Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles 1959 - Qualifying Heat Results

Event: United States Grand Prix Sports Cars Riverside		Date: 11.10.1959
Track: Riverside International Raceway (United States), 5.271 kms	Organiser: USAC
Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 10) West Coast Championship (round 16)

(Qualifying Heat Results)

Qualifying Heat: -

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Km/h
1^st	163	Rodger Ward	Ferrari 121 LM	Sarrell Enterprises	10	137.7598
2^nd		Don Hulette	Jaguar Corvette Special
3^rd	120	Loyal Katskee	Ferrari 121 LM	Lloyd Katskee
4^th	85	Clem Proctor	Aston Martin DB3S Corvette	Clem Proctor
5^th	100	Ray Seher	Jaguar D-type	Ray Seher
6^th	29	Joe Playan	Osca Spider Chevrolet	Scuderia Excelsior
7^th	18	Carlyle Blackwell	Jaguar D-type	Carlyle Blackwell
8^th	102	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 500 TRC 2.5	Jack Nethercutt
9^th	38	Scooter Patrick	Porsche 356 Carrera	Riviera Imported Cars
10^th	143	Chuck Cornett	Ferrari 500 TR	Geo Harm
11^th	19	D. D. Michelmore	Porsche 550 RS Spyder	D. D. Michelmore
12^th	7	Art Snyder	Lotus Eleven Le Mans	Art Snyder
13^th	243	Al Whatley	Cooper - Porsche	Al Whatley
14^th	234	John Peters	Elva Mk IV-A	John Peters

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
107	Harry Heuer	Bocar	Peter Hand Brewery		Transmission
54	Dean Mears	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	R. G. Lewis and Co.	6	Brakes => accident
25	Jim Chaffee	Pink Elephant No.2	Jim Chaffee	5	Fan belt
6	Roger Bloxham	Ferrari	Roger Bloxham	2	Fuel starvation
51	Bob Bondurant	Chevrolet Corvette	Lundin Motors Inc.	2	Black-flagged: short exhaust pipe

Other listed cars, participation unknown:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Km/h	Reason
	46	Dick Morgensen	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Morgensen Motors
	108	Augie Pabst	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery

Other listed cars, participation unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1	Eric Hauser	Dean Van Lines Special Chevrolet	Dean Van Lines
2	Phil Hill	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59	Eleanor von Neumann
9	Bill Cantrell	Meyer-Drake - Offenhauser	Mar-Chris Co.
10	Chuck Kessinger	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce	Martinez-Presberger
11	John Fitch	Cooper Monaco T49	Chas. Keisler
23	John Timanus	Lotus Mark X	Lotus Cars
27	Bill Krause	Jaguar D-type Corvette	Mark Millard Sports Cars
28	Stirling Moss	Aston Martin DBR2	David Brown
32	Kurt Neumann	Lotus Eleven	Kirk Neumann, Jr.
35		Ferrari 500 Mondial	Italia Motors
45	Lloyd Ruby	Maserati 450S	Micro-Lube Co.
47	William Hitchcock	Mercury Roadster	Wm. Hitchcock
50	Ken Miles	Porsche 718 RSK	Precision Motor Cars
53		Ferrari 340 MM	Italia Motors
55	Sam Weiss	Porsche 718 RSK	Imported Sports Cars
60	Bob Oker	Ferrari 410 Sport (Monza)	R. Robt and Bruce Danielson
65	Ricardo Rodriguez	Porsche 718 RSK	Pedro Rodriguez, Sr.
68	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 3.0	Pedro Rodriguez, Sr.
69	Dan Gurney	Ferrari 375 Plus	Frank Arciero
70	Max Balchowsky	Old Yeller Mk II	Max Balchowsky
73	Pete Brock	Lotus Eleven Sebring	Pete Brock
74	Jack Graham	Aston Martin DB3S Chevrolet	Jack Graham
83	Tony Settember	Willment	Tony Settember
88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 718 RSK	Competition Motors
89	Ray Pickering	Lotus Mille Miglia	Ray Pickering
93	Andy Porterfield	Devin - Corvette	Evans Industries
97	Jesse J. Tidwell	L-S Special Corvette	Jesse J. Tidwell
98	Chuck Daigh	Maserati 450S 5.7	John Edgar
99	Skip Hudson	Ferrari - Maserati	Frank Arciero
103	Jim Jeffords	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	Leader Card, Inc.
109		Ferrari TR 2.5	Pabst Motor, Inc.
110	Chuck Parsons	Lotus 15 Ferrari	Martys Used Cars
112	Josie von Neumann	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Eleanor von Neumann
117	Bob Harris	Campbell Special	Bill Campbell-Keenan Wynn
118	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Lotus 15 Ferrari	Ecurie-LesMordus
121	Bob Challman	Lotus Mark IX	Bob Challman
126	Gordon Glyer	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Gordon Glyer
142	Doug Walker	HH Special	Wm. Hilf
169	Alex Budurin	Hagemann Special Buick	Broadway Animal Hospital
172	Mickey Thompson	Kurtis - Cadillac	El Monte
177	Bill Leyden	Osca Le Mans	Bill Leyden
181	Johnny Mantz	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Corvette	R. B. Becker
182	Wayne Weiler	Lister - Corvette	Fiek Plumbing Co.
211	Richie Ginther	Ferrari 412 MI	Richie Ginther
266	Jack Flaherty	Lister - Jaguar	Kjell Qvale
271	Jim Boxburger	Lotus Eleven	Moradyne Co.
311	Ak Miller	Devin - Oldsmobile	Miller-Hanson Special
	Jack Brumby		Jack Brumby
	Jack Brumby		Jack Brumby