Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night August 23, 1957
Sponsor Grant County Fair Entertainment Association
Total Purse $500
Attendance "a huge crowd"
The Walsh, Colorado Contingent
These two photographs were taken from different angles in the pits but only a few minutes apart. The cars above, their owners and drivers were, from left to right: #34 owned by Richard Higgins and driven by Bertie "Junior" Dapron; #35 owned by Roscoe Hargrove and driven by Emmett Packard; and #33 owned by Virgil Beeson and driven by George Whitehead all from Walsh, Colorado. The photo below was taken from a point just to the right of the photo above. Thus, the car nearest the camera in that photo is the #33 driven by George Whitehead. Note that there was a fourth car that was dark in color and parked to the left of these cars but there is not enough of that car visible to identify it. Also note the huge amount of pipe and steel bracing in the front of these cars. That was appropriately known as "battle iron" - Both photographs from the Whitehead collection
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List of Entries 32 |
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Car # |
Driver |
From |
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00 |
Richard Figgins |
Manter, Kansas |
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2 |
Bob Snider |
Johnson, Kansas |
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4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
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5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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9 |
Geary Davis |
Sublette, Kansas |
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10 |
Doyle Tallent |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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16 |
C. J. Mouser |
Garden City, Kansas |
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19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
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21 |
Merle "Rabbit" Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
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23 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
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23JR |
Bryce Barth |
Liberal, Kansas |
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26 |
Archie Smothermon |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
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27 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
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28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
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33 |
George Whitehead |
Walsh, Colorado |
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34 |
Bertie "Junior" Dapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
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35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
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37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
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50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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54 |
Albert "Irish" Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
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55* |
Monte Weaver |
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66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
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75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
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80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
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90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
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91 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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We know very little about the #55 car that Weaver drove this night except that it was red in color. |
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Dutch Davis Cokeley collection
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Bob Murphy Cokeley collection
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Rabbit Trahern Cokeley collection
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Allan Fischer Coffman collection
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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C. J. Mouser Coffman collection
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Ted Kreger Coffman collection
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Gene Coffman Coffman collection
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Archie Smothermon Cokeley collection
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Don Shumard Coffman collection
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Paul Befort, Jr. Coffman collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis 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 |
16 |
C. J. Mouser |
Garden City, Kansas |
4 |
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2 |
00 |
Richard Figgins |
Manter, Kansas |
1 |
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3 |
23JR |
Bryce Barth |
Liberal, Kansas |
5 |
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4 |
9 |
Geary Davis |
Sublette, Kansas |
7 |
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5 |
91 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
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76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
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34 |
Bertie "Junior" Drapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
3 |
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55 |
Monte Weaver |
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6 |
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Second Heat Race 11 Cars 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
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2 |
50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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3 |
23 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
9 |
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4 |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
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26 |
Archie Smothermon |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
2 |
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90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
5 |
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66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
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79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
7 |
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33 |
George Whitehead |
Walsh, Colorado |
8 |
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37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
10 |
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27 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
11 |
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Third place in this race paid $14 in prize money. |
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Third Heat Race 9 Cars 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
9 |
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2 |
32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
5 |
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3 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
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4 |
19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
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54 |
Albert "Irish" Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
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4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
2 |
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35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
3 |
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21 |
Merle Rabbit Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
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75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
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Trophy Dash 6 Cars 6 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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2 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
6 |
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00 |
Richard Figgins |
Manter, Kansas |
1 |
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16 |
C. J. Mouser |
Garden City, Kansas |
2 |
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73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
4 |
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32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
5 |
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First Consolation 8 Cars 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
34 |
Bertie "Junior" Drapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
2 |
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2 |
26 |
Archie Smothermon |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
3 |
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3 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
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4 |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
4 |
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76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
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66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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55 |
Monte Weaver |
7 |
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91 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
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Second Consolation 7 Cars |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
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2 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
1 |
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3 |
4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
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4 |
35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
5 |
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27 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
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54 |
Albert "Irish" Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
3 |
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75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
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B Feature 15 Cars 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
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2 |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
9 |
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3 |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
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4 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
11 |
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00 |
Richard Figgins |
Manter, Kansas |
1 |
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76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
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34 |
Bertie "Junior" Drapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
3 |
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16 |
C. J. Mouser |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
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26 |
Archie Smotherman |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
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50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
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66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
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23JR |
Bryce Barth |
Liberal, Kansas |
12 |
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55 |
Monte Weaver |
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13 |
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9 |
Geary Davis |
Sublette, Kansas |
14 |
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91 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
15 |
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A Feature 14 Cars 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
23 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
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2 |
5 |
Floyd Dutch Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
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3 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
14 |
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4 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
13 |
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33 |
George Whitehead |
Walsh, Colorado |
1 |
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37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
3 |
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27 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
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54 |
Albert "Irish" Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
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4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
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21 |
Merle "Rabbit" Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
7 |
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32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
8 |
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19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
9 |
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28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
11 |
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75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
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First place in this race paid $40 in prize money. Cokeley did not win any prize money during this night of racing but he was paid $5 "tow money" for bring the car out to the races. |
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50-Lap Feature 26 Cars 50 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
1 |
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2 |
19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
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3 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
2 |
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4 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
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5 |
54 |
Albert "Irish" Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
10 |
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6 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
15 |
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7 |
76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22 |
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8 |
9 |
Geary Davis |
Sublette, Kansas |
26 |
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9 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
11 |
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10 |
23JR |
Bryce Barth |
Liberal, Kansas |
24 |
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DNF |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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DNF |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
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DNF |
32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
7 |
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DNF |
35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
8 |
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DNF |
4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
9 |
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DNF |
23 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
12 |
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DNF |
33 |
George Whitehead |
Walsh, Colorado |
13 |
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DNF |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
14 |
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DNF |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
16 |
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DNF |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
17 |
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DNF |
50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
18 |
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DNF |
26 |
Archie Smothermon |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
19 |
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DNF |
73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
20 |
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DNF |
34 |
Bertie "Junior" Drapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
21 |
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DNF |
00 |
Richard Figgins |
Manter, Kansas |
23 |
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DNF |
55 |
Monte Weaver |
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25 |
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Coffman was running in second place until his car suffered a broken axle and lost a rear wheel. Packard then struck Coffman's car and over turned. Davis lost a wheel. Smothermon spun into the fence in the fourth turn. $200 in prize money was paid out for this one race alone. Sixth place in this race alone paid $10 from the purse. |
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Child's admission ticket to the races at Ulysses on this evening
Coffman collection
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