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NASCAR Grand National/Pacific Coast race
Portland Speedway, Portland, OR
June 24, 1956
200 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 100 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 12
| John Kieper
| 98
| John Kieper
| 1956 Oldsmobile
| 200
| 950
| running
| |
| 2
| 18
| Clyde Palmer
| 1C
| Tom Roady
| 1956 Dodge
| 200
| 665
| running
| |
| 3
| 14
| Lou Sherman
| 56
| Jim Rush
| 1956 Mercury
| 199
| 500
| running
| |
| 4
| 17
| Harold Beal
| 50
|
| 1956 Ford
| 199
| 395
| running
| |
| 5
| 2
| Ed Negre
| 6
| Ed Negre
| 1954 Oldsmobile
| 199
| 310
| running
| |
| 6
| 11
| Harold Hardesty
| 52
|
| 1956 Chevrolet
| 198
| 250
| running
| |
| 7
| 16
| Art Watts
| 1
| Tom Roady
| 1955 Dodge
| 197
| 200
| running
| |
| 8
| 4
| Lloyd Dane
| 225
| Lloyd Dane
| 1956 Mercury
| 197
| 150
| running
| |
| 9
| 19
| Curley Barker
| 11
|
| 1956 Chevrolet
| 197
| 135
| running
| |
| 10
| 14
| Bill Hyde
| 88
|
| 1956 Oldsmobile
| 197
| 110
| running
| |
| 11
| 20
| Herb Thomas
| 300B
| Carl Kiekhaefer
| 1956 Chrysler
| 196
| 120
| running
| |
| 12
| 10
| Eddie Pagan
| 45
| Eddie Pagan
| 1956 Ford
| 194
| 100
| running
| |
| 13
| 6
| Bob Keefe
| 14
|
| 1956 Ford
| 187
| 50
| running
| |
| 14
| 5
| Ted Sweeney
| 71
|
| 1956 Oldsmobile
| 184
| 50
| running
| |
| 15
| 9
| Bob Havemann
| 47
| Bob Havenmann
| 1956 Pontiac
| 180
| 50
| running
| |
| 16
| 8
| Gordon Haines
| 77
| Herb Eberhart
| 1956 Dodge
| 170
| 50
| piston
| |
| 17
| 13
| Bud Emra
| 27
|
| 1956 Ford
| 116
| 50
| axle
| |
| 18
| 7
| Royce Haggerty
| 15
| Curly Weida
| 1956 Dodge
| 97
| 50
| o-drive
| |
| 19
| 3
| Fred Hunt
| 26
|
| 1955 Chevrolet
| 39
| 50
| axle
| |
| 20
| 1
| Don Porter
| 78
|
| 1955 Studebaker
| 38
| 50
| axle
| |
Notes: Herb Thomas set the fast time in qualifying.
Time of race: 01:35:52
Average Speed: 62.586 MPH
Pole Speed: 27.3 seconds