Jalopy Stock Car Races

Grant County Fairgrounds

Ulysses, Kansas

Friday Night – June 1, 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 – 24 Cars – 1 Lap

Place 

Car #

Driver

From

Time

1

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

20.09

1

98

Jerry Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

20.09

3

5

Darrell Harms

Dodge City, Kansas

20.65

4

80

Stanley Trahern

Ensign, Kansas

20.74

5

72

Clarence “Nut” Cokeley

Liberal, Kansas

20.80

6

13

Eldon Smith

Syracuse, Kansas

21.01

7

79

Dean Lewis

Dighton, Kansas

21.02

7

41

Johnny Thomas

Ashland, Kansas

21.02

9

25

Floyd “Dutch” Davis

Dodge City, Kansas

21.05

10

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

21.06

11

37

Bernard Pfeifer

Leoti, Kansas

21.07

11

56

John Carter

Ulysses, Kansas

21.07

13

89

J. D. Pflieger

Dodge City, Kansas

21.08

14

40

Scott Talbert, Sr.

Ulysses, Kansas

21.33

15

44

Leonard “Hank” Wedel

Liberal, Kansas

21.35

16

15

Duane Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

22.00

17

89

Bob Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

22.01

18

66

Clem Smith

Ulysses, Kansas

22.05

18

14

Carl Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

22.05

20

57

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

22.08

21

12

Raymond Odle

Elkhart, Kansas

23.05

22

39

Jim Shubert

 

23.08

23

33

Bob Parks

Sublette, Kansas

23.50

24

44

Ronnie Brummett

Hugoton, Kansas

24.02

 

Nut Cokeley

Cokeley collection

 

Bob Elliott

Cokeley collection

 

Chuck Arnold

Dutch Davis collection

 

Darrell Harms

Cokeley collection

 

Dutch Davis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Scott Talbert

Cokeley collection

 

Dean Lewis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

  

Johnny Thomas

Thomas collection

 

Carl Caldwell

Liberal, Kansas program from the Cokeley collection

 

Hank Wedel

Coffman collection

 

Duane Caldwell

Cokeley collection

 

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

 

J. D. Pflieger

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

41

Johnny Thomas

Ashland, Kansas

4

2

79

Dean Lewis

Dighton, Kansas

5

3

44

Ronnie Brummett

Hugoton, Kansas

2

4

56

John Carter

Ulysses, Kansas

7

 

33

Bob Parks

Sublette, Kansas

1

 

5

Darrell Harms

Dodge City, Kansas

6

 

12

Raymond Odle

Elkhart, Kansas

8

 DNF

39

Jim Shubert

 

3

     Shubert rolled his car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 7 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

72

Clarence “Nut” Cokeley

Liberal, Kansas

6

2

20

Scott Talbert, Sr.

Ulysses, Kansas

2

3

15

Duane Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

3

 

57

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

1

 

98

Jerry Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

4

 

14

Carl Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

5

 

44

Leonard “Hank” Wedel

Liberal, Kansas

7

     Cokeley was paid $24 from the purse for winning this race.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Third Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

25

Floyd “Dutch” Davis

Dodge City, Kansas

6

2

13

Eldon Smith

Syracuse, Kansas

5

3

80

Stanley Trahern

Ensign, Kansas

8

4

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

7

 

66

Clem Smith

Ulysses, Kansas

1

 

37

Bernard Pfeifer

Leoti, Kansas

2

 

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

3

 

89

J. D. Pflieger

Dodge City, Kansas

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 6 Cars

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

79

Dean Lewis

Sublette, Kansas

1

 

41

Johnny Thomas

Ashland, Kansas

2

 

40

Scott Talbert, Sr.

Ulysses, Kansas

3

 

72

Clarence “Nut” Cokeley

Liberal, Kansas

4

 

13

Eldon Smith

Syracuse, Kansas

5

 

25

Floyd “Dutch” Davis

Dodge City, Kansas

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Consolation Race – 13 Cars – 10 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

33

Bob Parks

Sublette, Kansas

  1

2

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

12

3

37

Bernard Pfeifer

Leoti, Kansas

11

4

66

Clem Smith

Ulysses, Kansas

10

5

44

Leonard “Hank” Wedel

Liberal, Kansas

  9

 

39

Jim Shubert

 

  2

 

5

Darrell Harms

Dodge City, Kansas

  3

 

56

John Carter

Ulysses, Kansas

  4

 

12

Raymond Odle

Elkhart, Kansas

  5

 

57

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

  6

 

98

Jerry Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

  7

 

14

Carl Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

  8

 

89

Bob Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

B Feature Race – 12 Cars – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

5

Darrell Harms

Dodge City, Kansas

  6

2

41

Johnny Thomas

Ashland, Kansas

  4

3

40

Scott Talbert, Sr.

Ulysses, Kansas

10

4

15

Duane Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

11

5

79

Dean Lewis

Dighton, Kansas

  5

 

33

Bob Parks

Sublette, Kansas

  1

 

44

Leonard “Hank” Wedel

Liberal, Kansas

  2

 

39

Jim Shubert

 

  3

 

56

John Carter

Ulysses, Kansas

  7

 

12

Raymond Odle

Elkhart, Kansas

  8

 

57

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

  9

 

98

Jerry Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

A Feature Race – 12 Cars – 20 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

72

Clarence “Nut” Cokeley

Liberal, Kansas

  2

2

25

Floyd “Dutch” Davis

Dodge City, Kansas

10

3

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

11

4

80

Stanley Trahern

Ensign, Kansas

12

 

14

Carl Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

  1

 

44

Ronnie Brummett

Hugoton, Kansas

  3

 

89

J. D. Pflieger

Dodge City, Kansas

  4

 

66

Clem Smith

Ulysses, Kansas

  5

 

37

Bernard Pfeifer

Leoti, Kansas

  6

 

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

  7

 

89

Bob Elliott

Dodge City, Kansas

  8

 

13

Eldon Smith

Syracuse, Kansas

  9

     Cokeley was paid $48 from the purse for winning this race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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