Jalopy Stock Car Races

Grant County Fairgrounds

Ulysses, Kansas

Monday Afternoon – May 30, 1955

 

Sponsor – Charles B. Hart American Legion Post 379

Races Sanctioned by – Grant County Racing Association 

Race Director – Ernest Mann of Ulysses, Kansas

 

 

 

 

Bob Champlin

Jim Edwards photo from the Tim Cornelius collection

 

All that has been learned about these races so far is that the total gate receipt was $1,010 and that Bob Champlin of Wichita, Kansas raced his 1934 Ford jalopy #88 to victory in the A feature race.

 

 

 

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