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1956 Springfield 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 6 of 12 Sunday, August 19, 1956 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:07:49 Average speed: 88.471 mph Pole speed: 102.945 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 19255 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1956 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 2   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 100 4027 running 99 200 2 2 16   Don Freeland Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 100 2899 running 1 160 3 6 51   Eddie Sachs Ray Brady Kurtis / Offy 100 1610 running 0 140 4 9 55   Al Keller Sam Traylor Kurtis / Offy 100 1047 running 0 120 5 12 7   Pat O'Connor Sumar   (Chapman Root) Blough / Offy 100 966 running 0 100 6 15 62   Rodger Ward Roger Wolcott Lesovsky / Offy 100 805 running 0 80 7 5 15   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 100 644 running 0 60 8 16 46   Andy Linden Lee Glessner Hillegass / Offy 99 604 running 0 50 9 17 96   Jim McWithey Dayton Steel   (George Walther) Kurtis / Offy 98 563 running 0 40 10 11 45   Johnny Thomson D-A Lubricants   (Racing Associates) Kuzma / Offy 98 523 running 0 30 11 10 74   Don Branson Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Templeton / Offy 98 483 running 0 20 12 18 41   Billy Garrett Greenman-Casale   (Lysle Greenman) Kuzma / Offy 98 402 running 0 10 13 1 57   Rex Easton Howard Iddings Meyer / Offy 97 362 running 0   14 4 94   Roy Graham Dick Holynski Kurtis / Offy 97 322 running 0   15 14 14   Bob Veith Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 97 281 running 0   16 13 5   Bill Cheesbourg Harry Allen Chapman Russo-Nichels / Offy 43 241 oil pump 0   17 7 54   Jack Turner Travelon Trailer   (Ernest Ruiz) Shilala / Offy 27 161 spun out 0   18 8 8   Pat Flaherty John Zink Watson / Offy 26 161 crash 0

Relief Drivers: Car #57: Tony Bettenhausen (63 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dick Rathman 12 Bardahl / Clancy Elmer George 21 HOW Ed Elisian 25 Lutes Truck Parts Earl Motter 26 Hart Fullerton Ken Gottschalk 39 Ken Gottschalk Chuck Weyant 39 Shaheen Tony Bettenhausen 44 Peter Schmidt Mike Magill 73 McNamara Bud Randall 75 Karl Hall Jimmy Daywalt 76 Leitenberger Jim Rathmann 78 Hopkins Paul Howe 79 Marquette Tool George Amick 81 Central Excavating Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Don Freeland 1 1 1   Jimmy Bryan 2 100 99