USAC Road Racing Championship Pomona 1959 - Race Results

Event: First Annual Examiner International Grand Prix Road Races Romona		Date: 8.3.1959
Track: Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona (United States), 3.219 kms	Organiser: USAC
USAC Road Racing Championship Pomona
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 1) West Coast Championship (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550A RS Spyder	Precision Motor Cars	75	1:44:58.0000	241.4016 kms	138.0817	1^st	EM	1^st	2000
2^nd	155	Sam Weiss	Porsche 718 RSK	Int. Sports Cars	75	1:45:33.0000			2^nd	EM	2^nd	2000
3^rd	99	Skip Hudson	Ferrari 410 Sport	B & B International Race Team	75	1:45:34.0000			1^st	CM	1^st	+2000
4^th	53	Bill Krause	Maserati 450S	Italia Motors, Inc.	74	1:45:29.0000			2^nd	CM	2^nd	+2000
5^th	246	Lloyd Ruby	Maserati 300S Chevrolet	Texas Racing Team	74	1:45:55.0000			1^st	BM	3^rd	+2000
6^th	16	Gordon Glyer	Ferrari 500 TR	Gordie Glyer	74	1:45:57.0000			3^rd	EM	3^rd	2000
7^th	29	Joe Playan	Porsche 550 RS Spyder	Joe Playan	73	1:45:01.0000			1^st	FM	4^th	2000
8^th	6	Chuck Daigh	Kurtis 500 Buick	Murphy Motors	73	1:45:27.0000			2^nd	BM	4^th	+2000
9^th	170	Ed Vincent	Ferrari 500 TR	Ed Vincent	72	1:46:09.0000			4^th	EM	5^th	2000
10^th	74	Cliff Haworth	Porsche 550 Spyder	Pomona Sports Car, The Tender Trap	70	1:45:13.0000			2^nd	FM	6^th	2000
11^th	184	Frank Livingstone	Eliminator Chevrolet Special	Frank S. Livingstone	70	1:45:28.0000			3^rd	CM	5^th	+2000
12^th	102	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 500 TRC	Jack Nethercutt	69	1:46:00.0000			5^th	EM	7^th	2000
13^th	44	Frank Monise	Lotus Eleven	Frank Monise	67	1:45:39.0000			1^st	GM	8^th	2000
14^th	49	Bob Drake	Cooper Sports Climax	Joe Lubin	52	1:46:39.0000			3^rd	FM	9^th	2000

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	Div.
69	Dan Gurney	Ferrari 375 Plus	Frank Arciero		Camshaft	CM	+2000
172	Jerry Unser	Kurtis KK500X Cadillac	Mickey Thompson		Battery	BM	+2000
181	George Amick	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Corvette	Chuck Porter		Drive shaft	BM	+2000
82	Wayne Weiler	Lister - Corvette	Fike Plumbing & Heating Co,		Rear end	BM	+2000
204	Don Hulette	Chevrolet Corvette Special	Don Hulette		Piston	BM	+2000
245	J. E. Rose	Maserati 450S	Texas Racing Team		DNF	CM	+2000
4	Paul O'Shea	Sadler Mk III Chevrolet	Nisonger Racing Team		Withdrawn	BM	+2000
127	Ron Flockhart	Jaguar D-type	Frank Millard Sports Cars		Con rod	CM	+2000
114	Jim Jeffords	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	John Stephani		Fuel injection	BM	+2000
14	Jack Flaherty	Lister - Jaguar	Kjell Qvale		DNF	CM	+2000
21	Erv Lehr	Cooper - Porsche	Erv Lehr		DNF	EM	2000
2	Harry Hanford	Osca TN 1500	Tim Considine		Engine	FM	2000
88	Jim Rathmann	Ferrari 410 Sport	John Edgar		Overheating	CM	+2000
83	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper - Climax	John Haggerty		Carburetor	FM	2000
273	Jim Hall	Lister - Chevrolet s/c	Carroll Shelby Sports Cars, Inc.		Overheating	CM	+2000
87	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper - Climax	Harry Banta		Suspension	FM	2000
244	Bob Schroeder	Maserati	Texas Racing Team		DNF	DM	2000
59	Bob Oker	Aston Martin DBR2	Joe Lubin		Ignition	CM	+2000
27	Salvadori	Lotus Eleven Climax	Skip Conklin		Hub	FM	2000
38	Tony Bettenhausen	Ferrari 121 LM	Italia Motors, Inc.		Clutch	CM	+2000
98	Carroll Shelby	Maserati 450S 5.7	John Edgar	17	Brakes	BM	+2000
70	Max Balchowsky	Old Yeller Mk.1 Buick Special	Fred Vogel	9	Engine	BM	+2000
3	Bruce Kessler	Sadler Mk II Chevrolet	Nisonger Racing Team	9	Accident	CM	+2000

