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1956 NASCAR Grand National Central




RACE LISTINGS
Race Date Track Winner
1
13 November 1955 Hickory, NC Tim Flock
2
20 November 1955 Charlotte, NC Fonty Flock
3
20 November 1955 Rosamond, CA Chuck Stevenson
4
11 December 1955 West Palm Beach, FL Herb Thomas
5
22 January 1956 Phoenix, AZ Buck Baker
6
26 February 1956 Daytona Beach, FL Tim Flock
7
4 March 1956 West Palm Beach, FL Billy Myers
8
18 March 1956 Wilson, NC Herb Thomas
9
25 March 1956 Lakewood, GA Buck Baker
10
8 April 1956 North Wilkesboro, NC Tim Flock
11
22 April 1956 Langhorne, PA Buck Baker
12
29 April 1956 Richmond, VA Buck Baker
13
5 May 1956 Cayce, SC Speedy Thompson
14
6 May 1956 Concord, NC Speedy Thompson
15
10 May 1956 Greenville, SC Buck Baker
16
12 May 1956 Hickory, NC Speedy Thompson
17
13 May 1956 Hillsboro, NC Buck Baker
18
20 May 1956 Martinsville, VA Buck Baker
19
25 May 1956 Abbottstown, PA Buck Baker
20
27 May 1956 Charlotte, NC Speedy Thompson
21
27 May 1956 Portland, OR Herb Thomas
22
30 May 1956 Eureka, CA Herb Thomas
23
30 May 1956 Syracuse, NY Buck Baker
24
3 June 1956 Merced, CA Herb Thomas
25
10 June 1956 LeHi, AR Ralph Moody
26
15 June 1956 Charlotte, NC Speedy Thompson
27
22 June 1956 Henrietta, NY Speedy Thompson
28
24 June 1956 Portland, OR John Kieper
29
1 July 1956 Weaverville, NC Lee Petty
30
4 July 1956 Raleigh, NC Fireball Roberts
31
7 July 1956 Spartanburg, SC Lee Petty
32
8 July 1956 Sacramento, CA Lloyd Dane
33
21 July 1956 Chicago, IL Fireball Roberts
34
27 July 1956 Shelby, NC Speedy Thompson
35
29 July 1956 Montgomery, AL Marvin Panch
36
3 August 1956 Oklahoma City, OK Jim Paschal
37
12 August 1956 Elkhart Lake, WI Tim Flock
38
17 August 1956 Old Bridge, NJ Ralph Moody
39
19 August 1956 San Mateo, CA Eddie Pagan
40
22 August 1956 Norfolk, VA Billy Myers
41
23 August 1956 Spartanburg, SC Ralph Moody
42
25 August 1956 Myrtle Beach, SC Fireball Roberts
43
26 August 1956 Portland, OR Royce Haggerty
44
3 September 1956 Darlington, SC Curtis Turner
45
9 September 1956 Montgomery, AL Buck Baker
46
12 September 1956 Charlotte, NC Ralph Moody
47
23 September 1956 Langhorne, PA Paul Goldsmith
48
23 September 1956 Portland, OR Lloyd Dane
49
29 September 1956 Cayce, SC Buck Baker
50
30 September 1956 Hillsboro, NC Fireball Roberts
51
7 October 1956 Newport, TN Fireball Roberts
52
14 October 1956 Charlotte, NC Buck Baker
53
23 October 1956 Shelby, NC Buck Baker
54
28 October 1956 Martinsville, VA Jack Smith
55
