Torrey Pines - Sports over 1500cc 1955 - Race Results

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Event: Sixth Running Torrey Pines Road Races		Date: 23.10.1955
Track: Torrey Pines (United States), 4.345 kms	Organiser: California Sport Car Club
Torrey Pines - Sports over 1500cc
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	20	Bill Murphy	Kurtis - Buick	Bill Murphy	26	1:01:30.0000	112.9759 kms	110.24	1^st	BM
2^nd	138	Chuck Daigh	Troutman-Barnes Special	Troutman-Barnes	26	1:01:31.0000			1^st	CM
3^rd	98	Jack McAfee	Ferrari 375 Plus Scaglietti Spyder	John Edgar	26	1:03:29.0000			2^nd	CM
4^th	149	Ed Kretz	Triumph TR2	Ed Kretz	25	1:02:52.0000			1^st	DM
5^th	146	Wally Edwards	Edwards Special		25	1:02:55.0000			2^nd	BM
6^th	102	William Rowley	Nardi Coupe Chevrolet	Wm. N. Rowley	25	1:03:22.0000			3^rd	CM
7^th	120	Klaus Bythiner	Allard J2X	Klaus F. J. Bythiner	24	1:01:43.0000			3^rd	BM
8^th	10	Robert Sawyer	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	Robert H. Sawyer	24	1:01:45.0000			1^st	EM
9^th	184	John McLaughlin	Arnolt-Bristol	John Williamson	24	1:02:04.0000			2^nd	EM
10^th	129	Dan Gurney	Triumph TR2		24	1:03:08.0000			3^rd	EM
11^th	36	Rodney Scholtes	Austin-Healey 100	Rod Scholtes	21	1:04:34.0000			2^nd	DM
12^th	104	Jim Firestone	Triumph TR2	James R. Firestone	20	1:02:11.0000			4^th	EM
13^th	53	Bill Knowe	Triumph TR2	Bill Knowe	20	1:04:02.0000			3^rd	DM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
21	Bob Murphy	Lincoln Mercury	Wm. Gussenbauer		DNF	CM
27	Gerald Carpenter	Fibreglass Home Built Mercury	Gerald Carpenter		DNF	CM
58					DNF	CM
67	Terry Hall	Ferrari Spyder	Terry Hall		DNF	EM
130	Harrison Evans	Jaguar C-type	Harrison Evans		Thrown connecting rod	CM
1	Tom Bamford	Allard - Cadillac	Tom Bamford	21	DNF	CM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
16	Fred Van Beuren	Ford DeSoto Special	Fred T. Van Beuren		CM
18	Carlyle Blackwell	Jaguar XK120C	Carlyle Blackwell		CM
29	Harvey Mayer	Ferrari 166 MM/53 3.0	Gary B. Laughlin		DM
46	Dick Morgensen	Morgensen Special	R. C. Morgensen		BM
51	Harold Erb	Jaguar Special	Fred Woodward		CM
54	Bill Pickford	Jaguar C-type	Jack Douglas		CM
61	Jackson-Moore / Pringle	Austin-Healey 100S	P. G. Gough		DM
70	Pete Woods	Jaguar C-type	Bob Downey		CM
76	Ernie McAfee	Ferrari 750 Monza	Wm. Doheny	McAfee became a father	DM
108	Lou Brero	Ferrari	Louis Brero		CM
113	Cy Yedor	Bristol Special	Jose Rosan, Jr.		EM
135	Ennals Ives	Allard J2X Cadillac	Ennals W. Ives, Jr.		BM
177	Dabney Collins	Ferrari 375 MM	Temple Buell		CM

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