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NASCAR Grand National race number 51 of 56
Sunday, October 7, 1956 at Newport Speedway, Newport, TN
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:37:36
Average speed: 61.475 mph
Pole speed: 65.597 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 6000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	14	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	200	850	running	51
2	2	300B	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	200	625	running	149
3	8	97	Bill Amick	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	199	450	running	0
4	15	31	Joe Weatherly	John Whitford	'56 Ford	197	350	running	0
5	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'56 Chevrolet	196	310	running	0
6	1	82	Joe Eubanks	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	'56 Ford	196	250	running	0
7	11	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'56 Plymouth	196	200	running	0
8	13	4	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	193	150	running	0
9	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	192	100	running	0
10	16	16	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller	'56 Chevrolet	189	100	running	0
11	21	83	Johnny Dodson	Johnny Dodson	'56 Chevrolet	188	100	running	0
12	22	60	Brownie King	Brownie King	'56 Chevrolet	185	100	running	0
13	10	27	Billy Carden	–	'56 Mercury	183	100	running	0
14	18	418	George Green	George Green	'56 Chevrolet	178	100	running	0
15	7	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	162	100	vapor lock	0
16	17	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'56 Plymouth	158	100	engine	0
17	20	111	John Fite	Joe George	'55 Plymouth	146	100	overheating	0
18	4	300	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	141	100	oil line	0
19	12	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	141	50	oil pressure	0
20	5	86	Tim Flock	John Foster	'56 Ford	118	50	brakes	0
21	6	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Harbison	'56 Ford	99	25	oil pressure	0
22	19	41	Billy Rafter	Billy Rafter	'56 Dodge	64	25	rr axle	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	149	149
Fireball Roberts	150	200	51