Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – May 18, 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
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Time Trials – 24 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
18 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
21.60 |
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1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.60 |
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3 |
56 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.70 |
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4 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.85 |
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5 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.00 |
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5 |
13 |
Eldon Smith |
Syracuse, Kansas |
22.00 |
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5 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.00 |
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5 |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
22.00 |
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9 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley* |
Liberal, Kansas |
22.10 |
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10 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
22.20 |
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10 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
22.20 |
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12 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
22.25 |
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12 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
22.25 |
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14 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.50 |
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15 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
22.60 |
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16 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.80 |
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17 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.85 |
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18 |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
23.20 |
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19 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.40 |
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20 |
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
23.50 |
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21 |
81 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
23.70 |
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22 |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.30 |
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23 |
31 |
Larry Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.00 |
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24 |
57 |
Jim Shubert |
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27.00 |
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Levon Turner Coffman collection
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Dutch Davis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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Lyle Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Max Malone Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Carl Caldwell Liberal, Kansas program from the Cokeley collection
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Hank Wedel Coffman collection
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Duane Caldwell Cokeley collection
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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First Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
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2 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
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3 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
3 |
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4 |
57 |
Jim Shubert |
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6 |
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81 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
1 |
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12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
2 |
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40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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31 |
Larry Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
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Second Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
1 |
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2 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
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3 |
13 |
Eldon Smith |
Syracuse, Kansas |
8 |
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4 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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56 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
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44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
5 |
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76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
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DNF |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley* |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
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Cokeley spun out. |
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Third Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
18 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
2 |
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2 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
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3 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
3 |
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4 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
8 |
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66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
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14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
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28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
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97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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Trophy Dash – 6 Cars |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
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2 |
18 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
5 |
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3 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
3 |
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4 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Dighton, Kansas |
1 |
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DNF |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
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DNF |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
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Consolation Race – 12 Cars – 10 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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2 |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
2 |
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3 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
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4 |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
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81 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
1 |
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31 |
Larry Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
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56 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley* |
Liberal, Kansas |
6 |
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44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
7 |
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14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
10 |
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28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
11 |
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97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
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B Feature Race – 12 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
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2 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
3 |
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3 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
9 |
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4 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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5 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley* |
Liberal, Kansas |
12 |
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6 |
57 |
Jim Shubert |
6 |
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81 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
1 |
|
31 |
Larry Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
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56 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
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DNF |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
2 |
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DNF |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
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DNF |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
11 |
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A Feature Race – 12 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
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2 |
18 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
6 |
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3 |
13 |
Eldon Smith |
Syracuse, Kansas |
4 |
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4 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
11 |
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5 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
|
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
8 |
|
|
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
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DNF |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
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DNF |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
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DNF |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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DNF |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
7 |
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DNF |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
12 |
* Clarence “Nut” Cokeley did not place in the money in any of the races this night but he did collect $5 in “tow money” for bringing his car from Liberal, Kansas.
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