1956 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

The 1956 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the sixth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began March 10, 1956, and ended November 4, 1956, after eleven races.

Schedule

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Rnd Race LengthA Circuit Location Date
1 Walterboro National Championship Sports Car Races 105 mi (169 km) Lowcountry Regional Airport Walterboro, South Carolina March 10
2 Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race 100 mi (160 km) Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California April 22
3 Cumberland National Sports Car Races 1 hour Greater Cumberland Regional Airport Wiley Ford, West Virginia May 20
4 Texan National Championship Sports Car Races 100 mi (160 km) Eagle Mountain National Guard Base Fort Worth, Texas June 3
5 National Road Races 150 mi (240 km) Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 24
6 Beverly National Sports Car Races 90 mi (140 km) Beverly Airport Beverly, Massachusetts July 7
7 Seafair National Championship Races 200 km (120 mi) Kitsap County Airport Bremerton, Washington August 12
8 Thompson National Championship Races 1 hour Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut September 3
9 National Championship Road America Endurance Races 6 hours Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 9
10 International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen 50 mi (80 km) Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 15
11 Palm Springs National Championship Road Races 100 mi (160 km) Palm Springs Municipal Airport Palm Springs, California November 4
^A Feature race

Season results

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Feature race overall winners in bold.

Rnd Circuit BM Winning Team CM Winning Team CP Winning Team DM Winning Team DP Winning Team EM Winning Team EP Winning Team FM Winning Team FP Winning Team GM Winning Team GP Winning Team HM Winning Team Results
BM Winning Driver(s) CM Winning Driver(s) CP Winning Driver(s) DM Winning Driver(s) DP Winning Driver(s) EM Winning Driver(s) EP Winning Driver(s) FM Winning Driver(s) FP Winning Driver(s) GM Winning Driver(s) GP Winning Driver(s) HM Winning Driver(s)
1 Walterboro #18 Cunningham #59 Briggs Cunningham #22 Jaguar #44 Ferrari #0 Mercedes-Benz no entries #9 Arnolt-Bristol #47 Porsche #36 Porsche #35 Lotus #40 MG #90 Crosley Results
  Fred Wacker   Sherwood Johnston   Richard Kessler   Gene Greenspun   Charles Wallace   S. H. Arnolt   Mike Marshall   Lake Underwood   Frank Baptista   Ralph Durbin   Ed Welch
2 Pebble Beach #108 Kurtis-Cadillac #2 John von Neumann #46 Chevrolet #24 Dick Hall #136 Mercedes-Benz #38 Frazer Nash #59 Morgan #188 Porsche #86 Porsche #6 Cooper-Climax #33 MG #154 Crosley Special Results
  Lou Brero   Phil Hill   Dick Thompson   Carroll Shelby   Tony Settember   Marion Lowe   Bob Oker   Jack McAfee   Dale Johnson   John Fox   Gordon Wilson   Harry Eyerly
3 Cumberland #29 Allard-Cadillac #206 Tage Hansgen #180 Jaguar #30 Maserati #233 Mercedes-Benz
#170 Austin-HealeyA
#6 Ferrari #181 A.C.-Bristol #80 Porsche #209 Porsche #2 Lotus #88 Porsche #249 D.B. Results
  Bob Bucher   Walt Hansgen   Harry Carter   Bill Lloyd   Paul O'Shea (MB)
  Fred Moore (AH)
  Charles Hassan   John B. Mull   Jack McAfee   Lake Underwood   M. R. J. Wyllie   Emil Pupulidy   Howard Hanna
4 Eagle Mountain #16 Allard-Lincoln #58 Ferrari #18 Chevrolet #110 Richard Hall #35 Mercedes-Benz #83 Siata #26 Porsche #78 Porsche #45 Porsche #171 Lotus #66 Alfa Romeo #76 Giaur Results
  Walt Gray   Sherwood Johnston   Dick Thompson   Carroll Shelby   Paul O'Shea   T. D. Johnson   Richard McGuire   Jack McAfee   Jerry Morton   Ralph Miller   Val Scroggie   Bill Betts
5 Road America #51 Allard-Packard #111 Ferrari #22 Chevrolet #66 Maserati #1 Mercedes-Benz #6 Ferrari #44 A.C.-Bristol #188 Porsche #26 Porsche #255 Cooper #178 Alfa Romeo #41 FiberSport Crosley[1] Results
  Walt Gray   Carroll Shelby   Bark Henry   Phil Stewart   Charles Wallace   Ed Lunken   Ernie Erickson   Jack McAfee   Carl Haas   Fred Sclavi   Bill Wuesthoff   John Mays
