Event: First Annual Examiner International Grand Prix Road Races RomonaDate: 8.3.1959
Track: Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona (United States), 3.219 kmsOrganiser: USAC

USAC Road Racing Championship Pomona

(All Session Laps)

Pos.No.DriversCarEntrantAll BestQ Time
1st69Dan GurneyFerrari 375 PlusFrank Arciero1:20.1551:20.1550
2nd172Jerry UnserKurtis KK500X CadillacMickey Thompson1:21.2381:21.2380
3rd6Chuck DaighKurtis 500 BuickMurphy Motors1:21.4601:21.4600
4th70Max BalchowskyOld Yeller Mk.1 Buick SpecialFred Vogel1:21.6601:21.6600
5th53Bill KrauseMaserati 450SItalia Motors, Inc.1:21.8371:21.8370
6th98Carroll ShelbyMaserati 450S 5.7John Edgar1:22.2741:22.2740
7th246Lloyd RubyMaserati 300S ChevroletTexas Racing Team1:22.5551:22.5550
8th249Roy SalvadoriAston Martin DBR2Joe Lubin1:22.6901:22.6900
9th181George AmickMercedes-Benz 300 SL CorvetteChuck Porter1:22.7801:22.7800
10th50Ken MilesPorsche 550A RS SpyderPrecision Motor Cars1:23.0801:23.0800
11th155Sam WeissPorsche 718 RSKInt. Sports Cars1:23.2601:23.2600
12th82Wayne WeilerLister - CorvetteFike Plumbing & Heating Co,1:23.3201:23.3200
13th204Don HuletteChevrolet Corvette SpecialDon Hulette1:23.4001:23.4000
14th245J. E. RoseMaserati 450STexas Racing Team1:23.4001:23.4000
15th4Paul O'SheaSadler Mk III ChevroletNisonger Racing Team1:23.6001:23.6000
16th127Ron FlockhartJaguar D-typeFrank Millard Sports Cars1:23.6351:23.6350
17th114Jim JeffordsScarab Mk II ChevroletJohn Stephani1:23.7551:23.7550
18th14Jack FlahertyLister - JaguarKjell Qvale1:24.0201:24.0200
19th184Frank LivingstoneEliminator Chevrolet SpecialFrank S. Livingstone1:24.3751:24.3750
20th170Ed VincentFerrari 500 TREd Vincent1:24.5101:24.5100
21st21Erv LehrCooper - PorscheErv Lehr1:24.5381:24.5380
22nd99Skip HudsonFerrari 410 SportB & B International Race Team1:24.6301:24.6300
23rd9Bill CantrellMeyer-Drake SpecialMar-Chris Co.1:24.7401:24.7400
24th138Chuck HowardMaserati 200SICharles S. Howard III1:24.7401:24.7400
25th2Harry HanfordOsca TN 1500Tim Considine1:24.8701:24.8700
26th29Joe PlayanPorsche 550 RS SpyderJoe Playan1:25.0701:25.0700
27th88Jim RathmannFerrari 410 SportJohn Edgar1:25.1101:25.1100
28th16Gordon GlyerFerrari 500 TRGordie Glyer1:25.1451:25.1450
29th49Bob DrakeCooper Sports ClimaxJoe Lubin1:25.1701:25.1700
30th83Maurice TrintignantCooper - ClimaxJohn Haggerty1:25.2501:25.2500
31st273Jim HallLister - Chevrolet s/cCarroll Shelby Sports Cars, Inc.1:25.9001:25.9000
32nd44Frank MoniseLotus ElevenFrank Monise1:26.0651:26.0650
33rd102Jack NethercuttFerrari 500 TRCJack Nethercutt1:26.2201:26.2200
34th171Hal UllrichMaserati 450SDonald D. Perkins1:26.4951:26.4950
35th87Wolfgang von TripsCooper - ClimaxHarry Banta1:26.7201:26.7200
36th74Cliff HaworthPorsche 550 SpyderPomona Sports Car, The Tender Trap1:26.8501:26.8500
37th244Bob SchroederMaseratiTexas Racing Team1:26.8801:26.8800
38th59Bob OkerAston Martin DBR2Joe Lubin1:27.1701:27.1700
39th27Salvadori / *ConklinLotus Eleven ClimaxSkip Conklin1:27.2761:27.2760
40th165Mark CummingsCummings Corvette SpecialMark Cummings1:27.6701:27.6700
41st38Tony BettenhausenFerrari 121 LMItalia Motors, Inc.1:28.3301:28.3300
42nd3Bruce KesslerSadler Mk II ChevroletNisonger Racing Team1:28.3701:28.3700
43rd275John DixonMaserati A6GCSJoe De Muniz1:28.5291:28.5290
44th711Bill DixonKurtis 500KK ChryslerBill Dixon1:28.5851:28.5850
45th93Floyd BurtBuick SpecialFloyd Burt1:28.8601:28.8600
46th212Loyal KatskeeFerrariLoyal Katskee1:29.0601:29.0600
47th77Bill LeydenOsca TN 1500 Le MansBill Leyden1:30.3801:30.3800
48th227Leon RobertsonPorsche 550Leon Robertson1:30.6601:30.6600
49th26Bud HandMG SpecialBud Hand1:32.1601:32.1600
50th271Reg WilsonVolvo SpecialJohn Hirsh1:35.4281:35.4280
51st35Harvey SimonMG Fiat SpecialBill Barnett1:37.8141:37.8140

Other present cars:

No.DriversCarEntrant
32Ray PickeringLotus Mark IX MGBob Challman
92Jerry UnserMiller Hanson Special OldsmobileMiller-Hanson

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.DriversCarEntrant
8Bob SchroederFerrariBob Schroeder
18Carlyle BlackwellJaguar D-typeCarlyle Blackwell
28Ray CrawfordZidar Special ChevroletJoe Zidar
39FerrariItalia Motors, Inc.
117Harry HanfordHanford - OffenhauserHarry C. Hanford
169Jack GleghornPlass Minstral MG Special 6Loa Angeles Sports Car Service
211Jack GrahamAston MartinJack Graham
222John BiehlMaseratiEcurie Trans World
229Clem ProctorCooper Special Mk II ChevroletClem Proctor
243Don WesterPorsche 550 SpyderDon P. Weston
Bill LoveFerrari - Corvette
Richie GintherFerrari 335 Sport
Jean BehraFerrari
Ak MillerDevin Special Oldsmobile
Wolfgang von TripsFerrari 3.5
Tom MeehanCooper - Porsche
George KeckPorsche 550 RS
Dick MorgensenFerrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58
Pete LovelyLotus 15
Ralph OrmsbeeHWM Chevrolet
Frank BeckerFerrari 500 TRC