Preliminary Pomona 1959 - Race Results

Event: First Annual Examiner International Grand Prix Road Races Romona		Date: 7.3.1959
Track: Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona (United States), 3.219 kms	Organiser: USAC
Preliminary Pomona
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Km/h	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	53	Bill Krause	Maserati 450S	Italia Motors, Inc.	10	137.7598	CM	1^st	+2000
	6	Chuck Daigh	Kurtis 500 Buick	Murphy Motors			BM	5^th	+2000
	59	Bob Oker	Aston Martin DBR2	Joe Lubin			CM	6^th	+2000
	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550A RS Spyder	Precision Motor Cars	10		EM	1^st	2000
	49	Bob Drake	Cooper Sports Climax	Joe Lubin	10		FM	2^nd	2000
	69	Dan Gurney	Ferrari 375 Plus	Frank Arciero	10		CM	2^nd	+2000
	16	Gordon Glyer	Ferrari 500 TR	Gordie Glyer	10		EM	3^rd	2000
	172	Jerry Unser	Kurtis 500X Cadillac	Mickey Thompson	10		BM	3^rd	+2000

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.
44	Frank Monise	Lotus Eleven	Frank Monise			Universal joint	GM	2000
249	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DBR2	Joe Lubin			Thrown rod on Saturday	DM	+2000

Started, result unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
184	Frank Livingstone	Eliminator Chevrolet Special	Frank S. Livingstone	CM	5^th	+2000
2	Harry Hanford	Osca TN 1500	Tim Considine	FM		2000
3	Bruce Kessler	Sadler Mk II Chevrolet	Nisonger Racing Team	CM		+2000
4	Paul O'Shea	Sadler Mk III Chevrolet	Nisonger Racing Team	BM		+2000
14	Jack Flaherty	Lister - Jaguar	Kjell Qvale	CM		+2000
21	Erv Lehr	Cooper - Porsche	Erv Lehr	EM		2000
27	Skip Conklin	Lotus Eleven Climax	Skip Conklin	FM		2000
29	Joe Playan	Porsche 550 RS Spyder	Joe Playan	FM		2000
38	Tony Bettenhausen	Ferrari 121 LM	Italia Motors, Inc.	CM		+2000
70	Balchowsky / Hauser	Old Yeller Mk.1 Buick Special	Fred Vogel	BM		+2000
74	Cliff Haworth	Porsche 550 Spyder	Pomona Sports Car, The Tender Trap	FM		2000
82	Wayne Weiler	Lister - Corvette	Fike Plumbing & Heating Co,	BM		+2000
83	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper - Climax	John Haggerty	FM		2000
87	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper - Climax	Harry Banta	FM		2000
88	Jim Rathmann	Ferrari 410 Sport	John Edgar	CM		+2000
92	Jerry Unser	Miller Hanson Special Oldsmobile	Miller-Hanson	BM		+2000
98	Carroll Shelby	Maserati 450S 5.7	John Edgar	BM		+2000
99	Skip Hudson	Ferrari 410 Sport	B & B International Race Team	CM		+2000
102	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 500 TRC	Jack Nethercutt	EM		2000
114	Jim Jeffords	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	John Stephani	BM		+2000
127	Ron Flockhart	Jaguar D-type	Frank Millard Sports Cars	CM		+2000
138	Chuck Howard	Maserati 200SI	Charles S. Howard III	EM		2000
155	Sam Weiss	Porsche 718 RSK	Int. Sports Cars	EM		2000
170	Ed Vincent	Ferrari 500 TR	Ed Vincent	EM		2000
181	George Amick	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Corvette	Chuck Porter	BM		+2000
204	Don Hulette	Chevrolet Corvette Special	Don Hulette	BM		+2000
245	J. E. Rose	Maserati 450S	Texas Racing Team	CM		+2000
246	Lloyd Ruby	Maserati 300S Chevrolet	Texas Racing Team	BM		+2000
273	Jim Hall	Lister - Chevrolet s/c	Carroll Shelby Sports Cars, Inc.	CM		+2000