Jalopy Stock Car Races

Grant County Fairgrounds

Ulysses, Kansas

Friday Night – September 2, 1955

 

Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379

Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association 

Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas

 

Attendance – “A big crowd”

Purse – $300

Number of Entries – 22

 

 

 

First Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

 

Carl Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

 

Chuck Arnold

Dutch Davis collection

 

Duane Caldwell

Cokeley collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

80

Glen McDonald

Montezuma, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Heat Race – 8 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

75

Charles “Chuck” Arnold

Ulysses, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Dash – 6 Laps

Trophy donated by Hickok Community Grocery

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

34

Harvey Main

Ulysses, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B Feature – 15 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

 

Carl Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Feature Race – 20 Laps

Place

Car #

Driver

From

1

15

Dean Caldwell

Sublette, Kansas

2

34

Harvey Main

Ulysses, Kansas

3

79

Dean Lewis

Dighton, Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Besides the races mentioned above, there were a couple of two-car, ten-lap match races that were popular with the spectators but, to date, it is unknown what drivers or cars participated in those.

 

 

 

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