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NASCAR Convertible race
Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC
August 5, 1956
200 laps on 0.4 mile dirt oval; 80 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Gwyn Staley	32	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	200	650	running
2	23	Curtis Turner	26	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible		525	running
3	5	Jimmy Massey	33	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible		400	running
4	11	Jimmie Lewallen	48	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible		320	running
5	4	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible		290	running
6	18	Don Oldenberg	86	Don Oldenberg	1956 Buick Convertible		250	running
7	22	Joe Weatherly	12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible		200	overheating
8	3	Billy Carden	99		1956 Ford Convertible		150	overheating
9	9	Bob Beck	14	Bob Beck	1956 Chevrolet Convertible		100	running
10	14	Dick Joslin	71	Bill Webb	1956 Dodge Convertible		100	running
11	7	Larry Odo	7A	Larry Odo	1956 Chevrolet Convertible		100	shifter
12	6	Art Binkley	4	Art Binkley	1956 Plymouth Convertible		100	running
13	15	Bill Poor	71	Bill Poor	1956 Chevrolet Convertible		100	running
14	13	Larry Frank	76	Larry Frank	1956 Mercury Convertible		100	accident
15	19	Bun Emery	45	Bill Brown	1956 Mercury Convertible		100	overheating
16	17	Cannonball Brown	56	Cannonball Brown	1956 Chrysler Convertible		100	running
17	16	Bill Eubank	40		1956 Buick Convertible		100	rear end
18	20	Spike Sheldon	10		1955 Plymouth Convertible		100	overheating
19	21	Bill Lutz	2		1956 Ford Convertible		50	water hose
20	8	Mel Larson	55	Mel Larson	1956 Ford Convertible		50	engine
21	1	Glen Wood	22	Wood Brothers	1956 Ford Convertible		25	overheating
22	24	Bill Brown	25	Sam McCuthen	1956 Chevrolet Convertible		25	carburetor
23	12	Allen Adkins	98	Tom Harbison	1956 Dodge Convertible		25	accident
24	10	Gene Blair	186	Don Oldenberg	1956 Dodge Convertible		25	accident

Time of race: 01:20:30
Average Speed: 59.627 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.8 seconds
Attendance: 5,000