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1956-15 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Pacific Coast Late Model Division race number 15 of 32 Tuesday, July 3, 1956 at Gardena Stadium, Gardena, CA 150 laps on a 0.250 mile dirt track (37.500 miles) Time of race: 0:47:26 Average speed: 47.435 mph Pole speed: 53.957 mph (Pole won by Bob Ross ) Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: .5 lap Attendance: 6130 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1956 Pacific Coast Late Model Division results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 23 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '56 Chevrolet 150 575 running 15   2 19 56   Chuck Meekins Rush Chevrolet   (Jim Rush) '56 Chevrolet 150 300 running 67   3 18 45   Eddie Pagan Oscar Maples Ford Co.   (Oscar Maples) '56 Ford 149 250 running 49   4 6 8   Parnelli Jones Oscar Maples Ford Co.   (Oscar Maples) '56 Ford 148 200 running 17   5 15 1   Clyde Palmer Tom Roady Dodge   (Tom Roady) '56 Dodge 148 150 running 0   6 16 34   Sherman Clark Sherman Clark '55 Chevrolet 146 100 running 0   7 13 97   Bob Stanclift DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 145 80 running 0   8 12 41   Ernie Young Walt Palozi '56 Pontiac 143 75 running 0   9 4 00   Dick Getty Betty Getty '56 Chevrolet 141 60 running 0   10 21 43   Bob Ross Uricks Service   (Bob Ross) '56 Mercury 140 50 running 0   11 20 99   Len Fraker San Marino Ford   (Les Milfeld) '56 Ford 139 30 running 0   12 1 77   Arley Scranton Arley Scranton '54 Dodge 139 25 running 2   13 8 188   Jim Blomgren Jim Blomgren '56 Ford 138 25 fuel 0   14 11 225   Lloyd Dane Edward Chan '55 Mercury 125 25 running 0   15 7 33   Carl Hammill Bill Hammill '56 Chevrolet 98 20 crash 0   16 17 48   Bill Moore Bill Moore '56 Ford 97 20 crash 0   17 9 20   Howard Phillippi Emil Rogers '55 Chevrolet 84 20 dnf 0   18 3 66   Don Johns Don Johns '54 Mercury 56 20 engine 0   19 14 36   Bill Bade Joe Navarro '55 Chevrolet 20 20 crash 0   20 10 26   Fred Hunt Ed Brown '55 Chevrolet 20 20 crash 0   21 22 101   Lucky Long William Long '56 Chevrolet 20   crash 0   22 5 46   George Norton George Norton '56 Chevrolet 19   crash 0   23 2 35   Kirby Miller Alvin Woodall '56 Ford 2   piston 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Hal Prentice 3 Hal Prentice Dodge Lyle Matlock 5 Al Legonnes Mercury Jim Cook 9 Jim Cook Pontiac John Lansaw 12 Enoch Chevrolet Chevrolet Jay Frank 21 Joe Keaton Ford Erick Erickson 25 Erick Erickson Buick Don Stanyer 27 Earl O'Farrell Plymouth Bob Tyrell 32 Bob Tyrell Hudson Nick Lari 47 Nick Lari Ford Jack Richardson 50 Meecham Pontiac Pontiac Bob Francy 52 Bob Francy Chevrolet ? 71 F.L. Bince Chevrolet Walt James 75 Bill Gleason Mercury Don Porter 78 Don Porter Studebaker Bill Bade 91 Art Krebs Dodge Bob Lee 711 R.N. Lee Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Arley Scranton 1 2 2   Parnelli Jones 3 19 17   Eddie Pagan 20 68 49   Chuck Meekins 69 135 67   Jim Reed 136 150 15