1956 USAC Championship Car season

1956 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	12
Start date	May 30
End date	November 12
Awards
National champion	Jimmy Bryan
Indianapolis 500 winner	Pat Flaherty
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1955 (AAA)	1957

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 in August 1955.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Pat Flaherty	Pat Flaherty
2	June 10	Rex Mays Classic	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Johnny Boyd	Pat Flaherty
3	June 24	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Billy Garrett	George Amick
4	July 4	Pee Dee 200	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	Paved Oval	Andy Linden	Pat O'Connor
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb		Bobby Unser
5	July 14	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt Oval	Bob Veith	Eddie Sachs
NC	July 22	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Ed Elisian	Jimmy Bryan
NC	August 12	Dayton 25	Dayton Speedway	Dayton, Ohio	Paved Oval	Pat O'Connor	Ed Elisian
6	August 19	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Rex Easton	Jimmy Bryan
7	August 26	Milwaukee 250	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Johnny Boyd	Jimmy Bryan
8	September 3	Ted Horn Memorial 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Johnny Thomson	Jimmy Bryan
9	September 8	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt Oval	Earl Motter	Tony Bettenhausen
10	September 15	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	Jud Larson	Jimmy Bryan
11	October 21	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
12	November 12	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt Oval	George Amick	George Amick

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Racing Enterprises	1860
2	Pat Flaherty	John Zink	1500
3	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	1280
4	George Amick		1050
5	Jimmy Reece		1040

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1956". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1956/. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
• "1956 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1956.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
• Harms, Phil. "1956 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1956sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 

See also

• 1956 Indianapolis 500