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Event: Road America 500Date: 12.9.1959
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kmsOrganiser: Chicago Region SCCA

SCCA National Road America - Classes: BP+CP+DP+EP+FP
Weather:unknown
Start time:14:30
Grid:unknown
Distance:160 miles
Attendance:unknown
Entered:61
Practiced:unknown
Started:45
Finished:33
Classified:33
Classes:StartClass
Class B - Production84
Class C - Production76
Class D - Production53
Class E - Production1411
Class F - Production119
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Pre-race sessions:
3 practice sessions held for a total of 210 minutes on 11-12/9
Winners:
Overall:2Chevrolet CorvetteJim Jeffords
Class C - Production:47Mercedes-Benz 300 SLWayne Burnett
Class D - Production:24Austin-HealeyFrank Opalka
Class E - Production:73AC - BristolFritz Taylor
Class F - Production:0Porsche 356 Carrera GTChuck Rickert
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:AC (10), Chevrolet (8), Jaguar (6), MG (6), Porsche (5), Austin-Healey (5)
Top engines by numbers:Bristol (12), BMC (11), Chevrolet (8), Jaguar (6), Porsche (5)
Top car types by numbers:Chevrolet Corvette (8), MG A (6), Porsche 356 (5)
Driver nationalities:USA (45)
Team nationalities:USA (42)
Engine positions:front-engined (88%), rear-engined (12%)
Oldest known drivers:Bob Johnson (32), Dave Causey (29)
Youngest known drivers:Dave Causey (29), Bob Johnson (32)

Official Race Programme:

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