1956 Presidents Cup
Statistics
| September 15-16 | 3 Mile Course |
| Potomac River | 15 Mile Heats |
| Washington, D.C. | 45 Mile Race |
| No. | Entry | Owner | Comp. Lap | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U-2 | Miss U.S. I (1) | George Simon | 91.525 | — |
| 2 | U-20 | Miss U.S. II | George Simon | 92.466 | — |
| 3 | U-8 | Hawaii Kai III | Edgar Kaiser | 102.622 | 89.109 |
| 4 | U-12 | Maverick (1) | Bill Waggoner | 101.504 | — |
| 5 | U-29 | Shanty I | Bill Waggoner | 100.186 | — |
| 6 | U-30 | Muvalong | Phil Murphy | 80.96 | — |
| 7 | U-50 | Miss Wayne (2) | Bud Saile | 83.077 | — |
| 8 | U-54 | Gale IV | Joe Schoenith | 94.077 | — |
| 9 | U-55 | Gale V (2) | Joe Schoenith | 93.913 | 85.974 |
| 10 | U-56 | Gale VI (1) | Joe Schoenith | 95.745 | — |
| 11 | U-60 | Miss Thriftway (1) | Willard Rhodes | 104.449 | 95.508 |
| 12 | U-99 | Miss Pepsi (2) | Roy Dossin | 99.083 | 97.239 |
| 13 | G-22 | Such Crust III (2) | Jack Schafer | 96.901 | — |
| 14 | CA-1 | Miss Supertest II | Gordon Thompson | 92.783 | — |
| Heat One A | Driver | Points | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Thriftway | Bill Muncey | 400 | 101.427 |
| 2 | Maverick | Bill Stead | 300 | 98.828 |
| 3 | Miss Pepsi | Chuck Thompson | 225 | 97.192 |
| 4 | Shanty I | Russ Schleeh | 169 | 94.604 |
| 5 | Miss Wayne | Bud Saile | 127 | 77.319 |
| Heat One B | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1 | Such Crust III | Fred Alter | 400 | 93.88 |
| 2 | Gale V | Bill Cantrell | 300 | 92.244 |
| 3 | Miss U.S. II | Joe "Doc" Terry | 225 | 88.991 |
| 4 | Miss U.S. I | Jack Bartlow | 169 | 88.091 |
| 5 | Muvalong | Jay Murphy | 127 | 79.178 |
| Heat One C | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1 | Gale VI | Lee Schoenith | 400 | 92.751 |
| 2 | Gale IV | Roy Duby | 300 | 90.725 |
| 3 | Hawaii Kai III | Jack Regas | 225 | 90.63 |
| 4 | Miss Supertest II | Danny Foster | 169 | 90.331 |
| Heat Two A | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1 | Miss Thriftway | Bill Muncey | 400 | 97.052 |
| 2 | Miss Pepsi | Chuck Thompson | 300 | 96.913 |
| 3 | Shanty I | Russ Schleeh | 225 | 92.118 |
| 4 | Gale VI | Lee Schoenith | 169 | 87.719 |
| 5 | Muvalong | Jay Murphy | 127 | 74.812 |
| 6 | Gale IV | Roy Duby | 95 | 62.703 |
| Heat Two B | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1 | Hawaii Kai III | Jack Regas | 400 | 95.744 |
| 2 | Maverick | Bill Stead | 300 | 95.609 |
| 3 | Gale V | Bill Cantrell | 225 | 82.109 |
| 4 | Miss U.S. II | Joe "Doc" Terry | 169 | 81.276 |
| 5 | Miss U.S. I | Jack Bartlow | 127 | 80.886 |
| 6 | Such Crust III | Fred Alter | DNF | — |
| Heat Three | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1 | Miss Pepsi | Chuck Thompson | 400 | 97.613 |
| 2 | Miss Thriftway | Bill Muncey | 300 | 88.902 |
| 3 | Gale V | Bill Cantrell | 225 | 84.222 |
| 4 | Hawaii Kai III | Jack Regas | 169 | 82.041 |
| 5 | Gale VI | Lee Schoenith | DNF | — |
| Recapitulation | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Cum | Heat 3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Thriftway | 400 | 400 | 800 | 300 | 1100 |
| 2 | Miss Pepsi | 225 | 300 | 525 | 400 | 925 |
| 3 | Hawaii Kai III | 225 | 400 | 625 | 169 | 794 |
| 4 | Gale V | 300 | 225 | 525 | 225 | 750 |
| 5 | Maverick | 300 | 300 | 600 | DNS | 600 |
| 6 | Gale VI | 400 | 169 | 569 | DNF | 569 |
| 7 | Such Crust III | 400 | DNF | 400 | DNS | 400 |
| 8 | Gale IV | 300 | 95 | 395 | DNS | 395 |
| 9 | Shanty I | 169 | 225 | 394 | DNS | 394 |
| 10 | Miss U.S. II | 225 | 169 | 394 | DNS | 394 |
| 11 | Miss U.S. I | 169 | 127 | 296 | DNS | 296 |
| 12 | Muvalong | 127 | 127 | 254 | DNS | 254 |
| 13 | Miss Supertest II | 169 | DNS | 169 | DNS | 169 |
| 14 | Miss Wayne | 127 | DNS | 127 | DNS | 127 |
[Statistics from Greene, V.1]