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1956-01

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NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 56
Sunday, November 13, 1955 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC
200 laps on a .400 mile dirt track (80.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:24:16
Average Speed: 56.962 mph
Pole Speed: 68.965 mph

Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Margin of Victory: 7 sec
Attendance: 7,500
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	301	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	'55 Chrysler	200	1,150	running	183
3	2	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	200	505	running	17
2	3	99	Curtis Turner	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	200	720	running	0
4	4	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'56 Ford	199	365	running	0
7	5	87	Buck Baker	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	'56 Ford	198	200	running	0
25	6	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'55 Chevrolet	79		crash	0
28	7	9	Joe Weatherly	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	35		radiator	0
13	8	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'55 Chevrolet	191	50	running	0
15	9	70	Cotton Owens	Lancaster Brothers	'55 Chevrolet	188	50	running	0
5	10	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'55 Chevrolet	199	360	running	0
31	11	91	Tom Pistone	Tom Pistone	'55 Chevrolet	199		dq	0
6	12	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	198	270	running	0
11	13	04	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	193	75	running	0
23	14	72	John Dodd, Jr.	John Dodd, Sr.	'55 Ford	106		lr axle	0
10	15	46	Billy Myers	Hugh Babb	'55 Chevrolet	193	100	running	0
27	16	296	Bob Flock	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	'55 Chevrolet	45		crash	0
8	17	297	Fonty Flock	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	194	150	running	0
24	18	88	Jimmie Lewallen	Ernest Woods	'55 Oldsmobile	100		gasket	0
29	19	24	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue	'55 Chevrolet	24		coil	0
21	20	89	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett	'55 Buick	123		rear end	0
30	21	25	Speedy Thompson	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	'55 Chevrolet	23		overheating	0
22	22	97	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'56 Ford	115		rf hub	0
20	23	900	Johnny Roberts	Johnny Roberts	'55 Chevrolet	155	50	running	0
12	24	141	Reds Kagle	Hoss Kagle	'55 Chevrolet	191	60	running	0
17	25	16	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'54 Dodge	185	50	running	0
14	26	6	Ralph Liguori	Al Wheatley	'55 Mercury	189	50	running	0
9	27	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison	'55 Oldsmobile	194	100	running	0
18	28	32	Ted Cannady	Ted Cannady	'53 Ford	185	50	running	0
26	29	5	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'55 Buick	77		crash	0
16	30	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'56 Chevrolet	187	50	rr axle	0
19	31	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	183	50	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	121	121
Lee Petty	122	138	17
Tim Flock	139	200	62

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