Palm Springs [BM+CM+DM+EM] 1956 - Race Results

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Event: 10th Running Palm Springs Sports Car Races		Date: 26.2.1956
Track: Palm Springs Airport (United States), 4.345 kms	Organiser: Los Angeles Region SCCA
Palm Springs [BM+CM+DM+EM]
West Coast Championship (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	185	Shelby	Ferrari 410 Sport	Tony Parravano	35	1:14:34.3000	152.0830 kms	122.31	1^st	CM
2^nd	98	Jack McAfee	Ferrari 857 S	John Edgar	35	1:15:24.0000			2^nd	CM
3^rd	47	Bill Murphy	Kurtis - Buick	Bill Murphy	35	1:15:27.0000			1^st	BM
4^th	130	Harrison Evans	Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder	Harrison Evans	34	1:15:05.0000			1^st	DM
5^th	63	Ignacio Lozano	Jaguar D-type	Charles H. Hornburg, Jr.	34	1:16:14.0000			3^rd	CM
6^th	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550 Spyder	John von Neumann	33	1:15:44.0000			1^st	FM
7^th	151	Fred Woodward	Jaguar Special	Fred Woodward	32	1:15:01.0000			4^th	CM
8^th	64	Fred Knoop	Austin-Healey	Fred Knoop	31	1:15:13.0000			2^nd	DM
9^th	9	Bob Drake	Ferrari 166 MM	Frank Arciero	31	1:15:36.0000			1^st	EM
10^th	46	Dick Morgensen	Morgensen Special	R. C. Morgensen	31	1:15:40.8000			2^nd	BM
11^th	125	Cy Yedor	Bristol Special	Jose Rosan, Jr.	30	1:14:44.0000			2^nd	EM
12^th	54	Jack Douglas	Jaguar C-type	Jack Douglas	30	1:14:57.0000			5^th	CM
13^th	154	William Leach	Allard J2	H. Douglas Baney	30	1:16:14.0000			3^rd	BM
14^th	149	Bill Knowe	Triumph TR2	Nick Pastor					3^rd	DM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
14	Alex Budurin	Kurtis 500S	A. A. Budurin	Burned piston	CM
40	Bob Smith	Kurtis 500S	Bob Smith	Blacked-flagged: not senior driver	BM
70	Max Balchowsky	Doretti - Buick	Max Balchowsky	Fan belt	BM
111	Tom Bamford	Ferrari 375 MM	James E. Chapman	Oil leak	CM
118	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Porsche 550 Spyder	Albert T. Hosking	DNF	FM
700	Pete Woods	Jaguar D-type	Pearce Woods	Shock absorbers failure	CM

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
2	Phil Hill	Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder	John von Neumann		DM
61	Bill Pringle	Austin-Healey 100S	P. G. Pringle		DM
76	Ernie McAfee	Ferrari 121 LM	William Doheny		CM
133	Jerry Austin	Jaguar D-type	Jerry Austin	Accident in practice	CM
172	Dabney Collins	Ferrari 750 Monza	Temple H. Buell	Magneto drive in practice	DM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
35	Frank Valdez	Kurtis - Lincoln	Ray Crawford	BM
51	Bob Weller	MG TC V8-60	Bob Weller	DM
134	Ken Mace	Wildfire - Cadillac	Ken Mace	BM

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