I offered it to him without the backstory. Sure enough, boom, it was gone without hesitation - even as I shuddered.
Afterwards, I told him the story - and he STILL didn't flinch.
"The rest of the story" as Paul Harvey said for years is that I have an immense amount of pride. I'm not necessarily proud of the prank I pulled. But that feller with the tough constitution for a skunky beer is now in the United States Marine Corps. He hasn't been able to be with us since 2011 - but I understand he'll have some leave this year that will allow him to be back with us in 2016.
I can't wait to shake his hand, hug his neck and offer our Chug Montgomery a genuinely fresh, cold Schaefer.
Race report and known finishing order 1. Chug Montgomery 2. Eddie Anderson 3. Bobby McKim 4. Herschel Buchanan 5. Bobby Dugan 6. Wally Dahl 7. Art Combs 8. Frankie Tower 9. Jim Ware 10. Bobby Tucker 11. Bill Harrison 12. Gene Harmon 13. Mel Lyons 14. Bill Lehman 15. Fred South 16. Cotton Musick 17. Milton Tuft 18. Herb Craig
Don't guess winner, "Chug" Montgomery sipped his refreshment in victory Lane!
I'm thinking about co-opting "Chug Montgomery" as my race weekend nickname when I'm with my Schaefer HOF brethren.
A quick Google search (that I should've done BEFORE I posted the ad & articles) provided much more detail about the race. One driver's name caught my eye - Jim Roper, the winner of the first NASCAR Strictly Stock race in Charlotte two years earlier. http://winfield.50megs.com/Hutch_Nationals/Fair/13May1951.htm
A possible TMC- Chase recruit?