1956 USAC National Championship Trail

Jimmy Bryan - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
5/30/56 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 PO Pat Flaherty
6/10/56 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 100 PO Pat Flaherty
6/24/56 Langhorne 100 Langhorne 100 DO George Amick
7/4/56 Pee Dee 200 Darlington 200.75 PO Pat O'Connor
7/14/56 Atlanta 100 Lakewood 100 DO Eddie Sachs
8/19/56 Springfield 100 Springfield 100 DO Jimmy Bryan
8/26/56 Milwaukee 250 Milwaukee 250 PO Jimmy Bryan
9/3/56 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin 100 DO Jimmy Bryan
9/8/56 Syracuse 100 Syracuse 100 DO Tony Bettenhausen
9/15/56 Hoosier Hundred ISF 100 DO Jimmy Bryan
10/21/56 Golden State 100 Sacramento 100 DO Jud Larson
11/12/56 Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix 100 DO George Amick

Non-Championship Events

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
7/22/56 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove 25 DO Jimmy Bryan
8/12/56 Dayton Race Dayton 25 PO Ed Elisian

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Jimmy Bryan 11 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1860
2 Pat Flaherty 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1500
3 Don Freeland 11 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1280
4 George Amick 9 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 1050
5 Jimmy Reece 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1040
6 Johnny Boyd 10 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 980
7 Bob Veith 11 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 903
8 Rodger Ward 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 862
9 Sam Hanks 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 800
10 Johnny Thomson 10 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 710
11 Pat O'Connor 9 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 680
12 Eddie Sachs 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 650
13 Johnnie Parsons 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 650
14 Al Keller 8 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 585
15 Bob Sweikert 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 540
16 Dick Rathmann 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 540
17 Jack Turner 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 500
18 Ed Elisian 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 420
19 Gene Hartley 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 410
20 Elmer George 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 410
21 Andy Linden 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 400
22 Jud Larson 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 320
23 Jim Rathmann 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 300
24 Tony Bettenhausen 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 290
25 Johnnie Tolan 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 205
26 Earl Motter 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 200
27 Cliff Griffith 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
28 Mike Magill 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 130
29 Billy Garrett 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 90
30 Jim McWithey 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 60
31 Don Branson 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 50
32 Fred Agabashian 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 50
33 Art Bisch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 30
34 Bill Cheesbourg 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
35 Keith Andrews 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
36T Bob Carpenter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
36T Dempsey Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
NR Rex Easton 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
NR Bob Christie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Jimmy Daywalt 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Eddie Russo 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Roy Graham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Eddie Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Mel McGaughy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Shorty Templeman 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Ken Gottschalk 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Charles Musselman 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Tommy Hinnershitz 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Duke Dinsmore 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Jimmy Davies 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Van Johnson 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Len Sutton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Troy Ruttman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0
NR Gene Force 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0
NR Danny Kladis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Al Herman 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0
NR Ray Crawford 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0
NR Paul Russo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0
NR Jay Abney 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Johnny Baldwin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tony Bonadies 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Buddy Cagle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Len Duncan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Nino Farina 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dick Fraizer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Paul Howe 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Johnny Kay 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Roger McCluskey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Speed McFee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Marvin Pifer 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bud Randall 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dick Reese 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chuck Rodee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Gig Stephens 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Marshall Teague 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Leroy Warriner 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chuck Weyant 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Gays Biro Non points race only 0
NR Rex Records Non points race only 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Jay Abney
Johnny Baldwin
Art Bisch
Don Branson
Bob Carpenter
Bill Cheesbourg
Billy Garrett
Ken Gottschalk
Roy Graham
Van Johnson
Roger McCluskey