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1956-14

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NASCAR Grand National race number 14 of 56
Sunday, May 6, 1956 at Concord Speedway, Concord, NC
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:37:21
Average Speed: 61.633 mph
Pole Speed: 65.241 mph

Cautions: 1 for 3 laps
Margin of Victory: 18 sec
Attendance: 6,000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	300C	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	200	1,100	running	199
2	6	300	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	200	700	running	0
3	3	300B	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	198	475	running	0
4	9	285	Tim Flock	Jim Stephens	'56 Pontiac	197	365	running	0
5	8	X	Rex White	Max Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	195	310	running	0
6	29	37	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller	'56 Pontiac	188	250	running	0
7	13	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	185	200	running	0
8	25	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'55 Plymouth	182	150	running	0
9	5	49	Jim Paschal	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	181	100	running	0
10	18	34A	Charlie Jackson		'55 Oldsmobile	179	100	running	0
11	28	209	Pete Stewart	Pete Stewart	'56 Chevrolet	179	75	running	0
12	30	48	Al Watkins	Don Holcomb	'56 Ford	174	60	running	0
13	19	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'55 Chevrolet	172	50	running	0
14	20	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'56 Ford	158	50	running	0
15	26	9	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison	'56 Ford	149	50	rr axle	0
16	4	286	Cotton Owens	Jim Stephens	'55 Pontiac	146	50	rf hub	0
17	13	99	Billy Carden	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	137	50	rr axle	0
18	24	94	Ed Cole	Clarence DeZalia	'55 Mercury	128	50	spindle	0
19	10	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'56 Buick	127	50	hose	0
20	21	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser	'56 Ford	122	50	rr axle	0
21	22	760	Brownie King	Brownie King	'56 Chevrolet	120		vapor lock	0
22	15	150	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen	'56 Chevrolet	89		running	0
23	27	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	77		rear end	0
24	12	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	'56 Ford	64		piston	0
25	17	20	Bill Widenhouse	W.R. Waldron	'55 Buick	49		overheating	0
26	16	271	Ralph Liguori		'56 Mercury	27		crash	0
27	14	5	Bill Blair	Joe Blair	'56 Dodge	25		wheel	0
28	7	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'56 Chevrolet	23		crash	0
29	23	24	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue	'55 Chevrolet	19		engine	0
30	2	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	17		engine	1

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Speedy Thompson	1	4	4
Billy Myers	5	5	1
Speedy Thompson	6	200	195

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