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USAC Midget race
South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ
March 31, 1956
100 laps on 0.25 mile dirt oval; 25 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	8	Johnnie Tolan	76	Bill Krech		100		running	29
2	1	Johnny Boyd	4			100		running
3	5	George Amick	14
4	3	Dempsey Wilson	44
5		Danny Oakes	59
6	9	Walt Faulkner	6
7		Howard Kelley	46
8	4	Johnnie Parsons	99
9		Rodger Ward	51
10		Bob Cortner	10
11		Larry Dunham	54
12	6	Rex Easton	2
13	7	Hank Henry	41
14	2	Johnnie Baldwin	18			64		accident
15	10	Billy Garrett	3
16		Jim Gilchrist	69
17		Skee Redican	15
18		Don Edmunds	27
19	19	Jimmy Reece	12			0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Bill Cheesbourg				0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Joe Giba				0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Bob Carroll	89			0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Buddy Taylor	16			0		did not qualify	0
		Tony Bettenhausen	28	Lew Bruns		75		radiator
		Norm Hall	34			0		did not qualify	0
		Hal Minyard	24			0		did not qualify	0
		Jay Abney				0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Bob Cortner was the fast qualifier.
Tony Bettenhausen's accident was reported by the Associated Press, but he is not listed in USAC records or the Arizona Republic race report (though he was mentioned in the pre-race story.)
Time of race: 00:24:58
Average Speed: 60.08 MPH
Pole Speed: 14.16 seconds
Attendance: 4,500