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Event: United States Grand Prix Sports Cars Riverside			Date: 11.10.1959
Track: Riverside International Raceway (United States), 5.271 kms		Organiser: USAC
Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 10) West Coast Championship (round 16)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Div.
1^st	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59	Eleanor von Neumann	62	326.7773 kms	143.3121	1^st	DM	+2000
2^nd	45	Lloyd Ruby	Maserati 450S	Micro-Lube Co.	61			1^st	CM	+2000
3^rd	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 718 RSK	Precision Motor Cars	61			1^st	FM	2000
4^th	46	Dick Morgensen	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Morgensen Motors	61			2^nd	DM	+2000
5^th	55	Sam Weiss	Porsche 718 RSK	Imported Sports Cars	60			1^st	EM	2000
6^th	266	Jack Flaherty	Lister - Jaguar	Kjell Qvale	60			2^nd	CM
7^th	60	Bob Oker	Ferrari 410 Sport (Monza)	R. Robt and Bruce Danielson	60			3^rd	CM
8^th	126	Gordon Glyer	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Gordon Glyer	60			3^rd	DM	+2000
9^th	108	Augie Pabst	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery	59			1^st	BM	+2000
10^th	110	Chuck Parsons	Lotus 15 Ferrari	Martys Used Cars	59			2^nd	EM
11^th	112	Josie von Neumann	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Eleanor von Neumann	58			4^th	DM	+2000
12^th	311	Ak Miller	Devin - Oldsmobile	Miller-Hanson Special	57			2^nd	BM
13^th	120	Loyal Katskee	Ferrari 121 LM	Lloyd Katskee	54			4^th	CM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.
9	Bill Cantrell	Meyer-Drake - Offenhauser	Mar-Chris Co.	39			DNF
211	Richie Ginther	Ferrari 412 MI	Richie Ginther	35			Oil pressure		+2000
85	Clem Proctor	Aston Martin DB3S Corvette	Clem Proctor	34			Rear end
88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 718 RSK	Competition Motors	29			Crankshaft
28	Stirling Moss	Aston Martin DBR2	David Brown	25			Engine		+2000
65	Ricardo Rodriguez	Porsche 718 RSK	Pedro Rodriguez, Sr.	19			Blown piston		2000
	Don Hulette	Jaguar Corvette Special		19			Front damper
182	Wayne Weiler	Lister - Corvette	Fiek Plumbing Co.	13			Dragging belly-pan
27	Bill Krause	Jaguar D-type Corvette	Mark Millard Sports Cars	12			Engine, gearbox
169	Alex Budurin	Hagemann Special Buick	Broadway Animal Hospital	11			DNF
181	Johnny Mantz	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Corvette	R. B. Becker	10			Fuel leak
103	Jim Jeffords	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	Leader Card, Inc.	5			Injector		+2000
98	Chuck Daigh	Maserati 450S 5.7	John Edgar	0			Engine		+2000
1	Eric Hauser	Dean Van Lines Special Chevrolet	Dean Van Lines	0			DNF
69	Dan Gurney	Ferrari 375 Plus	Frank Arciero	0			Accident, 1st start		+2000
74	Jack Graham	Aston Martin DB3S Chevrolet	Jack Graham	0			Accident, 1st start		+2000
163	Rodger Ward	Ferrari 121 LM	Sarrell Enterprises	0			Accident, 1st start		+2000

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
100	Ray Seher	Jaguar D-type	Ray Seher
107	Harry Heuer	Bocar	Peter Hand Brewery
102	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 500 TRC 2.5	Jack Nethercutt
29	Joe Playan	Osca Spider Chevrolet	Scuderia Excelsior	Engine in practice
51	Bob Bondurant	Chevrolet Corvette	Lundin Motors Inc.
19	D. D. Michelmore	Porsche 550 RS Spyder	D. D. Michelmore
243	Al Whatley	Cooper - Porsche	Al Whatley
143	Chuck Cornett	Ferrari 500 TR	Geo Harm
18	Carlyle Blackwell	Jaguar D-type	Carlyle Blackwell
54	Dean Mears	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	R. G. Lewis and Co.
93	Andy Porterfield	Devin - Corvette	Evans Industries
38	Scooter Patrick	Porsche 356 Carrera	Riviera Imported Cars
7	Art Snyder	Lotus Eleven Le Mans	Art Snyder
97	Jesse J. Tidwell	L-S Special Corvette	Jesse J. Tidwell
234	John Peters	Elva Mk IV-A	John Peters
121	Bob Challman	Lotus Mark IX	Bob Challman
6	Roger Bloxham	Ferrari	Roger Bloxham		DM
25	Jim Chaffee	Pink Elephant No.2	Jim Chaffee
70	Max Balchowsky	Old Yeller Mk II	Max Balchowsky

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Div.
		Jack Brumby		Jack Brumby				Accident in testing
		Jack Brumby		Jack Brumby				Accident in testing

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
142	Doug Walker	HH Special	Wm. Hilf	Not known if ran
10	Chuck Kessinger	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce	Martinez-Presberger
11	John Fitch	Cooper Monaco T49	Chas. Keisler
23	John Timanus	Lotus Mark X	Lotus Cars
32	Kurt Neumann	Lotus Eleven	Kirk Neumann, Jr.
35		Ferrari 500 Mondial	Italia Motors
47	William Hitchcock	Mercury Roadster	Wm. Hitchcock
53		Ferrari 340 MM	Italia Motors
68	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 3.0	Pedro Rodriguez, Sr.
73	Pete Brock	Lotus Eleven Sebring	Pete Brock
83	Tony Settember	Willment	Tony Settember
89	Ray Pickering	Lotus Mille Miglia	Ray Pickering
99	Skip Hudson	Ferrari - Maserati	Frank Arciero
109		Ferrari TR 2.5	Pabst Motor, Inc.
117	Bob Harris	Campbell Special	Bill Campbell-Keenan Wynn
118	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Lotus 15 Ferrari	Ecurie-LesMordus
172	Mickey Thompson	Kurtis - Cadillac	El Monte
177	Bill Leyden	Osca Le Mans	Bill Leyden
271	Jim Boxburger	Lotus Eleven	Moradyne Co.

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