1956 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

August 2023 1956 SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1955 1957 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 Rnd Race LengthSA A Circuit Location Date 1 Walterboro National Championship Sports Car Races 105 mi km on Lowcountry Regional Airport Walterboro, South Carolina March 10 2 Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race 100 mi km on 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 km on Eagle Mountain National Guard Base Fort Worth, Texas June 3 5 National Road Races 150 mi km on Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 24 6 Beverly National Sports Car Races 90 mi km on Beverly Airport Beverly, Massachusetts July 7 7 Seafair National Championship Races 200 km mi on 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 km on Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 15 11 Palm Springs National Championship Road Races 100 mi km on Palm Springs Municipal Airport Palm Springs, California November 4 SA A Feature race Season results 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 USA Fred Wacker USA Sherwood Johnston USA Richard Kessler USA Gene Greenspun USA Charles Wallace USA S. H. Arnolt USA Mike Marshall USA Lake Underwood USA Frank Baptista USA Ralph Durbin USA 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 USA Lou Brero USA Phil Hill USA Dick Thompson USA Carroll Shelby USA Tony Settember USA Marion Lowe USA Bob Oker USA Jack McAfee USA Dale Johnson USA John Fox USA Gordon Wilson USA Harry Eyerly 3 Cumberland #29 Allard-Cadillac #206 Tage Hansgen #180 Jaguar #30 Maserati #233 Mercedes-Benz#170 Austin-HealeyA A #6 Ferrari #181 A.C.-Bristol #80 Porsche #209 Porsche #2 Lotus #88 Porsche #249 D.B. Results USA Bob Bucher USA Walt Hansgen USA Harry Carter USA Bill Lloyd USA Paul O'Shea (MB)USA Fred Moore (AH) USA Charles Hassan USA John B. Mull USA Jack McAfee USA Lake Underwood USA M. R. J. Wyllie USA Emil Pupulidy USA 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 USA Walt Gray USA Sherwood Johnston USA Dick Thompson USA Carroll Shelby USA Paul O'Shea USA T. D. Johnson USA Richard McGuire USA Jack McAfee USA Jerry Morton USA Ralph Miller USA Val Scroggie USA 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 CrosleyFibersport Chassis http://sports.racer.net/chassis/fibersport/index.html SportsRacer.net 19 September 2010 Results USA Walt Gray USA Carroll Shelby USA Bark Henry USA Phil Stewart USA Charles Wallace USA Ed Lunken USA Ernie Erickson USA Jack McAfee USA Carl Haas USA Fred Sclavi USA Bill Wuesthoff USA 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 USA Bob Bucher USA Carroll Shelby USA Dick Thompson USA Masten Gregory USA Charles Wallace USA Ed Lunken USA Bengt Söderström USA Ed Crawford USA Lake Underwood USA Frank Baptista USA Emil Pupulidy USA Henry Rudkin 7 Seafair #108 Kurtis-Cadillac #98 John Edgar #106 Chevrolet B B #33 Mercedes-Benz C C #97 Morgan #188 Porsche #9 Porsche #66 Cooper-Climax #87 Alfa Romeo D D Results USA Lou Brero USA Carroll Shelby USA Dick Thompson USA Paul O'Shea USA Dave Troffer USA Jack McAfee USA LeRoy Caverly USA John Fox USA Paul Naw 8 Thompson no finishers #41 Auto Engineering #80 Jaguar E E #111 George Tilp #7 Temple Buell #127 A.C.-Bristol #47 Porsche #29 Porsche #44 Lotus #89 Porsche #4 PBX Results USA Walt Hansgen USA Harry Carter USA Paul O'Shea USA Masten Gregory USA Les Cizek USA Masten Gregory USA John Clapp USA Duncan Black USA Emil Pupulidy USA 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 USA Andy RosenbergerUSA Robert Gary USA John KilbornUSA Howard Hively USA Duke KnowltonUSA William Andrews USA Rod CarvethUSA John Barneson USA Paul O'SheaUSA Phil Hill USA Ted BoyntonUSA Bob Ballenger USA Frank CampbellUSA Hal Ullrich USA Jim KimberlyUSA Carroll Shelby USA Chuck RickertUSA Donald Kriplen USA Lance ReventlowUSA Richie Ginther USA Ralph DurbinUSA K. Askew USA Herman BehmUSA 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 USA Bob Bucher USA George Constantine USA Raymond Mason USA Ed Droesch USA Paul O'Shea USA William Wonder USA Austin Conley USA F. Grauds (overall)USA Sherman Decker (MG)F F USA M. R. J. Wyllie USA Victor Forno (overall)USA Bob Holbert (MG)F F USA 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 USA John Barneson USA Carroll Shelby USA Dick Thompson USA Bob Drake USA Jack Bates (MB)USA Elliott Forbes-Robinson (others)G G USA James Lowe USA Bob Oker USA Bob Drake USA Don Dickey USA Harvey Mayer USA Richard Morse USA James Orr A 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 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 C E Modified were classified with D Modified at Seafair. D D H Modified were classified with E Modified at Seafair. E 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 F Separate Overall and MG winners were declared in F and G Production at Watkins Glen. G G Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs were classified separately from others in D Production at Palm Springs. Champions Class Driver Car B Modified USA Walt Gray Allard J2-Lincoln, Allard J2-Packard C Modified USA Walt Hansgen Jaguar D-Type C Production USA Harry Carter Jaguar XK140MC D Modified USA Bill Lloyd Maserati 300S D Production USA Paul O'Shea Mercedes-Benz 300SL E Modified USA E. B. Lunken Ferrari 500 TR E Production USA Bengt Söderström Porsche 356 1600 F Modified USA Jack McAfee Porsche 550 Spyder F Production USA Lake Underwood Porsche 356 1500 G Modified USA Frank Baptista Lotus Mark IX G Production USA Emil Pupulidy Porsche 356 1300 H Modified USA James Orr Devin-Panhard References External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1956 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1956 program covers Category:SCCA National Sports Car Championship Scca National Sports Car Championship Category:1956 in American motorsport