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Event: 2nd Annual Sacramento Sports Car Road RacesDate: 30.9.1956
Track: Sacramento (United States), 3.380 kmsOrganiser: unknown

Sacramento - Modified over 1500 cc
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:35 laps
Attendance:15000
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Started:26
Finished:18
Classified:18
Classes:Class
Class B - Modified1
Class C - Modified6
Class D - Modified4
Class E - Modified4
Class F - Modified3
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Pre-race sessions:
5-lap qualifying race hold on Saturday
Winners:
Overall:16Kurtis - BuickBill Murphy
Class C - Modified:68Jaguar XK140 MCJim Woods
Class D - Modified:211Ferrari 500 Mondial 3.0Richie Ginther
Class E - Modified:59AC Ace BristolBob Oker
Class F - Modified:55Porsche 550 SpyderSam Weiss
Pole Positions:
Overall:108Kurtis - CadillacLou Brero (USA)
Class B - Modified:16Kurtis - BuickBill Murphy (USA)
Class C - Modified:99Maserati A6GCS ChevroletBob Gillespie (USA)
Class D - Modified:211Ferrari 500 Mondial 3.0Richie Ginther (USA)
Class E - Modified:73Ferrari 500 TRMasten Gregory (USA)
Class F - Modified:50Porsche 550 SpyderKen Miles (GB)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Austin-Healey (4), Jaguar (4), Ferrari (3), Kurtis Kraft (2), Porsche (2), Aston Martin (2), Frazer Nash (2)
Top engines by numbers:Jaguar (4), Ferrari (3), Porsche (3), Bristol (3), BMC (3), Chevrolet (3)
Top car types by numbers:Porsche 550 (2), Aston Martin DB3S (2), Ferrari 500 TR (2)
Driver nationalities:USA (25)
Team nationalities:USA (26)
Engine positions:front-engined (88%), mid-engined (12%)
Oldest known drivers:Lou Brero (48), Ken Miles (38), John von Neumann (35)
Youngest known drivers:Masten Gregory (24), Richie Ginther (26), Pete Lovely (30)
Female drivers:Marion Lowe

Official Race Programme:

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