Home



NASCAR Grand National race
Concord Speedway, Concord, NC
December 2, 1956
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Marvin Panch	98	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	200	650	running	198
2	6	Paul Goldsmith	3	Smokey Yunick	1956 Chevrolet	200	525	running	0
3	5	Bill Amick	97	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	199	400	running	0
4	10	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	1956 Chevrolet	194	320	running	0
5	9	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1956 Dodge	193	290	running	0
6	14	Jim Paschal	75	Frank Hayworth	1956 Mercury	192	250	running	0
7	17	Mel Larson	79	Mel Larson	1956 Ford	186	200	running	0
8	2	Joe Weatherly	J12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	181	250	running	0
9	8	Joe Eubanks	82	James Satcher	1956 Ford	180	100	running	0
10	25	Bill Morton	100	Bill Morton	1956 Chevrolet	169	100	running	0
11	23	Brownie King	60	Jess Potter	1956 Chevrolet	167	100	running	0
12	22	Ralph Earnhardt	22	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	164	100	accident	0
13	21	Ed Cole	94	Ed Cole	1955 Mercury	163	100	running	0
14	19	Billy Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	1956 Mercury	153	100	running	0
15	12	Billy Carden	27		1956 Mercury	142	100	running	0
16	16	Johnny Dodson	83	Johnny Dodson	1956 Chevrolet	141	100	running	0
17	15	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	1956 Ford	141	100	running	0
18	4	Ralph Moody	12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	132	100	engine	0
19	13	Johnny Allen	64	Spook Crawford	1956 Plymouth	120	50	accident	0
20	11	Jack Smith	610	Ted Chester	1956 Chevrolet	97	50		0
21	1	Curtis Turner	C22	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford	79	50	accident	2
22	7	Bill Champion	31	John Whitford	1956 Ford	64	50		0
23	24	Bobby Waddell	62	Bobby Waddell	1955 Chevrolet	39	50		0
24	18	Doug Cox	86	John Foster	1956 Ford	28	50	disqualified	0
25	20	Bill Hall	203		1956 Ford	25	50		0

Time of race: 01:47:22
Average Speed: 55.883 MPH
Pole Speed: 28.76 seconds