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USAC Sprint Car (Midwest) race
Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN
September 9, 1956
30 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 15 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1		Eddie Sachs	2	Cheesman		30		running
2		Pat O'Connor	9	Bob Estes
3		Bob Veith	6	Ruiz
4		Elmer George	21	Mari Hulman
5		Don Branson	8	Willis
6		Bob King	2	Hall	Cadillac
7		Jimmy Daywalt	45	Leitenberger
8		Ed Elisian	33	Erickson
9		Andy Linden	73	Lee Elkins
10		Red Amick	27	Amick	Mercury
11		Van Johnson	31	Engle
12		Red Renner	4	Hays	Ford
13		Jim McWithey	83	Lee Elkins		24		did not finish
14		Ray Sellers	37	Stevens	GMC	11		did not finish
15	15	Marv Pifer	32	McCurdy		0		did not qualify	0
16	16	Bob Cleberg	27	Cowgill		0		did not qualify	0
17	17	Bob Stokes	66	Bennett		0		did not qualify	0
18	18	Jim Packard	17	Cleberg	GMC	0		did not qualify	0
19	19	Johnny Noble	15	Christian		0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Dick Leisure	5	Watterson		0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Whitney Harris	33	Butler		0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Russ Royce	19	Brown		0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Bob Tattersall	66	Padilla	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Cecil Smith	42	Thomas	Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Tom McClellan	62	Vicory		0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Jim Davis	54	Flynn		0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Orville Cramer	46	Fleisher		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Bill Joslin	23	Deer	Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Frank Toth	17	Toth	Ford	0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Charles Meredith	36	Everley	Studebaker	0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Hank Miller	88	Earl		0		did not qualify	0
32	32	Dick Williamson	36	Lawson		0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Pat O'Connor was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:34:20
Average Speed: 26.214 MPH
Pole Speed: 19.1 seconds