Springfield 100
Illinois State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
August 18, 1956

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 3 Jimmy Bryan 2 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy 100 1:07:49.12 88.471 200
2 2 Don Freeland 16 Bob Estes Phillips Offy 100 Finished 160
3 6 Eddie Sachs 51 Ray Brady Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 140
4 9 Al Keller 55 Traylor Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 120
5 12 Pat O'Connor 7 Sumar Blough Offy 100 Finished 100
6 15 Rodger Ward 62 Wolcott Lesovsky Offy 100 Finished 80
7 5 Johnny Boyd 15 Bowes Seal Fast Kurtis 500G Offy 100 Finished 60
8 16 Andy Linden 46 Glessner Hillegass Offy 99 Flagged 50
9 17 Jim McWithey 96 Dayton Steel Kurtis 4000 Offy 98 Flagged 40
10 11 Johnny Thomson 45 D-A Lubricants Kuzma Offy 98 Flagged 30
11 10 Don Branson 74 Hoover Motor Express Templeton Offy 98 Flagged 20
12 18 Billy Garrett 41 Greenman-Casale Kuzma Offy 98 Flagged 10
13 1 Rex Easton 57 Iddings Meyer Offy 97 Flagged
14 4 Roy Graham 94 Holynski Kurtis Offy 97 Flagged
15 14 Bob Veith 14 Federal Engineering Kurtis 4000 Offy 97 Flagged
16 13 Bill Cheesbourg 5 Chapman Russo/Nichels Offy 43 Broken oil pump
17 7 Jack Turner 54 Travelon Trailer Shilala Offy 27 Spun out, turn 3
18 8 Pat Flaherty 8 John Zink Watson Offy 26 Wrecked, turn 3
-- -- Tony Bettenhausen 57 Iddings Meyer Offy 63 Relieved Easton 35-97
-- -- Tony Bettenhausen 44 Peter Schmidt Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- George Amick 81 Central Excavating Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jimmy Daywalt 76 Leitenberger Silnes/Sherman Offy -- Blew engine practice
-- -- Ed Elisian 25 Lutes Truck Parts Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Elmer George 21 HOW Watson Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Ken Gottschalk 39 K. G. X Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Paul Howe 79 Marquette Tool Silnes Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Earl Motter 26 Hart Fullerton Kurtis 4000 X -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Mike Magill 73 McNamara Turner Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Chuck Weyant 39 Shaheen Hill Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bud Randall 75 Karl Hall Ewing Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Dick Rathmann 12 Bardahl/Clancy Ewing Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jim Rathmann 78 Hopkins Lesovsky Offy -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Jimmy Bryan 99 2-100
Don Freeland 1 1