The Kansas State Fairgrounds race track was roaring Friday night with the Salt City Racing Bob Burkhart Memorial Race.
Bob Burkhart was a longtime local racing fan, fairgrounds worker and loyal supporter of the Salt City Racing community in Hutchinson.
Burkhart wasn’t a professional driver, but rather a central, much-loved figure in the local dirt track scene.
The Salt City Racing Community on Facebook shares how deeply appreciated Bob Burtkhart was by everyone at the local track.
“I knew Bob Burkhart for nearly 50 years,” said driver Chris Kratzer on Facebook. “I’ve raced with their family since the beginning of my racing career.”
“Bob was with us tonight (Friday),” said Salt City Racing in a statement. “Bob will be with us tomorrow. Bob will be with us at every race in the future.”
Drivers competed in IMCA Stock Car, IMCA Modified and IMCA Northern SportMod divisions.
USRA Heartland Modified Tour Feature Race
1st 02 Tanner Mullens Motorsports, Wichita
2nd 41 Chevy Coleman Racing, Wichita
3rd 65 Tyler Davis Racing, Haysville
IMCA Stock Car Feature Race
1st 775 Jayce Reimer, Hutchinson
2nd 01X Chris Pitts, Hutchinson
3rd 82 Chad Wulf, Burr Oak
IMCA Sport Mod
1st 17D Dalton Chambers, Hutchinson
2nd 77 Cody Williams, Hutchinson
3rd 10 Alex Wiens, Newton
IMCA Modified Feature Race
1st 25P Mike Petersilie, Hoisington
2nd 94 Dustin Huehl, Bennington
3rd 44 Braden Stoner, Wichita
USRA HEARTLAND MODIFIED TOUR
Pannell Chipping A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 2. 41-Chevy Coleman[5]; 3. 65-Tyler Davis[6]; 4. 56-Shadren Turner[4]; 5. 712-Trevor Hughes[2]; 6. 22C-Cole Campbell[7]; 7. 68-Dean Wille[12]; 8. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[11]; 9. 19R-Chris Kratzer[9]; 10. 127-Paden Phillips[24]; 11. 721-Troy Gemmill[13]; 12. 37D-Dakota Dale[16]; 13. 25P-Mike Petersilie[22]; 14. 25C-Alex Cammon[20]; 15. 01-Kason Carroll[25]; 16. (DNF) 75-Tad Davis[14]; 17. (DNF) 5K-Kasey Coleman[23]; 18. (DNF) G3-Brendon Gemmill[10]; 19. (DNF) 17-Henry Chambers[1]; 20. (DNF) A2-Randy Wilson[26]; 21. (DNF) 13-Peyton Burkhart[19]; 22. (DNF) 21-Ethyn Hafner[8]; 23. (DNF) 164-James Weve[15]; 24. (DNF) 7D-Davis Givens[18]; 25. (DNF) 06-Chad Taylor[21]; 26. (DNS) 22B-Rick Beebe
Rick Beebe Heating Air Conditioning Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 17-Henry Chambers[2]; 2. 56-Shadren Turner[1]; 3. 22C-Cole Campbell[3]; 4. G3-Brendon Gemmill[4]; 5. 721-Troy Gemmill[5]; 6. 37D-Dakota Dale[6]; 7. 13-Peyton Burkhart[7]; 8. 25P-Mike Petersilie[8]; 9. (DNF) 01-Kason Carroll[9]
Smith Equipment Company Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 2. 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 3. 21-Ethyn Hafner[2]; 4. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[5]; 5. 75-Tad Davis[4]; 6. 22B-Rick Beebe[7]; 7. 25C-Alex Cammon[6]; 8. 5K-Kasey Coleman[8]; 9. (DNS) A2-Randy Wilson
Kevko Racing Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 712-Trevor Hughes[1]; 2. 41-Chevy Coleman[2]; 3. 19R-Chris Kratzer[4]; 4. 68-Dean Wille[5]; 5. 164-James Weve[6]; 6. 7D-Davis Givens[7]; 7. 06-Chad Taylor[8]; 8. (DNF) 127-Paden Phillips[3]
Deatherage Opticians Qualifying 1: 1. 56-Shadren Turner, 22.939[20]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens, 23.007[1]; 3. 712-Trevor Hughes, 23.012[4]; 4. 17-Henry Chambers, 23.150[11]; 5. 21-Ethyn Hafner, 23.193[15]; 6. 41-Chevy Coleman, 23.269[8]; 7. 22C-Cole Campbell, 23.339[22]; 8. 65-Tyler Davis, 23.342[10]; 9. 127-Paden Phillips, 23.371[7]; 10. G3-Brendon Gemmill, 23.408[3]; 11. 75-Tad Davis, 23.455[13]; 12. 19R-Chris Kratzer, 23.529[12]; 13. 721-Troy Gemmill, 23.539[14]; 14. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero, 23.663[17]; 15. 68-Dean Wille, 23.702[5]; 16. 37D-Dakota Dale, 23.837[23]; 17. 25C-Alex Cammon, 23.902[6]; 18. 164-James Weve, 24.129[19]; 19. 13-Peyton Burkhart, 24.181[16]; 20. 22B-Rick Beebe, 24.203[26]; 21. 7D-Davis Givens, 24.341[21]; 22. 25P-Mike Petersilie, 24.346[25]; 23. 5K-Kasey Coleman, 24.926[18]; 24. 06-Chad Taylor, 25.029[2]; 25. 01-Kason Carroll, 25.080[24]; 26. A2-Randy Wilson, 25.307[9]