11 November 1956 Hickory, NC Speedy Thompson
56
18 November 1956 Wilson, NC Buck Baker
FINAL POINT STANDINGS
Fin Driver Pts St W T5 T10 Pole
1 Buck Baker 9272 48 14 31 39 12
2 Herb Thomas 8568 48 5 22 36 2
3 Speedy Thompson 8328 42 8 24 29 7
4 Lee Petty 8324 47 2 17 28 1
5 Jim Paschal 7878 42 1 17 27 1
6 Billy Myers 6920 42 2 13 22 1
7 Fireball Roberts 5794 33 5 17 22 3
8 Ralph Moody 5548 35 4 13 21 5
9 Tim Flock 5062 22 4 11 14 5
10 Marvin Panch 4680 20 1 10 13 1
11 Rex White 4642 24 0 3 14 1
12 Johnny Allen 3924 32 0 2 11 0
13 Paul Goldsmith 3788 9 1 4 6 0
14 Gwyn Staley 3550 21 0 5 12 0
15 Joe Eubanks 3292 26 0 7 13 2
16 Joe Weatherly 3084 16 0 6 11 1
17 Bill Amick 3048 13 0 7 10 0
18 Jim Reed 2870 11 0 5 5 2
19 Tiny Lund 2754 21 0 1 8 0
20 Curtis Turner 2580 12 1 4 5 0
21 Jack Smith 2320 15 1 1 6 0
22 Billy Carden 2128 23 0 0 4 0
23 Lloyd Dane 2106 10 2 5 9 0
24 Frank Mundy 1856 9 0 3 5 0
25 Bobby Johns 1832 9 0 0 3 0
26 Bill Champion 1764 14 0 0 4 0
27 Blackie Pitt 1760 27 0 0 5 0
28 Harold Hardesty 1724 9 0 2 6 0
29 Al Watkins 1710 14 0 0 4 0
30 Chuck Meekins 1656 7 0 3 6 0
31 Harvey Henderson 1638 18 0 0 4 0
32 Eddie Pagan 1598 8 1 4 4 2
33 Pat Kirkwood 1540 3 0 1 2 0
34 Clyde Palmer 1516 11 0 4 6 0
35 Johnny Dodson 1508 11 0 0 4 0
36 John Kieper 1506 8 1 4 7 2
37 Junior Johnson 1372 13 0 1 1 1
38 Bill Blair 1264 9 0 0 4 0
39 Ed Cole 1200 12 0 0 1 0
40 Brownie King 1140 16 0 0 0 0
41 Scotty Cain 1124 4 0 1 4 0
42 Allen Adkins 1104 6 0 1 3 0
43 Bobby Keck 1076 15 0 0 3 0
44 Gordon Haines 1066 7 0 2 4 0
45 Bob Keefe 1066 7 0 1 2 0
46 Dick Beaty 1036 15 0 0 3 0
47 Jim Blomgren 992 6 0 0 1 0
48 Ed Negre 952 5 0 2 4 0
49 Jimmy Massey 950 6 0 3 4 0
50 Fonty Flock 946 7 1 1 4 2
51 Ralph Liguori 16 0 0 3 0
52 Cotton Owens 8 0 1 4 0
53 Johnny Patterson 3 0 0 1 0
54 Pete Yow 11 0 0 2 0
55 Bill Hyde 6 0 0 3 0
56 Jimmie Lewallen 10 0 1 1 0
57 Roz Howard 1 0 0 0 0
58 Curley Barker 4 0 3 4 0
59 Royce Haggerty 6 1 1 2 1
60 Russ Truelove 5 0 0 2 0
61 Bobby Myers 8 0 0 2 0
62 Bud Emra 1 0 0 0 0
62 Bunk Moore 5 0 1 2 0
63 John Lindsay 5 0 0 1 0
64 Lou Sherman 5 0 1 2 0
65 Darvin Randahl 7 0 0 1 0
66 Harold Beal 5 0 1 3 0
67 Parnelli Jones 3 0 1 1 0
68 Bob Ross 3 0 0 2 0
69 Al Keller 4 0 1 2 0
70 Dink Widenhouse 7 0 1 3 0
71 Art Watts 6 0 0 2 0
72 Erick Erickson 5 0 0 1 0
73 Billy Rafter 9 0 0 1 0
74 Ray Chaike 3 0 0 0 0
75 George Cork 4 0 0 0 0
76 George Green 6 0 0 0 0
77 Bob Flock 4 0 1 1 0
78 Bob Duell 6 0 1 1 0
79 Ken Milligan 4 0 0 1 0
80 Sherman Clark 5 0 0 2 0
81 Emanuel Zervakis 6 0 0 0 0
