Event: 12th Annual Grand Prix Watkins GlenDate: 26.9.1959
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit (United States), 3.701 kmsOrganiser: Glen Region SCCA

Watkins Glen Grand Prix - Seneca Cup

(Race Results)

Pos.No.DriversCarEntrantLapsDistanceKm/hPos.Gr.
1st64Walt HansgenStanguellini FJBriggs S. Cunningham2283.2031 kms127.94281stFJr.
2nd218Stutz PlaistedCheetah-Cadillac SpecialJohn Plaisted1stUR
3rd19Jim HaynesCooper 500 Mark XIII NortonJames E. Haynes1stFIII
4th93Bob MajorStanguellini FJSandy MacArthur2ndFJr.
5th73Fred MooreCooper 500Col. Frederick L. Moore2ndFIII
6th774George AldermanCooper 500 TriumphGeorge E. Alderman3rdFIII
7th142Donald BakerCooper 500Donald J. Baker4thFIII
8th114Don AurayCooper 500Don Auray5thFIII
9th500James StevensCooper 500James Stevens6thFIII
10th504John GadwaCooper 500John Gadwa7thFIII
11th155David CavickeAllard J2X CadillacDavid C. Cavicke, M.D.2ndUR
12th611Richard CornmanCooper 500Richard W. Cornman8thFIII
13th42Duncan BlackCooper 500Duncan Black9thFIII
14th252

Did not finish:

No.DriversCarEntrantLapsDistanceKm/hReasonGr.
92Sandy MacArthurStanguelliniSandy MacArthur7DNFFJr.
71Phil CadeMaserati V8RI ChryslerPhillip J. Cade6DNFUR
228Lawrence YoungMG TCLawrence W. Young5DNFUR
17Paul RichardsCooper 500Paul Richards3DNFFIII
412John LylesCooper 500John W. Lyles, Jr.3DNFFIII
200Vernon JonesRevis 500R. Vernon Jones2DNFFIII
15Pat BartolomeoElva FJPat Bartolomeo1BrakesFJr.
219John PlaistedCooper 500 TriumphJohn Plaisted1DNFFIII
498McLane TiltonIota 500McLane Tilton1DNFFIII
717William VerbeckCooper 500William M. Verbeck1DNFFIII
11George WeaverMaserati 4CTL/48George B. Weaver0EngineUR

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.DriversCarEntrantReasonGr.
75Lex duPontCooper 500Lex DuPontFIII
151Howard BrownMaseratiFrank T. Griswold, Jr.UR
156Stewart RutherfordRutherford SpecialStewart RutherfordUR
158John AndereggCooper 500John S. Anderegg, Jr.FIII
199John H. ThompsonSprintJohn H. ThompsonUR
207Charles KelseyMaseratiGarret B. FullerUR