1956 USAC Championship Car 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, after the withdrawal of the AAA from all forms of racing after the 1955 season.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Pat Flaherty Pat Flaherty
2June 10 Rex Mays ClassicWisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Johnny Boyd Pat Flaherty
3June 24 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Billy Garrett George Amick
4July 4 Pee Dee 200Darlington RacewayDarlington, South CarolinaPaved Andy Linden Pat O'Connor
NCJuly 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Slim Roberts Bobby Unser
5July 14 Atlanta 100Lakewood SpeedwayAtlanta, GeorgiaDirt Bob Veith Eddie Sachs
NCJuly 22 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Ed Elisian Jimmy Bryan
NCAugust 12 Dayton 25Dayton SpeedwayDayton, OhioPaved Pat O'Connor Ed Elisian
6August 19 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Rex Easton Jimmy Bryan
7August 26 Milwaukee 250Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Johnny Boyd Jimmy Bryan
8September 3 Ted Horn Memorial 100DuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Johnny Thomson Jimmy Bryan
9September 8 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Earl Motter Tony Bettenhausen
10September 15 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt Jud Larson Jimmy Bryan
11October 21 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Jud Larson Jud Larson
12November 12 Bobby Ball MemorialArizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt George Amick George Amick

Final points standings

General references

  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf
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