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1956-39 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 39 of 56 Sunday, August 19, 1956 at Bay Meadows Speedway, San Mateo, CA 250 laps* on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:31:00 Average speed: 68.161 mph Pole speed: 81.614 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1956 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 45   Eddie Pagan Oscar Maples Ford Torrance, CA   (Eddie Pagan) '56 Ford 241 2475 running 241 2 7 11   Parnelli Jones Vel Miletich '56 Ford 241 1575 running 0 3 6 56   Chuck Meekins Jim Rush '56 Chevrolet 239 1100 running 0 4 17 225   Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane '56 Mercury 239 750 running 0 5 14 21   Scotty Cain Torrance Motors   (Scotty Cain) '56 Ford 239 550 running 0 6 2 31   Bill Hyde Ray Hall '56 Dodge 237 450 running 0 7 13 43   Bob Ross Bob Ross '56 Mercury 235 300 running 0 8 11 12   Fireball Roberts Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 233 250 running 0 9 12 77N   Gordon Haines Herb Eberhart '56 Dodge 232 200 running 0 10 8 88N   Ed Negre Ed Negre '56 Oldsmobile 231 250 running 0 11 15 41   Ernie Young Walt Palozi '56 Pontiac 228 200 running 0 12 35 14N   Bob Keefe Harold McClure '56 Ford 227 150 piston 0 13 25 33   Carl Hammill Carl Hammill '56 Chevrolet 226 100 running 0 14 28 188   Jim Blomgren Lorrin Bates '56 Ford 226 100 running 0 15 9 98N   Johnny Kieper Johnny Kieper '56 Chevrolet 225 100 running 0 16 26 71N   Clyde Palmer Herb Eberhart '56 Dodge 225 100 running 0 17 31 66N   Lou Sherman Hoyt Platt '56 Mercury 224 100 running 0 18 30 25   Erick Erickson Erick Erickson '56 Pontiac 217 50 running 0 19 18 89   Clyde Mitchell Clyde Mitchell '56 Ford 216 50 running 0 20 20 52N   Harold Hardesty John Ross '56 Chevrolet 216 50 running 0 21 33 55   Bill West Cos Cancilla '54 Oldsmobile 215 40 running 0 22 24 36   Bill Bade Joe Navarro '55 Chevrolet 214 40 running 0 23 4 2   Al Pombo Tom Roady '56 Dodge 212 40 spun 0 24 23 68   Frank Secrist J.M. Wattenbarger '56 Chevrolet 207 40 running 0 25 34 20   Howard Phillippi Howard Phillippi '56 Chevrolet 185 40 running 0 26 10 15N   Royce Hagerty Curly Weida '56 Dodge 172 40 crash 0 27 22 9   Jim Cook Floyd Johnson '56 Pontiac 154 40 piston 0 28 15 156   Art Watts Oscar Maples '56 Mercury 139 40 rf hub 0 29 37 91   Reggie Ausmus Art Krebs '55 Chevrolet 138 40 overheating 0 30 5 551   Bill Moore Bill Moore '56 Pontiac 114 40 fan belt 0 31 21 47   Bob Havemann Bob Havemann '56 Pontiac 111 40 engine 0 32 27 34   Sherman Clark Sherman Clark '55 Chevrolet 102 40 driveshaft 0 33 29 1   Ralph Moody DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 75 40 engine 0 34 32 75N   Wally Gervais Wally Gervais '56 Oldsmobile 53 40 engine 0 35 3 300B   Buck Baker Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Chrysler 35 40 engine 0 36 10 30   Herb Thomas Jack Chatenay '56 Plymouth 20 90 – 0 37 36 83   Ole Anderson Oscar Maples '54 Ford 9 40 overheating 0 * Race shortened to 241 laps due to crash.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Eddie Pagan 1 241 241