WPRA NEWS March 2023

TOP 15 BARREL RACERS 1958-2022

1973 1. Gail Petska

1969 1. Missy Long 2. Mildred Farris 3. Barbara Baer 4. Martha Josey 5. Joyce Burk 6. Kay Vamvoras 7. Sammie Thurman 8. Ardith Bruce 9. Frances Smith 10. Kathie O’Brien 11. Judy Arnold 12. Roxy McFarlane 13. Lee Natale 14. Allene Gayler 15. Loretta Manual 1968 1. Ann Lewis 2. Kay Whitaker 3. Sissy Thurman 4. Mildred Farris 5. Kathie O’Brien 6. Ardith Bruce 7. Sammie Thurman 8. Donna Kincade 9. Faye Faulin 10. Rosie Johnson 11. Martha Josey 12. Kay Ferguson 13. Allene Gayler 14. Connie Stinson 15. Sherry Combs 16. Patti Prather

$19,448 15,032 10,109

$9,783 8,537 5,793 5,387 5,194 5,051 4,994 4,600 4,220 4,124 3,462 3,307 3,229 3,201 3,039 $8,928 8,271 6,311 5,090 5,055 4,449 4,381 4,196 4,083 4,009 3,917 3,422 2,962 2,769 2,827 2,302

2. Jeana Day, Woodward, Okla.

3. Carole O’Rourke 4. Marilyn Jolly 5. Allene Gayler 6. Cherry Sanchez 7. Becky Carson 8. Dixie Pring 9. Gayle Ann Brannon 11. Terri Himes 12. Rogenia Clayman 13. Kay Vamvoras

9,678 9,197 6,957 6.890 6,433 5,784 5,674 5,578 5,415 4,937 4,848 4,799

10. Lila Mae Stewart, Missoula, Mont.

14. Jerri Duce 15. Julie Benson 1972 1. Gail Petska

$17,104 14,740

2. Jeana Day, Woodward, Okla.

3. Karen Greenough 4. Allene Gayler 5. Barbara Bell 6. Jo Russell 7. Kay Vamvoras 8. Terri Himes 9. Kathie O’Brien 10. Ruth Sanders 11. Jan Kremling 12. Julie Benson 13. Marion Gramith 14. Marilyn Jolly 15. Wendy Potter 1971 1. Donna Patterson 3. Joleen Hurst 4. Karen Greenough 5. Celie Whitcomb 6. Martha Tompkins 7. Marion Witcher 8. Diana Morris 9. Gail Barrett 10. Marilyn Jolly 11. Barbara Baer 13. Barbara Scott 14. Loretta Manual 15. Lee Natale 16. Wendy Potter

9,852 9,597 7,290 6,857 5,927 5,605 5,317 5,192 5,111 5,073 5,007 4,681 4,244

17. Roxy McFarlane 2,119 Prather & McFarlene replaced Lewis & Sissy Thurmon who died in a car accident in October 1967 1. Loretta Manual $6,050 2. Sissy Thurman 5,838 3. Judy Marshall 4,743 4. Ardith Bruce 4,659 5. Patti Mack 4,409 6. Florence Youree 3,905 7. Sherry Combs 3,575 8. Frances Smith 3,477 9. Allene Gayler 3,410 10. Sammie Thurman 3,405 11. Sis Armstrong 3,214 12. Fay Ann Leach 2,827 13. Mildred Farris 2,821 14. Kay Whitaker 2,360 15. Roxy McFarlane 2,280 1966 1. Norita Henderson $7,157 2. Pat Marr 5,906 3. Ardith Bruce 4,567 4. Sissy Thurman 4,423 5. Charlene Jespersen 4,262 6. Sammie Thurman 3,974 7. Judy Marshall 3,877 8. Fay Ann Horton 3,339 9. Allene Gayler 3,134 10. Sherry Combs 3,004 11. Loretta Manual 2,731 12. Florence Youree 2,108 13. Connie Stinson 1,941

$11,952 11,801 11,549 11,063

2. Jeana Day, Woodward, Okla.

6,514 6,456 6,397 5,441 5,138 4,001 3,841 3,431 3,428 3,339 3,266 3,231 9,006 6,607 5,993 5,217 5,093 5,079 5,011 4,958 4,885 4,825 4.332 4,118 3,935 3,907

12. Bonnie Lemaire, Glendale, Ariz.

*Potter replaced Morris at NFR 1970 1. Joyce Burk 2. Jeana Day, Woodward, Okla.

$10,629

3. Sammie Thurman

4. Terry Lewis, Big Spring, Texas

5. Loretta Manual 6. Barbara Baer 7. Joleen Hurst 8. Anita Kilgore 9. Diana Morris 10. Mildred Farris 11. Missy Long

12. Sherry Combs-Thurman

13. Kathie O’Brien

14. Wendy Potter, Marana, Ariz. 15. Dottye Goodspeed

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