Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – July 20, 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
The car driven by Bryce Barth of Wichita, Kansas on the racetrack at Ulysses – Jennie Talbert photo
Time Trials – 35 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
1 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
20.85 |
2 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
20.94 |
3 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
21.42 |
4 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lewis |
Big Bow, Kansas |
21.80 |
5 |
72 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.10 |
6 |
79 |
Bryce Barth |
Wichita, Kansas |
22.16 |
7 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.19 |
8 |
33 |
Bob Parks |
Sublette, Kansas |
22.27 |
9 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.42 |
10 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
22.46 |
11 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
22.48 |
12 |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.68 |
13 |
66 |
J. D. Pflieger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.77 |
14 |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.89 |
15 |
5 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
22.99 |
16 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
23.09 |
17 |
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
23.10 |
18 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
23.15 |
19 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.16 |
20 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.18 |
21 |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
23.21 |
22 |
13 |
Dale Stauth |
Dodge City, Kansas |
23.22 |
23 |
55 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
23.40 |
24 |
14 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
23.94 |
25 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.17 |
26 |
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.70 |
27 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.71 |
28 |
15 |
Sidney Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
24.81 |
29 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
24.93 |
30 |
31 |
Eldon Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
25.15 |
31 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
25.29 |
31 |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.29 |
33 |
73 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
25.97 |
34 |
4 |
L. L. Ethridge |
Dodge City, Kansas |
26.03 |
35 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
26.04 |
Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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Lyle Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Dean Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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J. D. Pflieger Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Dutch Davis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Junior Maupin Cokeley collection
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Johnny Thomas Thomas collection
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Bill Humphreys Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Carroll Russell Coffman collection
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Levon Turner Coffman collection
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Ray Cott Jennie Talbert photo
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First Heat Race – 10 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
79 |
Bryce Barth |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
13 |
Dale Stauth |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
31 |
Eldon Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
|
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
6 |
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
|
14 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
8 |
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
9 |
|
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
DNF |
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
5 |
Odle rolled his car. |
Second Heat Race – 12 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
2 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
33 |
Bob Parks |
Sublette, Kansas |
12 |
4 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
4 |
15 |
Sidney Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
7 |
6 |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
7 |
4 |
L. L. Ethridge |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
DNF |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
1 |
DNF |
66 |
J. D. Pflieger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
DNF |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
DNF |
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
10 |
DNF |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
11 |
Cott and Trahern finished in a dead heat for fourth place. Pfeifer, Elliott, and Shumard all spun out. Pflieger rolled his car. Morris dropped out with mechanical trouble. |
Third Heat Race – 12 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
3 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
8 |
4 |
5 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
5 |
5 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
10 |
6 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
7 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
9 |
8 |
72 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
|
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
11 |
DNF |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
DNF |
55 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
Davis dropped out with mechanical trouble. Cokeley rolled his car (actually, it was owned by Larry Torson of Dodge City) on the first lap. All he collected for his evening’s effort was $5 tow money. |
Trophy Dash – 6 Cars Trophy Awarded by Arnold’s Café Trophy Queen – Linda Carter |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
5 |
|
79 |
Bryce Barth |
Wichita, Kansas |
1 |
|
13 |
Dale Stauth |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
|
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
4 |
|
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
Consolation Race – 19 Cars |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
17 |
2 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
19 |
3 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
18 |
4 |
72 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
15 |
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
2 |
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
14 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
5 |
|
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
|
12 |
Raymond Odle |
Elkhart, Kansas |
9 |
|
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
|
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
11 |
|
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
12 |
|
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
14 |
|
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
16 |
DNF |
73 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
DNF |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
3 |
L. L. Ethridge |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
DNF |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
13 |
Talbert’s car crashed out through a single strand of cable stretched along the outside of the front straightaway meant to protect the spectators from the racing cars. |
B Feature Race – 8 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
13 |
Dale Stauth |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
79 |
Bryce Barth |
Wichita, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
5 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
6 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
7 |
7 |
14 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
8 |
DNF |
73 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
Turner rolled his car. |
A Feature Race – 9 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
5 |
6 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
7 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
8 |
72 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
9 |
16 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
9 |
Note that only a single strand of cable separated the spectators from the racetrack at Ulysses – Jennie Talbert photo
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