82 Sherman Utsman 5 0 0 1 0
83 Bill Walker 2 0 0 1 0
84 Bob Welborn 5 0 0 2 0
85 Ernie Young 5 0 0 0 0
86 Walt Schubert 4 0 0 1 0
87 Jim Cook 6 0 1 1 0
88 Bill Moore 6 0 0 2 0
89 George Seeger 2 0 0 1 0
90 Charlie Jackson 5 0 0 2 0
91 Bobby Waddell 8 0 0 0 0
92 Ted Cannady 6 0 0 0 0
93 Charles Blewitt 2 0 0 0 0
94 Chuck Stevenson 1 1 1 1 0
95 Dick Allwine 2 0 0 0 0
96 C.H. Dingler 3 0 0 0 0
97 Carl Hammill 2 0 0 0 0
98 Johnny Mantz 1 0 1 1 0
99 Mel Larson 5 0 0 1 0
100 Bill Widenhouse 6 0 1 1 0
101 Bob Korf 1 0 0 1 0
102 Shorty York 1 0 0 0 0
103 Vince Cougineri 1 0 0 0 0
105 Jim Graham 3 0 1 1 0
106 Fred Johnson 1 0 0 1 0
107 Bob Havemann 4 0 0 1 0
108 Pete Stewart 3 0 0 0 0
109 Jack Tykarski 1 0 0 0 0
110 Donald Thomas 3 0 0 1 0
111 Doug Cox 3 0 1 2 1
112 Jim Rhoades 5 0 0 1 0
113 Bill West 2 0 0 0 0
114 Johnny Roberts 4 0 0 0 0
115 Cecil Lassiter 1 0 0 0 0
116 John McVitty 4 0 0 1 0
117 Banjo Matthews 1 0 0 0 0
118 Eddie Skinner 6 0 0 0 0
119 Nolan Swift 2 0 0 1 0
120 Fred Lorenzen 7 0 0 0 0
121 Dave Terrell 5 0 0 1 0
122 Frank Jamison 3 0 0 1 0
123 Jack Radtke 1 0 0 0 0
124 Russ Graham 2 0 0 0 0
125 Pete Diviney 2 0 0 0 0
126 Jesse James Taylor 3 0 0 0 0
127 Danny Letner 6 0 0 0 0
128 Pee Wee Jones 3 0 0 0 0
129 Don Carr 5 0 0 0 0
130 Wayne Fielden 2 0 0 1 0
130 Fred Frazier 2 0 0 1 0
132 Benny DeRosier 4 0 0 0 0
133 Jim Sills 1 0 0 0 0
134 Ted Sweeney 3 0 0 0 0
135 Reitzel Darner 1 0 0 0 0
136 Arden Mounts 3 0 0 0 0
137 Possum Jones 1 0 0 0 0
138 Bob Ruppert 2 0 0 0 0
139 Roy Bentley 3 0 0 0 0
140 Rat Garner 1 0 0 0 0
140 Jack Goodwin 1 0 0 0 0
140 Joe Guide 1 0 0 0 0
140 Gene Simpson 1 0 0 0 0
144 Chester Barron 2 0 0 1 0
145 Jimmy Pardue 2 0 0 0 0
146 Gene Goodman 1 0 0 0 0
148 Ralph Earnhardt 1 0 1 1 1
149 Joe Prismo 1 0 0 1 0
150 Peck Peckham 3 0 0 0 0
151 Jim Donovan 2 0 0 0 0
152 John Fite 3 0 0 0 0
153 Larry Flynn 2 0 0 0 0
154 Red Farmer 3 0 0 0 0
155 Bill Osborne 1 0 0 0 0
156 Bill Sullivan 2 0 0 0 0
157 Howard Phillippi 4 0 0 0 0
159 John Dodd, Jr. 4 0 0 1 0
159 Dick Blackwell 3 0 0 0 0
160 Don Porter 3 0 0 0 0
161 Jack Montgangelo 1 0 0 0 0
162 Wally Gervais 3 0 0 0 0
163 Joy Fair 2 0 0 1 0
164 Jack Choquette 2 0 0 1 0
165 Carl Anderson 1 0 0 1 0
166 Ned Jarrett 2 0 0 0 0
167 Chuck Mahoney 2 0 0 0 0
168 Len Sutton 1 0 0 0 0
169 Chuck Akerblade 1 0 0 0 0
170 Kenneth Wagner 3 0 0 0 0
171 Gordon Campbell 1 0 0 0 0
172 Buzz Woodward 1 0 0 0 0
173 Clyde Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0
173 Charlie Scott 1 0 0 0 0
175 Harvey Eakin 2 0 0 0 0
