Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – August 31, 1956
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Total Purse – $400
Time Trials – 39 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
1 |
55 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
20.42* |
2 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
20.51 |
3 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
20.85 |
4 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
20.85 |
5 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
20.99 |
6 |
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.00 |
7 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.08 |
8 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.16 |
9 |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
21.18 |
10 |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
21.20 |
11 |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.21 |
12 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.25 |
13 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.27 |
`4 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.27 |
15 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.30 |
16 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
21.40 |
17 |
49 |
Scott Talbert, Sr.** |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.45 |
18 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.54 |
19 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
21.61 |
20 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
21.79 |
21 |
93 |
Loren Rapp |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
21.82 |
22 |
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
21.90 |
23 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
21.90 |
24 |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.93 |
25 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
22.04 |
26 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
22.05 |
27 |
44 |
Monroe Munson, Jr. |
Moscow, Kansas |
22.14 |
28 |
89 |
J. D. Phleighler |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.25 |
29 |
96 |
Jimmy Selfridge |
Dighton, Kansas |
22.52 |
30 |
54 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
22.80 |
31 |
32 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
23.12 |
32 |
34 |
Bill Meyers |
|
23.22 |
33 |
42 |
Jim Shubert |
|
23.97 |
34 |
35 |
Jack Shultz |
Elkhart, Kansas |
24.00 |
35 |
88 |
Loren Patton |
|
24.20 |
36 |
31 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
25.12 |
37 |
70 |
Harold Mansky |
|
25.47 |
38 |
68 |
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NT |
39 |
40** |
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NT |
Junior Maupin Cokeley collection
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Dean Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Hank Wedel Coffman collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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Dutch Davis Cokeley collection
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Bill Humphreys Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Johnny Thomas Cokeley collection
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Loren Rapp Coffman collection
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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John McGee Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Jimmy Selfridge Cokeley collection
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Ray Cott Jennie Talbert photo
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First Heat Race – 12 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
2 |
49 |
Scott Talbert, Sr.** |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
3 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
4 |
32 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
11 |
5 |
35 |
Jack Shultz |
Elkhart, Kansas |
2 |
6 |
44 |
Monroe Munson, Jr. |
|
7 |
7 |
70 |
Harold Mansky |
|
1 |
|
88 |
Loren Patton |
|
3 |
|
54 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
93 |
Loren Rapp |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
8 |
DNF |
34 |
Bill Meyers |
|
4 |
DNF |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
Gleason suffered a broken wrist and a fractured skull on the first lap of this race when his car flew high into the air and then came down and rolled over several times. |
Second Heat Race – 11 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
55 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
6 |
3 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
4 |
96 |
Jimmy Selfridge |
Dighton, Kansas |
5 |
5 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
8 |
6 |
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
3 |
7 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
1 |
|
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
11 |
DNF |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
DNF |
89 |
J. D. Phleighler |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
Cokeley was paid $18 from the purse for his second place finish in this race. |
Third Heat Race – 10 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
2 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
3 |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
9 |
5 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
10 |
6 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
1 |
7 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
8 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
9 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
10 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
6 |
Trophy Dash – 6 Cars – 6 Laps Trophy Sponsor: Lee’s Mobil Service |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
2 |
55 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
3 |
4 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
5 |
49 |
Scott Talbert** |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
DNF |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
Consolation Race – 13 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
7 |
2 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
12 |
3 |
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
4 |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
8 |
5 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
4 |
6 |
70 |
Harold Mansky |
|
2 |
|
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
10 |
DNF |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
11 |
DNF |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
13 |
DNF |
89 |
J. D. Phleighler |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
93 |
Loren Rapp |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
3 |
DNF |
68 |
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1 |
Car #68 locked wheels with the car driven by Rapp near the front of the on-coming field of cars. Those two cars were then struck by the cars driven by Phleighler, Thomas, and Shumard before the race could be stopped. |
B Feature – 11 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
55 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
49 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
DNF |
44 |
Monroe Munson |
Moscow, Kansas |
3 |
DNF |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
DNF |
89 |
J. D. Phleighler |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
DNF |
42 |
Jim Shubert |
|
9 |
DNF |
96 |
Jimmy Selfridge |
Dighton, Kansas |
10 |
Selfridge’s car crashed into a fence. Carter’s car rolled. |
A Feature – 15 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
2 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
3 |
3 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
13 |
4 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
15 |
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
|
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
|
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
7 |
|
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
|
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
11 |
|
25 |
Floyd” Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
12 |
|
30 |
Stanley Trahern |
Ensign, Kansas |
14 |
DNF |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
DNF |
99 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
10 |
DQ |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
Russell was treated and released from the hospital after rolling his car. Dorothy Cokeley kept copious notes on her husband’s racing activities but this time, she only recorded that he was disqualified and did not write down why. |
This photo of Carroll Russell’s car was taken a few days after he had rolled it on this night at Ulysses. Click your mouse on the photo to see another taken at the same time showing the other side of the car – Coffman collection
* New one-lap track record.
** Scott Talbert, Sr. was having mechanical trouble with his car #40 and the driver of car #49 did not arrived in time to run time trials this night so Talbert made arrangements with the owner of car #49 to have Talbert drive that car for the night. This program was the only time that Talbert ever drove this car.
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