Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – September 16, 1955
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Attendance – “A small crowd due to high wind and dust”
Purse – $300
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First Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
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Cokeley collected $10 from the purse for winning this race. |
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Larry Torson Cokeley collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Second Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Third Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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Trophy Dash – 6 Laps Trophy donated by the Ulysses Equipment Company |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
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B Feature – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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2 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
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Cokeley collected $15 from the purse for his second place finish in this race. |
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A Feature Race – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
34 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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2 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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3 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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The first eleven cars in this race were bunched together throughout the entire event making for a very exciting race. |
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