176 Bill Bowman 1 0 0 1 0
176 Sam Steers 1 0 0 1 0
178 Doug Yates 2 0 0 0 0
179 Chub Williams 1 0 0 0 0
180 Whitey Norman 1 0 0 1 0
180 Richard Riley 1 0 0 1 0
182 Fred Hunt 2 0 0 0 0
183 Jim Wilson 2 0 0 0 0
184 Bill Thurber 1 0 0 0 0
184 Jerry Morese 1 0 0 0 0
184 Charlie Mincey 1 0 0 0 0
184 Harold Kite 1 0 0 0 0
184 Jake Hatcher 1 0 0 0 0
184 Tootle Estes 1 0 0 0 0
184 Bob Esposito 1 0 0 0 0
191 Reds Kagle 2 0 0 0 0
192 Ken Love 3 0 0 0 0
193 Bill Parks 2 0 0 0 0
194 Johnny Coy 1 0 0 0 0
195 Frank Edwards 1 0 0 0 0
195 Robert Slensby 1 0 0 0 0
195 Jack Zink 1 0 0 0 0
198 Earl Moss 2 0 0 0 0
199 Al Pombo 2 0 0 0 0
200 Bill Stammer 2 0 0 0 0
201 Dick Getty 3 0 0 0 0
202 Bill Tanner 2 0 0 0 0
203 Bill Massey 1 0 0 0 0
203 Chet Thomson 1 0 0 0 0
205 Bud Geiselman 2 0 0 0 0
206 Don Oldenberg 2 0 0 0 0
207 Dave Lundman 1 0 0 0 0
208 Lou Spears 3 0 0 0 0
209 Chuck Mesler 1 0 0 0 0
209 Lucky Long 1 0 0 0 0
209 Freddy Fryar 1 0 0 0 0
209 Dick Burns 1 0 0 0 0
209 Sonny Black 1 0 0 0 0
214 Don Hildreth 1 0 0 0 0
214 James Jones 1 0 0 0 0
214 Jess Nelson 1 0 0 0 0
217 Fred Harb 3 0 0 0 0
218 Joel Million 2 0 0 0 0
219 Gene Bergin 2 0 0 0 0
220 Al White 2 0 0 0 0
221 Sal Tovella 1 0 0 0 0
222 Lyle Matlock 2 0 0 0 0
223 Fred Steinbroner 1 0 0 0 0
224 Bill Bade 1 0 0 0 0
225 Bun Emery 1 0 0 0 0
225 Cy Spencer 1 0 0 0 0
227 Jack D. McCoy 1 0 0 0 0
228 Ray Hendrick 2 0 0 0 0
229 Nick Lari 1 0 0 0 0
230 Bob Stanclift 1 0 0 0 0
231 Nace Mattingly 3 0 1 1 0
232 Charlie Cregar 2 0 0 0 0
233 Lyle Scott 1 0 0 0 0
233 Joe Stewart 1 0 0 0 0
235 Tom Lupo 1 0 0 0 0
236 Judge Rider 1 0 0 0 0
237 Wade Fields 1 0 0 0 0
238 Bill Brown 1 0 0 0 0
239 Ray Baxter 1 0 0 0 0
239 Jim Mundy 1 0 0 0 0
239 Andy Wilson 1 0 0 0 0
242 John Lansaw 2 0 0 0 0
243 Don Hamilton 2 0 0 0 0
244 Ed Brown 1 0 0 0 0
245 Sonny Walters 1 0 0 0 0
246 Bob Chauncey 1 0 0 0 0
246 Bob Francy 1 0 0 0 0
246 Dan Galullo 1 0 0 0 0
246 Glen Wood 1 0 0 0 0
250 Cotton Priddy 1 0 0 0 0
250 Frank Secrist 1 0 0 0 0
252 Tom Pistone 2 0 0 0 0
253 Buck Hall 1 0 0 0 0
254 Elgin Holmes 1 0 0 0 0
255 Ray Thompson 2 0 0 0 0
256 Bill Vesler 1 0 0 0 0
257 Elton Hildreth 1 0 0 0 0
258 Mario Rossi 1 0 0 0 0
260 Ronnie Herra 1 0 0 0 0
261 Corey Benjamin 1 0 0 0 0
262 Francis Dionne 1 0 0 0 0
263 Pat Zocano 1 0 0 0 0
264 Herb Gibson 1 0 0 0 0
264 Jim Cushman 1 0 0 0 0
266 Reggie Ausmus 1 0 0 0 0
266 Arnold Denley 1 0 0 0 0
268 David Ezell 1 0 0 0 0
269 Chuck Hansen 1 0 0 0 0
269 Joe Bill O'Dell 1 0 0 0 0
270 Don Bailey 1 0 0 0 0
270 Pat Grogan 2 0 0 0 0
