Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – August 3, 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
Mickey McCormick Cokeley collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Hank Wedel Cokeley collection
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Levon Turner Coffman 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 Thomas collection
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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Carroll Russell Coffman collection
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Loren Rapp Coffman collection
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Larry Torson Cokeley collection
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Gene Coffman & Evertt Baker Coffman collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Dean Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Ray Cott Jennie Talbert photo
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Time Trials – 31 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
1 |
7 |
Mickey McCormick |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
23.22 |
2 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
23.28 |
3 |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
23.36 |
4 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.37 |
5 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
23.48 |
6 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.50 |
7 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
23.53 |
8 |
3 |
Eddie Mahieu |
Ashland, Kansas |
23.91 |
9 |
5 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
23.84 |
10 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
24.10 |
11 |
77 |
Max Malone* |
Copeland, Kansas |
24.30 |
12 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
24.68 |
13 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
24.79 |
14 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.00 |
15 |
66 |
Glen Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
25.17 |
16 |
30 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
25.22 |
17 |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.30 |
18 |
45 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
25.30 |
19 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
25.35 |
20 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.39 |
21 |
31 |
Eldon Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
25.41 |
22 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas* |
Ashland, Kansas |
25.55 |
23 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.75 |
24 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
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25.80 |
25 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
26.32 |
26 |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
26.73 |
27 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
26.89 |
28 |
93 |
Loren Rapp |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
27.56 |
29 |
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
27.95 |
30 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
28.75 |
First Heat Race – 10 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
77 |
Max Malone* |
Copeland, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
7 |
Mickey McCormick |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
4 |
3 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
4 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
5 |
30 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
6 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
10 |
7 |
93 |
Loren Rapp |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
5 |
8 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
8 |
DNF |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
DNF |
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
Second Heat Race – 10 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
2 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Eddie Mahieu |
Ashland, Kansas |
10 |
4 |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
9 |
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
|
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
6 |
|
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
DNF |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
DNF |
66 |
Glen Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
DNF |
31 |
Eldon Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
The cars driven by the Smiths tangled with #66 winding up on top of #31. Mahieu’s car struck a pole at the head of the front straightaway messing up the front end of the car. |
Third Heat Race – 10 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
3 |
5 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
5 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas* |
Ashland, Kansas |
7 |
6 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
9 |
7 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
5 |
DNF |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
DNF |
45 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
10 |
DNF |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
Trophy Dash – 6 Cars – 6 Laps Trophy Girl: Galena Arnold Trophy Sponsor: Western Drive-In |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
7 |
Mickey McCormick |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
25 |
______ Marion |
3 |
|
3 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
4 |
77 |
Max Malone* |
Copeland, Kansas |
1 |
|
55 |
______ Elliott |
|
4 |
|
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
Consolation Race – 15 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
13 |
2 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas* |
Ashland, Kansas |
12 |
3 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
9 |
4 |
31 |
Eldon Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
15 |
5 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
11 |
|
93 |
Loren Rapp |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
2 |
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
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3 |
|
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
4 |
|
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
7 |
|
66 |
Glen Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
8 |
|
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
|
45 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
14 |
DNF |
30 |
Evertt Baker |
|
1 |
Baker crashed through a fence on the first lap destroying the car. Cokeley broke a right axle and did not win anything on this evening. He was given a certificate for a free hamburger at the Western Drive-In at Ulysses and $5 for tow money. |
B Feature – 12 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
7 |
Mickey McCormick |
Hutchinson, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
3 |
77 |
Max Malone* |
Copeland, Kansas |
2 |
4 |
31 |
Eldon Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
9 |
5 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
6 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
11 |
7 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
|
93 |
Loren Rapp |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
|
7 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
7 |
DNF |
57 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
DNF |
66 |
Glen Smith |
Garden City, Kansas |
12 |
Russell managed to finish in sixth place despite breaking an axle. |
A Feature – 12 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
25 |
Floyd “Dutch” Davis |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
3 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
4 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
11 |
5 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas* |
Ashland, Kansas |
9 |
6 |
45 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
12 |
|
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
1 |
|
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
DNF |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
DNF |
5 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
7 |
DNF |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
DNF |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
The cars driven by Humphreys and McGee both had do drop out due to flat tires. |
* The engines in car #41 driven by Johnny Thomas and car #77 driven by Max Malone were officially protested by competitors. No word as been located as to disposition of those protests.
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