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NASCAR Grand National race
Chisholm Speedway, Montgomery, AL
September 9, 1956
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	14	Buck Baker	87	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Chrysler	200	950	running	60
2	5	Ralph Moody	12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	200	675	running	0
3	7	Marvin Panch	98	Tom Harbison	1956 Ford	199	475	running	41
4	16	Fireball Roberts	22	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	195	365	running	0
5	8	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	1956 Plymouth	194	320	running	0
6	6	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1956 Chevrolet	194	250	running	0
7	12	Jim Paschal	75	Frank Hayworth	1956 Mercury	194	200	running	0
8	11	Bill Amick	97	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	192	150	running	0
9	4	Joe Eubanks	82	James Satcher	1956 Ford	191	100	piston	0
10	19	Rex White	X	Max Welborn	1956 Chevrolet	191	100	running	0
11	10	Jack Smith	91	Ted Chester	1956 Chevrolet	189	100	running	49
12	2	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1956 Dodge	188	100	running	0
13	9	Bobby Johns	7A	Shorty Johns	1956 Chevrolet	186	100	accident	0
14	15	Freddy Fryar	66		1956 Ford	183	100	running	0
15	17	Billy Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	1956 Mercury	182	100	running	0
16	20	Al Watkins	48	Don Holcomb	1956 Ford	178	100	running	0
17	18	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	1956 Chevrolet	173	100	running	0
18	1	Tim Flock	86	John Foster	1956 Ford	139	100	brakes	50
19	3	Speedy Thompson	57	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Chrysler	58	50	accident	0
20	13	Billy Carden	27		1956 Mercury	50	50	bearing	0
21	21	C.H. Dingler	291	C.H. Dingler	1956 Dodge	17		bearing	0
22	22	Joe Lee Johnson	310		1956 Dodge	0		did not start	0

Time of race: 01:38:32
Average Speed: 60.893 MPH
Pole Speed: 27.75 seconds
Attendance: 2,000