Time Trials – 25 Cars – 1 Lap

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Time

  1

62

Clarence “Nut” Cokeley

Liberal, Kansas

22.21

  2

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

22.87

  3

26

Jack McKenzie

Liberal, Kansas

23.09

  4

31

Bob Carrithers

Hooker, Oklahoma

23.25

  5

13

Eldon Smith

Tribune, Kansas

23.39

  6

83

Bob Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

23.55

  7

55

Larry Torson

Dodge City, Kansas

23.56

  8

6

Jim Gibbs

Dodge City, Kansas

23.59

  9

73

Paul Befort

Garden City, Kansas

23.79

10

48

Junior Lewis

Syracuse, Kansas

23.97

11

80

Stanley Trahern

Dodge City, Kansas

24.07

12

33

George Whitehead

Walsh, Colorado

24.14

13

89

J. D. Phleighler

Dodge City, Kansas

24.17

14

19

Haskell Terry

Hooker, Oklahoma

24.25

15

23

Gene Coffman

Liberal, Kansas

24.30

16

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

24.31

17

35

Emmett Packard

Walsh, Colorado

24.40

18

76

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

24.44

19

4

Don Adams

Hooker, Oklahoma

24.48

20

12

Ted Kreger

Dodge City, Kansas

24.61

21

10

Raymond Cott

Ulysses, Kansas

24.89

22

28

Don Shumard

Dodge City, Kansas

25.00

23

16

C. J. Mouser

Garden City, Kansas

25.13

24

66

Scott Talbert, Sr.

Ulysses, Kansas

25.51

25

34

Bertie “Junior” Dapron

Walsh, Colorado

25.63

          Cokeley was paid $5 from the purse for setting the fastest time in time trials.

Gene Coffman

Coffman collection

Jack McKenzie

Coffman collection

Ray Cott

Cokeley collection

Don Shumard

Coffman collection

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

Larry Torson

Cokeley collection

Nut Cokeley

Cokeley collection

Chuck Arnold

Dutch Davis collection

C. J. Mouser

Coffman collection

Scott Talbert

Jennie Talbert photo

Paul Befort

Coffman collection

Ted Kreger

Coffman collection

Haskell Terry

Coffman collection

Eldon Smith

Hauser collection

Jim Gibbs

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

First Heat Race – 9 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

66

Scott Talbert, Sr.*

Ulysses, Kansas

6

2

6

Jim Gibbs

Dodge City, Kansas

2

3

89

J. D. Phleighler

Dodge City, Kansas

1

4

73

Paul Befort

Garden City, Kansas

8

5

26

Jack McKenzie

Liberal, Kansas

3

6

48

Junior Lewis

Syracuse, Kansas

7

7

12

Ted Kreger

Dodge City, Kansas

9

8

31

Bob Carrithers

Hooker, Oklahoma

4

DNF

76

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

5

Second Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

13

Eldon Smith

Tribune, Kansas

1

2

23

Gene Coffman

Liberal, Kansas

2

3

83

Bob Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

5

4

33

George Whitehead

Walsh, Colorado

8

5

16

C. J. Mouser

Garden City, Kansas

4

6

10

Raymond Cott

Ulysses, Kansas

7

7

34

Bertie “Junior” Dapron

Walsh, Colorado

3

DNF

4

Don Adams

Hooker, Oklahoma

6

          Adams pulled off onto the infield on the first lap.

          Coffman collected $18 for finishing second in this heat race.

Third Heat Race – 8 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

62

Clarence “Nut” Cokeley

Liberal, Kansas

3

2

28

Don Shumard

Dodge City, Kansas

1

3

80

Stanley Trahern

Dodge City, Kansas

7

4

19

Haskell Terry

Hooker, Oklahoma

2

5

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

6

6

55

Larry Torson

Dodge City, Kansas

4

7

35

Emmett Packard

Walsh, Colorado

5

DNF

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

8

          Arnold spun out in the second turn on the seventh lap.

          Cokeley collected $28 from the purse for winning this race which he finished with a broken axle that put him out of competition for the rest of the program.

Trophy Dash – 5 Cars – 6 Laps

Trophy Sponsor – L & R Fertilizer Company

Trophy Queen – Cheryl Gilmore

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

66

Scott Talbert, Sr.*

Ulysses, Kansas

1

2

28

Don Shumard

Dodge City, Kansas

5

3

23

Gene Coffman

Liberal, Kansas

4

4

13

Eldon Smith

Tribune, Kansas

3

5

6

Jim Gibbs

Dodge City, Kansas

2

          The rear end came unlocked on Coffman’s car.

First Consolation Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

12

Ted Kreger

Dodge City, Kansas

5

2

31

Bob Carrithers

Hooker, Oklahoma

2

3

26

Jack McKenzie

Liberal, Kansas

1

4

34

Bertie “Junior” Dapron

Walsh, Colorado

5

5

76

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

6

DNF

48

Junior Lewis

Syracuse, Kansas

4

          Lewis’ car crashed into a light pole.

Second Consolation Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

55

Larry Torson

Dodge City, Kansas

3

2

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

5

3

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

6

4

35

Emmett Packard

Walsh, Colorado

4

5

16

C. J. Mouser

Garden City, Kansas

1

DNF

4

Don Adams

Hooker, Oklahoma

2

B Feature – 10 Cars – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

89

J. D. Phleighler

Dodge City, Kansas

  1

2

66

Scott Talbert, Sr.*

Liberal, Kansas

  5

3

73

Paul Befort

Garden City, Kansas

  6

4

12

Ted Kreger

Dodge City, Kansas

  7

26

Jack McKenzie

Liberal, Kansas

  2

35

Emmett Packard

Walsh, Colorado

  3

76

Fred Gleason

Ulysses, Kansas

  4

13

Eldon Smith

Tribune, Kansas

  8

23

Gene Coffman

Liberal, Kansas

  9

34

Bertie “Junior” Dapron

Walsh, Colorado

10

          Coffman was running in third place on the fourteenth lap when he spun out.  He got underway again to finish the race.

A Feature – 11 Cars – 20 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

Started

1

88

Charles “Chuck” Lucas

Big Bow, Kansas

  9

2

80

Stanley Trahern

Dodge City, Kansas

10

3

19

Haskell Terry

Hooker, Oklahoma

  6

4

28

Don Shumard

Dodge City, Kansas

  5

16

C. J. Mouser

Garden City, Kansas

  1

83

Bob Elliott

Ulysses, Kansas

  2

4

Don Adams

Hooker, Oklahoma

  3

33

George Whitehead

Walsh, Colorado

  4

55

Larry Torson

Dodge City, Kansas

  7

35

Emmett Packard

Walsh, Colorado

  8

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

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