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NASCAR Grand National race
Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC
May 12, 1956
200 laps on 0.4 mile dirt oval; 80 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Speedy Thompson	300C	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Chrysler	200	1,100	running	200
2	10	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	1956 Mercury	200	700	running	0
3	13	Buck Baker	500B	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	200	475	running	0
4	12	Herb Thomas	502	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	200	365	running	0
5	2	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet	200	310	running	0
6	6	Bobby Johns	7A	Shorty Johns	1956 Chevrolet	198	250	running	0
7	5	Cotton Owens	286	Jim Stephens	1956 Pontiac	196	200	running	0
8	21	Al Watkins	48	Don Holcomb	1956 Ford	182	150	running	0
9	20	Charlie Jackson	34A		1954 Oldsmobile	180	100	running	0
10	11	Harvey Henderson	19	Harvey Henderson	1956 Ford	180	100	running	0
11	23	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	1956 Chevrolet	174	75	running	0
12	7	Joe Eubanks	82	James Satcher	1956 Ford	172	60	axle	0
13	19	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	1955 Chevrolet	171	50	running	0
14	22	Tiny Lund	37	Gus Holzmueller	1956 Pontiac	168	50	accident	0
15	4	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1956 Dodge	164	50	transmission	0
16	9	Billy Carden	271		1956 Mercury	154	50	spindle	0
17	18	Jimmie Lewallen	1		1955 Chevrolet	102	50	accident	0
18	24	Jim Paschal	75	Frank Hayworth	1956 Mercury	95	50	electrical	0
19	17	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	1956 Ford	81	50	rear end	0
20	8	Fred Lorenzen	150	Fred Lorenzen	1956 Chevrolet	73	50	accident	0
21	15	Darvin Randahl	204	Darvin Randahl	1956 Ford	47		bearing	0
22	16	Dink Widenhouse	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	1956 Ford	24		accident	0
23	14	Bobby Waddell	24	Jimmy Pardue	1955 Chevrolet	24		accident	0
24	3	Junior Johnson	55	A.L. Bumgarner	1956 Pontiac	9		piston	0

Time of race: 01:20:45
Average Speed: 59.442 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.35 seconds
6 cautions
Attendance: 4,500