Watkins Glen Grand Prix 1955 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 8th Annual International Sports Car Grand Prix at Watkins Glen			Date: 17.9.1955
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course (United States), 7.403 kms		Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen Grand Prix
SCCA National Sports Car Championship (round 11)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	60	Sherwood Johnston	Jaguar D-type	Briggs S. Cunningham	22	1:14:05.0000	162.8656 kms	130.6787	1^st	CM
2^nd	10	Bill Spear	Maserati 300S	W. C. Spear	22	1:14:24.6000		130.5178	1^st	DM
3^rd	16	Bill Lloyd	Maserati 300S	William B. Lloyd	22	1:15:45.0000		129.3913	2^nd	DM
4^th	22	Richard Lyeth	Ferrari 250 MM Vignale	J. M. R. Lyeth, Jr.					3^rd	DM
5^th	44	Duncan Black	Ferrari 375 MM	Duncan Black					2^nd	CM
6^th	210	Preston Gray	Ferrari 340 Mexico Spyder	Preston Gray					3^rd	CM
7^th	19	Charles Moran	Cunningham C-4R	Charles Moran, Jr.					1^st	BM
8^th	8	Fred Wacker	Cunningham C-4RK	Charles Moran, Jr.					2^nd	BM
9^th	87	Walt Hansgen	Austin-Healey 100S	George Bortin					4^th	DM
10^th	176	John Sinclair	Jaguar Special Cadillac	Coby Whitmore & John C. Sinclair					3^rd	BM
11^th	69	Traver McKenna	Austin-Healey 100S	Traver H. McKenna, Jr.					5^th	DM
12^th	38	Fred Allen	Austin-Healey 100S	Jackie Cooper					6^th	DM
13^th	45	William Brewster	Austin-Healey 100S	William Brewster					7^th	DM
14^th	24	Bob Wittke	Austin-Healey 100S	Robert A. Wittke					8^th	DM
15^th	203	Alan Millar	Austin-Healey 100S	Alan R. M. Millar					9^th	DM
16^th	54	Hal Ullrich	Excalibur J	Brooks Stevens					4^th	BM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
56	Brooks Stevens	Excalibur J	Brooks Stevens					DNF
110	Jim Fergusson	Austin-Healey 100S	Jim Ferguson					DNF
119	A. Phillips	Nash-Healey - Cadillac	H. (Bud) Ambler					DNF
220	George Harris	Allard J2 Cadillac	George R. Harris, III					DNF
59	John Gordon Bennett	Maserati 300S	Briggs S. Cunningham	16				DNF

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
225	Bernie Kousar	Ferrari 250 MM	Bernard Kousar & Robert Publicker

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
3	Luigi Chinetti	Ferrari 750 Monza	Luigi Chinetti	Not known if ran
5	Jim Kimberly	Ferrari 121 LM	James H. Kimberly	Not known if ran
6	Ed Lunken	Ferrari 340 MM	Edmund P. Lunken	Not known if ran
14	Ted Boynton	Maserati A6GCS	Ted Boynton	Not known if ran
17	Jack Ensley	Kurtis Kraft	Jack R. Ensley	Not known if ran
58	Briggs Cunningham	Cunningham C-6R Offenhauser	Briggs S. Cunningham	Not known if ran
70	Jack Crusoe	Jaguar C-type	Jack Crusoe	Not known if ran
147	Jack Douglas	Jaguar C-type	Jack Douglas	Not known if ran	CM
159	Peter Templar	Jaguar D-type	Ecurie Tortue	Not known if ran
171	Howard Hively	Ferrari 375 Plus	Howard Hively	Not known if ran
182	Tom Friedmann	Maserati A6GCS	Thomas A. Friedmann	Not known if ran
191	Ed Droesch	Jaguar XK120 M	Edward F. Droesch	Not known if ran	CM
209	David Darrin	Darrin	David Darrin	Not known if ran
244		Ferrari 750 Monza	Allen Guiberson	Not known if ran

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