Golden State 100
California State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
October 21, 1956

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

Points

1 1 Jud Larson 8 John Zink Watson Offy 100 1:09:07.60 86.797 200
2 4 Don Freeland 16 Bob Estes Phillips Offy 100 Finished 160
3 13 Jimmy Bryan 2 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy 100 Finished 140
4 6 Bob Veith 14 Federal Engineering Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 120
5 16 Elmer George 21 HOW Watson Offy 99 Flagged 100
6 5 Jimmy Reece 6 Bromme Bromme Offy 99 Flagged 80
7 11 Ed Elisian 44 Peter Schmidt Kuzma Offy 99 Flagged 60
8 9 Johnny Boyd 15 Bowes Seal Fast Kurtis 500G Offy 98 Flagged 50
9 12 Dick Rathmann 81 Central Excavating Kuzma Offy 96 Flagged 40
10 14 Johnnie Tolan 12 Pat Clancy Ewing Offy 96 Flagged 30
11 10 Andy Linden 26 Hart Fullerton Kurtis 4000 Offy 96 Flagged 20
12 17 Bill Cheesbourg 23 McDaniels Schroeder Offy 94 Flagged 10
13 7 George Amick 78 Hopkins Lesovsky Offy 81 Burned piston
14 15 Tony Bettenhausen 96 Dayton Steel Kurtis 4000 Offy 61 Spun out, turn 1
15 2 Pat O'Connor 7 Sumar Kuzma Offy 58 Poor handling
16 3 Rodger Ward 62 Wolcott Lesovsky Offy 21 Broken fuel pump
17 8 Art Bisch 87 Whittington Kurtis 4000 Offy 16 Wrecked, turn 1
18 18 Len Sutton 71 Miller/Collins Vollstedt Offy 16 Wrecked turn 1
-- -- Ray Crawford 49 Crawford Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Billy Garrett 41 Greenman-Casale Kuzma Offy -- Wrecked practice, T1
-- -- Jim McWithey 76 Leitenberger Silnes/Sherman Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Mel McGaughy 65 Leo Dobry Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Roger McCluskey 5 Chapman Russo/Nichels Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnnie Parsons 98 Agajanian Kuzma R Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jack Turner 54 Travelon Trailer Shilala Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Dempsey Wilson 27 Joe Hunt Magneto Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnny Thomson X X X X -- Did not appear

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Jud Larson 88 13-100
Pat O'Connor 12 1-12