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1956 Golden State 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA 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 (100.000 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 Glossary    1956 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 8   Jud Larson John Zink Watson / Offy 100 3513 running 88 200 2 4 16   Don Freeland Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 100 2119 running 0 160 3 13 2   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 100 1177 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 Rathmann 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 13 7 78   George Amick Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy 81 264 piston 0   14 15 96   Tony Bettenhausen Dayton Steel   (George Walther) Kurtis / Offy 61 235 spun out 0   15 2 7   Pat O'Connor Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kuzma / Offy 58 206 handling 12   16 3 62   Rodger Ward Roger Wolcott Lesovsky / Offy 21 176 fuel pump 0   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

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Roger McCluskey 5 Chapman Dempsey Wilson 27 Joe Hunt Magneto Billy Garrett 41 Greenman-Casale Ray Crawford 49 Ray Crawford Jack Turner 54 Travelon Trailer Mel McGaughy 65 Leo Dobry Jim McWithey 76 Leitenberger Johnnie Parsons 98 Agajanian Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Pat O'Connor 1 12 12   Jud Larson 13 100 88