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1956-06

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NASCAR Grand National race number 6 of 56
Sunday, February 26, 1956 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
39 laps* on a 4.100 mile road course (159.9 miles)

Time of race: 1:40:24
Average Speed: 90.657 mph
Pole Speed: 135.747 mph

Cautions: 2 for 2 laps
Margin of Victory: 57 sec
Attendance: 29,000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	300A	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	37	4,025	running	34
33	8	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth	'56 Mercury		25		3
2	24	14W	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	37	2,375	running	0
3	22	12	Ralph Moody	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	37	1,450	running	0
4	16	88	Jimmie Lewallen	Ernest Woods	'56 Oldsmobile		900	running	0
5	27	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'56 Chevrolet		700	running	0
6	40	64	Al Keller	Al Keller	'56 Chevrolet		600	running	0
7	38	204	Darvin Randahl	Darvin Randahl	'56 Ford		500	running	0
8	6	15W	Bob Korf	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury		400	running	0
9	10	92	Herb Thomas	Smokey Yunick	'56 Chevrolet	36	250	running	0
10	12	500B	Fonty Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge		200	running	0
11	25	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet		160	running	0
12	18	42	Lee Petty	Volusia Motors (Petty Enterprises)	'56 Dodge		135	running	0
13	58	342	Jack Radtke	Hanlon Motors	'56 Ford		110	running	0
14	49	16	Ray Chaike	Gus Holzmueller	'56 Chevrolet		100	running	0
15	55	40	Gene Simpson	Bud Harbaugh	'55 Buick		100	running	0
16	60	100	Ken Milligan	Dave Everett	'56 Chrysler		90	running	0
17	78	5	Bill Blair	Joe Blair	'56 Dodge		80	running	0
18	35	91	Donald Thomas	Donald Thomas	'56 Ford		75	running	0
19	14	300	Charlie Scott	Carl Kiekhaefer	'55 Chrysler		75	running	0
20	9	301	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'55 Chrysler		75	running	0
21	66	396	Dave Lundman		'56 Chevrolet		60		0
22	30	X	Rex White	Max Welborn	'56 Chevrolet		60		0
23	19	63	Lyle Scott	Lyle Scott	'56 Chrysler		60		0
24	50	155	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'56 Ford		60		0
25	76	411	Pat Zocano		'56 Chevrolet		60		0
26	77	390	Ray Thompson	Johnny McCoy	'56 Studebaker		50		0
27	45	10	Jim Cushman	Jim Cushman	'56 Buick		50		0
28	75	96	Eddie Skinner	Curtis Reid	'55 Oldsmobile		50		0
29	74	640	Ken Love	Ken Love	'56 Ford		50		0
30	54	761	David Ezell	S.G. Russell	'56 Chevrolet		50		0
31	73	230	Benny DeRosier	Adelmo Tiezzi	'54 Hudson		25		0
32	70	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser	'56 Ford		25		0
34	59	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'56 Ford		25		0
35	41	330	Don Bailey	Don Bailey	'56 Ford		25		0
36	52	C97	Red Farmer	J.M. Fitzgibbons	'56 Chevrolet		25		0
37	61	123	Charles Oldham	Charles Oldham	'56 Chevrolet		25		0
38	71	77	Walt Schubert	Bob Bunselmeyer	'55 Ford		25		0
39	68	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'55 Chevrolet		25		0
40	26	55	Junior Johnson	Brushy Mountain Motors (A.L. Bumgarner)	'56 Pontiac		25	crash	0
41	57	84	Kenneth Wagner	Lawson & Netti	'56 Ford				0
42	67	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'55 Plymouth				0
43	11	300B	Frank Mundy	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler				0
44	37	9	Joe Weatherly	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford				0
45	69	166	Bud Palmer	W.E. Campbell	'55 Chevrolet				0
46	63	1	Bobby Myers	Ansel Rakestraw	'55 Chevrolet				0
47	5	226	Russ Truelove	Bob White	'56 Mercury			crash	0
48	45	68	Bill Widenhouse	Fred Sheibert	'56 Ford				0
49	62	108	Tommy Herzberg	Lem Svajian	'55 Chevrolet				0
50	56	203	Pete Yow	Strickland Motor Co. (Pete Yow)	'55 Buick				0
51	48	265	W.H. Atkinson	W.H. Atkinson	'56 Ford				0
52	36	99	Curtis Turner	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford				0
53	42	8	Gene White		'56 Buick				0
54	28	505	Charlie Cregar	Charlie Cregar	'56 Chevrolet				0
55	15	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'56 Dodge				0
56	79	271	Dick Blackwell		'56 Mercury				0
57	53	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'55 Oldsmobile				0
58	33	M-1	Tommy Thompson	Fish Carburetor (Bob Fish)	'55 Buick				0
59	32	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford				0
60	4	285	Ed Kretz	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	'56 Pontiac				0
61	3	286	Cotton Owens	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	'56 Pontiac				0
62	51	56	Joe Eubanks	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	'56 Ford				0
63	29	97	Danny Letner	Ed Hastings	'56 Ford				0
64	43	719	Joy Fair	Russell Wainscott	'56 Dodge			clutch	0
65	14	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet				0
66	72	424	Johnny Osteen		'54 Oldsmobile				0
67	31	78	Joel Million	Ernest Woods	'56 Oldsmobile				0
68	7	290	Jack Choquette	Bob Osiecki	'56 Dodge				0
69	34	157	Dick Linder	Woody Brougher	'56 Ford				0
70	46	999	Jack Smith	Joe Jones	'56 Ford				0
71	2	500B	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge				0
72	21	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison	'56 Dodge				0
73	17	576	Jim Wilson	Harvey Walters	'56 Dodge	1		crash	0
74	20	321	Buddy Krebs	Harvey Walters	'56 Dodge			crash	0
75	64	206	Jimmy Mairs		'55 Buick			crash	0
76	80	113	Emanuel Zervakis	Emanuel Zervakis	'56 Chevrolet			crash	0
77	23	144	Al Tasnady	Al Tasnady	'55 Plymouth	0		crash	0
78	39	211	John Hamby	J.V. Hamby	'55 Plymouth	0		crash	0
79	47	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford	0		did not start	0
80	65	444	Sonny Black	Sonny Black	'55 Chevrolet	0		did not start	0

* Race shortened to 37 laps due to incoming tide.

Failed to qualify: Jimmy Ayers (#3), Martin Edwards, Hal Prentice (#333), Don Mitchell (#310), Louis Headley (#243), Mike Diviney (#214), Jake Hatcher (#205), George Henderson (#142), Peck Peckham (#74), C.E. Wood (#60), Bob Pronger (#44), Ted Cannaday (#32), Bunk Moore (#20), Mickey Rorer (#17), Marty Nichols (#16A), Bill Cinlia

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	23	23
Jim Paschal	24	26	3
Tim Flock	27	37	11

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