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1956-23

NASCAR Grand National race number 23 of 56
Wednesday, May 30, 1956 at New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
150 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (150.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:44:26
Average Speed: 86.179 mph
Pole Speed: 83.975 mph

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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
24	10	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'56 Buick	1	35	crash	0
16	9	285	Don Carr	Jim Stephens	'56 Pontiac	120	100	engine	0
6	3	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	144	375	fuel pump	0
22	7	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'56 Ford	23	50	lr tire	0
20	11	81	Frank Jamison		'55 Chevrolet	88	50	overheating	0
23	20	11	Sonny Walters			20	50	overheating	0
21	17	195	Jim Rhoades		'55 Packard	83	50	piston	0
1	1	300	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	150	1,900	running	141
2	6	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	147	1,300	running	0
3	2	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'56 Chevrolet	146	950	running	0
4	4	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	145	700	running	0
5	8	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	145	535	running	0
7	23	300C	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	144	325	running	9
8	5	340	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'56 Chrysler	142	275	running	0
9	24	226	Russ Truelove	Bob White	'56 Mercury	141	150	running	0
10	12	10	Nolan Swift	Jim Cushman	'56 Buick	137	125	running	0
11	16	147	Hoss Kagle	Hoss Kagle	'56 Chevrolet	135	100	running	0
12	13	1	Ken Seibel			134	100	running	0
13	14	230	Benny DeRosier	Adelmo Tiezzi	'54 Hudson	129	100	running	0
14	15	179	John Lindsay	John Lindsay	'55 Chevrolet	126	100	running	0
15	21	3	Curley Hatfield		'55 Chevrolet	121	100	running	0
17	22	211	George Cork		'55 Plymouth	117	100	running	0
18	18	77	Walt Schubert	Bob Bunselmeyer	'55 Ford	114	100	running	0
19	19	41	Billy Rafter	Billy Rafter	'55 Dodge	114	50	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	102	102
Speedy Thompson	103	111	9
Buck Baker	112	150	39

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