Pole position:
Fastest lap: Thompson in 1.14,8
Distance: 8 hours
Average speed: 108,22 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset:
Car info:
This time, the field was even more varied; two Studebaker Larks (according to the report with 4800 cc engines, but that seems rather unlikely) took up the gauntlet against the Abarths, Volvos and Saabs. Ralphy Moody, of Holman & Moody fame, won the race together with Maggiacomo but only after the leading Saab broke a wheel bearing one hour from the end. It was duly repaired, but the gap to the Lark was too big to close. |
Overall result
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Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
1 | 1 | 2 | Studebaker Lark |
Ralph Moody, USA Jocko Maggiacomo Jr, USA |
4244 | V8 | Over 1300 cc | 359 laps | ||||
2 | 1 | 52 | Saab |
Dick Thompson, USA Joe Dodge, USA |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 355 | 1.14,8 | Wheel bearing | |||
3 | 2 | 54 | Saab |
Stutz Plaisted Dick Malone |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 353 | |||||
4 | 2 | 11 | Volvo |
L. Ettinger R. Gaul |
L4 | Over 1300 cc | 341 | |||||
5 | 3 | 56 | Saab |
Floyd Stone, USA George Oulton, USA ? E. Hodson |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 339 | |||||
6 | 4 | 53 | Saab |
Hal Mayforth, USA Louis Braun, USA |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 339 | |||||
7 | 3 | 17 | Volvo |
Jim Locke, USA Ernst De Vos, USA |
L4 | Over 1300 cc | 338 | |||||
8 | 5 | 55 | Saab |
Ray Saidel, USA Charles "Chuck" Cunningham, USA |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 336 | |||||
9 | 6 | 46 | Ford Anglia |
Doug Diffenderfer, USA Wessels |
997 | L4 | Under 1300 cc | 333 | ||||
10 | 7 | 51 | Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato |
Ray Cuomo, USA Lukens |
747 | L4 | Under 1300 cc | 333 | ||||
11 | 8 | 65 | BMW 700 |
George Lazaravich Heitman |
697 | B2 | Under 1300 cc | 324 | ||||
12 | 9 | 58 | Saab |
B. Lesko George Sanderson, USA |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 323 | |||||
13 | 10 | 71 | NSU Prinz 30 |
Harry Fanelli, USA Pete Barber, USA |
583 | L2 | Under 1300 cc | 318 | ||||
14 | 11 | 61 | BMW 700 |
Charles Callanan Bob Rubin, USA |
697 | B2 | Under 1300 cc | 313 | ||||
15 | 12 | 62 | BMW 700 |
Peter Pulver, USA Al Ackerly, USA |
697 | B2 | Under 1300 cc | 309 | ||||
16 | 13 | 63 | BMW 700 |
B. Walsh J. Clapp |
697 | B2 | Under 1300 cc | 295 | ||||
17 | 4 | 15 | Volvo |
Art Riley, USA Bill Rutan, USA |
L4 | Over 1300 cc | 291 | |||||
18 | 14 | 67 | Saab |
Mottern M. Tilton |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 289 | |||||
19 | 15 | 45 | Triumph Herald |
George Waltman, USA Nick Cone, USA |
948 | L4 | Under 1300 cc | 288 | ||||
20 | 5 | 1 | Studebaker Lark |
? Jordan King, USA ? Fred Barrette, USA |
4244 | V8 | Over 1300 cc | 272 | ||||
21 | 16 | 91 | Vespa 400 |
Stutz Plaisted J. Crusoe |
394 | L2 | Under 1300 cc | 256 | ||||
22 | 17 | 21 | VW Denzel |
J. Wright R. Wells |
1192 | B4 | Under 1300 cc | 250 | ||||
23 | 18 | 92 | Vespa 400 |
P. Cade G. McKenzie |
394 | L2 | Under 1300 cc | 241 | ||||
24/NRF | 19 | 72 | NSU Prinz 30 |
Frank Baptista, USA |
583 | L2 | Under 1300 cc | 258 | Blown engine | |||
25/NRF | 42 | Austin Mini Seven |
Bob Grossman, USA G. Georgi |
848 | L4 | Under 1300 cc | 176 | Camshaft | ||||
26/NRF | 44 | Austin Mini Seven |
C. Hagy R. Roth |
848 | L4 | Under 1300 cc | 147 | Camshaft | ||||
DNF | 41 | Austin Mini Seven |
Sherman Decker, USA H. Van Dusen |
848 | L4 | Under 1300 cc | 147 | Camshaft | ||||
DNF | 14 | Volvo |
M. Jones H. Jeffries |
L4 | Over 1300 cc | 128 | Accident, fire | |||||
DNF | 16 | Volvo |
Rune Svensson, USA E. Elfstrom |
L4 | Over 1300 cc | 111 | Transmission | |||||
DNF | 57 | Saab |
Fred Vetterlein Hans Rhemrev |
L3 | Under 1300 cc | 82 | Engine | |||||
DNF | 43 | Austin Mini Seven |
Duncan Black, USA Frank Gorman, USA |
848 | L4 | Under 1300 cc | 41 | Transmission |