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

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

 

Scott Talbert

Jennie Talbert photo

 

Ted Kreger

Coffman collection

 

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

  

Chuck Arnold

Dutch Davis collection

 

Dutch Davis

Cokeley collection

 

Ray Cott

Cokeley collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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