1956 St. Clair International Trophy
[International Boundary]

St. Clair River, St. Clair, Michigan, July 15, 1956

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Statistics

15-Jul	3 Mile Course
St. Clair River	15 Mile Heats
St. Clair, Michigan	45 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1	U-6	Short Circuit	Chuck Thompson	74.189	—
2	U-14	Dora My Sweetie	Horace Dodge	—	—
3	U-20	Miss U.S. II	George Simon	—	—
4	U-50	Miss Wayne (2)	Bud Saile	67.537	—
5	U-54	Gale IV	Joe Schoenith	78.668	—
6	U-56	Gale VI	Joe Schoenith	91.487	79.291
7	G-22	Such Crust III (2)	Jack Schafer	—	—

 

	Heat One A	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Gale IV	Roy Duby	300	77.082
2	Short Circuit	Chuck Thompson	169	74.316
3	Miss U.S. II	Joe Taggart	127	70.662
4	Dora My Sweetie	Jack Bartlow	DNF	—
	Heat One B	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Gale VI	Lee Schoenith	400	77.534
2	Miss Wayne	Bob Mcelroy	300	75.494
3	Such Crust III	Fred Alter	DSQ	—

( Disqualification for jumping the gun in the initial running.

	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Gale IV	Roy Duby	400	86.537
2	Gale VI	Lee Schoenith	300	84.662
3	Short Circuit	Chuck Thompson	225	83.465
4	Such Crust III	Fred Alter	169	78.445
5	Miss Wayne	Bob Mcelroy	127	69.846
6	Miss U.S. II	Jack Bartlow	DNF	—

 

	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Such Crust III	Fred Alter	400	77.778
2	Gale VI	Lee Schoenith	300	76.184
3	Gale IV	Roy Duby	225	73.498
4	Short Circuit	Chuck Thompson	169	66.665
5	Miss Wayne	Bob Mcelroy	127	59.324

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum	Heat 3	Total
1	Gale VI	400	300	700	300	1000
2	Gale IV	300	400	700	225	925
3	Such Crust III	DSQ	169	169	400	569
4	Short Circuit	169	225	394	169	563
5	Miss Wayne	225	127	352	127	479
6	Miss U.S. II	127	DNF	127	DNS	127
7	Dora My Sweetie	DNF	DNS	0	DNS	0

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]