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NASCAR Convertible race
Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC
August 31, 1956
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Curtis Turner	26	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	200	650	running
2	4	Joe Weatherly	12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	200	525	running
3	3	Glen Wood	22	Wood Brothers	1956 Ford Convertible	198	400	running
4	22	Tom Pistone	5	Tom Pistone	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	196	320	running
5	10	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	192	290	running
6	6	Don Oldenberg	86	Don Oldenberg	1955 Buick Convertible	192	250	running
7	8	Jimmy Massey	33	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	188	200	running
8	14	Bun Emery	45	Bill Brown	1956 Mercury Convertible	185	150	running
9	9	Jimmie Lewallen	48	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	185	100	running
10	11	Gwyn Staley	34	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	184	100	running
11	13	Dick Joslin	71	Bill Webb	1956 Dodge Convertible	182	100	wheel
12	19	Dick Beaty	34A	Dick Beaty	1954 Oldsmobile Convertible	182	100	running
13	23	Norman Schihl	3	Norman Schihl	1956 Ford Convertible	179	100	oil filter
14	16	Bill Poor	711	Bill Poor	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	175	100	running
15	21	Cannonball Brown	56	Cannonball Brown	1956 Chrysler Convertible	161	100	accident
16	18	Allen Adkins	98	Tom Harbison	1956 Dodge Convertible	160	100	tie rod
17	17	Larry Frank	77	Lonnie Fish	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	141	100	oil leak
18	5	Bill Lutz	2		1956 Ford Convertible	119	100	rear end
19	2	Possum Jones	0	Ray Fletcher	1956 Ford Convertible	108	50	fuel pump
20	7	Mel Larson	55	Mel Larson	1956 Ford Convertible	99	50	spindle
21	20	Larry Odo	7A	Larry Odo	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	97	25	steering
22	12	Art Binkley	4	Art Binkley	1956 Plymouth Convertible	64	25	engine
23	15	Bob Beck	14	Bob Beck	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	14	25	accident

Time of race: 01:50:05
Average Speed: 54.504 MPH
Pole Speed: 29.4 seconds
Attendance: 4,000