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NASCAR Convertible Series race number 1 of 47
Saturday, February 25, 1956 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
39 laps on a 4.100 mile road course (159.900 miles)

Time of race: 1:39:53
Average speed: 96.052 mph
Pole speed: 117.801 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 4.9 mi
Attendance: 13500
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Convertible Series results / 1956 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
19	1	12	Joe Weatherly	Ford Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	20	175	water pump	5
18	2	7	Jimmy Thompson	Mercury (George Hilton)	'56 Mercury	26	75	–	0
23	3	86	Don Oldenberg	Don Oldenberg	'56 Dodge	–	60	–	0
3	4	92	Herb Thomas	Doane Motors (Herb Thomas)	'56 Chevrolet	38	1450	running	0
15	5	47	Hershel White	Cincinnati Race Bowl (Herschel White)	'56 Oldsmobile	–	100	–	0
5	6	71	Dick Joslin	Bill Webb	'56 Dodge	–	900	running	0
6	7	186	Red Duvall	Red Duvall	'55 Buick	–	600	running	0
13	8	17	Larry Odo	Larry Odo	'56 Chevrolet	–	110	crash	0
24	9	1	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	Chevrolet	–	60	–	0
11	10	4	Art Binkley	Art Binkley	'55 Plymouth	–	160	running	0
8	11	11	George Bumgardner	Henry Caputo	'54 Buick	–	400	running	0
25	12	77	Dave Hirschfield	Dempsey Chevrolet (Dave Hirschfield)	'55 Chevrolet	–	60	–	0
14	13	99	Bob Pronger	Ketcham's Custom Engines	'56 Ford	–	100	running	0
1	14	26	Curtis Turner	Ford Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	39	3525	running	34
2	15	22	Fireball Roberts	Heintzelman Ford (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	38	2375	running	0
20	16	16	Bud Palmer	–	'56 Mercury	–	75	–	0
16	17	27	Jack Lawrence	Jack Lawrence	'55 Plymouth	–	90	–	0
22	18	76	Larry Frank	Joe Holly	'55 Oldsmobile	–	60	–	0
4	19	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison	'56 Dodge	38	900	running	0
21	20	3	Bill Lutz	Gene Sauer	'56 Ford	–	60	–	0
27	21	32	Bob Vance	Ralph Muffler	'56 Ford	–	50	–	0
9	22	55	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'55 Ford	–	250	running	0
17	23	5	Tom Pistone	Doane Chevrolet (Tom Pistone)	'56 Chevrolet	–	80	–	0
12	24	111	John Schipper	–	'55 Mercury	–	135	running	0
26	25	90	Gene Blair	Gene Blair	'55 Mercury	–	50	fire	0
28	26	45	Bill Brown	Bill Brown	'55 Mercury	0	50	crash	0
7	27	8	Ray Atkinson	Ray Atkinson	'56 Dodge	–	500	running	0
10	28	41	Pete Peterson	Pete Peterson	'56 Ford	–	200	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	5	5
Curtis Turner	6	39	34