1956 NASCAR Grand National Results

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40 races on dirt tracks
13 races on paved tracks
3 races on road courses

11 short track races
2 superspeedway races

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#	Date	Site	Cars	Winner(s)	St	Make / Model	Len	Sfc	Miles	Purse	Pole	Cau	Laps	Speed	LC
1	11/13/55	Hickory	31	Tim Flock	1	'55 Chrysler	.400	D	80	4,455	68.965	4	23	56.962	2
2	11/20/55	Charlotte	27	Fonty Flock	1	'55 Chrysler	.750	D	101	4,285	70.496	2	7	61.825	0
3	11/20/55	Lancaster	37	Chuck Stevenson	2	'56 Ford	2.500	R	200	7,740	76.556	0	0	66.512	7
4	12/11/55	W. Palm Beach	23	Herb Thomas	3	'56 Chevrolet	.500	P	100	4,335	78.912			65.009
5	01/22/56	Phoenix	30	Buck Baker	12	'55 Chrysler	1.000	D	150	5,990	71.315			64.408
6	02/26/56	Daytona Beach	76	Tim Flock	1	'56 Chrysler	4.100	R	152	13,200	135.747	2	2	90.657	2
7	03/04/56	W. Palm Beach	30	Billy Myers	3	'56 Mercury	.500	P	100	3,885	81.081	1	3	68.990	2
8	03/18/56	Wilson	32	Herb Thomas	1	'56 Chevrolet	.500	D	53	4,285	57.197			46.287
9	03/25/56	Atlanta	28	Buck Baker	23	'56 Chrysler	1.000	D	100	4,760	82.154			70.643	1
10	04/08/56	North Wilkesboro	29	Tim Flock	3	'56 Chrysler	.625	D	100	4,285	78.370			71.034	2
11	04/22/56	Langhorne	41	Buck Baker	1	'56 Chrysler	1.000	D	150	5,800	104.590			75.928	2
12	04/29/56	Richmond	24	Buck Baker	1	'56 Dodge	.500	D	100	4,285	67.091			56.232	2
13	05/05/56	Columbia	26	Speedy Thompson	2	'56 Dodge	.500	D	100	4,285	63.274	2		54.545	3
14	05/06/56	Concord	30	Speedy Thompson	1	'56 Chrysler	.500	D	100	4,285	65.241	1	3	61.633	2
15	05/10/56	Greenville	23	Buck Baker	2	'56 Dodge	.500	D	100	4,285	61.100			60.362
16	05/12/56	Hickory	24	Speedy Thompson	1	'56 Chrysler	.400	D	80	4,285	67.447	6		59.442	0
17	05/13/56	Hillsboro	31	Buck Baker	1	'56 Chrysler	.900	D	90	4,285	89.305			83.720	2
18	05/20/56	Martinsville	35	Buck Baker	1	'56 Dodge	.500	P	250	10,275	66.103	7	20	60.824	5
19	05/25/56	New Oxford	17	Buck Baker	5	'56 Dodge	.500	D	100	3,806				69.619	3
20	05/27/56	Charlotte	25	Speedy Thompson	1	'56 Chrysler	.750	D	100	4,285	76.966	3	9	64.866	6
21	05/27/56	Portland	21	Herb Thomas	18	'56 Chrysler	.500	P	75	4,285	67.239			63.815
22	05/30/56	Eureka	25	Herb Thomas	6	'56 Chrysler	.625	D	78	4,285	34.070			38.814
23	05/30/56	Syracuse	24	Buck Baker	1	'56 Chrysler	1.000	D	150	7,720	83.975	1	3	86.179	2
24	06/03/56	Merced	28	Herb Thomas	1	'56 Chrysler	.500	D	100	4,285	58.234			47.325
25	06/10/56	LeHi	29	Ralph Moody	23	'56 Ford	1.500	D	251	12,650	98.504	5		74.313	5
26	06/15/56	Charlotte	19	Speedy Thompson	2	'56 Chrysler	.500	D	100	3,935	59.661	2	6	56.022	3
