Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – August 2, 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
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List of Entries - 19 Cars |
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Car # |
Driver |
From |
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5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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11 |
Ed Tallent |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
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22 |
Bruce Westphal |
Springfield, Colorado |
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28 |
Don Shumard |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
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50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
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58 |
Bruce Gower |
Dighton, Kansas |
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62 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
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66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
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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83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lewis |
Big Bow, Kansas |
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90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
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93 |
Jack McKenzie |
Liberal, Kansas |
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97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
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Dutch Davis Cokeley collection
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Lyle Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Don Shumard Coffman collection
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Scott Talbert Jennie Talbert photo
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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Allan Fischer Coffman collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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First Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
5 |
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2 |
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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3 |
22 |
Bruce Westphal |
Springfield, Colorado |
2 |
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4 |
58 |
Bruce Gower |
Dighton, Kansas |
6 |
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5 |
11 |
Ed Tallent |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
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DNF |
93 |
Jack McKenzie |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
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Second Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
1 |
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2 |
83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
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3 |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
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4 |
54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
2 |
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66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
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37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
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Third Heat Race – 7 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
62 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
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2 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
3 |
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3 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
5 |
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4 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
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5 |
19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
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6 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
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DNF |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
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First place in this race paid $15 in prize money. |
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Trophy Dash – 6 Cars – 6 Laps Trophy Sponsor – Webber Supply Company, Ulysses, Kansas |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
5 |
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2 |
62 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
6 |
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3 |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
2 |
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50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
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79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
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DNF |
83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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First Semi-Final Race – 10 Cars – 10 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
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2 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
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3 |
93 |
Jack McKenzie |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
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4 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
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54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
4 |
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37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
6 |
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19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
9 |
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DNF |
62 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
7 |
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DNF |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
3 |
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DNF |
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
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The cars driven by Cokeley and Malone became hooked together putting them out of the race. |
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Second Semi-Final Race – 9 Cars – 10 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
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2 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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3 |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
8 |
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4 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
9 |
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22 |
Bruce Westphal |
Springfield, Colorado |
1 |
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79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahma |
4 |
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DNF |
58 |
Bruce Gower |
Dighton, Kansas |
3 |
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DNF |
11 |
Ed Tallent |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
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DNF |
83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
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Gower's car retired from this race with a flat tire. Talbert collected $10 from the purse for placing in second place in this race. |
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B Feature – 9 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
5 |
Floyd "Dutch" Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
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2 |
93 |
Jack McKenzie |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
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3 |
50 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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4 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
5 |
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22 |
Bruce Westphal |
Springfield, Colorado |
2 |
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54 |
Bud Kerr |
Garden City, Kansas |
4 |
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90 |
Max Maloan |
Plains, Kansas |
8 |
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58 |
Bruce Gower |
Dighton, Kansas |
9 |
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11 |
Ed Tallent |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
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A Feature – 10 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
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2 |
62 |
Clarence "Nut" Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
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3 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
9 |
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4 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
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DNF |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
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DNF |
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
2 |
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DNF |
83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
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DNF |
75 |
Charles "Chuck" Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
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DNF |
88 |
Charles "Chuck" Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
7 |
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DNF |
19 |
Allan Fischer |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
8 |
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The cars driven by Arnold and Elliott became hooked together and dropped out of the race. Second place in this race paid $34 in prize money. |
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