Home



USAC Stock Car race
Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
July 15, 1956
150 laps on 1 mile paved oval; 150 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Troy Ruttman	16	Jack Stroppe	1956 Mercury	150	4,785	running	145
2	2	Johnny Mantz	8	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	150	3,232	running	5
3	4	Chuck Stevenson	26		1956 Ford	150	2,295	running	0
4		Jimmy Bryan	14		1956 Mercury	150	1,516	running	0
5		Les Snow		Herb Shannon	1956 Chevrolet	146	1,075	running	0
6		Don Schisler			1956 Chevrolet	146	905	running	0
7		Dempsey Wilson	44	Bob Osborne	1956 Chevrolet	145	788	running	0
8		Bill Cheesbourg			1956 Pontiac	145	767	running	0
9		Jim Rathmann	3		1956 Chevrolet	145	756	running	0
10		Sam Hanks	15		1956 Mercury	145	746	running	0
11		Bill Granger	72		1956 Dodge	145	586	running	0
12		Howard Kelley			1956 Pontiac	144	564	running	0
13		Ernie Derr			1956 Dodge	144	469	running	0
14		Art Lamey	90		1956 Dodge	143	447	running	0
15		Lyle Gordon	12		1956 Buick	142	405	running	0
16		Rodney Clark			1955 Buick	141	394	running	0
17		Dick Linder			1956 Plymouth	140	309	running	0
18		Jim Murray	46		1955 Buick	139	298	running	0
19		Frankie Schneider			1956 Ford	139	277	running	0
20		Bud Moneymaker	35		1956 Chevrolet	139	256	running	0
21		Joe Wright			1956 Plymouth	138	192	running	0
22		Danny Oakes			1956 Dodge	138	181	running	0
23		Telford Aase	70		1956 Chevrolet	135	170	running	0
24		Don Miller	76		1956 Plymouth	133	160	running	0
25		Vince Rizzo			1955 Mercury	133	138	running	0
26		Chuck Moses			1955 Oldsmobile	125	128	running	0
27	1	Marshall Teague	6		1956 Chevrolet	120	117	running	0
28		Allen Swenson			1956 Plymouth	118	107	running	0
29		Jimmy Davies			1956 Ford	114	106	running	0
30		Jimmy Reece	9		1956 Ford	96	106	accident	0
31		Pat O'Connor	62		1956 Plymouth	95	20	overheating	0
32		Shorty Templeman	5		1956 Plymouth	90	20	stalled	0
33		Norm Nelson			1956 Mercury	71	20	piston	0
34		Bill Eubank			1956 Buick	55	20	stalled	0
35		Gil Michaels			1955 Oldsmobile	36	20	timing	0
36		Whitey Johnson			1956 Packard	25	20	overheating	0
37		Jim Davis			1956 Mercury	18	20	overheating	0
38		Ed Kozbiel			1954 Oldsmobile	13	20	hoses	0
39		Gene Hartley			1956 Ford	11	20	overheating	0
40		Pat Flaherty			1956 Pontiac	6	20	engine	0
			94		1956 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
			7		1956 Buick	0		did not qualify	0
		Herb Shannon		Herb Shannon	1956 Chevrolet	0		qualified car	0
		Les Snow	2		1956 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Scotty Cain			1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Bob Christie			1956 Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
		Fred Lorenzen			1956 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Al Shear	60		1956 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Tony Bettenhausen	4		1956 Dodge	0		did not qualify	0
		Johnnie Parsons	1		1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Bill Homeier	34		1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Jack Radtke	22		1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Glen Barnhardt	52		1956 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Nick Valenta			1956 Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
		Bill Parks			1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Buckie Sager			1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Stewart Joyce	66		1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Ray Davis			1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Ben Pritzil			1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Mike Irish			1955 Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
		Tom Murray	54		1956 Plymouth	0		did not qualify	0
		Dan Dombrowski	93		1956 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Darvin Rendahl			1956 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		James Mantenanis			1955 Oldsmobile	0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Points counted towards USAC National Stock Car Championship.
56 cars entered for 40 positions.
Time of race: 01:48:18
Average Speed: 83.08 MPH
Pole Speed: 42.072 seconds
Race Purse: $ 22,475
Attendance: 30,718