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1956 Rex Mays Classic Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 2 of 12 Sunday, June 10, 1956 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI 100 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:00:42 Average speed: 98.846 mph Pole speed: 100.705 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 22564 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 11 8   Pat Flaherty John Zink Watson / Offy 100 5488 running 43 200 2 6 44   Johnny Thomson Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 100 3292 running 0 160 3 4 1   Bob Sweikert D-A Lubricants   (Racing Associates) Kuzma / Offy 100 2195 running 0 140 4 18 2   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 100 1646 running 0 120 5 1 15   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 100 1317 running 22 100 6 16 16   Don Freeland Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 100 1098 running 0 80 7 19 26   Jimmy Reece Massaglia Hotel   (Hart Fullerton) Kurtis / Offy 100 878 running 0 60 8 10 3   Gene Hartley Gil Morcroft Pankratz / Offy 100 823 running 0 50 9 21 55   Al Keller Sam Traylor Kurtis / Offy 100 768 running 0 40 10 5 14   Bob Veith Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 100 713 running 0 30 11 2 48   Pat O'Connor Sumar   (Chapman Root) Blough / Offy 99 659 running 0 20 12 15 89   Keith Andrews Dunn Engineering   (Harry Dunn) Kurtis / Offy 98 549 running 0 10 13 8 54   Jack Turner Travelon Trailer   (Ernest Ruiz) Shilala / Offy 98 494 running 0   14 13 41   Billy Garrett Greenman-Casale   (Lysle Greenman) Kuzma / Offy 97 439 running 0   15 20 73   Rex Easton McNamara Chiropractic   (Lee Elkins) Turner / Offy 97 329 running 0   16 14 46   Shorty Templeman Lee Glessner Hillegass / Offy 97 274 running 0   17 17 98   Johnnie Parsons J.C. Agajanian Kuzma / Offy 95 220 running 0   18 9 21   Elmer George HOW   (Mari Hulman) Watson / Offy 94 220 running 0   19 7 78   Jim Rathmann Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy 62 164 stalled in pits 0   20 3 62   Troy Ruttman Roger Wolcott Lesovsky / Offy 58 164 clutch 35   21 22 81   Dick Rathmann Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Kuzma / Offy 9 110 clutch 0   22 12 79   Danny Kladis D.E. Parks Silnes / Offy 0 110 clutch shaft 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Andy Linden 5, 64 Chapman, Shannon Brothers George Amick 9 Cole Al Herman 12 Bardahl / Clancy Ed Elisian 25 Lutes Truck Parts Cliff Griffith 27 Jim Robbins Johnnie Tolan 34 Trio Brass Johnny Kay 35 Pete Wales Ken Gottschalk 39 Ken Gottschalk Eddie Johnson 76 Leitenberger Jim McWithey 77 Dayton Steel Foundry Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Boyd 1 22 22   Troy Ruttman 23 57 35   Pat Flaherty 58 100 43