6 Beverly #29 Allard-Cadillac #144 R. Cherryholme #111 Chevrolet #47 Ferrari #0 Mercedes-Benz #6 Ferrari #177 Porsche #69 Porsche #37 Porsche #35 Lotus #88 Porsche #2 Bandini Results
  Bob Bucher   Carroll Shelby   Dick Thompson   Masten Gregory   Charles Wallace   Ed Lunken   Bengt Söderström   Ed Crawford   Lake Underwood   Frank Baptista   Emil Pupulidy   Henry Rudkin
7 Seafair #108 Kurtis-Cadillac #98 John Edgar #106 Chevrolet B #33 Mercedes-Benz C #97 Morgan #188 Porsche #9 Porsche #66 Cooper-Climax #87 Alfa Romeo D Results
  Lou Brero   Carroll Shelby   Dick Thompson   Paul O'Shea   Dave Troffer   Jack McAfee   LeRoy Caverly   John Fox   Paul Naw
8 Thompson no finishers #41 Auto Engineering #80 Jaguar E #111 George Tilp #7 Temple Buell #127 A.C.-Bristol #47 Porsche #29 Porsche #44 Lotus #89 Porsche #4 PBX Results
  Walt Hansgen   Harry Carter   Paul O'Shea   Masten Gregory   Les Cizek   Masten Gregory   John Clapp   Duncan Black   Emil Pupulidy   Dolph Vilardi
9 Road America #98 Nash-Healey #10 John Kilborn #36 Jaguar #65 Aston Martin #33 Mercedes-Benz #7 Ted Boynton #86 A.C. #5 Osca #56 Porsche #23 Cooper #52 Alfa Romeo #46 Herman Behm Results
  Andy Rosenberger
  Robert Gary
  John Kilborn
  Howard Hively
  Duke Knowlton
  William Andrews
  Rod Carveth
  John Barneson
  Paul O'Shea
  Phil Hill
  Ted Boynton
  Bob Ballenger
  Frank Campbell
  Hal Ullrich
  Jim Kimberly
  Carroll Shelby
  Chuck Rickert
  Donald Kriplen
  Lance Reventlow
  Richie Ginther
  Ralph Durbin
  K. Askew
  Herman Behm
  Carl Haas
10 Watkins Glen #29 Bob Bucher #49 Mary L. Constantine #30 Raymond E. Mason #86 Edward F. Droesch #10 George Tilp #75 William M. Wonder no entries #146 Austin L. Conley #58 F. V. Grauds
#67 Sherman L. Decker
#2 M. R. J. Wyllie #44 Victor V. Forno
#105 Robert Holbert
#131 Ecruie Broque Results
  Bob Bucher   George Constantine   Raymond Mason   Ed Droesch   Paul O'Shea   William Wonder   Austin Conley   F. Grauds (overall)
  Sherman Decker (MG)F
  M. R. J. Wyllie   Victor Forno (overall)
  Bob Holbert (MG)F
  Dick Yares
11 Palm Springs #84 Hagemann Special-Chrysler #98 John Edgar #106 Chevrolet #49 Aston Martin #35 Mercedes-Benz
#277 Austin-Healey
#39 Frazer Nash #59 A.C.-Bristol #95 Cooper-Climax #20 Porsche #91 Lotus #181 Alfa Romeo #7 Devin-Panhard Results
  John Barneson   Carroll Shelby   Dick Thompson   Bob Drake   Jack Bates (MB)
  Elliott Forbes-Robinson (others)G
  James Lowe   Bob Oker   Bob Drake   Don Dickey   Harvey Mayer   Richard Morse   James Orr
^A Separate Mercedes-Benz 300SLs and Austin-Healey 100s winners were declared in D Production at Cumberland. The Mercedes ran in a race with C Production, and the Austin-Healeys in a race with E Production.
^B D, E, and F Modified were classified together at Seafair; the combined class was won by Jack McAfee's FM Porsche 550. The highest-finishing DM car was Jack Graham's Aston Martin DB3S in 2nd.
^C E Modified were classified with D Modified at Seafair.
^D H Modified were classified with E Modified at Seafair.
^E D and E Modified were classified together for the 1-hour races at Thompson. The class was won by Masten Gregory in an EM Ferrari. D Modified was classed with C Modified in the sprint race.
^F Separate Overall and MG winners were declared in F and G Production at Watkins Glen.
^G Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs were classified separately from others in D Production at Palm Springs.

Champions

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Class Driver Car
B Modified   Walt Gray Allard J2-Lincoln, Allard J2-Packard
C Modified   Walt Hansgen Jaguar D-Type
C Production   Harry Carter Jaguar XK140MC
D Modified   Bill Lloyd Maserati 300S
D Production   Paul O'Shea Mercedes-Benz 300SL
E Modified   E. B. Lunken Ferrari 500 TR
E Production   Bengt Söderström Porsche 356 1600
F Modified   Jack McAfee Porsche 550 Spyder
F Production   Lake Underwood Porsche 356 1500
G Modified   Frank Baptista Lotus Mark IX
G Production   Emil Pupulidy Porsche 356 1300
H Modified   James Orr Devin-Panhard

References

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  1. ^ "Fibersport Chassis". SportsRacer.net. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
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