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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	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 550 Spyder	John Von Neumann	26	59:55.0000	112.9759 kms	112.815	1^st	FM
2^nd	87	Pete Lovely	Cooper - Porsche	Pete Lovely	26	1:00:11.0000			2^nd	FM
3^rd	88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 550 Spyder	Jack McAfee	26	1:01:00.0000			3^rd	FM
4^th	169	John Porter	Porsche 550 Spyder	Aardvark Menagerie	25	59:56.0000			4^th	FM
5^th	96	John McLaughlin	Porsche 550 Spyder	Bill Thomas	25	59:57.0000			5^th	FM
6^th	56	Troy McHenry	Porsche 550 Spyder	Dr. Troy McHenry	25	1:00:15.0000			6^th	FM
7^th	179	Bob Path	Lotus Mark VI Offenhauser	Alan LeMay	24	59:59.0000			7^th	FM
8^th	159	William Eschrich	Eschrich Special	Dr. William Eschrich	24	1:00:49.0000			8^th	FM
9^th	55	Ed Freutel	Lotus Mark VI Climax	Edward C. Freutel, Jr.	24	1:06:05.0000			1^st	GM
10^th	14	John Timanus	MG TC Special	John T. Timanus	23	1:02:08.0000			9^th	FM
11^th	89	Henry DeOlivera	MG TD Special	Dr. Edward Boyd	22	1:00:58.0000			10^th	FM
12^th	769	Robert Holbrook	Aardvark	Aardvark Menagerie	21	1:00:42.0000			1^st	HM
13^th	97	William Scott	MG TD	William Scott	21	1:01:03.0000			11^th	FM
14^th	29	Ben Brown	Abarth - Osca	Temple H. Buell	17	1:00:50.0000			2^nd	GM
15^th	91	Harvey Mayer	Devin - Panhard	Harvey Mayer	11	1:01:02.0000			3^rd	GM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
17	James Orr	Ermini	James A. Orr					Accident	GM
44	Clarence Raville	MG TC Special	Clarence Raville					Unknown	FM
65	Jack Wilder	Nichols - Panhard	Jack Wilder					Accident	HM
75	Rex Huddleston	Lotus Mark IX	Rex Huddleston					Lost exhaust pipe	FM
112	Stan Mullin	DB - Panhard	Stan Mullin					Out of oil	HM
123	Warren Frinchaboy	MG Special	Warren Frinchaboy					Clutch	FM
181	François Crouzet	DB Le Mans Panhard	Harry A. Kite					Clutch	HM

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
85	Crawford / Lovely	Maserati 150S	Tony Parravano		FM
110	William Bell	Osca MT4 1500 Le Mans	Harry Chapman		FM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
00	George Buchanan	Lotus Mark IX	Scuderia Excelsior		GM
5	Dusty Miller	MG Special	Norris "Dusty" Miller		FM
25	Cy Yedor	Osca MT4 1500	Cy Yedor		FM
28	Louis Fortier	Crosley - Fiat	Dr. H. C. Burgraff		HM
84	Tony Long	Crosley Hotshot	Dr. R. M. Patterson		HM
90	C. Burgrae	Burgraf Special	G. H. Schillreff		GM
111	John McLaughlin	Porsche 550	John Von Neumann		FM
127	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Porsche 550 Spyder	W. R. Turner		FM
145	Marion Playan	Playan Special	Marion J. Playan		FM
188	F. E. Parker	Panhard Special	Jack Duff		HM
206	Jimmy Williams	F.W. Special	Jimmy Williams		FM
254	Jack Douglas	Devin - Panhard	Jack Douglas		HM

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