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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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