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1956-21

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NASCAR Grand National race number 21 of 56
Sunday, May 27, 1956 at Portland Speedway, Portland, OR
150 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (75.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:10:31
Average speed: 63.815 mph
Pole speed: 67.239 mph
(Pole won by Johnny Kieper )

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: n/a

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	18	300B	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	150	1000	running	–
2	19	98	Johnny Kieper	Johnny Kieper	'55 Oldsmobile	150	700	running	–
3	15	1C	Clyde Palmer	Tom Roady	'56 Dodge	150	475	running	–
4	11	88	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'56 Oldsmobile	149	365	running	–
5	9	11	Curley Barker	Curley Barker	'56 Chevrolet	148	310	running	–
6	12	52	Harold Hardesty	John Ross	'56 Chevrolet	148	250	running	–
7	8	66	Bill Hyde	Herb Eberhart	'56 Oldsmobile	148	200	running	–
8	6	325	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'56 Mercury	148	150	running	–
9	7	77	Gordon Haines	Herb Eberhart	'56 Dodge	147	125	running	–
10	14	56	Lou Sherman	Jim Rush	'56 Mercury	147	110	running	–
11	2	15	Royce Hagerty	Curly Weida	'56 Dodge	145	100	running	–
12	4	14	Bob Keefe	Harold McClure	'56 Ford	145	100	running	–
13	17	1	Art Watts	Tom Roady	'55 Dodge	142	50	running	–
14	5	25	Erick Erickson	Erick Erickson	'54 Buick	142	50	running	–
15	10	6	Don Hildreth	Cos Cancilla	'54 Oldsmobile	140	50	running	–
16	21	71	Ted Sweeney	Ted Sweeney	'56 Oldsmobile	131	50	running	–
17	1	5	Lyle Matlock	Al Liggons	'55 Mercury	124	50	running	–
18	3	22	Bob Carroll	–	'53 Hudson	62	50	crash	–
19	13	27	Andy Wilson	Oscar Maples	'56 Ford	59	50	crash	–
20	16	6	Harold Beal	Oscar Maples	'56 Ford	38	50	axle	–
21	20	55	Don Hamilton	Don Hamilton	'56 Studebaker	17		axle	–