Main Palm Springs [Sports] 1951 - Race Results

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Event:		Date: 28.10.1951
Track: Palm Springs (United States), 3.701 kms	Organiser: California Sports Car Club
Main Palm Springs [Sports]
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	3	Don Parkinson	Jaguar XK120 M	Don Parkinson	65	240.5969 kms		1^st	IC
2^nd	2Jr.	Bill Stroppe	MG TC V-8 60 Ford	Bill Cramer	65			1^st	S3.0
3^rd	2	Phil Hill	Jaguar XK120 Silverstone	Charles Hornburg	64			2^nd	IC
4^th	10	Hastings-Harcourt	Jaguar (modified)	Hastings-Harcourt	63			3^rd	IC
5^th	42	Bob Path	Siefried Mercury Special	Dick Siefried	62			1^st	S4.5
6^th	62	Roger Barlow	Simca Special	Roger Barlow	60			1^st	S1.5
7^th	11	John von Neumann	MG TD Special	John von Neumann	56		Out of fuel	2^nd	S1.5
8^th	20	John Barrows	Jaguar XK120	Irving Robbins	51
9^th	6	Chuck Manning	Mercury Special	Chuck Manning	47		Overheating
10^th	33	Randy McDougall	MG TD Special	R. McDougall	45		Run only Desert Trophy for 45 laps	3^rd	S1.5
11^th	111	John Biehl	MG TD Mk II	John Biehl	44
12^th	13	Sid. Ingram	MG TD Special	Bill Friedauer	42
13^th	77	Swartley	MG TC	Swartley	40
14^th	53	Tschirgi	Crosley	Tschirgi	40
15^th	66	Gerry Felnagle	MG TC	Gerry Felnagle	39
16^th	50	Sherwood Johnston	Jaguar XK120	Sherwood Johnston	36
17^th	9	Tracy Bird	Jaguar XK	Tracy Bird	32
18^th	37	Maple	MG TC s/c	Maple	29
19^th	17	Harold Erb	MG TC	Harold Erb	28
20^th	23	Al Coppel	MG TC Special	Alfred Coppel	27
21^st	43	John Cox	Morris Minor Special	Carl Ganschow	23
22^nd	88	Jack McAfee	MG TC Special s/c	John Edgar	11		Burnt piston
23^rd	63	Michael Graham	Allard J2 Cadilac	Chapman	8		Broken axle

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Laps	Reason
46			8	DNF
14			5	DNF
16			4	DNF
27			3	DNF
154			3	DNF
19			2	DNF
7	Carle Conway	Nash-Healey	1	Accident
12	Ken Flanders	Crosley	1	DNF
76			1	DNF

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
	Allard	Carsten
	Austin A40 Special	Bill Friedauer	Car not ready
Kimberly	Ferrari 340 America	Kimberly

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