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1956 Springfield Indycars in USAC at the Springfield circuit. Full information

1956 Springfield Indycars

1956 Springfield Indycars is 6th USAC race. Passed at the Springfield circuit. Rex Easton won the pole position, Jimmy Bryan won this race. Don Freeland and Eddie Sachs also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1956 Atlanta Indycars
Next race: 1956 Milwaukee Indycars
Race Start: 19th August 1956

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1956 Springfield Indycars

1st victory for the Dean Van Lines Racing Division team
1st victory for the Jimmy Bryan
1st podium for the Jimmy Bryan
2nd podium for the Don Freeland
2nd podium for the Eddie Sachs

1956 Springfield Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma ? 1956, #2	200	1h 7m 49.12s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
2	Don Freeland	Phillips ? 1956, #16	160	100 laps	Bob Estes
3	Eddie Sachs	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #51	140	100 laps	Ray T Brady
4	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #55	120	100 laps	Samuel W Traylor III
5	Pat O'connor	Blough ? 1956, #7	100	100 laps	Chapman S Root
6	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky ? 1956, #62	80	100 laps	Roger G Wolcott
7	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #15	60	100 laps	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
8	Andy Linden	Hillegass ? 1956, #46	50	99 laps	Lee S Glessner
9	Jim Mcwithey	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #96	40	98 laps	Dayton-Walther
10	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma ? 1956, #45	30	98 laps	Racing Associates
11	Don Branson	Templeton ? 1956, #74	20	98 laps	John R Wills
12	Billy Garrett	Kuzma ? 1956, #41	10	98 laps	Lysle Greenman
13	Tony Bettenhausen, Rex Easton	Meyer ? 1956, #57	0		Howard Iddings
14	Roy Graham	Kurtis Kraft ? 1956, #94	0	97 laps	Dick Holynski
15	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #14	0	97 laps	Federal Engineering
16	Bill Cheesbourg	Nichels ? 1956, #5	0	43 laps Oil pump	H Allen Chapman
17	Jack Turner	Shilala ? 1956, #54	0	27 laps Spun	Ernest L Ruiz
18	Pat Flaherty	Watson ? 1956, #8	0	26 laps Accident	John Zink

Qualifying Results for the 1956 Springfield Indycars on the Springfield circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rex Easton	Meyer ? 1956, #57	34.97s	Howard Iddings
2	Don Freeland	Phillips ? 1956, #16	35.16s	Bob Estes
3	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma ? 1956, #2	35.2s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
4	Roy Graham	Kurtis Kraft ? 1956, #94	35.27s	Dick Holynski
5	Johnny Boyd	Kurtis Kraft 500G, #15	35.56s	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
6	Eddie Sachs	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #51	35.61s	Ray T Brady
7	Jack Turner	Shilala ? 1956, #54	35.8s	Ernest L Ruiz
8	Pat Flaherty	Watson ? 1956, #8	35.82s	John Zink
9	Al Keller	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #55	35.84s	Samuel W Traylor III
10	Don Branson	Templeton ? 1956, #74	35.84s	John R Wills
11	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma ? 1956, #45	35.88s	Racing Associates
12	Pat O'connor	Blough ? 1956, #7	35.89s	Chapman S Root
13	Tony Bettenhausen	Meyer ? 1956, #57	0	Howard Iddings
13	Bill Cheesbourg	Nichels ? 1956, #5	35.9s	H Allen Chapman
14	Bob Veith	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #14	35.91s	Federal Engineering
15	Rodger Ward	Lesovsky ? 1956, #62	35.98s	Roger G Wolcott
16	Andy Linden	Hillegass ? 1956, #46	36.05s	Lee S Glessner
17	Jim Mcwithey	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #96	36.24s	Dayton-Walther
18	Billy Garrett	Kuzma ? 1956, #41	36.27s	Lysle Greenman