27	06/22/56	Rochester	21	Speedy Thompson	11	'56 Chrysler	.500	D	100	4,285	57.434	1	7	57.288	3
28	06/24/56	Portland	20	John Kieper	12	'56 Oldsmobile	.500	P	100	4,285	65.934			62.586
29	07/01/56	Weaverville	29	Lee Petty	11	'56 Dodge	.500	D	100	4,285	72.260			56.435
30	07/04/56	Raleigh	36	Fireball Roberts	32	'56 Ford	1.000	P	250	13,425	82.587	1		79.822	6
31	07/07/56	Spartanburg	18	Lee Petty	8	'56 Dodge	.500	D	100	4,285	58.900			50.483
32	07/08/56	Sacramento	21	Lloyd Dane	15	'56 Mercury	1.000	D	100	4,285	76.612			74.074
33	07/21/56	Chicago	25	Fireball Roberts	3	'56 Ford	.500	P	100	4,585				61.037
34	07/27/56	Shelby	17	Speedy Thompson	2	'56 Dodge	.500	D	101	4,295	55.658			53.699
35	07/29/56	Montgomery	14	Marvin Panch	1	'56 Ford	.500	P	100	3,985	69.444			67.252
36	08/03/56	Oklahoma City	12	Jim Paschal	8	'56 Mercury	.500	D	100	3,585	64.655	0	0	60.100	2
37	08/12/56	Elkhart Lake	26	Tim Flock	6	'56 Mercury	4.100	R	258	13,050		0	0	73.858	4
38	08/17/56	Old Bridge	25	Ralph Moody		'56 Ford	.500	P	100	4,010	72.028			65.170	1
39	08/19/56	San Mateo	37	Eddie Pagan	1	'56 Ford	1.000	D	241	9,630	81.614			68.161
40	08/22/56	Norfolk	14	Billy Myers	9	'56 Mercury	.400	D	100	3,785	58.631			56.408
41	08/23/56	Spartanburg	18	Ralph Moody	1	'56 Ford	.500	D	100	4,185	61.433			54.372	2
42	08/25/56	Myrtle Beach	20	Fireball Roberts	3	'56 Ford	.500	D	100	4,485	58.346			50.576
43	08/26/56	Portland	19	Royce Haggerty	8	'56 Dodge	.500	P	123	4,755	65.861			.000
44	09/03/56	Darlington	70	Curtis Turner	11	'56 Ford	1.375	P	501	35,365	119.659	7	68	95.167	14
45	09/09/56	Montgomery	22	Buck Baker	14	'56 Chrysler	.500	D	100	4,485	64.864			60.893	3
46	09/12/56	Charlotte	26	Ralph Moody	11	'56 Ford	.500	D	100	4,685	59.464			52.847	2
47	09/23/56	Langhorne	44	Paul Goldsmith	2	'56 Chevrolet	1.000	D	300	13,900	93.628	9		70.615	10
48	09/23/56	Portland	19	Lloyd Dane		'56 Ford	.500	P	125	4,400				.000
49	09/29/56	Columbia	18	Buck Baker	6	'56 Dodge	.500	D	100	4,380	61.940			61.193	4
50	09/30/56	Hillsboro	23	Fireball Roberts	6	'56 Ford	.900	D	99	4,560	88.067	4		72.734	6
51	10/07/56	Newport	22	Fireball Roberts	14	'56 Ford	.500	D	100	4,335	65.597	0	0	61.475	2
52	10/17/56	Charlotte	27	Buck Baker	2	'56 Chrysler	.750	D	100	4,485	75.041			72.268	3
53	10/23/56	Shelby	26	Buck Baker	5	'56 Chrysler	.500	D	100	4,585	58.479	2		54.054
54	10/28/56	Martinsville	40	Jack Smith	23	'56 Dodge	.500	P	200	11,739	67.643	4		61.136	7
55	11/11/56	Hickory	22	Speedy Thompson	9	'56 Chrysler	.400	D	100	4,285	68.278			66.420	4
56	11/18/56	Wilson	24	Buck Baker	1	'56 Chrysler	.500	D	100	4,585	60.160			50.597

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