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NASCAR Convertible race
Heidelberg Raceway, Heidelberg, PA
August 19, 1956
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Joe Weatherly	12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	200	650	running	200
2	2	Gwyn Staley	34	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	199	525	running	0
3	10	Danny Letner	97	Tom Harbison	1956 Dodge Convertible	197	400	tire	0
4	6	Jimmie Lewallen	48	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	197	320	running	0
5	4	Glen Wood	22	Wood Brothers	1956 Ford Convertible	192	290	overheating	0
6	8	Possum Jones	77	Lonnie Fish	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	190	250	overheating	0
7	16	Don Oldenberg	86	Don Oldenberg	1956 Mercury Convertible	190	200	overheating	0
8	15	Larry Odo	7A	Larry Odo	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	185	150	wheel	0
9	17	Bill Brown	25	Sam McCuthen	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	184	100	ignition	0
10	19	Bill Poor	711	Bill Poor	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	179	100	running	0
11	21	Mel Larson	55	Mel Larson	1956 Ford Convertible	170	100	wheel	0
12	12	Dick Joslin	71	Bill Webb	1956 Dodge Convertible	159	100	wheel	0
13	5	Jimmy Massey	33	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	158	100	axle	0
14	7	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	158	100	wheel	0
15	11	Art Binkley	4	Art Binkley	1956 Plymouth Convertible	132	100	water hose	0
16	14	Bob Beck	14	Bob Beck	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	103	100	engine	0
17	20	Billy Rafter	41		1956 Dodge Convertible	94	100	overheating	0
18	13	Allen Adkins	98	Tom Harbison	1956 Dodge Convertible	89	100	engine	0
19	3	Curtis Turner	26	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	59	50	fuel pump	0
20	18	Tom Pistone	5	Tom Pistone	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	55	50	engine	0
21	9	Bill Lutz	2		1956 Ford Convertible	38	25	engine	0
22	22	Cannonball Brown	56	Cannonball Brown	1956 Chrysler Convertible	13	25	engine	0

Time of race: 01:29:40
Average Speed: 66.914 MPH
Pole Speed: 27.75 seconds
Attendance: 4,955