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1956-23

Pacific Coast Late Model Division race number 23 of 32
Combination race with Grand National drivers
An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn External page

Sunday, August 26, 1956 at Portland Speedway, Portland, OR
250 laps* on a 0.500 mile paved track (125.000 miles)

Time of race: n/a
Average speed: n/a
Pole speed: 65.861 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: n/a

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
2	2	1	Clyde Palmer	Jim Dane	'56 Ford	246	730	running	–
17	6	6	Harold Hardesty	Beryl Jackson	'54 Oldsmobile	194	50	bearing	–
3	13	11	Curley Barker	Curley Barker	'56 Chevrolet	246	500	running	–
1	8	15N	Royce Hagerty	Curly Weida	'56 Dodge	246	1200	running	–
10	14	21	Scotty Cain	Torrance Motors (Scotty Cain)	'56 Ford	238	150	running	–
12	18	21N	Pete Diviney	Joe Keaton	'56 Ford	231	100	running	–
11	9	27N	Len Sutton	Oscar Maples	'56 Ford	238	150	running	–
13	16	41N	Chub Williams	Tom Roady	'55 Dodge	225	75	running	–
5	3	45	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan	'56 Ford	244	350	running	–
6	4	50N	Harold Beal	Harold Beal	'56 Ford	243	270	running	–
7	11	52N	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'56 Chevrolet	243	200	running	–
14	5	56N	Art Watts	Oscar Maples	'56 Mercury	221	75	running	–
4	7	56	Chuck Meekins	Jim Rush	'56 Chevrolet	245	400	running	–
16	12	66N	Lou Sherman	Hoyt Platt	'56 Mercury	211	50	running	–
18	10	71N	Bill Hyde	Herb Eberhart	'56 Dodge	67	50	transmission	–
19	17	75N	Wally Gervais	Wally Gervais	'56 Oldsmobile	51	50	running	–
15	15	77N	Gordon Haines	Herb Eberhart	'56 Dodge	217	50	running	–
8	19	88N	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'56 Oldsmobile	240	150	running	–
9	1	98N	Johnny Kieper	John Kieper	'55 Oldsmobile	240	155	running	–

* Race shortened to 246 laps due to scoring error.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jim Kent	38		Jim Kent	Ford