Sports season
The 1956 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana , on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona , on November 12. There were also three non-championship events. The USAC National Champion was Jimmy Bryan and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Pat Flaherty . This was the first year that the National Championship was sanctioned by the USAC,[1] after the withdrawal of the AAA from all forms of racing after the 1955 season.[2]
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana Paved Pat Flaherty Pat Flaherty 2 June 10 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Johnny Boyd Pat Flaherty 3 June 24 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne , Pennsylvania Dirt Billy Garrett George Amick 4 July 4 Pee Dee 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington , South Carolina Paved Andy Linden Pat O'Connor NC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak , Colorado Hill Slim Roberts B Bobby Unser 5 July 14 Atlanta 100 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta , Georgia Dirt Bob Veith Eddie Sachs NC July 22 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania Dirt Ed Elisian Jimmy Bryan NC August 12 Dayton 25 Dayton Speedway Dayton , Ohio Paved Pat O'Connor Ed Elisian 6 August 19 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , Illinois Dirt Rex Easton Jimmy Bryan 7 August 26 Milwaukee 250 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Johnny Boyd Jimmy Bryan 8 September 3 Ted Horn Memorial 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin , Illinois Dirt Johnny Thomson Jimmy Bryan 9 September 8 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse , New York Dirt Earl Motter Tony Bettenhausen 10 September 15 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis , Indiana Dirt Jud Larson Jimmy Bryan 11 October 21 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento , California Dirt Jud Larson Jud Larson 12 November 12 Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix , Arizona Dirt George Amick George Amick
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
^A Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the 1956 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. ^B No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb. Final points standings [ edit ] Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie
References [ edit ] General references [ edit ] See also [ edit ]
Seasons Indianapolis 500s National Champions Tracks