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 |
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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
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Darrell Harms Cokeley 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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Dean Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Johnny Thomas Thomas 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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J. D. Pflieger Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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First Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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