Thompson Road Course

1959 THOMPSON SPEEDWAY SCCA Nationals - Sept 7, 1959 Thompson nationals were on labor day weekend.  Races on Saturday, party on Sunday and the features on Monday.  BARC was out in force in 1959 & 1960 photo credits: Dave Nicholas, Dave Zych, John E Kelley, Spankey Smith Thompson Pg2         BARC Home

Results

Grid for Saturday's Race   (L-R) Walt Hansgen - George Constantine Phil Forno	Constantine-Connell-Holbert made up the front row for the main race on Monday	The Aston gets away quick while Connell's Maser and Holbert's RSK smoke 'em	At the back, Gus Andrey's 2 liter Ferrari takes off next to C Jag of Gordy MacKenzie	Hansgen was fast but oddly unreliable this weekend and finished 4th
Joe Trotter drove his unusual red  Porsche to 9th	The big Aston booms its way past the pits headed to another victory	Westfield Walt was Cunningham's only big bore entry at Thompson	Bob Holbert flashes past the pits on his way to 2d overall	Phil Forno took the Cunningham 550RS to 3rd overall
Hansgen is gone and now it is Constantine and Holbert for the win on Monday	Connell's blue 200s is a blur at the bottom of the hill headed for 5th OA and 1st in D Modified	Hansgen confers with Mommo (glasses) and Brett Ragsdale (leaning over car)	The Greek stops to collect the checker flag of victory	Back at the end of a long day Constantine gets congratulations from mechanic Rex Woodgate
Holbert celebrates his win with a victory ride with his wife	The front row of the EP race.  Pierre Mion on pole, Carter middle Zabludoff outside.	Dave Zabludoff started and finished 5th in his AC	Harry Carter in his white AC Bristol Harry always liked the #80	Harry Carter takes the checker to win E Production