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1956-01 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 56 Sunday, November 13, 1955 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC 200 laps on a 0.400 mile dirt track (80.000 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: 7500 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1956 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 301   Tim Flock Carl Kiekhaefer '55 Chrysler 200 1150 running 183 2 3 99   Curtis Turner Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '56 Ford 200 720 running 0 3 2 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '56 Dodge 200 505 running 17 4 4 B-29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '56 Ford 199 365 running 0 5 10 44   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 199 360 running 0 6 12 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 198 270 running 0 7 5 87   Buck Baker Satcher Motors   (James Satcher) '56 Ford 198 200 running 0 8 17 297   Fonty Flock DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 194 150 running 0 9 27 98   Marvin Panch Tom Harbison '55 Oldsmobile 194 100 running 0 10 15 46   Billy Myers Hugh Babb '55 Chevrolet 193 100 running 0 11 13 04   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 193 75 running 0 12 24 141   Reds Kagle Hoss Kagle '55 Chevrolet 191 60 running 0 13 8 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '55 Chevrolet 191 50 running 0 14 26 6   Ralph Liguori Al Wheatley '55 Mercury 189 50 running 0 15 9 70   Cotton Owens Lancaster Brothers '55 Chevrolet 188 50 running 0 16 30 92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas '56 Chevrolet 187 50 rr axle 0 17 25 16   Fred Harb Fred Harb '54 Dodge 185 50 running 0 18 28 32   Ted Cannady Ted Cannady '53 Ford 185 50 running 0 19 31 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 183 50 running 0 20 23 900   Johnny Roberts Johnny Roberts '55 Chevrolet 155 50 running 0 21 20 89   Ned Jarrett Ned Jarrett '55 Buick 123   rear end 0 22 22 97   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '56 Ford 115   rf hub 0 23 14 72   John Dodd, Jr. John Dodd, Sr. '55 Ford 106   lr axle 0 24 18 88   Jimmie Lewallen Ernest Woods '55 Oldsmobile 100   gasket 0 25 6 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '55 Chevrolet 79   crash 0 26 29 5   Blackie Pitt Brownie Pitt '55 Buick 77   crash 0 27 16 296   Bob Flock Mauri Rose Engineering   (Mauri Rose) '55 Chevrolet 45   crash 0 28 7 9   Joe Weatherly Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '56 Ford 35   radiator 0 29 19 24   Bobby Waddell Jimmy Pardue '55 Chevrolet 24   coil 0 30 21 25   Speedy Thompson Mauri Rose Engineering   (Mauri Rose) '55 Chevrolet 23   overheating 0 31 11 91   Tom Pistone Tom Pistone '55 Chevrolet 199   disqualified 0

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