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Event: 7th Torrey Pines Road Races			Date: 15.1.1956
Track: Torrey Pines (United States), unknown length		Organiser: CSCC & San Diego J.C.C.
Torrey Pines 1 Hour - Sports +1500 cc
West Coast Championship (round 1)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	185	Masten Gregory	Maserati 300S	Tony Parravano	27	1:02:20.0000	114.1025 kms	112.9759	1^st	DM
2^nd	76	Ernie McAfee	Ferrari 121 LM	William Doheny	27	1:03:10.0000			1^st	CM
3^rd	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550 Spyder	John Von Neumann	27	1:04:28.0000			1^st	FM
4^th	63	Sherwood Johnston	Jaguar D-type	Charles H. Hornburg, Jr.	26	1:02:21.0000			2^nd	CM
5^th	138	Chuck Daigh	Troutman-Barnes Mercury Special	Troutman - Barnes	26	1:02:56.0000			3^rd	CM
6^th	169	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Porsche 550 Spyder	Aardvark Menagerie	26	1:03:44.0000			2^nd	FM
7^th	51	Fred Woodward	Jaguar Special	Fred Woodward	26	1:04:29.0000			4^th	CM
8^th	120	Klaus Bythiner	Allard J2X Cadillac	Klaus F. J. Bythiner	25	1:04:19.0000			1^st	BM
9^th	18	Carlyle Blackwell	Jaguar C-type	Carlyle Blackwell, Jr.	25	1:04:51.0000			5^th	CM
10^th	53	Jack Brumby	Ferrari 166 MM/53	Jack Brumby	24	1:03:42.0000			1^st	EM
11^th	10	Robert Sawyer	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	Robert Sawyer	24	1:05:00.0000			2^nd	EM
12^th	68	Earl Grafton	Austin-Healey 100	Earl D. Grafton	23	1:03:08.0000			2^nd	DM
13^th	154	William Leach	Allard J2 Cadillac	William Reach	23	1:04:50.0000			2^nd	BM
14^th	64	Richard Connors	Mercury Special	Richard Connors	21	1:04:46.0000			3^rd	BM
15^th	124	Bill Knowe	Triumph TR2	Jim Firestone	17	1:04:30.0000			3^rd	EM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
1	Tom Bamford	Allard - Cadillac	Tom Bamford					Main bearings out	BM
2	Phil Hill	Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder	John Von Neumann					Overheating	DM
6	Bill Murphy	Kurtis - Buick	Bill Murphy					Span out	BM
54	Jack Douglas	Jaguar C-type	Jack Douglas					Accident	CM
92	Gerald Carpenter	Home Built Fiberglass Mercury	Gerald Carpenter					Black flagged: too slow	CM
96	Bill Thomas	Porsche 550 Spyder	Bill Thomas					Trouble	FM
102	William Rowley	Nardi Coupe Chevrolet	William Rowley					Universal or differential	CM
172	Eric Hauser	Powell Bu-Ford Special	Gladys Powell					Accident	BM
197	Thomas W. Jones	Kurtis - Mercury	T. W. Jones					Unknown	CM

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
36	Jerry Austin	Jaguar D-type	Jerry Austin		CM
61	Pringle / Jackson-Moore	Austin-Healey 100S	W. B. Pringle		DM
70	Pete Woods	Jaguar D-type	Pearce W. Woods		CM
82	Phil Hill	Ferrari 500 Mondial	Manning J. Post		EM
130	Mel Curland	Austin-Healey 100	Mel Curland		DM
285	Lou Brero	Ferrari 4.4 Spyder	Tony Parravano		CM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
46	Boyd Hough	Morgensen Special	R. C. Morgensen		BM
58	Rex McLaughlin	Mercury Special	Rex James McLaughlin		CM
74	Chamberlain	Kurtis - Cadillac	Manning Post		BM
135	Ennals Ives	Allard J2X Cadillac	Ennals Ives, Jr.		BM
139	William Darnold	Jaguar XK120C	Wm. H. Darnold		CM
149	Knowe / Kretz	Triumph TR2	Nick Pastor		DM
173	Frank Varnum	Triumph TR2	Dick Seage		EM
218	Harry Steele	Austin-Healey 100	Harry Steele		DM

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