Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – May 4, 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 – 19 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
1 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.5 |
2 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.9 |
3 |
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
23.3 |
4 |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.4 |
5 |
80 |
Glen McDonald |
Montezuma, Kansas |
23.8 |
6 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
23.9 |
6 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.9 |
6 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
23.9 |
9 |
45 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
24.0 |
9 |
18 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
24.0 |
11 |
57 |
Harold Farthing |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.4 |
12 |
13 |
Duane Morris |
|
24.5 |
13 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.6 |
13 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
24.6 |
15 |
56 |
Don Carter |
|
24.7 |
16 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
24.9 |
17 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.5 |
18 |
40 |
Scott Talbert |
Ulysses, Kansas |
25.9 |
19 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
NT |
19 |
10 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
NT |
Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Levon Turner Coffman collection
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Duane Caldwell Cokeley collection
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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Ray Cott Jennie Talbert photo
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Lyle Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Max Malone Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Carl Caldwell Liberal, Kansas program from the Cokeley collection |
First Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
40 |
Scott Talbert |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
3 |
56 |
Don Carter |
|
3 |
4 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
|
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
|
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
Cokeley was paid $21 from the purse for his first place finish in this race. |
Second Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
18 |
Max Malone |
Copeland, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
3 |
45 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
4 |
4 |
66 |
Clem Smith |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
13 |
Duane Morris |
|
1 |
|
57 |
Harold Farthing |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
Third Heat Race – 6 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
2 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
80 |
Glen McDonald |
Montezuma, Kansas |
1 |
4 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
Trophy Dash Four fastest cars from time trials |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
|
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
3 |
|
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
Consolation Race – 7 Cars |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
13 |
Duane Morris |
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3 |
2 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
2 |
3 |
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
6 |
4 |
57 |
Harold Farthing |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
|
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
7 |
DNF |
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
Minter's car lost a wheel. |
B Feature Race – 8 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
72 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
13 |
Duane Morris |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
3 |
56 |
Don Carter |
|
3 |
|
40 |
Scott Talbert |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
4 |
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
|
10 |
Wayne Morris |
Moscow, Kansas |
5 |
|
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
|
57 |
Harold Farthing |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
Cokeley was paid $26 from the purse for his first place finish in this race. |
A Feature Race – 8 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
3 |
45 |
Levon Turner |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
4 |
80 |
Glen McDonald |
Montezuma, Kansas |
4 |
|
56 |
Don Carter |
|
3 |
|
76 |
Harold Minter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
14 |
Carl Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
7 |
|
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
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