Home



NASCAR Grand National race
Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC
May 10, 1956
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Buck Baker	500B	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	200	1,100	running	20
2	5	Curtis Turner	99	Charlie Schwam	1956 Ford	199	700	running	1
3	4	Joe Eubanks	82	James Satcher	1956 Ford	197	475	running
4	18	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet	195	365	running
5	10	Joe Weatherly	9	Charlie Schwam	1956 Ford	192	310	running
6	13	Bobby Johns	7A	Shorty Johns	1956 Chevrolet	190	250	running
7	1	Rex White	X	Max Welborn	1956 Chevrolet	190	200	running
8	8	Harvey Henderson	19	Harvey Henderson	1956 Ford	189	150	running
9	14	Tiny Lund	37	Gus Holzmueller	1956 Pontiac	183	100	running
10	16	Jim Paschal	49	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet	172	100	engine
11	15	Billy Carden	271		1956 Mercury	168	75	running
12	19	Bobby Waddell	24	Jimmy Pardue	1955 Chevrolet	167	60	running
13	21	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	1955 Plymouth	155	50	hub
14	9	Herb Thomas	901	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	154	50	wheel
15	3	Speedy Thompson	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	125	50	bearing
16	23	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	1956 Chevrolet	124	50	accident
17	11	Chet Barron	44	Chester Barron	1956 Chevrolet	111	50	overheating
18	22	Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	1956 Dodge	104	50	engine
19	6	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	1956 Mercury	83	50	bearing
20	12	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1956 Dodge	66	50	steering
21	7	Fred Lorenzen	150	Fred Lorenzen	1956 Chevrolet	66		coil
22	20	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	1956 Plymouth	60		axle
23	17	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	1956 Ford	16		rear end

Time of race: 01:39:24
Average Speed: 60.362 MPH
Pole Speed: 29.46 seconds
Attendance: 5,000