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1957-01 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 53 Sunday, November 11, 1956 at Willow Springs Speedway, Lancaster, CA 60 laps on a 2.500 mile road course (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:54:26 Average speed: 78.648 mph Pole speed: 78.596 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 11.8 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1957 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1957 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 98   Marvin Panch DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 60 1550 running 41 2 5 22   Fireball Roberts DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 60 1000 running 0 3 4 12   George Seeger Oscar Maples '56 Ford 60 755 running 19 4 8 75   Jim Paschal C U Later Alligator   (Frank Hayworth) '56 Mercury 59 570 running 0 5 9 45   Eddie Pagan Eddie Pagan '56 Ford 59 430 running 0 6 14 43   Bob Ross Bob Ross '56 Mercury 58 320 running 0 7 6 17   Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane '56 Ford 57 325 running 0 8 11 21   Scotty Cain Scotty Cain '56 Ford 56 215 running 0 9 2 3   Paul Goldsmith Smokey Yunick '56 Ford 55 225 running 0 10 18 00   Dick Getty Dick Getty '56 Chevrolet 55 135 running 0 11 20 98W   Mike McGreevy Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 55 135 running 0 12 12 34   Sherman Clark Sherman Clark '55 Chevrolet 54 115 running 0 13 23 18   Eddie Gray Chuck Green '56 Chevrolet 54 110 running 0 14 25 35   Billy Cantrell Alvin Woodall '56 Mercury 53 110 running 0 15 24 188   Jim Blomgren Lorrin Bates '56 Ford 53 110 running 0 16 21 33   Bob Osborne Hal Prentice '56 Dodge 52 110 running 0 17 17 8   Ed Brown Ed Brown '56 Chevrolet 52 115 running 0 18 10 1   Chuck Meekins Jim Rush '56 Chevrolet 51 115 crash 0 19 27 9   Jim Cook Floyd Johnson '56 Pontiac 51 85 running 0 20 26 89   Clyde Mitchell Clyde Mitchell '56 Ford 50 60 running 0 21 30 66   Dick Hoffman Hoyt Platt '54 Mercury 50 60 running 0 22 7 4   Billy Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 49 90 crash 0 23 32 54   Ray Franklin Ray Franklin '56 Dodge 42 60 running 0 24 3 11   Parnelli Jones Oscar Maples '56 Ford 34 50 steering 0 25 13 30   Clyde Palmer Jack Chatenay '56 Plymouth 33 80 con rod 0 26 15 68   Frank Secrist J.M. Wattenbarger '56 Chevrolet 24 45 con rod 0 27 16 88   Danny Letner Tom Harbison '56 Dodge 22 65 crash 0 28 19 26   Fred Hunt Fred Hunt '55 Chevrolet 20 50 con rod 0 29 22 125   Elgin Holmes Rod Soderin '54 Buick 14 35 clutch 0 30 28 86   Walt James Walt James '55 Mercury 14 35 bearing 0 31 31 46   George Norton George Norton '56 Chevrolet 10 35 rr axle 0 32 29 48   Bill Moore Bill Moore '56 Ford 7 35 fuel pump 0 33 33 80   Ed Negre Ed Negre '56 Oldsmobile 0   engine 0 34 34 91   Russ Dohlen Art Krebs '55 Plymouth 0   engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Marvin Panch 1 31 31   George Seeger 32 50 19   Marvin Panch 51 60 10