Jalopy Stock Car Races
Season Finals
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night – September 7, 1956
Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association
Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Total Purse – $600
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Time Trials – 37 Cars – 1 Lap |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Time |
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1 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
21.54 |
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2 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
21.65 |
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3 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21.78 |
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4 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
21.83 |
|
5 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
21.95 |
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6 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.05 |
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7 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.12 |
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8 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.18 |
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9 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
22.20 |
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10 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
22.22 |
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11 |
11 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
22.25 |
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12 |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.29 |
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13 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
22.39 |
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14 |
35 |
Jack Shultz |
Elkhart, Kansas |
22.48 |
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15 |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
22.53 |
|
16 |
96 |
Jimmy Selfridge |
Dighton, Kansas |
22.59 |
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17 |
88 |
Jim Gibbs |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.70 |
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18 |
25 |
Paul Fox |
|
22.71 |
|
19 |
86 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
22.77 |
|
19 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
22.77 |
|
21 |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
22.82 |
|
22 |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
22.83 |
|
23 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
22.94 |
|
24 |
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
22.99 |
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25 |
88 |
Loren Patton |
|
23.22 |
|
26 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
23.32 |
|
27 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
23.40 |
|
28 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
23.55 |
|
29 |
44 |
Ronnie Brummett |
Hugoton, Kansas |
23.84 |
|
30 |
30 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
23.89 |
|
31 |
76 |
Welden Mentor |
|
24.00 |
|
32 |
34 |
Rod Higgins |
Walsh, Colorado |
24.20 |
|
33 |
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
24.25 |
|
34 |
42 |
Johnny Rice |
|
24.48 |
|
35 |
32 |
Bob Parker |
|
25.16 |
|
36 |
70 |
Verl Manski |
|
25.19 |
|
37 |
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
25.90 |
|
38 |
19 |
Harold Wicker |
|
NT |
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39 |
34 |
Bob Murphy |
Ulysses, Kansas |
NT |
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Junior Maupin Cokeley collection
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Dean Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Hank Wedel Coffman collection
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Don Shumard Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Bill Humphreys Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Johnny Thomas Thomas collection
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Bob Elliott Cokeley collection
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Larry Torson Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Jimmy Selfridge Cokeley collection
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Ray Cott Jennie Talbert photo
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Scott Talbert Cokeley collection
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Lyle Lewis Huddleston & Peoples photo from the Cokeley collection
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Duane Caldwell Cokeley collection
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Carroll Russell Coffman collection
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Gene Coffman Coffman collection
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Bob Murphy Cokeley collection
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First Heat Race – 12 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
30 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
|
2 |
86 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
3 |
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3 |
88 |
Loren Patton |
|
7 |
|
4 |
35 |
Jack Shultz |
Elkhart, Kansas |
10 |
|
5 |
34 |
Rod Higgins |
Walsh, Colorado |
6 |
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6 |
44 |
Ronnie Brummett |
Hugoton, Kansas |
12 |
|
7 |
76 |
Welden Mentor |
|
11 |
|
8 |
70 |
Verl Manski |
|
9 |
|
|
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
8 |
|
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
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|
11 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
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DNF |
32 |
Bob Parker |
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1 |
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Second Heat Race – 10 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
|
1 |
62 |
Clarence” Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
7 |
|
2 |
88 |
Jim Gibbs |
Dodge City, Kansas |
3 |
|
3 |
96 |
Jimmy Selfridge |
Dighton, Kansas |
6 |
|
4 |
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
8 |
|
5 |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
1 |
|
6 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
|
|
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
2 |
|
|
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
4 |
|
|
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
5 |
|
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
9 |
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Cokeley collected $24 from the purse for his victory in this race. |
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Third Heat Race – 13 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
1 |
|
2 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
9 |
|
3 |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
|
4 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
