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1956-07

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NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 56
Sunday, March 4, 1956 at Palm Beach Speedway, W. Palm Beach, FL
200 laps on a .500 mile paved track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:26:32
Average Speed: 68.99 mph
Pole Speed: 81.081 mph

Cautions: 1 for 3 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 5,200
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
30	6	64	Al Keller	Al Keller	'56 Chevrolet	200		dq	0
1	3	14W	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	199	900	running	59
2	1	500B	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	199	600	running	32
3	2	92	Herb Thomas	Smokey Yunick	'56 Chevrolet	195	425	running	0
4	11	9	Joe Weatherly	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	191	335	running	0
5	27	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	191	290	running	0
6	20	12	Ralph Moody	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	191	250	running	0
7	4	501	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	191	200	running	0
8	12	X	Rex White	Max Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	189	150	running	0
9	8	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	189	100	running	0
10	29	27	John McVitty	John McVitty	'56 Chevrolet	187	100	running	0
11	17	55	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'56 Ford	183	75	running	0
12	30	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	181	60	running	0
13	16	576	Jim Wilson	Harvey Walters	'56 Dodge	180	50	running	0
14	21	32	Ted Cannady	Ted Cannady	'55 Chevrolet	179	50	running	0
15	23	88	Jimmie Lewallen	Ernest Woods	'56 Oldsmobile	178	50	running	0
16	15	97	Millard Wright	Millard Wright	'54 Oldsmobile	178	50	running	0
17	10	C97	Red Farmer	J.M. Fitzgibbons	'56 Chevrolet	177	50	running	0
18	24	78	Joel Million	Ernest Woods	'56 Oldsmobile	175	50	running	0
19	25	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'55 Chevrolet	174	50	running	0
20	9	99	Curtis Turner	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	168	50	tire	0
21	5	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'56 Chevrolet	141		tire	109
22	22	96	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'55 Oldsmobile	83		shift lever	0
23	18	999	Jack Smith	Joe Jones	'56 Ford	61		rf hub	0
24	14	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'55 Oldsmobile	60		rear end	0
25	7	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison	'56 Dodge	42		wheel	0
26	13	33	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'55 Chevrolet	29		crash	0
27	19	72	John Dodd, Sr.	John Dodd, Sr.	'55 Ford	28		crash	0
28	26	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	22		carburetor	0
29	28	424	Ralph Murray		'54 Oldsmobile	2		steering	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	32	32
Jim Reed	33	141	109
Billy Myers	142	200	59

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