272 Charles Oldham 1 0 0 0 0
272 Ole Anderson 1 0 0 0 0
274 Bud Palmer 1 0 0 0 0
276 W.H. Atkinson 1 0 0 0 0
277 Gene White 1 0 0 0 0
278 Tommy Thompson 1 0 0 0 0
279 Ed Kretz 1 0 0 0 0
280 Johnny Osteen 1 0 0 0 0
281 Dick Linder 1 0 0 0 0
282 Buddy Krebs 1 0 0 0 0
283 Jimmy Mairs 1 0 0 0 0
284 Kenny Paulsen 1 0 0 0 0
285 Don Stanyer 1 0 0 0 0
286 Bill Stacy 1 0 0 0 0
287 Tom Francis 1 0 0 0 0
288 Herb Crawford 1 0 0 0 0
289 Fred Bince 1 0 0 0 0
290 Buzz Auckland 1 0 0 0 0
291 Leroy DeShields 1 0 0 0 0
292 Dutch Munsinger 1 0 0 0 0
293 Jim Stapley 1 0 0 0 0
294 Ed Massey 1 0 0 0 0
294 Louis Headley 1 0 0 0 0
294 Ray Crowley 1 0 0 0 0
297 John Dodd, Sr. 1 0 0 0 0
297 Jack Richardson 1 0 0 0 0
297 Johnny Zeke 1 0 0 0 0
300 Owen Loggins 1 0 0 0 0
301 Ralph Murray 1 0 0 0 0
302 George Mantooth 1 0 0 0 0
Benny Rakestraw 1 0 0 1 0
Ansel Rakestraw 1 0 0 0 0
Lennie Page 1 0 0 1 0
Wilbur Rakestraw 1 0 0 0 0
Arley Scranton 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Seibel 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Sykes 1 0 0 0 0
Al Tasnady 1 0 0 0 0
Hank Trice 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Watkins 3 0 0 0 0
Jack Williams 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Bill McGraw 5 0 0 1 0
Larry Marx 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Carroll 1 0 0 0 0
Spook Crawford 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Denise 1 0 0 0 0
Len Fraker 1 0 0 0 0
John Hamby 1 0 0 0 0
Curley Hatfield 2 0 0 0 0
Tommy Herzberg 1 0 0 0 0
Augie Howerton 1 0 0 1 0
Ken Johnson 1 0 0 0 0
Hoss Kagle 1 0 0 0 0
Elmo Langley 1 0 0 0 0
Millard Wright 1 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Ayers 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Beck 0 0 0 0 0
Everett Beshear 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Blair 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Boyd 0 0 0 0 0
Vincent Cannizzaro 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Cintia 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Diviney 0 0 0 0 0
Marlon Edwards 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Gowan 0 0 0 0 0
Chick Garno 0 0 0 0 0
George Henderson 0 0 0 0 0
Jud Larson 0 0 0 0 0
Don Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0
Marty Nichols 0 0 0 0 0
William Pike 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Prentice 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Pronger 0 0 0 0 0
L.C. Rigsby 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Rorer 0 0 0 0 0
C.E. Wood 0 0 0 0 0