Keokuk, Iowa is the home of Lee County Dragway and Jerry Saar. Jerry’s Anglia, which appeared in an earlier DRO col., was the first regular every week competitor at Kahoka, and deserves another look. The car was powered by wedge Chrysler engines 383 through 440 over the years. Jerry later advanced to a Top Fuel car during the ‘60s and then bought Gene Snow’s Rambunctious Funny Car in the ‘70s.

Russ Guymon’s ’55 Chevy, from Keokuk,  and Ken Chenoweth & Wayne Crandle’s 389 Pontiac powered ’37 Plymouth sedan, B/G, named the ‘Miss-Fit’  The unusual car not only won Street Eliminator several times at Kahoka, Wayne drove it to a gasser title at Des Moines Dragway. The duo hailed from Burlington, Iowa and Ken later built a Scotty Fenn, ‘Chassis Research’ Top Fuel car with a stroked Pontiac engine.

Tri State Dragway/Lee County Raceway: Russ Guymon was one of the original 10 Hot Rodders who created Tri State Dragway in 1960. His first C/Gas ’55 Chevy also ran a supercharger and was a hit at the brand new Sportsman Park Dragway in Keokuk. (Note: This track later became Lee County) A few years later Russ built this Chevy II Gasser with ‘big block’ power and once again ran both tracks with much success. (Photo by Donna Guymon)