Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – June 15, 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 – 18 Cars – 1 Lap |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.22 |
2 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
21.25 |
3 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
21.52 |
4 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
21.60 |
5 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.67 |
6 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.75 |
7 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.87 |
8 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.00 |
9 |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.12 |
10 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.20 |
11 |
44 |
Johnny Byron |
|
22.25 |
12 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.35 |
13 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
22.61 |
14 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
23.00 |
15 |
57 |
Chet Gleason |
|
23.50 |
16 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.00 |
16 |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
24.00 |
18 |
3 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
NT |
Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
|
Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
|
Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
|
Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
|
Dutch Davis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
|
Dean Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
|
Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
|
Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
|
Ray Cott Jennie Talbert photo
|
First Heat Race – 5 Cars – 8 Laps |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
2 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
1 |
3 |
57 |
Chet Gleason |
|
3 |
4 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
5 |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
4 |
Second Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
5 |
3 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
44 |
Johnny Byron |
|
2 |
DNF |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
DNF |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
Mentor crashed into the fence. Elliott’s car threw a wheel. |
Third Heat Race – 5 Cars – 8 Laps |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
2 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
3 |
3 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
5 |
4 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
2 |
DNF |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
1 |
DNF |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
The cars driven by Shumard and Davis spun out. Cokeley was paid $21 for his second place finish in this race. |
Trophy Dash – 6 Cars Trophy awarded by Amerine Jewelry and Furniture of Ulysses Trophy Queen – Jerry Jo Tilson |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
2 |
|
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
4 |
|
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
|
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
6 |
The cars driven by Arnold and Cokeley got hooked together for two laps. |
Consolation Race – 5 Cars – 10 Laps |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
3 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
3 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
4 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
5 |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
2 |
B Feature Race – 7 Cars – 15 Laps |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
3 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
57 |
Chet Gleason |
|
4 |
DNF |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
DNF |
98 |
Jerry Elloitt |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
44 |
Johnny Byron |
|
7 |
Smith’s car lost a wheel. Elliott spun out. Byron’s car struck a light pole. |
A Feature Race – 9 Cars – 20 Laps |
||||
Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
2 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
3 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
9 |
4 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
6 |
|
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
2 |
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
5 |
|
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
8 |
Cokeley was paid $12 from the purse for his fourth place finish in this race. The car that Arnold drove to victory in this race was owned by Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas. |
Return to the History of Auto Racing at the Grant County Fairgrounds homepage