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1956-36 Previous race results / Next race results                         Post NASCAR Convertible Series race number 36 of 47 Sunday, August 19, 1956 at Heidelberg Raceway, Pittsburgh, PA 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:29:40 Average speed: 66.914 mph Pole speed: 64.865 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 4955 Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1956 NASCAR Convertible Series results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 12   Joe Weatherly Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 200 650 running 200 2 2 34   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet 199 525 running 0 3 10 97   Danny Letner Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 197 400 rf tire 0 4 6 48   Jimmie Lewallen Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet 197 320 running 0 5 4 22   Glen Wood Wood Brothers '56 Ford 192 290 overheating 0 6 8 77   Possum Jones Lonnie Fish '56 Chevrolet 190 250 overheating 0 7 16 86   Don Oldenberg Don Oldenberg '56 Mercury 190 200 overheating 0 8 15 7A   Larry Odo Larry Odo '56 Chevrolet 185 150 rf wheel 0 9 17 25   Bill Brown Sam McCuthen '56 Chevrolet 184 100 ignition 0 10 19 711   Bill Poor Bill Poor '56 Chevrolet 179 100 running 0 11 21 55   Mel Larson Mel Larson '56 Ford 170 100 rf wheel 0 12 12 71   Dick Joslin Bill Webb '56 Dodge 159 100 rf wheel 0 13 5 33   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '56 Chevrolet 158 100 axle 0 14 7 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '56 Chevrolet 158 100 rf wheel 0 15 11 4   Art Binkley Art Binkley '56 Plymouth 132 100 water hose 0 16 14 14   Bob Beck Bob Beck '56 Chevrolet 103 100 engine 0 17 20 41   Billy Rafter C.M. Julian '56 Dodge 94 100 overheating 0 18 13 98   Allen Adkins Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 89 100 engine 0 19 3 26   Curtis Turner Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 59 50 fuel pump 0 20 18 5   Tom Pistone Tom Pistone '56 Chevrolet 55 50 engine 0 21 9 2   Bill Lutz – '56 Ford 38 25 engine 0 22 22 56   Cannonball Brown Cannonball Brown '56 Chrysler 13 25 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Weatherly 1 200 200