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NASCAR Grand National race number 50 of 56
Sunday, September 30, 1956 at Orange Speedway, Hillsborough, NC
110 laps on a 0.900 mile dirt track (99.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:21:40
Average speed: 72.734 mph
Pole speed: 88.067 mph

Cautions: 4
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 7200
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	6	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	110	950	running	28
2	3	300B	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	110	675	running	80
3	1	300	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	108	475	running	2
4	5	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'56 Chevrolet	108	365	running	0
5	13	35	Bunk Moore	Fred Frazier	'56 Ford	107	320	running	0
6	14	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'56 Ford	101	250	running	0
7	20	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'55 Chevrolet	99	200	running	0
8	19	94	Ed Cole	Ed Cole	'55 Mercury	97	150	running	0
9	2	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	88	100	running	0
10	15	16	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller	'56 Chevrolet	84	100	running	0
11	16	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'56 Plymouth	83	100	rr axle	0
12	12	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	68	100	a frame	0
13	18	418	George Green	George Green	'56 Chevrolet	68	100	stalled	0
14	9	6	Earl Moss	–	'56 Mercury	62	100	engine	0
15	4	31	Bill Champion	John Whitford	'56 Ford	59	100	a frame	0
16	21	203	Pete Yow	Pete Yow	'56 Ford	53	100	brakes	0
17	17	60	Brownie King	Brownie King	'56 Chevrolet	49	100	crash	0
18	10	83	Johnny Dodson	Johnny Dodson	'56 Chevrolet	45	100	steering	0
19	8	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	43	50	engine	0
20	23	4	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	27	50	fire	0
21	11	62	Bobby Waddell	–	'56 Chevrolet	18	25	crash	0
22	22	20	Buck Hall	W.R. Waldron	'55 Buick	11	25	transmission	0
23	7	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'56 Plymouth	6	25	oil pressure	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Speedy Thompson	1	2	2
Buck Baker	3	34	32
Fireball Roberts	35	35	1
Buck Baker	36	68	33
Fireball Roberts	69	69	1
Buck Baker	70	84	15
Fireball Roberts	85	110	26