Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – June 7, 1957
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas*
Attendance – “ideal weather conditions brought out a huge crowd”
Total Purse – $425
Time Trials – 31 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
1 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
20.90 |
2 |
25 |
James “Ace” Noland |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.07 |
3 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
21.10 |
4 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
21.31 |
5 |
21 |
Merle “Rabbit” Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
21.35 |
5 |
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
21.35 |
7 |
13 |
Eldon Smith |
Syracuse, Kansas |
21.37 |
8 |
14 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
21.40 |
9 |
35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
21.45 |
10 |
87 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.47 |
11 |
24 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.72 |
12 |
19 |
Haskell Terry |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
21.78 |
13 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Montezuma, Kansas |
21.95 |
14 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.98 |
15 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
22.00 |
16 |
48 |
Junior Lewis |
Syracuse, Kansas |
22.24 |
17 |
83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.26 |
18 |
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
22.39 |
19 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.59 |
20 |
50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.72 |
21 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
22.77 |
22 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
22.87 |
23 |
73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
22.92 |
24 |
Y4 |
Ken Wallin |
Lamar, Colorado |
23.12 |
25 |
22 |
Bruce Westphal |
Springfield, Colorado |
23.21 |
26 |
76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.25 |
27 |
34 |
Bertie “Junior” Dapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
23.50 |
28 |
31 |
Bob Carrithers |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
23.80 |
29 |
33 |
George Whitehead |
Walsh, Colorado |
23.91 |
30 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
25.11 |
31 |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Garden City, Kansas |
NT |
Junior Maupin Schrater family collection
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Ace Noland Cokeley collection
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Rabbit Trahern Coffman collection
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Don Shumard Coffman collection
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Stanley Trahern Cokeley collection
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Duane Caldwell Cokeley collection
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Lyle Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Johnny Thomas Thomas collection
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Scott Talbert Jennie Talbert photo
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Bob Murphy Cokeley collection
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Paul Befort, Jr. Coffman collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Ted Kreger Coffman collection
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Max Allen Coffman collection
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Haskell Terry Coffman collection
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Eldon Smith Hauser collection
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First Heat Race – 11 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
31 |
Bob Carrithers |
Walsh, Colorado |
3 |
3 |
33 |
George Whitehead |
Walsh, Colorado |
2 |
4 |
34 |
Bertie “Junior” Dapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
4 |
5 |
Y4 |
Ken Wallin |
Lamar, Colorado |
7 |
6 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
10 |
7 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
9 |
DNF |
76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
DNF |
22 |
Bruce Westphal |
Springfield, Colorado |
6 |
DNF |
73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
8 |
DNF |
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Garden City, Kansas |
11 |
Gleason spun into the infield in the fourth turn. Westphal and Befort both rolled their cars between the first and second turns. Cokeley collected $20 from the purse for winning this race. |
Second Heat Race – 9 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
5 |
2 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
3 |
50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
4 |
83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
5 |
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
9 |
6 |
48 |
Junior Lewis |
Syracuse, Kansas |
4 |
|
79 |
Carroll "Rusty" Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
2 |
|
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Montezuma, Kansas |
7 |
|
19 |
Haskell Terry |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
8 |
Third Heat Race – 9 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
87 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
2 |
3 |
25 |
James “Ace” Noland |
Dodge City, Kansas |
8 |
4 |
38 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
9 |
5 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
7 |
6 |
21 |
Merle Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
5 |
DNF |
14 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
3 |
DNF |
13 |
Eldon Smith |
Syracuse, Kansas |
4 |
DNF |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
6 |
Smith dropped out of this race with a flat tire. Carter won this race by a wide margin over second place Packard. |
Trophy Dash – 6 Cars – 6 Laps Trophy Sponsor – Western Drive-in Trophy Queen – Sharon Turner |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
2 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
4 |
3 |
31 |
Bob Carrithers |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
1 |
4 |
87 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
DNF |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
DQ |
35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
5 |
Consolation Race – 15 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
2 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
3 |
3 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Montezuma, Kansas |
8 |
4 |
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
11 |
5 |
24 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
10 |
6 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
14 |
7 |
79 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
6 |
8 |
Y4 |
Ken Wallin |
Lamar, Colorado |
2 |
9 |
76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
19 |
Haskell Terry |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
9 |
|
73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
15 |
DNF |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
13 |
DNF |
14 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
12 |
DNF |
48 |
Junior Lewis |
Syracuse, Kansas |
7 |
DNF |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
4 |
Lewis ran off of the third turn and crashed into a road packing machine. Talbert collected $10 from the purse for placing in first place in this race. |
B Feature – 11 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
2 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
6 |
3 |
33 |
George Whitehead |
Walsh, Colorado |
2 |
4 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
7 |
|
73 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
|
50 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
|
12 |
Ted Kreger |
Garden City, Kansas |
11 |
DNF |
34 |
Bertie “Junior” Dapron |
Walsh, Colorado |
3 |
DNF |
66 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
DNF |
83 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
DNF |
76 |
Fred Gleason |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
Gleason crashed into a light pole near the third turn on the second lap. Dapron spun out. Cokeley collected $28 from the purse for winning this race. |
A Feature – 12 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
2 |
80 |
Stanley Trahern |
Montezuma, Kansas |
3 |
3 |
24 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
4 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
1 |
5 |
25 |
James “Ace” Noland |
Dodge City, Kansas |
11 |
6 |
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
6 |
7 |
19 |
Haskell Terry |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
8 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
10 |
9 |
21 |
Merle Trahern |
Sublette, Kansas |
9 |
10 |
35 |
Emmett Packard |
Walsh, Colorado |
8 |
DNF |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
12 |
DNF |
87 |
John Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
* Ernest W. “Ernie” Mann (1918-1999) dislocated his shoulder when he jumped off of a truck that was watering the racetrack before the races. He spent the night in the Ulysses hospital so he did not attend these races.
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