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

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

 

Bob Elliott

Cokeley collection

 

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

 

Lyle Lewis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Jack Culver

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Dean Lewis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

  

J. D. Pflieger

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Gene Coffman

Coffman collection

 

Don Shumard

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

  

Dutch Davis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Junior Maupin

Cokeley collection

 

 

Johnny Thomas

Thomas collection

 

Carl Caldwell

Liberal, Kansas program from the Cokeley collection

 

Carroll Russell

Coffman collection

 

John McGee

Coffman collection

 

Ray Cott

Jennie Talbert photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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