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NASCAR Convertible race
Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC
August 3, 1956
150 laps on 0.25 mile paved oval; 37.5 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Curtis Turner	26	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	150	600	running	150
2	8	Joe Weatherly	12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	150	475	running	0
3	11	Danny Letner	97	Tom Harbison	1956 Dodge Convertible	147	350	running	0
4	9	Larry Odo	7A	Larry Odo	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	147	270	running	0
5	7	Gwyn Staley	32	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	146	240	running	0
6	10	Art Binkley	4	Art Binkley	1956 Plymouth Convertible	144	210	running	0
7	16	Bun Emery	45	Bill Brown	1956 Mercury Convertible	144	160	running	0
8	13	Jimmie Lewallen	48	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	144	110	running	0
9	2	Jimmy Massey	33	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	144	100	brakes	0
10	12	Gene Blair	186	Don Oldenberg	1956 Dodge Convertible	143	100	running	0
11	6	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	142	100	tire	0
12	20	Mel Larson	55	Mel Larson	1956 Ford Convertible	140	100	running	0
13	19	Larry Frank	76	Larry Frank	1956 Mercury Convertible	139	100	running	0
14	15	Bob Beck	14	Bob Beck	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	139	100	running	0
15	4	Glen Wood	22	Wood Brothers	1956 Ford Convertible	138	100	tire	0
16	18	Norman Schihl	3	Norman Schihl	1956 Ford Convertible	138	100	running	0
17	17	Dick Joslin	71	Bill Webb	1956 Dodge Convertible	134	100	running	0
18	21	Cannonball Brown	56	Cannonball Brown	1956 Chrysler Convertible	112	100	rear end	0
19	5	Don Oldenberg	86	Don Oldenberg	1955 Buick Convertible	96	50	tire	0
20	23	Allen Adkins	98	Tom Harbison	1956 Dodge Convertible	53	50	accident	0
21	3	Bill Lutz	2		1956 Ford Convertible	46	0	engine	0
22	22	Spike Sheldon	10		1955 Plymouth Convertible	3	0	fan blade	0
23	14	Possum Jones	77		1956 Chevrolet Convertible	0	0	rear end	0
24	24	Bill Poor	711		1956 Chevrolet Convertible	0	0	did not start	0

Pole Speed: 19.05 seconds
Attendance: 7,000