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

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

 

Ace Noland

Cokeley collection

 

Rabbit Trahern

Coffman collection

 

Don Shumard

Coffman collection

 

Stanley Trahern

Cokeley collection

 

Duane Caldwell

Cokeley collection

 

Nut Cokeley

Cokeley collection

 

Lyle Lewis

Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection

 

Johnny Thomas

Thomas collection

 

Scott Talbert

Jennie Talbert photo

 

Bob Murphy

Cokeley collection

 

Paul Befort, Jr.

Coffman collection

 

Chuck Arnold

Dutch Davis collection

 

Ted Kreger

Coffman collection

 

Max Allen

Coffman collection

 

Haskell Terry

Coffman collection

 

Eldon Smith

Hauser collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 11 Cars – 8 Laps

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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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