Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – July 13, 1956
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379 of Ulysses, Kansas
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Total Purse – $400
Time Trials – 27 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
1 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
20.95 |
2 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
21.10 |
3 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.26 |
4 |
5 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
21.40 |
5 |
89 |
J. D. Pflieger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.65 |
6 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
21.67 |
7 |
44 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
21.94 |
8 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.01 |
9 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
22.02 |
10 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.18 |
11 |
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
22.34 |
12 |
15 |
Sidney Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
22.37 |
13 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.47 |
14 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
22.55 |
15 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
22.80 |
16 |
10 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
22.85 |
17 |
88 |
Jack Culver |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.90 |
18 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
23.02 |
19 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
23.14 |
19 |
55 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
23.14 |
21 |
4 |
L. L. Ethridge |
Dodge City, Kansas |
23.45 |
22 |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
23.55 |
23 |
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
23.63 |
24 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
24.25 |
25 |
73 |
Sonny Kilgore |
|
25.35 |
26 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
26.27 |
27 |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
27.60 |
Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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Lyle Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Jack Culver Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Dean Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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J. D. Pflieger Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Gene Coffman Coffman collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Dutch Davis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Junior Maupin Cokeley collection
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Johnny Thomas Thomas collection
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Carl Caldwell Liberal, Kansas program from the Cokeley collection
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Carroll Russell Coffman collection
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John McGee Coffman collection
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Ray Cott Jennie Talbert photo
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First Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
55 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
3 |
10 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
5 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
6 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
1 |
7 |
73 |
Sonny Kilgore |
|
2 |
DNF |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
5 |
Odle rolled his car. Cokeley collected $20 from the purse for winning this race. |
Second Heat Race – 9 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
3 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
5 |
44 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
7 |
6 |
15 |
Sidney Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
6 |
7 |
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
8 |
8 |
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
9 |
4 |
L. L. Ethridge |
Dodge City, Kansas |
9 |
Third Heat Race – 10 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
5 |
2 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
1 |
3 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
4 |
5 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
3 |
5 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
9 |
6 |
89 |
J. D. Pflieger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
7 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
DNF |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
2 |
DNF |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
7 |
Lucas dropped out with mechanical trouble. Dean Lewis spun out. Thomas dropped out with a flat tire. |
Trophy Dash – 6 Cars Trophy Awarded by Arnold’s Café Trophy Queen – Gretchen Hertle |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
6 |
|
55 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
|
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
|
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
Consolation Race – 14 Cars |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
11 |
2 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
13 |
3 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
12 |
4 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
14 |
5 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
9 |
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
1 |
|
88 |
Jack Culver |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
3 |
|
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
|
15 |
Sidney Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
5 |
|
44 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
6 |
|
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
7 |
|
4 |
L. L. Ethridge |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
|
89 |
J. D. Pflieger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
B Feature Race – 13 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
55 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
9 |
3 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
10 |
4 |
88 |
Jack Culver |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
1 |
|
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
5 |
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
|
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
|
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
|
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
DNF |
10 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
DNF |
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
11 |
DNF |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
13 |
The car driven by Coffman suffered a blown engine while running in second place on the twelfth lap of this race. The cars driven by Caldwell and Elliott all dropped out with mechanical trouble. Cokeley collected $28 from the purse for winning this race. |
A Feature Race – 13 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
9 |
2 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
10 |
3 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
8 |
4 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
12 |
5 |
5 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
6 |
6 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
13 |
|
15 |
Sidney Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
1 |
|
44 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
|
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
3 |
|
4 |
L. L. Ethridge |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
|
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
|
89 |
J. D. Pflieger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
|
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
11 |
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