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

 

Don Shumard

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Hank Wedel

Cokeley collection

 

Levon Turner

Coffman collection

 

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

 

Dutch Davis

Cokeley collection

 

Nut Cokeley

Cokeley collection

 

Bill Humphreys

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Johnny Thomas

Thomas collection

 

Scott Talbert

Cokeley collection

 

Bob Elliott

Cokeley collection

 

Carroll Russell

Coffman collection

 

Loren Rapp

Coffman collection

 

 

Larry Torson

Cokeley collection

 

Gene Coffman & Evertt Baker

Coffman collection

 

Chuck Arnold

Dutch Davis collection

 

Dean Lewis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Ray Cott

Jennie Talbert photo

 

 

Time Trials – 31 Cars – 1 Lap

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

  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

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

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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