Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Monday – July 4, 1955
Afternoon Program
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Two complete racing programs were run on this date. The first was run in the afternoon and then everybody (spectators and competitors) came back and raced again that night. Hot winds are credited with keeping the size of the crowds small.
Calvin Christiansen of Ulysses suffered some cuts on his head and the loss of some teeth when he rolled his car in the north turn landing upside down. It is not known if this happened during the afternoon races or during the nighttime program.
Although a full racing program was run in the afternoon, all we know about any of these races (except the A feature) is that Clarence “Nut” Cokeley of Liberal, Kansas is one of the drivers that competed in them but he did not place.
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A Feature Race – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Purse |
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1 |
Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
$58 |
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2 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
Unknown |
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3 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Elkhart, Kansas |
Unknown |
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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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Darrel Harms Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Levon Turner Coffman collection
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Harvey Main Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Bob Murphy Cokeley collection
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Jalopy Stock Car Races Grant County Fairgrounds Ulysses, Kansas Monday – July 4, 1955 Night Program
Time Trials – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
22.05* |
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Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Elkhart, Kansas |
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Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
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Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Levon Turner |
Elkhart, Kansas |
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Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
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Darrel Harms |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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Jack Walker |
Tribune, Kansas |
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Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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First Heat Race |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
Levon Turner |
Elkhart, Kansas |
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2 |
Unknown |
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3 |
Unknown |
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4 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
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Second Heat Race |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
Darrel Harms |
Dodge City, Kansas |
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Third Heat Race |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Trophy Dash |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
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2 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Elkhart, Kansas |
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3 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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4 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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B Feature Race |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
Levon Turner |
Elkhart, Kansas |
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2 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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3 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Special Feature Race – 50 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
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1 |
Levon Turner |
Elkhart, Kansas |
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2 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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3 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
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4 |
Harvey Main |
Ulysses, Kansas |
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Levon Turner won a total of $93 for first place finishes in the first heat, B feature, and A feature on this afternoon.
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley of Liberal, Kansas drove car #44 owned by “Kirton and Sally”. Nut finished fourth in the “slow heat race” which paid $4. If you know who “Kirton and Sally” were, please contact Bob Lawrence.
* New one-lap track record.
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