1959 USAC Road Racing Championship at Pomona Fairgrounds Page 1

1959 USAC Road Racing Championships at Pomona Fairgrounds Race Results (Round 1)
West Coast Championship (Round 2)
First Annual Examiner International Grand Prix Road Races

1st	#50	Ken Miles - Porsche 550A RS Spyder
2nd	#155	Sam Weiss - Porsche 718 RSK
3rd	#99	Skip Hudson - Ferrari 410 Sport
4th	#53	Bill Krause - Maserati 450S
5th	#246	Lloyd Ruby - Maserati 300S Chevvrolet
6th	#16	Gordon Glyer - Ferrari 500 TR
7th	#29	Joe Playan - Porsche 550 RS Spyder
8th	#6	Chuck Daigh - Kurtis 500 Buick
9th	#170	Ed Vincent - Ferrari 500 TR
10th	#74	Cliff Haworth - Porsche 550 Spyder
11th	#184	Frank Livingstone - Eliminator Special Chevrolet
12th	#102	Jack Nettercutt - Ferrari 500 TRC
13th	#44	Frank Monise - Lotus 11
14th	#49	Bob Drake - Cooper Sports Climax

Did Not Finish

-	#69	Dan Gurney - Ferrari 375 Plus
-	#172	Jerry Unser - Kurtis KK500X Cadillac
-	#181	George Amick - Mercedes Benz 300SL Corvette
-	#82	Lister-Chevrolet (Corvette)
-	#204	Don Hulette - Chevrolet Corvette Special
-	#245	J.E. Rose - Maserati 450S
-	#4	Paul O'Shea - Sadler MkIII Chevrolet
-	#127	Ron Flockhart - Jaguar D-Type
-	#114	Jim Jeffords - Scarab MkII Chevrolet
-	#14	Jack Flaherty - Lister Jaguar
-	#21	Erv Lehr - Cooper Porsche
-	#2	Harry Hanford - OSCA TN
-	#88	Jim Rathmann - Ferrari 410 Sport
-	#83	Maurice Trintnant - Cooper Climax
-	#273	Jim Hall - Lister Chevrolet
-	#87	Wolfgang von Trips - Cooper Climax
-	#244	Bob Schroeder - Maserati
-	#59	Bob Oker - Aston Martin DBR2
-	#27	Roy Salvadori - Lotus 11 Climax
-	#38	Tony Bettenhausen - Ferrari 750 Monza
-	#98	Carroll Shelby - Maserati 450S 5.7
-	#70	Max Balchowsky - Old Yeller MkI Buick Special
-	#3	Bruce Kessler - Sadler MkII Chevrolet

Did Not Start

-	#249	Roy Salvadori - Aston Martin DBR2
-	#138	Chuck Howard - Maserati 200SI
-	#92	Jerry Unser - Miller Hanson Special Oldsmobile

Did Not Qualify

-	#9	Bill Cantrell - Meyer-Drake Special
-	#171	Hal Ullrich - Maserati 450S
-	#165	Mark Cummings - Cummings Corvette Special
-	#275	John Dixon - Maserati A6GCS
-	#711	Bill Dixon - Kurtis 500KK Chrysler
-	#93	Floyd Burt - Buick Special
-	#212	Loyal Katskee - Ferrari
-	#77	Bill Leyden - OSCA TN LeMans
-	#227	Leon Robertson - Porsche 550
-	#26	Bud Hand - MG Special
-	#271	Reg Wilson - Volvo Special
-	#35	Harvey Simon - MG Fiat Special
-	#32	Ray Pickering - Lotus MkIX MG

Entered but DiD Not Arrive
ferrary

-	#8	Bob Schroeder - Ferrari
-	#18	Carlyle Blackwell - Jaguar D-Type
-	#28	Ray Crawford - Zidar Special Chevrolet
-	#39	Ferrari
-	#117	Harry Hanford - Hanford Offenhauser
-	#169	Jack Gleghorn - Plass Minstral MG Special 6
-	#211	Jack Graham - Aston Martin
-	#222	John Biehl - Maserati
-	#229	Clem Proctor - Cooper Special MkII Chevrolet
-	#243	Don Wester - Porsche 550 Spyder
-	-	Richie Ginther - Ferrari 335 Sport
-	-	Bill Love - Ferrari Corvette
-	-	Dick Morgensen - Ferrari 250 TR
-	-	Jean Behra - Ferrari
-	-	George Keck - Porsche 550 RS
-	-	Wolfgang von Trips - Ferrari 3.5
-	-	Tom Meehan - Cooper Porsche
-	-	Frank Becker - Ferrari 500 TRC
-	-	Ak Miller - Devin Special Oldsmobile
-	-	Pete Lovely - Lotus 15
-	-	Ralph Ormsbee - HWM Chevrolet

Porsche 356 Speedster - Ronnie Bucknum. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list and also the 1959 8th Running Pomona Road Races in January/February entry list.

Lotus Eleven LeMans - Roy Salvadori and/or Skip Conklin (owner). Car did not finish.

Porsche 550 RS Spyder - Joe Playan. Joe finished 7th.

Cooper Porsche - Erv Lehr. Erv did not finish.

Chevrolet powered Eliminator Special - Frank Livingstone. Frank drove to an 11th place finish.

Maserati 450S Micro Lube Special - Bob Schroeder Livingstone. Frank did not finish.

Dan Gurney - Ferrari 375 Plus. Dan did not finish the race.

Chuck Daigh - Kurtis 500 Buick. Chuck finished 8th.

Skip Hudson - Ferrari 410 Sport. Skip finished 3rd.

Dan Gurney - Ferrari 375 Plus - Dan did not finish.

Jack Breskovich - Austin Healey 100S. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list and also the 1959 8th Running Pomona Road Races in January/February entry list

Bill Gaskins - Chevrolet Corvette. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list and also the 1959 8th Running Pomona Road Races in January/February entry list.

Scott Briley - Chevrolet Corvette. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list and also the 1959 8th Running Pomona Road Races in January/February entry.

Jack Nettercutt - Ferrari 500 TRC. Jack finished 12th.

Jim Parkinson - MGA. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list and also the 1959 8th Running Pomona Road Races in January/February entry list.

Charles Parson - Porsche 356 Carrera GT. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list.

R.W. Kasner - Triumph TR3. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list.

R.W. Kasner - Triumph TR3. Car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list.

Nick Pastor/Gary Pickens/Barbara Nieland - Triumph TR3. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list and also the 1959 8th Running Pomona Road Races in January/February entry list.

Alvin Gebhard - Morgan +4. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list.

Patrick Keenan - Porsche 356 Carrera GT. The car is not shown on the roster shown here but on the entry list and also the 1959 8th Running Pomona Road Races in January/February entry list.

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