Preliminary Santa Barbara [FM+GM+HM+FIII] 1956 - Race Results

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Event: 6th Running Santa Barbara Road Races		Date: 1.9.1956
Track: Santa Barbara (United States), 3.541 kms	Organiser: California Sports Car Club
Preliminary Santa Barbara [FM+GM+HM+FIII]
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550 Spyder	John von Neumann	12	22:08.0000	42.4867 kms	114.8267	1^st	FM
2^nd	211	Richie Ginther	Porsche 550 Spyder		12	22:09.0000			2^nd	FM
3^rd	118	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Porsche 550 Spyder	Al Hoskins	12	22:29.0000			3^rd	FM
4^th	159	William Eschrich	Lotus Mark IX Porsche		12	22:54.0000			4^th	FM
5^th	00	George Buchanan	Osca MT4 1500		12	22:55.0000			5^th	FM
6^th	56	Troy McHenry	Porsche 550 Spyder		12	23:12.0000			6^th	FM
7^th	169	John Porter	Porsche 550 Spyder		12	23:13.0000			7^th	FM
8^th	8	Norris Miller	MG Special		12	23:23.0000			8^th	FM
9^th	55	Jean Oddous	Lotus Mark VI		12	23:24.0000			1^st	GM
10^th	161	Charles Willis	Lotus Mark IX		12	23:34.0000			2^nd	GM
11^th	26	Alan Kerns	MG Special		11	22:28.0000			9^th	FM
12^th	119	Robert Plass	MG Special		11	23:35.0000			10^th	FM
13^th	165	Jack Wilder	Nichols - Panhard		11	23:45.0000			1^st	HM
14^th	142	Manuel Betes	Seifried Crosley		11	23:56.0000			2^nd	HM
15^th	58	Edward Parker	Renault Special		11	24:02.0000			3^rd	HM
16^th	126	James Royle	MGA		11	24:07.0000			11^th	FM
17^th	333	David Smith	Moretti Coupe		11	24:09.0000			4^th	HM
18^th	75	Arden Stevens	Panhard Special		10	22:16.0000			3^rd	GM
19^th	32	Robert Holbrook	Crosley Special		10	22:18.0000			5^th	HM
20^th	128	Douglas Snow	Nichols - Panhard		10	22:19.0000			4^th	GM
21^st	34	C. K. Enoch	Crosley Special		10	22:31.0000			6^th	HM
22^nd	114	Stan Bucklein	Nichols - Panhard		10	22:53.0000			5^th	GM
23^rd	111	Hal Landaker	Fiat		10	23:11.0000			6^th	GM
24^th	150	Ernest Kelly	VW Ghia Porsche		9	22:17.0000			12^th	FM
25^th	79	John Sousa	MG Special		9	22:32.0000			13^th	FM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Reason	Gr.
14	Dave Thormin	Thormin Special	Magneto	FIII
37	Dusty Miller	Triumph Special	Brakes	HM
40	Clarence Raville	Riviera Special Porsche	Shifting	FM
41	John Timanus	Lotus	Engine	FM
57	W. R. Turner	Porsche 550 Spyder	Clutch	FM
68	Terry Lamoureux	Nonpareil	Exhaust pipe	FIII
73	Perry Peron	Nichols Panhard Special	Cylinder	HM
99	Lars Peter Jacobsen	MG NA	Brakes	FM
101	Harry Morrow	Cooper Mk V	Clutch	FIII
104	Dick Trimble	Cooper Mk VI	Piston	FIII
140	John Biehl	JRB Moretti	Valve	HM
149	Robert Sutton	Siata Spyder	Out of fuel	GM
164	Noble Bishop	Crosley Special	Clutch	HM
212	Stuart Dane	Dane - Triumph	Gear shift lever broken	FIII

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