Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – August 19, 1955
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Starter / Flagman – Dean Burchfield
Public Address Announcer – Tommy Thompson
Judges – Kenneth Conaway, Barney Rogers, Clifford Buckner, and Dale Imel of Dodge City, Kansas
Attendance – 1,000
Handbill
Cokeley collection
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Time Trials – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
5 |
Darrell Harms |
Dodge City, Kansas |
20.08* |
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34 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
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37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
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14 |
Bob Parks |
Sublette, Kansas |
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72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
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Cokeley finished either last or next to last in every race he competed in. All he received for the night’s races was $5 in tow money. |
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Darrell Harms Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Duane Caldwell Cokeley collection
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Heat Race – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
34 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Trophy Dash – 6 Laps Trophy donated by the Family Café |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
5 |
Darrell Harms |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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B Feature Race – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
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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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DNF |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
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DNF |
14 |
Bob Parks |
Sublette, Kansas |
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The cars driven by Pfeifer and Parks tangled on the front straightaway and then slid into the infield with Parks’ car overturning and crashing into the judges’ stand. The stand rocked back and forth but did not collapse. |
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