RFTP remembers Don Lytle. Don passed away one week after he was injured in the 1961 Hutchinson Nationals.
Remembering the 1961 Hutchinson Nationals
This page is possible thanks to Mike Evans of Georgetown, TX.
1961 Hutchinson Nationals Champion Harold Leep Photo #605
1961 Hutch National Program cover.
Photo #604
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1. Bill Nelson Wichita 28.52
2. Frank Lies Wichita 28.97
3. Ray Riner Wichita 29.04
4. Orville Beckel Wichita 29.06
5. Charlie Lutkie Wichita Wichita 29.07
6. Charley Hiner Wichita 29.13
7. David Ross Dodge City 29.16
8. Larry Torson Dodge City 29.23
9. Ralph Cole Arkansas City 29.27
10. Dick Unger Wichita 29.30
11. Henry Ellington Hutchinson 29.32
12. Red Walker Arkansas City 29.46
13. Did not use unlucky!!!
14. Bert Phares Enid OK 29.51
15. Nut Cokely Liberal 29.53
16. Dick Hendershot Hutchinson 29.54
17. Pete Jacobs Wichita 29.55
18. Jack Walker Hesston, KS 29.56
19. Jerry Everhart Wichita 29.58
20. Bill Curless Arkansas City 29.60
21. Francis Kingman Enid 29.61
22. Gene Angel Hutchinson 29.62
23. Grady Wade Hutchinson 29.65
24. Dick Walker Arkansas City 29.65
25. J.C. Cox Wichita 29.66
26. Bill Bookout Wichita 29.67
27. Paul Befort Garden City 29.68
28. Jay Woodside Wichita 29.69
29. Roy Bryant Arkansas City 29.69
30. Forrest Coleman Arkansas City 29.73
31. Jerry Collins Hutchinson 29.75
32. Rueben Loepp Hutchinson 29.80
33. Todd White Hutchinson 29.81
34. Cliff Durr Wichita 29.85
35. Harold Leep Wichita 29.88
36. Chuck Jones Wichita 29.90
37. Jim McAmis Wichita 29.92
38. Bill Wash??(Nash) Enid 30.07
39. Gene Potts Great Bend 30.11
40. Ted Maupin Wichita 30.12
41. Keith Cofield Wichita 30.17
42. Carl Hayes Hutchinson 30.19
43. K.O. Christian Wichita 30.33
44. Vester VanSickle Hutchinson 30.47
45. Glen Watkins Hutchinson 30.56
46. Bob Peck Manhattan 30.58
47. John Riead Hutchinson 30.62
48. Bob Riner Wichita 30.78
49. Pinky Mullens Wichita 30.75
50. Gene McClellan Hutchinson 30.86
51. Fred Perry Adams, OK 30.86
52. Dale Reed Sedgwick, KS 30.89
53. Bud Hudson Ponca City, OK 30.90
54. Bill Wilson Junction City 30.97
55. Bert Davis Dodge City 31.08
56. Lee Salmans Larned 31.11
57. Gene Coffman Liberal 30.13
58. Wilbert Hecke Franklin, NE 21.26
59. Jack Petty Wichita 31.26
60. Charley Pitts Hutchinson 31.33
61. Bob Moberly Colorado Sprgs 31.34
62. Melvin Herrell Hutchinson 31.37
63. Lyle Lewis Dighton 31.39
64. Milton Luft Great Bend 31.42
65. Don Lytle Beaver, NE 31.43
66. LeRoy Powell Great Bend 31.47
67. George Witzke Wichita 31.49
68. Chet Phares Enid 31.58
69. Jack Grimes Wichita 31.73
70. Fay Martin Wichita 32.12
71. Alvin Riley Medora 32.13
72. Clyde Fergerson Arkansas City 32.25
73. T.J. Newman Wichita 32.48
74. Bill Harper Hutchinson 32.51
75. Roger Lake Phoenix, AZ 32.72
76. Dick Doran Wichita 32.96
77. George Heiny Olmitz, KS 33.03
78. Roger Davis Sublette 33.11
79. Verne Morton Hutchinson 35.45
80. Jim Roper Newton 37.94
81. Don Graves Great Bend 38.98
82. Larry Reischman Wichita 42.11
83. Tom Stanback Wichita
84. Leon Bowman Wichita
85. Francis Hoppenstedt Manhattan
1. #35 Harold Leep
2. #29 Roy Bryant
3. #25 J.D. Cox
4. #1 Bill Nelson
5. #31 Jerry Collins
6. #2 Frank Lies
7. #9 Ralph Cole
8. #43 K.O. Christian
9. #39 Gene Potts
10. #20 Bill Curless
Semi National (B Main)
1. #58 Wilbert Hecke
2. #73 T.J. Newman
3. #78 Roger Davis
4. #60 Charley Pitts
5. #80 Jim Roper
1961 Queen Lana Braden from Wichita.
Photo #606
1962 Hutchinson Nationals
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