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Dave Ross
Flying Farmer
No. 54 Rail Race Car
Jetmore, KS
1961

Flying Farmer David "Davey" Ross, in No. 54 on farm, Jetmore, KS, 1961.

This is the second car Ross built -- he was 19 years old. (Car was later painted pink.) Currently owned and being restored by Troy Burnett, Dodge City, KS. Photograph by Ralph Sturgeon, Fowler, KS. Used with permission. 2005

 

Photograph courtesy: Roger and Troy Burnett, Dodge City, KS.

 
[photograph: David Davey Ross, Flying Farmer, in No. 54 at McCarty Speedway, Dodge City, 1961 Second car Ross built -- he was 17 years old. Car was pink -- now owned and restored by Troy Burnett, Dodge City, KS.]

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Also see: Offy Killer No. 25 Sprint Car, Chet Wilson, Wichita
Site author: George Laughead Thanks to the late Prof. Lynn H. Nelson, original author, WWW-VL: History: American West.
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