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1956-17

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NASCAR Grand National race number 17 of 56
Sunday, May 13, 1956 at Orange Speedway, Hillsboro, NC
100 laps on a .900 mile dirt track (90.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:04:30
Average Speed: 83.72 mph
Pole Speed: 89.305 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 0.5 lap
Attendance: 7,500
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
23	22	302	Pete Yow	Pete Yow	'55 Buick	80		running	0
6	11	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	99	250	running	0
9	23	49	Jimmy Massey	Bob Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	96	100	running	0
13	19	X	Rex White	Max Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	94	50	running	0
14	17	113	Emanuel Zervakis	Emanuel Zervakis	'56 Chevrolet	94	50	running	0
15	24	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'56 Chevrolet	93	50	idler	0
19	31	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'55 Chevrolet	91	50	running	0
22	29	760	Brownie King	Brownie King	'56 Chevrolet	81		running	0
1	1	300	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	100	1,100	running	43
2	2	300C	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	100	700	running	57
11	6	300B	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	95	75	running	0
3	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	100	475	running	0
30	14	5	Bill Blair	Joe Blair	'56 Dodge	43		tire	0
4	4	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	100	365	running	0
7	12	9	Joe Weatherly	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	98	200	running	0
8	10	12	Ralph Moody	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	98	150	running	0
12	5	82	Joe Eubanks	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	'56 Ford	95	60	running	0
16	16	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'56 Ford	92	50	running	0
17	25	48	Al Watkins	Don Holcomb	'56 Ford	92	50	running	0
21	15	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser	'56 Ford	81		crash	0
26	3	99	Curtis Turner	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	54		brakes	0
27	26	204	Darvin Randahl	Darvin Randahl	'56 Ford	53		bearings	0
10	7	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	96	100	running	0
20	28	94	Ed Cole	Clarence DeZalia	'55 Mercury	90	50	running	0
28	13	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	51		battery	0
29	18	271	Billy Carden		'56 Mercury	48		spindle	0
25	27	34A	Charlie Jackson		'54 Oldsmobile	57		rear end	0
18	30	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'55 Plymouth	92	50	running	0
24	20	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'56 Plymouth	63		rod	0
5	9	286	Cotton Owens	Jim Stephens	'56 Pontiac	99	310	running	0
31	21	285	Don Carr	Jim Stephens	'56 Pontiac	10		rf hub	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Speedy Thompson	1	57	57
Buck Baker	58	100	43

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