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1956-31 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Pacific Coast Late Model Division race number 31 of 32 Combination race with Grand National drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, November 11, 1956 at Willow Springs Speedway, Lancaster, CA 60 laps on a 2.500 mile road course (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:54:26 Average speed: 78.648 mph Pole speed: 78.596 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 11.8 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1956 Pacific Coast Late Model Division results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 98   Marvin Panch DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 60 1550 running 41   2 5 22   Fireball Roberts DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 60 1000 running 0   3 4 12   George Seeger Oscar Maples '56 Ford 60 755 running 19   4 8 75   Jim Paschal C U Later Alligator   (Frank Hayworth) '56 Mercury 59 570 running 0   5 9 45   Eddie Pagan Eddie Pagan '56 Ford 59 430 running 0   6 14 43   Bob Ross Bob Ross '56 Mercury 58 320 running 0   7 6 17   Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane '56 Ford 57 325 running 0   8 11 21   Scotty Cain Scotty Cain '56 Ford 56 215 running 0   9 2 3   Paul Goldsmith Smokey Yunick '56 Ford 55 225 running 0   10 18 00   Dick Getty Dick Getty '56 Chevrolet 55 135 running 0   11 20 98W   Mike McGreevy Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 55 135 running 0   12 12 34   Sherman Clark Sherman Clark '55 Chevrolet 54 115 running 0   13 23 18   Eddie Gray Chuck Green '56 Chevrolet 54 110 running 0   14 25 35   Billy Cantrell Alvin Woodall '56 Mercury 53 110 running 0   15 24 188   Jim Blomgren Lorrin Bates '56 Ford 53 110 running 0   16 21 33   Bob Osborne Hal Prentice '56 Dodge 52 110 running 0   17 17 8   Ed Brown Ed Brown '56 Chevrolet 52 115 running 0   18 10 1   Chuck Meekins Jim Rush '56 Chevrolet 51 115 crash 0   19 27 9   Jim Cook Floyd Johnson '56 Pontiac 51 85 running 0   20 26 89   Clyde Mitchell Clyde Mitchell '56 Ford 50 60 running 0   21 30 66   Dick Hoffman Hoyt Platt '54 Mercury 50 60 running 0   22 7 4   Billy Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 49 90 crash 0   23 32 54   Ray Franklin Ray Franklin '56 Dodge 42 60 running 0   24 3 11   Parnelli Jones Oscar Maples '56 Ford 34 50 steering 0   25 13 30   Clyde Palmer Jack Chatenay '56 Plymouth 33 80 con rod 0   26 15 68   Frank Secrist J.M. Wattenbarger '56 Chevrolet 24 45 con rod 0   27 16 88   Danny Letner Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 22 65 crash 0   28 19 26   Fred Hunt Fred Hunt '55 Chevrolet 20 50 con rod 0   29 22 125   Elgin Holmes Rod Soderin '54 Buick 14 35 clutch 0   30 28 86   Walt James Walt James '55 Mercury 14 35 bearing 0   31 31 46   George Norton George Norton '56 Chevrolet 10 35 rr axle 0   32 29 48   Bill Moore Bill Moore '56 Ford 7 35 fuel pump 0   33 33 80   Ed Negre Ed Negre '56 Oldsmobile 0   engine 0   34 34 91   Russ Dohlen Art Krebs '55 Plymouth 0   engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Marvin Panch 1 31 31   George Seeger 32 50 19   Marvin Panch 51 60 10