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1956-32 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Convertible Series race number 32 of 47 Sunday, August 5, 1956 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC 200 laps on a 0.400 mile paved track (80.000 miles) Time of race: 1:20:30 Average speed: 59.627 mph Pole speed: 66.055 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 5000 Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1956 NASCAR Convertible Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 32   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet 200 650 running – 2 23 26   Curtis Turner Pete DePaolo '56 Ford – 525 running – 3 5 33   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet – 400 running – 4 11 48   Jimmie Lewallen Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet – 320 running – 5 4 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet – 290 running – 6 18 86   Don Oldenberg Don Oldenberg '56 Buick – 250 running – 7 22 12   Joe Weatherly Pete DePaolo '56 Ford – 200 overheating – 8 3 99   Billy Carden Schwam Motors '56 Ford – 150 overheating – 9 9 14   Bob Beck Bob Beck '56 Chevrolet – 100 running – 10 14 71   Dick Joslin Bill Webb '56 Dodge – 100 running – 11 7 7A   Larry Odo Larry Odo '56 Chevrolet – 100 shifter – 12 6 4   Art Binkley Art Binkley '56 Plymouth – 100 running – 13 15 71   Bill Poor Bill Poor '56 Chevrolet – 100 running – 14 13 76   Larry Frank Larry Frank '56 Mercury – 100 spun – 15 19 45   Bun Emery Bill Brown '56 Mercury – 100 overheating – 16 17 56   Cannonball Brown Cannonball Brown '56 Chrysler – 100 running – 17 16 40   Bill Eubanks – '56 Buick – 100 rear end – 18 20 10   Spike Sheldon – '55 Plymouth – 100 overheating – 19 21 2   Bill Lutz – '56 Ford – 50 water hose – 20 8 55   Mel Larson Mel Larson '56 Ford – 50 engine – 21 1 22   Glen Wood Ford   (Wood Brothers) '56 Ford – 25 overheating – 22 24 25   Bill Brown Sam McCuthen '56 Chevrolet – 25 carburetor – 23 12 98   Allen Adkins Tom Harbison '56 Dodge – 25 crash – 24 10 186   Gene Blair Don Oldenberg '56 Dodge – 25 crash –