|
5 |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
10 |
|
6 |
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
3 |
|
7 |
79 |
Dean Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
6 |
|
8 |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
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9 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
13 |
|
10 |
25 |
Paul Fox |
|
8 |
|
11 |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
11 |
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12 |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
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DNF |
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
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Wedel’s car crashed into a light pole on the infield. |
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Trophy Dash – 6 Cars – 6 Laps Trophy Sponsor – Stutzman Body Shop Trophy Queen – Sharon Kay Stutzman |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
3 |
|
2 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
6 |
|
3 |
88 |
Jim Gibbs |
Dodge City, Kansas |
4 |
|
4 |
86 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
2 |
|
5 |
30 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
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DNF |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
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Model T Race Sponsored by the Model T Association |
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Five Model T Fords were entered in this event. Neither driver names nor race distance was recorded but the race was won by a 1925 Model T Ford. |
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Consolation Race – 19 Cars – 8 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
9 |
|
2 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
14 |
|
3 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
19 |
|
4 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
12 |
|
5 |
34 |
Rod Higgins |
Walsh, Colorado |
3 |
|
6 |
32 |
Bob Parker |
|
1 |
|
7 |
25 |
Paul Fox |
|
16 |
|
|
76 |
Welden Mentor |
|
5 |
|
|
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
7 |
|
|
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
8 |
|
|
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
10 |
|
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
11 |
|
|
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
13 |
|
DNF |
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
2 |
|
DNF |
70 |
Verl Manski |
|
4 |
|
DNF |
42 |
Johnny Rice |
|
6 |
|
DNF |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
15 |
|
DNF |
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
17 |
|
DNF |
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
18 |
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Manski and Shumard both rolled their cars. |
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B Feature – 18 Cars – 15 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Big Bow, Kansas |
18 |
|
2 |
11 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
5 |
|
3 |
35 |
Jack Shultz |
Elkhart, Kansas |
10 |
|
4 |
88 |
Loren Patton |
|
7 |
|
5 |
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
13 |
|
6 |
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
16 |
|
7 |
30 |
Gene Coffman |
Liberal, Kansas |
2 |
|
|
32 |
Bob Parker |
|
1 |
|
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
4 |
|
|
34 |
Rod Higgins |
Walsh, Colorado |
6 |
|
|
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
8 |
|
|
70 |
Verl Manski |
|
9 |
|
|
76 |
Welden Mentor |
|
11 |
|
|
44 |
Ronnie Brummett |
Hugoton, Kansas |
12 |
|
|
88 |
Jim Gibbs |
Dodge City, Kansas |
17 |
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DNF |
86 |
Max Allen |
Sublette, Kansas |
3 |
|
DNF |
42 |
Johnny Rice |
|
14 |
|
DNF |
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
15 |
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Allen’s car rolled. Cott’s car caught fire. |
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A Feature – 19 Cars – 20 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
12 |
|
2 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
3 |
|
3 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
18 |
|
4 |
41 |
Johnny Thomas |
Ashland, Kansas |
19 |
|
5 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
15 |
|
6 |
55 |
Larry Torson |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
|
7 |
40 |
Scott Talbert, Sr. |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
|
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
1 |
|
|
96 |
Jimmy Selfridge |
Dighton, Kansas |
2 |
|
|
98 |
Jerry Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
4 |
|
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
5 |
|
|
44 |
Leonard “Hank” Wedel |
Liberal, Kansas |
8 |
|
|
15 |
Duane Caldwell |
Sublette, Kansas |
9 |
|
|
25 |
Paul Fox |
|
14 |
|
|
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
16 |
|
|
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
17 |
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DNF |
69 |
Bill Humphreys |
Ulysses, Kansas |
10 |
|
DNF |
28 |
Don Shumard |
Ulysses, Kansas |
13 |
|
DNF |
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
11 |
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Humphrey’s car crashed into that driven by Shumard. Cokeley collected $24 from the purse for his second place finish in this race. |
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50 Lap Feature – 23 Cars – 50 Laps |
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Place |
Car # |
Driver |
From |
Started |
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1 |
75 |
Charles “Chuck” Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
2 |
|
2 |
98 |
Cecil “Junior” Maupin |
Dodge City, Kansas |
5 |
|
3 |
79 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
8 |
|
4 |
11 |
John McGee |
Wichita, Kansas |
9 |
|
5 |
62 |
Clarence “Nut” Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
1 |
|
|
88 |
Charles “Chuck” Lucas |
Ulysses, Kansas |
3 |
|
|
97 |
Lyle Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
4 |
|
|
97 |
Dale Carter |
Ulysses, Kansas |
6 |
|
|
88 |
Jim Gibbs |
Dodge City, Kansas |
7 |
|
|
35 |
Jack Shultz |
Elkhart, Kansas |
10 |
|
|
19 |
Carroll Russell |
Hooker, Oklahoma |
11 |
|
|
25 |
Paul Fox |
|
12 |
|
|
28 |
Don Shumard |
Dodge City, Kansas |
13 |
|
|
90 |
Max Malone |
Plains, Kansas |
14 |
|
|
37 |
Paul Befort, Jr. |
Garden City, Kansas |
15 |
|
|
88 |
Loren Patton |
|
16 |
|
|
33 |
Bob Gilkey |
|
17 |
|
|
11 |
Raymond Cott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
18 |
|
|
37 |
Bernard Pfeifer |
Leoti, Kansas |
19 |
|
|
76 |
Welden Mentor |
|
20 |
|
|
89 |
Bob Elliott |
Ulysses, Kansas |
21 |
|
|
42 |
Johnny Rice |
|
22 |
|
|
54 |
Albert “Irish” Bruggeman |
Garden City, Kansas |
23 |
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Cokeley was paid $10 from the purse for his fifth place finish in this race. |
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