Jalopy Stock Car Races
Grant County Fairgrounds
Ulysses, Kansas
Friday Night September 9, 1955
Sponsor Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379
Races Sanctioned by Grant County Racing Association
Race Director Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas
Purse $300
High winds and a dust storm blew in just as time trials were getting underway but the storm subsided just before the races were to be canceled.
First Heat Race 8 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
1 |
Clarence Nut Cokeley |
Liberal, Kansas |
Cokeley collected $10 from the purse for winning this race. |
Nut Cokeley Cokeley collection
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Darrel Harms Cokeley collection
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Chuck Arnold Dutch Davis collection
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Second Heat Race 8 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
1 |
Glen McDonald |
Montezuma, Kansas |
Third Heat Race 8 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
1 |
Charles Chuck Arnold |
Ulysses, Kansas |
Trophy Dash 6 Laps Trophy donated by the Gray & Rosel Store, Ulysses, Kansas |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
1 |
Dean Lewis |
Dighton, Kansas |
Consolation Race |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
1 |
_______ Carson* |
Wichita, Kansas |
B Feature Race 15 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
1 |
_______ Carson* |
Wichita, Kansas |
A Feature Race 20 Laps |
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Place |
Driver |
From |
1 |
Darrel Harms |
Dodge City, Kansas |
A six-car pileup on the north turn eliminated three of the cars from competition but none of the cars involved have been identified. |
* Please contact Bob Lawrence if you know anything at all about this Mr. Carson from Wichita, Kansas.
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