Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb
Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb
12.42 Mile Hill Climb
1 Laps/12.42 Miles
July 4, 1956

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points

1 5 Bobby Unser 58 Jerry Unser Special X X 1 0:14:27.0 51.571  
2 3 Bob Finney 53 American Builders X X 1 0:14:28.1 51.506  
3 1 Slim Roberts 6 Grover X X 1 0:14:36.9 50.989  
4 10 Charlie Lowderman 18 Raybestos X X 1 0:14:51.3 50.165  
5 7 Pete Woods 65 Bromme X X 1 0:14:51.8 50.137  
6 16 Louie Unser 97 Koch Harley-Davidson X X 1 0:15:05.6 49.373  
7 X Gordon Herring 12 Bandimere Manufacturing X X 1 0:15:06.0 49.351  
8 6 Keith Andrews 27 Joe Hunt Magneto X X 1 0:15:06.7 49.313  
9 17 Johnny Mauro 33 Mauro X X 1 0:15:29.4 48.108  
10 14 Pete Pusede 50 Burt's Motor Sales X X 1 0:15:33.1 47.918  
11 11 Foster Campbell 94 Pagliacci X X 1 0:15:34.0 47.872  
12 13 Shelby Hill 1 Hill X X 1 0:15:36.2 47.759  
13 20 Wayne Sankey 62 Sankey X X 1 0:15:52.1 46.961  
14 15 Frank Sanborn 2 Sanborn X X 1 0:15:59.5 46.599  
15 22 Art Hillis 46 Holiday Inn X X 1 0:16:12.9 45.957  
16 4 E. T. Cox 68 Cox X HAL 1 0:16:18.3 45.704  
17 2 Paul Kleinschmidt 4 Coors X X 1 0:16:20.9 45.583  
18 24 Berton Groves 15 Groves Excavation X X 1 0:17:21.4 42.935  
19 X Bobby Cropper 32 X X X 1 0:18:06.8 41.141  
X 8 Jimmy Good 7 Woestman X Alfa Romeo 0 Did not finish  
X 9 Ray Crawford 49 Crawford Kurtis X 0 Did not finish  
X 12 Louis Unser 9 Coniff X X 0 Did not finish  
3 of the following 5 drivers started and did not finish, the other 2 did not start, but I don't know who did what at this time
X 18 Joe Garson 5 Lehman X Wayne X Did not start  
X 19 Chuck Hulse 77 Blum X GMC X Did not start  
X 21 Jack Hahn 41 C&T Automotive X X X Did not start  
X 23 Norman Robinson 17 Robinson X Hudson X Did not start  
X 25 Orville Nance 88 Nance X X X Did not start  
                   
X X L. J. Green 22 Owens Flagships X X X Did not qualify  
X X Jim Green 22 X X Oldsmobile X Did not qualify  
X X Phil Shafer X Shafer X X X Did not qualify  
X X Ted Foltz 29 Koch Auto Parts X X X Spun qualifying  
X X Malcolm Brazier 51 McDowell X McDowell X Spun qualifying  

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 1 1