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1956-39

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NASCAR Grand National race number 39 of 56
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 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
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	Johnny 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 Havemann	'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.

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