Event: 5th Running Santa Barbara Road RacesDate: 18.3.1956
Track: Santa Barbara Airport Course (United States), 3.541 kmsOrganiser: California Sports Car Club

Santa Barbara [FP+GP]

Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTimeDistanceKm/hPos.Gr.
1st77Elliot Forbes-RobinsonMGAP. G. Gough1530:45.000053.1083 kms103.64181stFP
2nd4Bill PollackAlfa Romeo Giulietta SpyderClem Atwater1531:18.00002ndFP
3rd7Dan LevittMorgan Plus 4Dan Levitt1532:00.00001stEP
4th129John LawrenceMG TD Mk IIJohn Lawrence1532:29.00003rdFP
5th62John LumkinMG TFJ. E. Lumkin1532:34.00004thFP
6th160Robert BrighamMG TFRobert Brigham1532:35.00005thFP
7th228Taylor GaughPorsche 356 1600Taylor L. Gaugh. Jr.1532:39.00002ndEP
8th113Lew BrackerPorsche 356 Super 1600Morley Kasler1532:47.00003rdEP
9th1Robert SchulmanMGARobert C. Schulman1533:08.00006thFP
10th36Jean OddousMG TD Mk IIJean P. Oddous1430:48.00007thFP
11th84Bill DoushkessMG TF 1500Wm. Doushkess1430:52.00008thFP
12th237Sam TaylorMG TDSamuel E. Taylor1430:53.00009thFP
13th116Chuck SchroederMG TFCharles L. Schroeder1431:10.000010thFP
14th126Don BrauerMG TCDonald Brauer1431:11.000011thFP
15th211Hal BonneyMG TFHal Bonney1431:40.000012thFP
16th22Bob RheinMG TDBob Rhein1431:56.000013thFP
17th151Leon MillerSinger SM1500Leon Miller1431:57.000014thFP
18th110Worth WelchMG TF 1500Worth J. Welch1432:11.000015thFP
19th96Betty ShutesPorsche 356 ContinentalB. Hy J. Shutes1432:30.000016thFP
20th68Pete VanlawMG TDPete VanLaw1432:31.000017thFP
21st94Paul SeegerMG TF 1500Paul J. Seeger1432:36.000018thFP
22nd85Gordon HansonMG TDGordon Hanson1432:41.000019thFP
23rd10George TrevettMG TDGeorge Trevett1432:53.000020thFP
24th63Irving SilversteinMG TDIrving Silverstein1433:07.000021stFP
25th69Tom YearianMG TDTom Yearian1331:11.000022ndFP
26th185Robert WilsonMG TFRobert Wilson1331:30.000023rdFP
27th100C. H. AndersonMG TDKen E. Hawk1232:03.000024thFP
28th107Robert BrattonMG TF 1500Robert Bratton1232:33.000025thFP
29th122John R. MartinSinger SM1500John Martin1132:02.000026thFP

Disqualified:

No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTimeDistanceKm/hReasonGr.
153Robert ChamberlainMG TCJay Chamberlain1532:31.0000Non-productionFP

Did not finish:

No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTimeDistanceKm/hReasonGr.
8Joe PuckettTriumph TR2Joe PuckettAccidentEP
24Ed BarkerPorsche 356 Super SpeedsterEd BarkerAccidentFP
52William BenckMG TDWilliam BenckDNFFP
60George LachmanMG TDGeorges LachmanAccidentFP
118Paul J. MillerMG TDPaul J. Miller, Jr.AccidentFP
127Edward SeloverMG TDEd SeloverAccidentFP