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Event: United States Grand Prix Sports Cars RiversideDate: 11.10.1959
Track: Riverside International Raceway (United States), 5.271 kmsOrganiser: USAC

Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:200 miles
Attendance:75000
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Qualified:30
Started:30
Finished:13
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Race notes:
The race was stopped after the starting accident. It was then restarted after 35 minutes.
Pre-race sessions:
1 consolation race held
Winners:
Overall:2Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59Phil Hill
Pole Positions:
Overall:211Ferrari 412 MIRichie Ginther
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Ferrari (9), Porsche (4), Aston Martin (3), Maserati (2), Lister (2), Scarab (2), Jaguar (2)
Top engines by numbers:Ferrari (10), Chevrolet (9), Porsche (4), Maserati (2)
Top car types by numbers:Ferrari 250 TR (4), Porsche 718 (4), Maserati 450S (2), Scarab Mk II (2), Ferrari 121 LM (2), Aston Martin DB3S (2)
Driver nationalities:USA (27), GB (2)
Team nationalities:USA (28)
Engine positions:front-engined (86%), mid-engined (14%)
Oldest known drivers:Bill Cantrell (51), Loyal Katskee (45), Ken Miles (41)
Youngest known drivers:Ricardo Rodriguez (17), Augie Pabst (26), Dan Gurney (28)
Female drivers:Josie von Neumann

Official Race Programme:

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