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Stock Car Races Grant County Fairgrounds Ulysses, Kansas Sunday Afternoon – April 27, 1952
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379 Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Stock Car Club Race Director – Eddie Klester of Ulysses, Kansas
Attendance – ”over 500” Admission – Adults: 75˘; Children: 25˘ |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold Gene Coffman collection |
Two unidentified drivers vie for the lead in a race at Ulysses. Note that light pole had been installed but the lights where not yet up when this photo was taken – Grant County Museum collection
Race results from this day have yet to be located. The Ulysses News did publish the following list of the five top money winners and said that Chuck Arnold turned in the fastest time in time trials and then won two races:
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Car # |
Driver |
From |
Car Owner |
From |
Total Money Won |
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4 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
Al Franks |
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$62.62 |
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18 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
33.25 |
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9 |
Tommy Young |
Ulysses, Kansas |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
28.00 |
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13 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Elkhart, Kansas |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Elkhart, Kansas |
21.35 |
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13 |
Jim Pinkerton |
Ulysses, Kansas |
Jim Pinkerton |
Ulysses, Kansas |
15.78 |
This is the #13 stock car that Scott Talbert, Sr. drove on this afternoon. The car was a converted coyote wagon that Scott had made into a jalopy racing car. The hole in the side of the car was left over from when the car had been used to hunt coyotes as that is where the dogs had been released from – Talbert family collection
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