Ramo Stott receives his trophy from the Missouri State Fair Queen while National Speedways' Al Sweeney interviews the winner. Starter Woody Brinkman presents the checkers.
Sedalia, Mo. (August 28, 1960) – Two stock car racing records were broken on the one-mile oval of the Missouri State Fair on Sunday afternoon.
Ramo Stott, Keokuk, Iowa, smashed the 100-mile world record, and Ernie Derr, also of Keokuk, lowered the one-mile time trial record.
Despite the yellow flag being waved numerous times, Stott was able to set a world record for the 100 miles, his time was 1 hour, 17 minutes and 38.57 seconds. The old record, set here in 1956 by Short Eberts of Avondale, Mo., was 1 hour, 23 minutes and 19.48 seconds.
Missouri Fair officials also pointed out the time also bettered the sports car record of 1 hour, 20 minutes, and 24.15 seconds, set in 1958 by Loyal Katskee, which is a world record.
The one-lap qualifying time for Derr was 43.91 seconds, which eclipsed the old mark of 45.78, held by bob Burdick of Omaha, Neb.
The race centered around Stott, Derr, Dick Hutcherson, and Bud McKee, swapping the lead back and forth as each driver stopped for pit stops.
Derr would spin on the backstretch on lap 84, falling back two laps, but was able to get back into the race after a wrecker jerked his bumper loose from the left front wheel, and made up the time to grab third place.
Results –
1. Ramo Stott, Keokuk, Iowa
2. Dick Hutcherson, Keokuk, Iowa
3. Ernie Derr, Keokuk, Iowa
4. Bud McKee, Springfield, Mo.
5. Joe Dennis, Clinton
6. Ken Taylor, Slater
7. Wayne Lee, Burlington, Iowa
8. Stan Zimmerman, Jefferson City
9. Claude Ellis, Riverside
10.Milo Van Oudenhoven, Appleton, Wis.
11.Woody Carpenter, Clarksburg
12.Bill Pollock, Springfield
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