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1956 Golden State 100

USAC Champ Car Series race number 11 of 12
Sunday, October 21, 1956 at California State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, CA
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:09:08
Average Speed: 86.797 mph
Pole Speed: 95.188 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1/3 lap
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
17	8	87	Art Bisch	R.D. Whittington	Kurtis / Offy	16	117	crash	0
18	18	71	Len Sutton	Miller / Collins	Vollstedt / Offy	16	117	crash	0
16	3	62	Rodger Ward	Roger Wolcott	Lesovsky / Offy	21	176	fuel pump	0
15	2	7	Pat O'Connor	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Kuzma / Offy	58	206	handling	12
13	7	78	George Amick	Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy	81	264	piston	0
1	1	8	Jud Larson	John Zink	Watson / Offy	100	3,513	running	88	200
2	4	16	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	100	2,119	running	0	160
3	13	2	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	100	1,177	running	0	140
4	6	14	Bob Veith	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	100	765	running	0	120
5	16	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman)	Watson / Offy	99	706	running	0	100
6	5	6	Jimmy Reece	Bruce Bromme	Bromme / Offy	99	589	running	0	80
7	11	44	Ed Elisian	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	99	471	running	0	60
8	9	15	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Kurtis / Offy	98	441	running	0	50
9	12	81	Dick Rathman	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	96	412	running	0	40
10	14	12	Johnnie Tolan	Pat Clancy	Ewing / Offy	96	382	running	0	30
11	10	26	Andy Linden	Hart Fullerton	Kurtis / Offy	96	353	running	0	20
12	17	23	Bill Cheesbourg	McDaniels	Schroeder / Offy	94	294	running	0	10
14	15	96	Tony Bettenhausen	Dayton Steel (George Walther)	Kurtis / Offy	61	235	spun out	0

Failed to qualify: Jack Turner (#54), Mel McGaughy (#65), Dempsey Wilson (#27), Ray Crawford (#49), Johnnie Parsons (#98), Roger McCluskey (#5), Billy Garrett (#41), Jim McWithey (#76)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Pat O'Connor	1	12	12
Jud Larson	13	100	88

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