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

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

 

 

NT

39

    40**

 

 

NT

 

Junior Maupin

Cokeley collection

 

Dean Lewis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Hank Wedel

Coffman collection

 

Don Shumard

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

 

Dutch Davis

Cokeley collection

 

Nut Cokeley

Cokeley collection

 

Bill Humphreys

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Johnny Thomas

Cokeley collection

 

Loren Rapp

Coffman collection

 

Bob Elliott

Cokeley collection

 

 

John McGee

Cokeley collection

 

Chuck Arnold

Dutch Davis collection

 

Jimmy Selfridge

Cokeley collection

 

Ray Cott

Jennie Talbert photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 12 Cars – 8 Laps

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

  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

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

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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