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NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 53
Sunday, November 11, 1956 at Willow Springs Speedway, Lancaster, CA
60 laps on a 2.500 mile road course (150.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:54:26
Average Speed: 78.648 mph
Pole Speed: 78.596 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 11.8 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	98	Marvin Panch	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	60	1,550	running	41
3	4	12	George Seeger	Oscar Maples	'56 Ford	60	755	running	19
2	5	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	60	1,000	running	0
4	8	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	59	570	running	0
5	9	45	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan	'56 Ford	59	430	running	0
6	14	43	Bob Ross	Bob Ross	'56 Mercury	58	320	running	0
7	6	17	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'56 Ford	57	325	running	0
8	11	21	Scotty Cain	Scotty Cain	'56 Ford	56	215	running	0
9	2	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey Yunick	'56 Ford	55	225	running	0
10	18	00	Dick Getty	Dick Getty	'56 Chevrolet	55	135	running	0
11	20	98W	Mike McGreevey	Tom Harbison	'56 Dodge	55	135	running	0
12	12	34	Sherman Clark	Sherman Clark	'55 Chevrolet	54	115	running	0
13	23	18	Eddie Gray	Chuck Green	'56 Chevrolet	54	110	running	0
14	25	35	Billy Cantrell		'56 Mercury	53	110	running	0
15	24	188	Jim Blomgren	Lorrin Bates	'56 Ford	53	110	running	0
16	21	33	Bob Osborne		'56 Dodge	52	110	running	0
17	17	8	Ed Brown	Ed Brown	'56 Chevrolet	52	115	running	0
18	10	1	Chuck Meekins	Jim Rush	'56 Chevrolet	51	115	crash	0
19	27	9	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson	'56 Pontiac	51	85	running	0
20	26	89	Clyde Mitchell		'56 Ford	50	60	running	0
21	30	66	Dick Hoffman	Hoyt Platt	'54 Mercury	50	60	running	0
22	7	4	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	49	90	crash	0
23	32	54	Ray Franklin		'56 Dodge	42	60	running	0
24	3	11	Parnelli Jones	Oscar Maples	'56 Ford	34	50	steering	0
25	13	30	Clyde Palmer	Jack Chatenay	'56 Plymouth	33	80	con rod	0
26	15	68	Frank Secrist	J.M. Wattenbarger	'56 Chevrolet	24	45	con rod	0
27	16	88	Danny Letner	Tom Harbison	'56 Dodge	22	65	crash	0
28	19	26	Fred Hunt		'55 Chevrolet	20	50	con rod	0
29	22	125	Elgin Holmes	Rod Soderin	'54 Buick	14	35	clutch	0
30	28	86	Walt James		'55 Mercury	14	35	bearing	0
31	31	46	George Norton		'56 Chevrolet	10	35	rr axle	0
32	29	48	Bill Moore		'56 Ford	7	35	fuel pump	0
33	33	80	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'56 Oldsmobile	0		engine	0
34	34	91	Russ Dohlen		'55 Plymouth	0		engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Marvin Panch	1	31	31
George Seeger	32	50	19
Marvin Panch	51	60	10

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