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1956-56 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Grand National race number 56 of 56 Sunday, November 18, 1956 at Wilson Speedway, Wilson, NC 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:58:35 Average speed: 50.597 mph Pole speed: 60.16 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 1 foot 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 1 300B   Buck Baker Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Chrysler 200 950 running 14 2 6 112   Joe Weatherly DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 200 675 running 2 3 3 300   Speedy Thompson Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Chrysler 200 475 running 184 4 9 22   Fireball Roberts DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 200 365 running 0 5 5 97   Bill Amick DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 199 320 running 0 6 14 98   Marvin Panch Tom Harbison '56 Ford 198 250 running 0 7 7 297   Billy Carden Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 198 200 running 0 8 2 12   Ralph Moody Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 197 150 running 0 9 12 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '56 Dodge 194 100 running 0 10 15 86   Doug Cox John Foster '56 Ford 194 100 fuel 0 11 20 83   Johnny Dodson Johnny Dodson '56 Chevrolet 192 100 running 0 12 4 322   Gwyn Staley – '56 Ford 192 100 running 0 13 19 64   Johnny Allen Spook Crawford '56 Plymouth 187 100 running 0 14 8 500   Jack Smith Carl Kiekhaefer '56 Dodge 172 100 running 0 15 21 19   James Jones James Jones '56 Ford 169 100 running 0 16 10 4   Billy Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 167 100 running 0 17 17 59   Blackie Pitt Brownie Pitt '56 Plymouth 167 100 running 0 18 16 75   Jim Paschal C U Later Alligator   (Frank Hayworth) '56 Mercury 156 100 electrical 0 19 13 16   Tiny Lund Gus Holzmueller '56 Chevrolet 101 50 bearing 0 20 24 11   Emanuel Zervakis Emanuel Zervakis '56 Chevrolet 51 50 engine 0 21 18 3   Bill Champion John Whitford '56 Ford 36 25 rear end 0 22 11 35   Bunk Moore Fred Frazier '56 Ford 36 25 disqualified 0 23 22 49   Mel Larson Mel Larson '56 Ford 28 25 crash 0 24 23 6   Earl Moss – '56 Mercury 22 25 rr axle 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Speedy Thompson 1 184 184   Buck Baker 185 197 13   Joe Weatherly 198 199 2   Buck Baker 200 200 1