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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 [FM+GM+HM]
West Coast Championship (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	118	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Porsche 550 Spyder	Albert T. Hosking	35	1:18:47.7000	152.0830 kms	116.0337	1^st	FM
2^nd	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550 Spyder	John von Neumann	35	1:18:52.2000			2^nd	FM
3^rd	88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 550 Spyder	John Edgar	35	1:18:58.4000			3^rd	FM
4^th	169	John Porter	Porsche 550 Spyder	Menagerie Aardvark	34	1:20:51.0000			4^th	FM
5^th	152	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus Mark IX	Jay Chamberlain	33	1:19:32.0000			1^st	GM
6^th	55	Ed Freutel	Lotus Mark VI Climax	Edward C. Freutel, Jr.	32	1:19:30.0000			2^nd	GM
7^th	75	W. R. Turner	Porsche 550 Spyder	W. R. Turner	32	1:19:41.0000			5^th	FM
8^th	5	Dusty Miller	MG Special		32	1:20:37.0000			6^th	FM
9^th	00	George Buchanan	Lotus		31	1:19:01.0000			3^rd	GM
10^th	23	John Timanus	MG TC Special	John T. Timanus	30	1:19:37.0000			7^th	FM
11^th	188	Jack Duff	Panhard Special	Jack S. Duff	29	1:19:42.0000			1^st	HM
12^th	97	William Scott	MG TD	William A. Scott	29	1:20:32.0000			8^th	FM
13^th	171	Ben Brown	Abarth	Ben B. Brown	27	1:20:57.0000			4^th	GM
14^th	42	John P. Young	Young Special	Dr. John P. Young	27	1:19:02.0000			2^nd	HM
15^th	157	Tommy Jamieson	Crosley Special	Thomas N. Jamieson	25	1:20:39.0000			3^rd	HM
16^th	32	Robert Holbrook	Crosley Special	Robert K. Holbrook	24	1:19:36.0000			4^th	HM
17^th	37	Don Miller	Crosley Special	C. K. Enoch	19	1:20:55.0000			5^th	HM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
1	William Bell	Osca MT4 1500 Le Mans	Harry A. Chapman					Accident	FM
2	Phil Hill	Porsche 550	John von Neumann					Shifting fork bent	FM
4	Clarence Raville	MG TC	Clarence A. Raville					Oil leak	FM
17	Bob Gillespie	Ermini Roadster	James A. Orr					Water leak	GM
30	Tracy Bird	Crosley Roadster Special	Chalmers Hall					Ignition & broken header pipe	HM
45	Paul Winters	Halliday - Renault	Dr. Paul Winters					DNF	HM
56	Troy McHenry	Porsche 550	Dr. Troy L. McHenry					Accident	FM
85	Carroll Shelby	Maserati 150S	Tony Parravano					Gearbox	FM
89	Edward Boyd	MG TD Special	Dr. Edward A. Boyd					Oil leak	GM
108	Cy Yedor	Porsche 550	Albert T. Hosking					Clutch	FM
117	Chick Leson	Osca MT4 1500	Chick Leson					Oil leak	FM
159	William Eschrich	Eschrich Special	Dr. W. F. Eschrish					Losing oil	FM
179	Bob Path	Lotus Mark VI Offenhauser	Alan Le May					Transmission	FM
214	Karl Brigandi	MG TF 1500	Dr. Karl Brigandi					Rod bearing inserts	FM
222	Jerry Richards	Richards Special	Gerald Richards					Spun out	GM
242	Manuel Betes	Crosley Special	Dick Siefried, Sr.					Valve	HM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
11	John von Neumann	Porsche 550	John von Neumann		FM
91	Harvey Mayer	Devin - Panhard	Harvey M. Mayer		GM
96	Bill Thomas	Porsche 550	Bill D. Thomas		FM
145	Marion Playan	Playan Special	Marion J. Playan		FM
176	Ernie McAfee	Moretti	William Doheny		HM

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