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1956 Syracuse 100

USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 12
Saturday, September 8, 1956 at New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:06:05
Average Speed: 90.804 mph
Pole Speed: 97.482 mph

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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	3	44	Tony Bettenhausen	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	100	3,750	running	82	200
2	11	2	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	100	2,700	running	0	160
3	6	45	Johnny Thomson	D-A Lubricants (Racing Associates)	Kuzma / Offy	100	1,500	running	18	140
4	4	15	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal Fast (George Bignotti)	Kurtis / Offy	99	975	running	0	120
5	13	81	George Amick	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Kuzma / Offy	99	900	running	0	100
6	5	8	Ed Elisian	John Zink	Watson / Offy	99	750	running	0	80
7	1	26	Earl Motter	Hart Fullerton	Kurtis / Offy	99	600	running	0	60
8	7	41	Billy Garrett	Greenman-Casale (Lysle Greenman)	Kuzma / Offy	99	562	running	0	50
9	15	73	Andy Linden	McNamara Chiropractic (Lee Elkins)	Turner / Offy	99	525	running	0	40
10	18	62	Rodger Ward	Roger Wolcott	Lesovsky / Offy	99	488	running	0	30
11	17	16	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	99	450	running	0	20
12	14	51	Eddie Sachs	Ray Brady	Kurtis / Offy	98	375	running	0	10
13	9	7	Pat O'Connor	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Blough / Offy	98	337	running	0
14	8	76	Jimmy Daywalt	Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman / Offy	97	300	running	0
15	16	74	Don Branson	Hoover Motor Express (John Wills)	Templeton / Offy	97	263	running	0
16	2	12	Al Keller	Pat Clancy	Ewing / Offy	96	150	running	0
17	12	14	Bob Veith	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	52	150	crash	0
18	10	21	Elmer George	HOW (Mari Hulman)	Watson / Offy	31		fuel line	0

Failed to qualify: Tom Hinnershitz (#57), Speed McFee (#95), Jimmy Reece (#5), Jack Turner (#54), Van Johnson (#35), Bill Cheesbourg (#58), Charles Musselman (#55), Jim Rathmann (#78), Dick Rathman (#46), Roy Graham (#84)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Thomson	1	18	18
Jimmy Bryan	19	100	82

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