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Race Results : Bay Meadows Race Track

1956-39

Bay Meadows Race Track , San Mateo, CA

Sunday, August 19th, 1956 Race 39 of 56 1956 Season
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  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 241 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 68.161
  • Cautions: N/A
  • Lead Changes: N/A
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Entry List
1956-39 at Bay Meadows Race Track results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 1 45 Eddie Pagan Ford 0 0 241 0 0 running
2 7 11 Parnelli Jones Ford 0 0 241 0 0 running
3 6 56 Chuck Meekins Chevrolet 0 0 239 0 0 running
4 17 225 Lloyd Dane Mercury 0 0 239 0 0 running
5 14 21 Scotty Cain Ford 0 0 239 0 0 running
6 2 31 Bill Hyde Dodge 0 0 237 0 0 running
7 13 43 Bob Ross Mercury 0 0 235 0 0 running
8 11 12 Fireball Roberts Ford 0 0 233 0 0 running
9 12 77N Gordon Haines Dodge 0 0 232 0 0 running
10 8 88N Ed Negre Oldsmobile 0 0 231 0 0 running
11 15 41 Ernie Young Pontiac 0 0 228 0 0 running
12 35 14N Bob Keefe Ford 0 0 227 0 0 piston
13 25 33 Carl Hammill Chevrolet 0 0 226 0 0 running
14 28 188 Jim Blomgren Ford 0 0 226 0 0 running
15 9 98N John Kieper Chevrolet 0 0 225 0 0 running
16 26 71N Clyde Palmer Dodge 0 0 225 0 0 running
17 31 66N Lou Sherman Mercury 0 0 224 0 0 running
18 30 25 Erick Erickson Pontiac 0 0 217 0 0 running
19 18 89 Clyde Mitchell Ford 0 0 216 0 0 running
20 20 52N Harold Hardesty Chevrolet 0 0 216 0 0 running
21 33 55 Bill West Oldsmobile 0 0 215 0 0 running
22 24 36 Bill Bade Chevrolet 0 0 214 0 0 running
23 4 2 Al Pombo Dodge 0 0 212 0 0 spun
24 23 68 Frank Secrist Chevrolet 0 0 207 0 0 running
25 34 20 Howard Phillippi Chevrolet 0 0 185 0 0 running
26 10 15N Royce Haggerty Dodge 0 0 172 0 0 crash
27 22 9 Jim Cook Pontiac 0 0 154 0 0 piston
28 15 156 Art Watts Mercury 0 0 139 0 0 rf hub
29 37 91 Reggie Ausmus Chevrolet 0 0 138 0 0 overheating
30 5 551 Bill Moore Pontiac 0 0 114 0 0 fan belt
31 21 47 Bob Havemann Pontiac 0 0 111 0 0 engine
32 27 34 Sherman Clark Chevrolet 0 0 102 0 0 driveshaft
33 29 1 Ralph Moody Ford 0 0 75 0 0 engine
34 32 75N Wally Gervais Oldsmobile 0 0 53 0 0 engine
35 3 300B Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 35 0 0 engine
36 10 30 Herb Thomas Plymouth 0 0 20 0 0 --
37 36 83 Ole Anderson Ford 0 0 9 0 0 overheating

Race Infractions

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