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1956 Springfield 100

USAC 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 (100.0 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: 19,255
Lead changes: 2

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
18	8	8	Pat Flaherty	John Zink	Watson / Offy	26	161	crash	0
16	13	5	Bill Cheesbourg	Harry Allen Chapman	Russo-Nichels / Offy	43	241	oil pump	0
1	3	2	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	100	4,027	running	99	200
2	2	16	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips / Offy	100	2,899	running	1	160
3	6	51	Eddie Sachs	Ray Brady	Kurtis / Offy	100	1,610	running	0	140
4	9	55	Al Keller	Sam Traylor	Kurtis / Offy	100	1,047	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
17	7	54	Jack Turner	Travelon Trailer (Ernest Ruiz)	Shilala / Offy	27	161	spun out	0

Relief Drivers:
Car #57: Tony Bettenhausen (63 laps)

Failed to qualify: Jimmy Daywalt (#76), Earl Motter (#26), Paul Howe (#79), Tony Bettenhausen (#44), Bud Randall (#75), Mike Magill (#73), Ed Elisian (#25), Elmer George (#21), Jim Rathmann (#78), Dick Rathman (#12), George Amick (#81), Chuck Weyant (#39), Ken Gottschalk (#39)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Don Freeland	1	1	1
Jimmy Bryan	2	100	99

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