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1956-22 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post Pacific Coast Late Model Division race number 22 of 32 Combination race with Grand National drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, August 19, 1956 at Bay Meadows Speedway, San Mateo, CA 250 laps* on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:31:00 Average speed: 68.161 mph Pole speed: 81.614 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1956 Pacific Coast Late Model Division results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 45   Eddie Pagan Oscar Maples Ford Torrance, CA   (Eddie Pagan) '56 Ford 241 2475 running 241   2 7 11   Parnelli Jones Vel Miletich '56 Ford 241 1575 running 0   3 6 56   Chuck Meekins Jim Rush '56 Chevrolet 239 1100 running 0   4 17 225   Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane '56 Mercury 239 750 running 0   5 14 21   Scotty Cain Torrance Motors   (Scotty Cain) '56 Ford 239 550 running 0   6 2 31   Bill Hyde Ray Hall '56 Dodge 237 450 running 0   7 13 43   Bob Ross Bob Ross '56 Mercury 235 300 running 0   8 11 12   Fireball Roberts Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 233 250 running 0   9 12 77N   Gordon Haines Herb Eberhart '56 Dodge 232 200 running 0   10 8 88N   Ed Negre Ed Negre '56 Oldsmobile 231 250 running 0   11 15 41   Ernie Young Walt Palozi '56 Pontiac 228 200 running 0   12 35 14N   Bob Keefe Harold McClure '56 Ford 227 150 piston 0   13 25 33   Carl Hammill Carl Hammill '56 Chevrolet 226 100 running 0   14 28 188   Jim Blomgren Lorrin Bates '56 Ford 226 100 running 0   15 9 98N   Johnny Kieper John Kieper '56 Chevrolet 225 100 running 0   16 26 71N   Clyde Palmer Herb Eberhart '56 Dodge 225 100 running 0   17 31 66N   Lou Sherman Hoyt Platt '56 Mercury 224 100 running 0   18 30 25   Erick Erickson Erick Erickson '56 Pontiac 217 50 running 0   19 18 89   Clyde Mitchell Clyde Mitchell '56 Ford 216 50 running 0   20 20 52N   Harold Hardesty John Ross '56 Chevrolet 216 50 running 0   21 33 55   Bill West Cos Cancilla '54 Oldsmobile 215 40 running 0   22 24 36   Bill Bade Joe Navarro '55 Chevrolet 214 40 running 0   23 4 2   Al Pombo Tom Roady '56 Dodge 212 40 spun 0   24 23 68   Frank Secrist J.M. Wattenbarger '56 Chevrolet 207 40 running 0   25 34 20   Howard Phillippi Howard Phillippi '56 Chevrolet 185 40 running 0   26 10 15N   Royce Hagerty Curly Weida '56 Dodge 172 40 crash 0   27 22 9   Jim Cook Floyd Johnson '56 Pontiac 154 40 piston 0   28 15 156   Art Watts Oscar Maples '56 Mercury 139 40 rf hub 0   29 37 91   Reggie Ausmus Art Krebs '55 Chevrolet 138 40 overheating 0   30 5 551   Bill Moore Bill Moore '56 Pontiac 114 40 fan belt 0   31 21 47   Bob Havemann Bob Havenmann '56 Pontiac 111 40 engine 0   32 27 34   Sherman Clark Sherman Clark '55 Chevrolet 102 40 driveshaft 0   33 29 1   Ralph Moody DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 75 40 engine 0   34 32 75N   Wally Gervais Wally Gervais '56 Oldsmobile 53 40 engine 0   35 3 300B   Buck Baker Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Chrysler 35 40 engine 0   36 10 30   Herb Thomas Jack Chatenay '56 Plymouth 20 90 – 0   37 36 83   Ole Anderson Oscar Maples '54 Ford 9 40 overheating 0   * Race shortened to 241 laps due to crash.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Eddie Pagan 1 241 241