Event: Date: 18.8.1956
Track: Paramount Ranch Race Course (United States), 3.219 kmsOrganiser: California Sports Car Club

Preliminary Paramount Ranch [BM+CM+DM+EM]

Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTimeDistanceKm/hPos.Gr.
1st70Eric HauserMorgensen Special RDXMax Balchowsky1016:48.000032.1869 kms114.90721stBM
2nd27Bill KrauseJaguar D-typeA. R. Krause1016:51.00001stCM
3rd130Harrison EvansFerrari 750 Monza Scaglietti SpyderHarrison Evans1017:14.00001stDM
4th5Hal DoldenSparks Bonney SpecialMichael Kingsley1017:15.00002ndBM
5th181Chuck PorterMercedes-Benz 300 SLChuck Porter1017:23.00002ndDM
6th170Harold ErbJaguar D-typeR. V. Milosevich1017:59.00002ndCM
7th249Bob DrakeFerrari 166 MMFrank Arciero1018:04.00001stEM
8th59Bob OkerMorgan Plus 4Ed Savin1018:05.00002ndEM
9th149Ed KretzTriumph TR2Ed Kretz1018:06.00003rdDM
10th124Jim FirestoneFrazer Nash Le Mans ReplicaJim Firestone916:50.00003rdEM
11th173Richard SeageTriumph TR2Dick Seage917:46.00004thEM

Did not finish:

No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTimeDistanceKm/hReasonGr.
1Bill LeydenTriumph TR2 SpecialBill LeydenBrakesEM
14Alex BudurinKurtis - ThunderbirdAlexander A. BudurinClutchCM
359William BinneyDoretti SpecialWilliam BinneyLost wheelEM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.DriversCarEntrantReasonGr.
9Bill FriedauerAustin-Healey 100SWilliam FriedauerDM
21Bruce KesslerAston MartinJoe LubinDM
36Cal NidayKurtis - BuickBill MurphyBM
51Fred WoodwardJaguar SpecialFred WoodwardCM
54Jack DouglasJaguar D-typeJack DouglasCM
200Don HuletteTriumph TR3Dorothy DeenDM