USAC Road Racing Championship Pomona 1959 - Grid

Event: First Annual Examiner International Grand Prix Road Races Romona		Date: 8.3.1959
Track: Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona (United States), 3.219 kms	Organiser: USAC
USAC Road Racing Championship Pomona
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 1) West Coast Championship (round 2)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	69	Dan Gurney	Ferrari 375 Plus	Frank Arciero	1:20.1550
2^nd	172	Jerry Unser	Kurtis KK500X Cadillac	Mickey Thompson	1:21.2380
3^rd	6	Chuck Daigh	Kurtis 500 Buick	Murphy Motors	1:21.4600
4^th	70	Max Balchowsky	Old Yeller Mk.1 Buick Special	Fred Vogel	1:21.6600
5^th	53	Bill Krause	Maserati 450S	Italia Motors, Inc.	1:21.8370
6^th	98	Carroll Shelby	Maserati 450S 5.7	John Edgar	1:22.2740
7^th	246	Lloyd Ruby	Maserati 300S Chevrolet	Texas Racing Team	1:22.5550
8^th	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550A RS Spyder	Precision Motor Cars	1:23.0800
9^th	181	George Amick	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Corvette	Chuck Porter	1:22.7800
10^th	204	Don Hulette	Chevrolet Corvette Special	Don Hulette	1:23.4000
11^th	155	Sam Weiss	Porsche 718 RSK	Int. Sports Cars	1:23.2600
12^th	82	Wayne Weiler	Lister - Corvette	Fike Plumbing & Heating Co,	1:23.3200
13^th	245	J. E. Rose	Maserati 450S	Texas Racing Team	1:23.4000
14^th	4	Paul O'Shea	Sadler Mk III Chevrolet	Nisonger Racing Team	1:23.6000
15^th	127	Ron Flockhart	Jaguar D-type	Frank Millard Sports Cars	1:23.6350
16^th	114	Jim Jeffords	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	John Stephani	1:23.7550
17^th	14	Jack Flaherty	Lister - Jaguar	Kjell Qvale	1:24.0200
18^th	184	Frank Livingstone	Eliminator Chevrolet Special	Frank S. Livingstone	1:24.3750
19^th	170	Ed Vincent	Ferrari 500 TR	Ed Vincent	1:24.5100
20^th	21	Erv Lehr	Cooper - Porsche	Erv Lehr	1:24.5380
21^st	99	Skip Hudson	Ferrari 410 Sport	B & B International Race Team	1:24.6300
22^nd	2	Harry Hanford	Osca TN 1500	Tim Considine	1:24.8700
23^rd	29	Joe Playan	Porsche 550 RS Spyder	Joe Playan	1:25.0700
24^th	88	Jim Rathmann	Ferrari 410 Sport	John Edgar	1:25.1100
25^th	16	Gordon Glyer	Ferrari 500 TR	Gordie Glyer	1:25.1450
26^th	49	Bob Drake	Cooper Sports Climax	Joe Lubin	1:25.1700
27^th	83	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper - Climax	John Haggerty	1:25.2500
28^th	273	Jim Hall	Lister - Chevrolet s/c	Carroll Shelby Sports Cars, Inc.	1:25.9000
29^th	44	Frank Monise	Lotus Eleven	Frank Monise	1:26.0650
30^th	102	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 500 TRC	Jack Nethercutt	1:26.2200
31^st	87	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper - Climax	Harry Banta	1:26.7200
32^nd	74	Cliff Haworth	Porsche 550 Spyder	Pomona Sports Car, The Tender Trap	1:26.8500
33^rd	244	Bob Schroeder	Maserati	Texas Racing Team	1:26.8800
34^th	59	Bob Oker	Aston Martin DBR2	Joe Lubin	1:27.1700
35^th	27	Roy Salvadori	Lotus Eleven Climax	Skip Conklin	1:27.2760
36^th	38	Tony Bettenhausen	Ferrari 121 LM	Italia Motors, Inc.	1:28.3300
37^th	3	Bruce Kessler	Sadler Mk II Chevrolet	Nisonger Racing Team	1:28.3700

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
249	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DBR2	Joe Lubin
9	Bill Cantrell	Meyer-Drake Special	Mar-Chris Co.
138	Chuck Howard	Maserati 200SI	Charles S. Howard III
171	Hal Ullrich	Maserati 450S	Donald D. Perkins
165	Mark Cummings	Cummings Corvette Special	Mark Cummings
275	John Dixon	Maserati A6GCS	Joe De Muniz
711	Bill Dixon	Kurtis 500KK Chrysler	Bill Dixon
93	Floyd Burt	Buick Special	Floyd Burt
212	Loyal Katskee	Ferrari	Loyal Katskee
77	Bill Leyden	Osca TN 1500 Le Mans	Bill Leyden
227	Leon Robertson	Porsche 550	Leon Robertson
26	Bud Hand	MG Special	Bud Hand
271	Reg Wilson	Volvo Special	John Hirsh
35	Harvey Simon	MG Fiat Special	Bill Barnett
32	Ray Pickering	Lotus Mark IX MG	Bob Challman
92	Jerry Unser	Miller Hanson Special Oldsmobile	Miller-Hanson

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
8	Bob Schroeder	Ferrari	Bob Schroeder
18	Carlyle Blackwell	Jaguar D-type	Carlyle Blackwell
28	Ray Crawford	Zidar Special Chevrolet	Joe Zidar
39		Ferrari	Italia Motors, Inc.
117	Harry Hanford	Hanford - Offenhauser	Harry C. Hanford
169	Jack Gleghorn	Plass Minstral MG Special 6	Loa Angeles Sports Car Service
211	Jack Graham	Aston Martin	Jack Graham
222	John Biehl	Maserati	Ecurie Trans World
229	Clem Proctor	Cooper Special Mk II Chevrolet	Clem Proctor
243	Don Wester	Porsche 550 Spyder	Don P. Weston
	Jean Behra	Ferrari
	Pete Lovely	Lotus 15
	Ralph Ormsbee	HWM Chevrolet
	Ak Miller	Devin Special Oldsmobile
	Richie Ginther	Ferrari 335 Sport
	Bill Love	Ferrari - Corvette
	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari 3.5
	Dick Morgensen	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58
	Tom Meehan	Cooper - Porsche
	Frank Becker	Ferrari 500 TRC
	George Keck	Porsche 550 RS