clintonracer
John Farmer
It was scheduled to be there last Sunday, and is scheduled to be there this weekend. This is a correct restoration of the origonal car. This chassis probably won more features than any other car in history.
This car actively competed well beyond 20 years.
John
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For those not aware of who Ken Taylor of Slater, Mo. was, here's a few facts. Kenneth was one of the most popular drivers in the midwest in the 1960s.
Kenneth died at a crash at his home track at Sportsman Speedway, Marshall, Mo. on a Sunday night in August, 1966, following his winning of the Missouri State Fair Championship for something like the fourth time two nights earlier.
Here's a story about the upcomming race from the Sedalia Democrat.
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Charity race honors McCown, Taylor
All proceeds from Sunday’s race will go to Dialysis Clinic
By Tim Davis
The Sedalia Democrat
June 27, 2007 - 5:56AM
After spending their lives as an integral part of the local racing community, it is the community that is racing back to remember them.
The Merlyn McCown-Ken Taylor Memorial Race will be Sunday at LA Raceway near La Monte.
“With everybody I talk to — they want to help,” said Larry McCown, who has spent the past three months trying to set up this race to honor his brother, Merlyn, and Taylor, the former driver for the McCown Bros. “That has been so gratifying, if nothing else, it’s been gratifying to know that our community is behind this.”
The race will benefit the Dialysis Clinic in Sedalia. According to Larry McCown, 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the clinic, which Merlyn used for several years.
“We just kind of got involved with it through my brother, basically,” Larry McCown said. “We just got together and decided that we would like to do something to benefit the dialysis clinic and have a memorial race for Merlyn and Ken Taylor.”
Merlyn was perhaps best known for the super modified car he, Charlie Bybee and Larry McCown built in the 1960s that Taylor drove. In 1965 and 1966, the car won 66 of the 72 features it raced in. The car recently resided in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa. It will be on display Sunday at LA Raceway.
The Winged Outlaw Warriors 360 sprint cars and 305 sprint cars will run in Sunday’s race, with a big turnout of cars expected. “I think we’ll have 70 cars probably,” Larry McCown said, adding that the 305 race is open for any drivers. “That’ll make us a good field of cars and some really good racing.”
Some of the more wellknown local drivers expected to race include Warsaw’s Jesse Hockett and Smithton’s Josh Fisher.
Before the races, a group of “old-time” drivers will be on hand to meet the crowd and share stories. Some of those drivers include Bill Utz, Shorty Ackers, Jay Lyle, Greg Weld, Roy Hibbard and Ray Lee Goodwin.
Tickets cost $12 for adults and children under 6 will be admitted for free.
Hot laps start at 6 p.m. and races begin at 7 on Sunday. The gates will open at 4 p.m. and spectators can spend the two hours prior to racing meeting the old-time drivers who will be on hand.
Larry McCown plans to have lots of T-shirts to give away to the crowd throughout the evening. The shirts are from Steve Kinser, Danny Lasoski, Hockett, Randy Martin, Brian Brown, Fisher, Jonathan Cornell and others.
The promoters plan to give away a Steve Kinser race suit.
davis@sedaliademocrat.com
This car actively competed well beyond 20 years.
John
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For those not aware of who Ken Taylor of Slater, Mo. was, here's a few facts. Kenneth was one of the most popular drivers in the midwest in the 1960s.
Kenneth died at a crash at his home track at Sportsman Speedway, Marshall, Mo. on a Sunday night in August, 1966, following his winning of the Missouri State Fair Championship for something like the fourth time two nights earlier.
Here's a story about the upcomming race from the Sedalia Democrat.
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Charity race honors McCown, Taylor
All proceeds from Sunday’s race will go to Dialysis Clinic
By Tim Davis
The Sedalia Democrat
June 27, 2007 - 5:56AM
After spending their lives as an integral part of the local racing community, it is the community that is racing back to remember them.
The Merlyn McCown-Ken Taylor Memorial Race will be Sunday at LA Raceway near La Monte.
“With everybody I talk to — they want to help,” said Larry McCown, who has spent the past three months trying to set up this race to honor his brother, Merlyn, and Taylor, the former driver for the McCown Bros. “That has been so gratifying, if nothing else, it’s been gratifying to know that our community is behind this.”
The race will benefit the Dialysis Clinic in Sedalia. According to Larry McCown, 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the clinic, which Merlyn used for several years.
“We just kind of got involved with it through my brother, basically,” Larry McCown said. “We just got together and decided that we would like to do something to benefit the dialysis clinic and have a memorial race for Merlyn and Ken Taylor.”
Merlyn was perhaps best known for the super modified car he, Charlie Bybee and Larry McCown built in the 1960s that Taylor drove. In 1965 and 1966, the car won 66 of the 72 features it raced in. The car recently resided in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa. It will be on display Sunday at LA Raceway.
The Winged Outlaw Warriors 360 sprint cars and 305 sprint cars will run in Sunday’s race, with a big turnout of cars expected. “I think we’ll have 70 cars probably,” Larry McCown said, adding that the 305 race is open for any drivers. “That’ll make us a good field of cars and some really good racing.”
Some of the more wellknown local drivers expected to race include Warsaw’s Jesse Hockett and Smithton’s Josh Fisher.
Before the races, a group of “old-time” drivers will be on hand to meet the crowd and share stories. Some of those drivers include Bill Utz, Shorty Ackers, Jay Lyle, Greg Weld, Roy Hibbard and Ray Lee Goodwin.
Tickets cost $12 for adults and children under 6 will be admitted for free.
Hot laps start at 6 p.m. and races begin at 7 on Sunday. The gates will open at 4 p.m. and spectators can spend the two hours prior to racing meeting the old-time drivers who will be on hand.
Larry McCown plans to have lots of T-shirts to give away to the crowd throughout the evening. The shirts are from Steve Kinser, Danny Lasoski, Hockett, Randy Martin, Brian Brown, Fisher, Jonathan Cornell and others.
The promoters plan to give away a Steve Kinser race suit.
davis@sedaliademocrat.com
