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NASCAR Grand National race number 22 of 56
Wednesday, May 30, 1956 at Eureka Speedway, Eureka, CA
160 laps* on a 0.625 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:00:46
Average speed: 38.814 mph
Pole speed: 34.07 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	6	300B	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	125	1000	running	95
2	5	77	Gordon Haines	Herb Eberhart	'56 Dodge	124	700	running	0
3	16	225	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'56 Mercury	124	475	running	0
4	8	14	Bob Keefe	Harold McClure	'56 Ford	124	365	running	0
5	10	9	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson	'56 Pontiac	123	310	running	0
6	1	88	Johnny Kieper	Johnny Kieper	'56 Oldsmobile	122	250	running	30
7	7	52	Harold Hardesty	John Ross	'56 Chevrolet	120	200	running	0
8	13	15	Royce Hagerty	Curly Weida	'56 Dodge	120	150	running	0
9	4	47	Sam Steers	Walt Palozi	'56 Pontiac	119	125	running	0
10	20	1	Art Watts	Tom Roady	'55 Dodge	119	110	running	0
11	15	30	Jim Graham	Fury Racers (Jack Chatenay)	'56 Plymouth	117	100	running	0
12	14	188	Jim Blomgren	Lorrin Bates	'56 Ford	117	100	overheating	0
13	24	75	Bill Sullivan	Bill Gleason	'54 Ford	116	50	running	0
14	3	25	Erick Erickson	Erick Erickson	'54 Buick	113	50	running	0
15	12	98	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'55 Oldsmobile	111	50	overheating	0
16	17	134	Bob Havemann	Bob Havemann	'54 Dodge	106	50	running	0
17	25	95	Jack Williams	–	'53 Oldsmobile	94	50	running	0
18	23	71	Ted Sweeney	Ted Sweeney	'56 Oldsmobile	62	50	running	0
19	9	50	Harold Beal	Harold Beal	'56 Ford	57	50	crash	0
20	11	66	Bill Hyde	Herb Eberhart	'56 Oldsmobile	54	50	piston	0
21	21	78	Don Porter	Nick Porter	'55 Studebaker	53		rr axle	0
22	19	20	Howard Phillippi	Howard Phillippi	'55 Chevrolet	45		crash	0
23	2	1C	Clyde Palmer	Tom Roady	'56 Dodge	38		piston	0
24	18	41	Ernie Young	Walt Palozi	'56 Pontiac	37		crash	0
25	22	5	Lyle Matlock	Al Liggons	'55 Mercury	18		overheating	0

* Race shortened to 125 laps due to track conditions.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Don Hamilton				Studebaker

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
John Kieper	1	30	30
Herb Thomas	31	125	95