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Event: Date: 19.8.1956
Track: Paramount Ranch Race Course (United States), 3.219 kmsOrganiser: California Sports Car Club

Paramount Ranch [S+1.5]
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:1 hour
Attendance:unknown
Entered:48
Practiced:unknown
Qualified:32
Started:32
Finished:22
Classified:22
Classes:StartClass
Class B - Modified22
Class C - Modified43
Class D - Modified32
Class E - Modified53
Class F - Modified32
Class G - Modified11
Class C - Production43
Class D - Production21
Class E - Production85
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Race notes:
Race opened to first 15 cars from production, modified under and over 3000 cc races, first 5 cars from consolation race and first three in each class from all four races if not qualified otherwise.
Winners:
Overall:130Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti SpyderHarrison Evans
Class B - Modified:70Morgensen Special RDXEric Hauser
Class C - Modified:22Jaguar D-typeBill Krause
Class E - Modified:124Frazer Nash Le Mans ReplicaJim Firestone
Class F - Modified:211Porsche 550 SpyderRichie Ginther
Class G - Modified:55Lotus Mark VI ClimaxFrank Monise
Class C - Production:39Jaguar XK120 MRobert Will
Class D - Production:137Mercedes-Benz 300 SLJohn Colombero
Class E - Production:253Porsche 356 Super SpeedsterRuth Levy
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Jaguar (8), Porsche (5), Triumph (4), Mercedes-Benz (3), Morgan (3)
Top engines by numbers:Jaguar (8), Triumph (8), Porsche (6), Mercedes-Benz (3), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (3), Porsche 356 (3), Morgan Plus 4 (3), Triumph TR2 (3), Jaguar XK120 (3)
Driver nationalities:USA (32)
Team nationalities:USA (32)
Engine positions:front-engined (82%), rear-engined (10%), mid-engined (8%)
Average engine size:2613 cc
Oldest known drivers:Bob Drake (32), Richie Ginther (26), Ruth Levy (26)
Youngest known drivers:Bob Bondurant (23), Ruth Levy (26), Richie Ginther (26)
Female drivers:Ruth Levy

Official Race Programme:

CoverEntry ListScheduleTrack Map
Programme Cover - Paramount Ranch [S+1.5] 1956Entry List - Paramount Ranch [S+1.5] 1956Schedule of Events - Paramount Ranch [S+1.5] 1956Track Map - Paramount Ranch [S+1.5] 1956