Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – July 26, 1957
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Total Purse – $300
List of Entries - 18 Cars |
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Car # |
Driver |
From |
2 |
Bob Snider |
Johnson, Kansas |
4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
16 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
33 |
Kenneth Gillette |
Dodge City, Kansas |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
83 |
W. E. "Bud" Blalock |
Ulysses, Kansas |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
Don Shumard Coffman collection
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Scott Talbert Jennie Talbert photo
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Ted Kreger Coffman collection
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Dutch Davis Cokeley collection
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Ray Cott Cokeley collection
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First Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
3 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
5 |
4 |
54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
5 |
10 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
6 |
2 |
Bob Snider |
Johnson, Kansas |
6 |
Second Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr.* |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
16 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
3 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
83 |
W. W. "Bud" Blalock |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
|
33 |
Kenneth Gillette |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
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Third Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
3 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
1 |
5 |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
6 |
4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
2 |
Trophy Dash – 6 Cars |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
4 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr.* |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
16 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
3 |
|
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
First Semi-Final Race – 9 Cars – 10 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
3 |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
4 |
32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
7 |
54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
|
16 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
|
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
|
|
33 |
Kenneth Gillette |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
|
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
Second Semi-Final Race – 9 Cars – 10 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
2 |
2 |
83 |
W. W. "Bud" Blalock |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
3 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr.* |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
10 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
4 |
|
4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
|
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
7 |
|
2 |
Bob Snider |
Johnson, Kansas |
9 |
Consolation Race – 4 Cars |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
33 |
Kenneth Gillette |
Dodge City, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
3 |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
4 |
2 |
Bob Snider |
Johnson, Kansas |
3 |
B Feature – 7 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
3 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr.* |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
4 |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
|
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
16 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
5 |
A Feature – 9 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
2 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
1 |
3 |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
4 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
7 |
33 |
Kenneth Gillette |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
|
83 |
W. E. "Bud" Blalock |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
32 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
4 |
|
4 |
Don Adams |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
5 |
|
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
9 |
* Walter Scott Talbert, Sr. (1915-1988) won the second heat race, finished third in the second semi-final, and third in the B feature to collect $36 from the purse that was paid out on this evening.
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