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Road America 500 Miles 1957
Event:
Road America 500
Date:
8.9.1957
Track:
Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States)
, 6.437 kms
Organiser: Chicago Region SCCA
Road America 500 Miles
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
(round 9)
Weather:
unknown
Start time:
9:58
Grid:
unknown
Distance:
500 miles
Attendance:
30000
Entered:
68
Practiced:
unknown
Started:
52
Finished:
33
Classified:
33
Classes:
Start
Class
Class B - Sports
12
7
Class C - Sports
8
5
Class D - Sports
6
6
Class E - Sports
4
3
Class F - Sports
8
6
Class G - Sports
14
6
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Race Results
Race notes:
Staggered start was used. In practise, class B cars started first, 20 seconds later the C and D class cars were released, 20 seconds later class F, and so on.
Winners:
Overall:
41
Ferrari 315 Sport
Phil Hill
Class B - Sports:
85
W.B. Special
Cook / Durbin
Class D - Sports:
8
Maserati 300S
Carroll Shelby
Class E - Sports:
6
Ferrari 500 TR
Lunken / Kimberly
Class F - Sports:
69
Porsche 550 RS Spyder
Ed Crawford
Class G - Sports:
2
Lotus Mark X
Wyllie / Wyllie
Leaders:
laps 1-5:
22
Jaguar C-type Special
Robert Louden
laps 6-7:
58
Excalibur - Jaguar
Hal Ullrich
laps 8-25:
8
Maserati 300S
Carroll Shelby
laps 26-125:
41
Ferrari 315 Sport
Phil Hill
Fastest Laps:
Overall:
8
Maserati 300S
Carroll Shelby (USA)
139.047 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:
Porsche (8), Ferrari (6), Lotus (6), Jaguar (4), Chevrolet (4), Elva (4)
Top engines by numbers:
Porsche (8), Ferrari (6), Jaguar (6), Chevrolet (5), Maserati (2), Climax (2), BMC (2), Bristol (2)
Top car types by numbers:
Porsche 550 (7), Lotus Eleven (5), Chevrolet Corvette (4)
Driver nationalities:
USA (88), CDN (2), PR (2)
Team nationalities:
USA (50)
Engine positions:
front-engined (83%), mid-engined (17%)
Oldest known drivers:
Briggs Cunningham (50), Jim Kimberly (50), George Constantine (39)
Youngest known drivers:
Howie Fairbanks (22), Augie Pabst (24), Ruth Levy (27)
Female drivers:
Ruth Levy, Denise McCluggage, Evelyn Mull, Margaret Wyllie
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