Central Spray Foam Cement Lifting Hot Laps 1: 1. 65-Tyler Davis, 23.484[10]; 2. G3-Brendon Gemmill, 23.514[3]; 3. 721-Troy Gemmill, 23.560[14]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens, 23.641[1]; 5. 127-Paden Phillips, 23.808[7]; 6. 17-Henry Chambers, 23.927[11]; 7. 712-Trevor Hughes, 23.954[4]; 8. 22C-Cole Campbell, 24.011[22]; 9. 75-Tad Davis, 24.040[13]; 10. 21-Ethyn Hafner, 24.041[15]; 11. 56-Shadren Turner, 24.295[20]; 12. 68-Dean Wille, 24.371[5]; 13. 13-Peyton Burkhart, 24.376[16]; 14. 41-Chevy Coleman, 24.410[8]; 15. 19R-Chris Kratzer, 24.497[12]; 16. 22B-Rick Beebe, 24.575[26]; 17. 7D-Davis Givens, 24.633[21]; 18. 164-James Weve, 24.644[19]; 19. 25P-Mike Petersilie, 24.687[25]; 20. 01-Kason Carroll, 25.002[24]; 21. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero, 25.028[17]; 22. 25C-Alex Cammon, 25.188[6]; 23. 06-Chad Taylor, 26.130[2]; 24. A2-Randy Wilson, 26.149[9]; 25. 5K-Kasey Coleman, 28.020[18]; 26. 37D-Dakota Dale, 28.020[23]
12 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 775-Jayce Reimer[5]; 2. 01X-Chris Pitts[1]; 3. 82-Chad Wulf[2]; 4. 19D-Dylan Chambers[8]; 5. 09B-Kaleb Dale[6]; 6. (DNF) 48M-Tommy Miller[10]; 7. (DNF) 2K-Colten Kelley[12]; 8. (DNF) 3T-Tanner Thiel[4]; 9. (DNF) 55X-Mike Burian[11]; 10. (DNF) 11-Jason Dove[3]; 11. (DNF) 01-Chris Griffin[9]; 12. (DNF) 3G-Ryan Green[7]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 01X-Chris Pitts[3]; 2. 11-Jason Dove[5]; 3. 775-Jayce Reimer[6]; 4. 3G-Ryan Green[1]; 5. 01-Chris Griffin[2]; 6. (DNF) 55X-Mike Burian[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 82-Chad Wulf[1]; 2. 3T-Tanner Thiel[2]; 3. 09B-Kaleb Dale[3]; 4. 19D-Dylan Chambers[4]; 5. 48M-Tommy Miller[6]; 6. (DNF) 2K-Colten Kelley[5]
18 entries
IMCA MODIFIED
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25P-Mike Petersilie[7]; 2. 94-Dustin Huehl[1]; 3. 44-Braden Stoner[8]; 4. 7N-William Nusser[4]; 5. A2-Randy Wilson[10]; 6. 23S-Heath Myers[5]; 7. 23A-Aaron Rayl[11]; 8. 67-David Young[3]; 9. 23-Dalton Heiter[14]; 10. 33-Jason Ward[16]; 11. A94-Austin Huehl[2]; 12. (DNF) 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[12]; 13. (DNF) 63-Gary Douglas[15]; 14. (DNF) 9-Ken Schrader[6]; 15. (DNS) 57D-Austin Aumiller; 16. (DNS) 13-Peyton Burkhart; 17. (DNS) 94M-Jim Graves; 18. (DNS) 7B-Curtis Barnes
Dash 1 (3 Laps): 1. 44-Braden Stoner[4]; 2. 25P-Mike Petersilie[3]; 3. 57D-Austin Aumiller[1]; 4. (DNS) A2-Randy Wilson
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 67-David Young[1]; 2. A94-Austin Huehl[7]; 3. 23S-Heath Myers[3]; 4. 25P-Mike Petersilie[9]; 5. 57D-Austin Aumiller[2]; 6. 23A-Aaron Rayl[6]; 7. 13-Peyton Burkhart[8]; 8. 63-Gary Douglas[4]; 9. (DNF) 94M-Jim Graves[5]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 94-Dustin Huehl[1]; 2. 7N-William Nusser[2]; 3. 9-Ken Schrader[5]; 4. 44-Braden Stoner[8]; 5. A2-Randy Wilson[3]; 6. 3C-Casey Jo Gemmill[4]; 7. 23-Dalton Heiter[7]; 8. 33-Jason Ward[9]; 9. (DNF) 7B-Curtis Barnes[6]
13 entries
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMOD
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17D-Dalton Chambers[1]; 2. 77-Cody Williams[4]; 3. 10-Alex Wiens[5]; 4. 18-Kyle Wiens[8]; 5. 97-Shawn Ward[6]; 6. 64-Jimmy Brozek[9]; 7. 18D-Dallas Chambers[11]; 8. 8-Brian May[13]; 9. 5S-Jonathan Saliba[12]; 10. 23H-Hayden Howard[10]; 11. (DNF) 88K-Gunner Kuker[2]; 12. (DNF) 11-Trevin Frye[3]; 13. (DNF) 2BA-Jacey Archer[7]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 88K-Gunner Kuker[1]; 2. 11-Trevin Frye[4]; 3. 10-Alex Wiens[3]; 4. 2BA-Jacey Archer[2]; 5. 64-Jimmy Brozek[5]; 6. 18D-Dallas Chambers[7]; 7. 8-Brian May[6]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 77-Cody Williams[2]; 2. 17D-Dalton Chambers[4]; 3. 97-Shawn Ward[1]; 4. 18-Kyle Wiens[5]; 5. 23H-Hayden Howard[6]; 6. (DNF) 5S-Jonathan Saliba[3]
