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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 1500 cc
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	50	Ken Miles	MG Special	Ken Miles	25	58:55.0000	108.6307 kms	110.7229	1^st	FM
2^nd	127	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Porsche 550 Spyder	W. R. Turner	25	59:12.0000			2^nd	FM
3^rd	125	Bill Louden	Osca MT4 1300	O. Jene Blank	24	59:50.0000			3^rd	FM
4^th	88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 550 Spyder	John Edgar	24	59:54.0000			4^th	FM
5^th	169	John Porter	Porsche 550 Spyder	Aardvark Menagerie	24	1:00:40.0000			5^th	FM
6^th	123	Bob Menefee	MG TC	Frank Prentice	24	1:01:17.0000			6^th	FM
7^th	215	Roy Pearson	MG Spec.	Gene Klein	23	59:01.0000			7^th	FM
8^th	159	William Eschrich	Eschrich Special	Dr. Wm. Eschrich	23	59:43.0000			8^th	FM
9^th	55	Frank Monise	MG Special	Ed Freutel, Jr.	22	58:56.0000			9^th	FM
10^th	25	Harry Hanford	MGA	P. G. Gough	22	59:10.0000			10^th	FM
11^th	122	George Buchanan	Lotus Mark IX	Scuderia Excelsior	22	59:17.0000			1^st	GM
12^th	38	Jack Duff	Panhard Special	Jack Duff	20	59:07.0000			1^st	HM
13^th	45	Paul Winters	Halliday Special Renault	Dr. Paul Winters	20	1:00:24.0000			2^nd	HM
14^th	93	Art Evans	MG Special	Art Evans	20	1:00:39.0000			11^th	FM
15^th	32	Robert Holbrook	Crosley Special	Robert K. Holbrook	15	59:48.0000			3^rd	HM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
4	John Biehl	Moretti Coupe	Harry Jones					Accident	HM
17	James Orr	Devin - Panhard	James A. Orr					DNF	HM
44	John Ferrell	Riviera Special TC	Clarence Laville					DNF	FM
56	Troy McHenry	Porsche 550 Spyder	Dr. Troy A. McHenry					DNF	FM
90	Clark Shaw	Chartier & Shaw Special MG	Harold R. Mauck					DNF	FM
91	Harvey Mayer	Devin - Panhard	Harvey Mayer					DNF	GM
92	Manuel Betes	Betes & Siefried Panhard	Manuel Betes					DNF	GM
114	Stan Bucklein	Nichols - Panhard	Stan Bucklein					Fuel pump	GM
136	Harlow Hummel	MG TC Special	Tony Settember					DNF	FM
156	George Trevett	Trojan-Sowers Mk II	Dr. Troy McHenry					DNF	FM
160								DNF	FM
179	James Kemble LaFleur	Lotus Mark VI Offenhauser	Alan LeMay					Accident	FM
181	François Crouzet	DB Le Mans Panhard	Francois Crouzet					Broken valve	HM
250	Dusty Miller	MG Special	Norris "Dusty" Miller					DNF	FM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
48	Temple Buell	Abarth	Temple Buell		GM
75	George Rosenthal	Lotus Mark IX	Rex Huddleston		FM
87	Dean Patterson	Crosley Spec.	Dean W. Patterson		HM
89	Henry DeOlivera	MG TD Special	Dr. Edward Boyd		FM
96	Tony Long	Crosley Roadster	Chet Lancaster		HM
97	William Scott	MG TD	William A. Scott		FM
99	Lars Peter Jacobsen	MG NA	L. P. Jacobsen		FM
112	Manney / Mullins	DB - Panhard	Scuderia Adelante		HM
119	Michael Rourke	Beverly Hills	Michael Rourke		FM
145	Bob Mauser	MG Playan Special	Marion J. Playan		FM
157	William Eschrich	Simca - Crosley	Tommy Jamieson		HM
271	Dave Rodensky	Abarth - Osca	Temple Buell		GM

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