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1956-42 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 42 of 56 Saturday, August 25, 1956 at Coastal Speedway, Myrtle Beach, SC 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:58:38 Average speed: 50.576 mph Pole speed: 58.346 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 18 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1956 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 22   Fireball Roberts DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 200 950 running – 2 7 4   Billy Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 200 675 running – 3 10 75   Jim Paschal C U Later Alligator   (Frank Hayworth) '56 Mercury 199 475 running – 4 6 300   Buck Baker Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Chrysler 196 365 running – 5 19 501   Speedy Thompson Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Dodge 196 320 running – 6 9 82   Joe Eubanks Satcher Motors   (James Satcher) '56 Ford 196 250 running – 7 4 271   Billy Carden – '56 Mercury 191 200 running – 8 18 264   Johnny Allen Spook Crawford '56 Plymouth 184 150 running – 9 12 35   Fred Frazier Fred Frazier '56 Ford 184 100 running – 10 13 203   Pete Yow Pete Yow '56 Ford 182 100 running – 11 16 54   Larry Flynn B.B. Morris '55 Buick 180 100 overheating – 12 8 31   Bill Champion John Whitford '56 Ford 90 100 gasket – 13 2 92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas '56 Chevrolet 76 100 disqualified – 14 15 14   Joe Bill McGraw – '56 Ford 66 100 vapor lock – 15 5 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '56 Dodge 64 100 axle – 16 1 12   Ralph Moody Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 61 100 crash – 17 14 94   Ed Cole Ed Cole '55 Mercury 60 100 engine – 18 20 28   Jim Watkins – '55 Chevrolet 43 100 fuel pump – 19 11 50   Roy Bentley Marion Cox '56 Ford 41 50 radiator – 20 17 64   Spook Crawford Spook Crawford '55 Plymouth 13 50 crash –