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1956 Rex Mays Classic

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 12
Sunday, June 10, 1956 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
100 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:00:42
Average Speed: 98.846 mph
Pole Speed: 100.705 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 22,564
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	11	8	Pat Flaherty	John Zink	Watson / Offy	100	5,488	running	43	200
2	6	44	Johnny Thomson	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	100	3,292	running	0	160
3	4	1	Bob Sweikert	D-A Lubricants (Racing Associates)	Kuzma / Offy	100	2,195	running	0	140
4	18	2	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	100	1,646	running	0	120
5	1	15	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Kurtis / Offy	100	1,317	running	22	100
6	16	16	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	100	1,098	running	0	80
7	19	26	Jimmy Reece	Massaglia Hotel (Hart Fullerton)	Kurtis / Offy	100	878	running	0	60
8	10	3	Gene Hartley	Gil Morcroft	Pankratz / Offy	100	823	running	0	50
9	21	55	Al Keller	Sam Traylor	Kurtis / Offy	100	768	running	0	40
10	5	14	Bob Veith	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	100	713	running	0	30
11	2	48	Pat O'Connor	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Blough / Offy	99	659	running	0	20
12	15	89	Keith Andrews	Dunn Engineering (Harry Dunn)	Kurtis / Offy	98	549	running	0	10
13	8	54	Jack Turner	Travelon Trailer (Ernest Ruiz)	Shilala / Offy	98	494	running	0
14	13	41	Billy Garrett	Greenman-Casale (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	97	439	running	0
15	20	73	Rex Easton	McNamara Chiropractic (Lee Elkins)	Turner / Offy	97	329	running	0
16	14	46	Shorty Templeman	Lee Glessner	Hillegass / Offy	97	274	running	0
17	17	98	Johnnie Parsons	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	95	220	running	0
18	9	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman)	Watson / Offy	94	220	running	0
19	7	78	Jim Rathmann	Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy	62	164	stalled in pits	0
20	3	62	Troy Ruttman	Roger Wolcott	Lesovsky / Offy	58	164	clutch	35
21	22	81	Dick Rathman	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	9	110	clutch	0
22	12	79	Danny Kladis	D.E. Parks	Silnes / Offy	0	110	clutch shaft	0

Failed to qualify: Ed Elisian (#25), Jim McWithey (#77), Johnnie Tolan (#34), Al Herman (#12), Eddie Johnson (#76), Andy Linden (#5, 64), George Amick (#9), Johnny Kay (#35), Cliff Griffith (#27), Ken Gottschalk (#39)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Boyd	1	22	22
Troy Ruttman	23	57	35
Pat Flaherty	58	100	43

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