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When permitted, this car ran the “Big-Bore” Main events. At certain events, cars winning in their particular races were allowed to run in Sunday’s main race – which was meant for large displacement sports-racing cars. September 1, 1956 Santa Barbara Production: 1st overall, 1st
Class E production
September 29, 1956 Sacramento Production Race: 1st overall,
1st Class E production
October 20, 1956 Pomona Production: 1st overall, 1st Class
E production
November 4, 1956 Palm Springs Production: 1st overall, 1st Class E production November 18, 1956 Paramount Ranch Production: 1st overall, 1st Class E production January 19, 1957 Pomona Production: 1st overall, 1st Class
E production
February 24, 1957 Willow Springs * 2nd overall, 1st Class E production March 9, 1957 Paramount Ranch Production: 1st overall, 1st
Class E production
March 16, 1957 Stockton Production: 1st overall, 1st Class
E production
April 6, 1957 Palm Springs Production: 1st overall, 1st Class
E production
April 20, 1957 Hawaii DNF – due to a collision while leading this race. June 15, 1957 Paramount Ranch Production: 2nd overall, 1st
Class E production
* This particular event at Willow Springs Raceway was a time-trials. Cars were timed individually for one lap. Bob’s time is a remarkable: 1:52 . He was second only to Jerry Austin driving a Jaguar D –- an all-out competition race car who turned 1:47.8 . Third place car was Chuck Porter’s Mercedes 300SLS (the star of “Devil’s Hairpin): with a 1:53 . Back to: Bob Oker -- A.C. Bristol |