1956 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

  • NASCAR Championship - Buck Baker in a Chrysler
  • The United States Auto Club (USAC) was founded to take over race sanctioning from the American Automobile Association (AAA).
  • USAC Racing:
    • 30 May – Pat Flaherty wins the 40th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the John Zink Special Watson-Offenhauser
    • Jimmy Bryan wins the season championship
  • Formula One – Juan Manuel Fangio (Argentina) is four-time World Drivers' Champion, driving for Ferrari. He is the first driver to win the championship four times.
  • 24 hours of Le Mans – Ron Flockhart / Ninian Sanderson win, sharing a Jaguar D-Type
  • Rally racing:
    • the team of Ronnie Adams / Frank Biggar won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Jaguar Mk VII
  • Drag racing:
    • Art Arfons' Allison-powered Green Monster #6 becomes the first member of Hot Rod Magazine's new 150-mph Club.
    • Melvin Heath won the NHRA Top Fuel title at the Nationals

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