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
249	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DBR2	Joe Lubin	Thrown rod on Saturday	DM	+2000
138	Chuck Howard	Maserati 200SI	Charles S. Howard III	Half shaft in preliminary	EM	2000
92	Jerry Unser	Miller Hanson Special Oldsmobile	Miller-Hanson	Transmission	BM	+2000

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
9	Bill Cantrell	Meyer-Drake Special	Mar-Chris Co.	EM	2000
171	Hal Ullrich	Maserati 450S	Donald D. Perkins	CM	+2000
165	Mark Cummings	Cummings Corvette Special	Mark Cummings	CM	+2000
275	John Dixon	Maserati A6GCS	Joe De Muniz	EM	2000
711	Bill Dixon	Kurtis 500KK Chrysler	Bill Dixon	BM	+2000
93	Floyd Burt	Buick Special	Floyd Burt	CM	+2000
212	Loyal Katskee	Ferrari	Loyal Katskee	CM	+2000
77	Bill Leyden	Osca TN 1500 Le Mans	Bill Leyden	FM	2000
227	Leon Robertson	Porsche 550	Leon Robertson	FM	2000
26	Bud Hand	MG Special	Bud Hand	FM	2000
271	Reg Wilson	Volvo Special	John Hirsh	EM	2000
35	Harvey Simon	MG Fiat Special	Bill Barnett	FM	2000
32	Ray Pickering	Lotus Mark IX MG	Bob Challman	FM	2000

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
8	Bob Schroeder	Ferrari	Bob Schroeder	CM	+2000
18	Carlyle Blackwell	Jaguar D-type	Carlyle Blackwell	CM	+2000
28	Ray Crawford	Zidar Special Chevrolet	Joe Zidar	BM	+2000
39		Ferrari	Italia Motors, Inc.	CM	+2000
117	Harry Hanford	Hanford - Offenhauser	Harry C. Hanford	EM	2000
169	Jack Gleghorn	Plass Minstral MG Special 6	Loa Angeles Sports Car Service	FM	2000
211	Jack Graham	Aston Martin	Jack Graham	DM	+2000
222	John Biehl	Maserati	Ecurie Trans World	EM	2000
229	Clem Proctor	Cooper Special Mk II Chevrolet	Clem Proctor	BM	+2000
243	Don Wester	Porsche 550 Spyder	Don P. Weston	FM	2000
	Richie Ginther	Ferrari 335 Sport			+2000
	Bill Love	Ferrari - Corvette			+2000
	Dick Morgensen	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58			+2000
	Jean Behra	Ferrari
	George Keck	Porsche 550 RS		FM	2000
	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari 3.5			+2000
	Tom Meehan	Cooper - Porsche			2000
	Frank Becker	Ferrari 500 TRC			2000
	Ak Miller	Devin Special Oldsmobile			+2000
	Pete Lovely	Lotus 15			2000
	Ralph Ormsbee	HWM Chevrolet			+2000