1965 Ponca City Grand Prix

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Missourian Wins Ponca City Race

         PONCA CITY – Dick Durant of Florissant, Mo. Set a one-lap course record of 52 seconds and averaged 103 miles per hour as he easily won the feature race Sunday at the Ponca City sports car Grand Prix.

         Durant’s modified Corvette Special was knocked out of Saturday’s feature by engine trouble, but after working all night he had the car ready to beat out second place Bill Moore of Ponca City, also driving a Corvette Special.

(Editor’s comment: The results are as posted in the Oklahoman, and are incorrect/garbled as experienced race fans will note. We are searching for more correct results and will post them if we find them. The photo below of Dick Durant was taken at Lake Afton, 1965)

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SUNDAY’S RESULTS

Race 1. G Production – David Kiser, Overland Park, Kan, Triumph;  H Production - G. L. Henderson, Lawton, Corvette.

Race 2. GT (illegible) Denver, Volkswagon;   F Production – John Barker, Denver, MGA.

Race 3. Formula B – Chuck Trowbridge, Denver;  D Production – Vic Campbell, Tulsa, TR-4;  E Production, Larry Meyers, Denver, MGA.

Race 4. C Production, Gordon Gresham, Hubbard, Emporia Kan, Sardini

Race 5. C Production – Gordon Gresham, Wichita, Lotus XX;  Formula V - Robert Hubbard, Emporia, Kan. Sardini.

Race 6. C Modified, Dick Durant, Florissant, Mo. Corvette Special;  B Production – Mack Yates, Wichita, Mustang;  G Modified – Harvey Woodward, Kansas City, Elva Mark VI;  C Production – John Goans Jr, Liberty Mo, Lotus Elan;  A Production – Al Goldman, Oklahoma City, Cobra

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Race 1. G Production – Doc Foerster, Oklahoma City, Datsun;  H Production – Thomas Huckle, Oklahoma City, Sprite.

Race 2. F Production – (illegible), Henderson City, Mo, TR3;  GT Dick Bradford, Tulsa, MGA.  

Race 3. E Production – Jim Thompson, Florence, Kan, Lotus VII;  D Production – Eddie Kimmel, Oklahoma City, TR4;  H Modified – Bob Bishop, St. Louis, Bobsy Saab.

Race 4. Formula B – Chuck Trowbridge, Denver;  Formula C – Thomas Bunn, Perton AFB, Lola Mark V;  Formula V - Robert Hubbard, Emporia, Kan. Sardini.

Race 5. C Modified, John Lively, Wichita, Lotus;  B Production- Bob Spooner, St. Louis, Sunbeam Tiger;  G Modified – Harvey Woodward, Kansas City, Elva Mark VI;  C Production – Dr. Don Ginardi, Kansas City, Lotus Super VII.

Feature Winners

  • 1963 Jack Hinkle Cooper Monaco Climax
  • 1992 Wendell Miller Swift SE3Q
  • 1964 Bud Morley Elva Mk7 BMW
  • 1975 David Jungerman Chevrolet Camaro (The only photos we have of David at Ponca are him spinning. Here he finds the limits of the braking zone at Turn Six as Jack Hodgkinson blasts by.)
  • 1967 Bobby Alyward McClaren Chevrolet
  • 1969 John McComb Ford Mustang
  • 1961-62 Jack Hinkle Birdcage Maserati
  • 1966 Bud Morley McLaren Ford
  • 1980 Neil Harrison Bobsy SR6
  • 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977 and 1978! Fred Parkhill, McClaren Mk8 Chevrolet
  • 1987 Don Flegal Chevrolet Corvette
  • 1968 Bobby Alyward McLaren Chevrolet
  • 1965 Dick Durant Durant Special Chevrolet
  • 1974 Bud Crout Lola T294

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