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| NASCAR Grand National:1956-05 | |
| Held on January 22, 1956 at Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, AZ | |
| 150 L, 150 M, 241.35 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 301 | Buck Baker | Kiekhaefer Outboards | 1955 Chrysler | 150 | 62 | running | |
| 2 | 5 | 30 | Frank Mundy | Kiekhaefer Outboards | 1955 Chrysler | 150 | 0 | running | |
| 3 | 6 | 300 | Tim Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | 1955 Chrysler | 150 | 0 | running | |
| 4 | 3 | 98 | Marvin Panch | 1956 Ford | 149 | 0 | running | ||
| 5 | 4 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | 1956 Dodge | 149 | 0 | running | |
| 6 | 18 | 10 | Scotty Cain | 1956 Ford | 147 | 0 | running | ||
| 7 | 1 | 11 | Joe Weatherly | Schwam Motors | 1956 Ford | 146 | 86 | running | |
| 8 | 9 | 5 | Clyde Palmer | 1955 Mercury | 144 | 0 | running | ||
| 9 | 10 | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1956 Chevrolet | 142 | 0 | running | ||
| 10 | 11 | 55 | Mel Larson | 1956 Ford | 142 | 0 | running | ||
| 11 | 24 | 56 | Chuck Meekins | 1955 Chevrolet | 141 | 0 | running | ||
| 12 | 21 | 99 | Jim Blomgren | 1956 Mercury | 141 | 0 | running | ||
| 13 | 16 | 2 | Allen Adkins | 1955 Dodge | 137 | 0 | running | ||
| 14 | 22 | 45 | Eddie Pagan | 1955 Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | running | ||
| 15 | 23 | 225 | Lloyd Dane | 1956 Mercury | 134 | 0 | accident | ||
| 16 | 13 | 32 | Ted Cannady | 1955 Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | running | ||
| 17 | 27 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Wynn's Friction Proofing | 1955 Oldsmobile | 132 | 0 | running | |
| 18 | 14 | 22 | George Seeger | 1956 Ford | 127 | 0 | running | ||
| 19 | 30 | 41 | Ernie Young | 1953 Pontiac | 127 | 0 | running | ||
| 20 | 26 | 96 | Jack D. McCoy | 1956 Nash | 125 | 0 | running | ||
| 21 | 8 | 48 | Bill Moore | 1956 Ford | 118 | 0 | piston | ||
| 22 | 29 | 91 | John Lansaw | 1955 Plymouth | 114 | 0 | overheating | ||
| 23 | 20 | 20 | Howard Phillippi | 1955 Chevrolet | 99 | 0 | accident | ||
| 24 | 25 | 49 | Bob Ruppert | Ellingham Auto Body | 1955 Chevrolet | 88 | 0 | accident | |
| 25 | 28 | 66 | Leroy DeShields | 1956 Buick | 75 | 0 | overheating | ||
| 26 | 17 | 76 | Dutch Munsinger | 1956 Buick | 69 | 0 | overheating | ||
| 27 | 2 | 12 | Bill Stammer | 1955 Chevrolet | 58 | 2 | accident | ||
| 28 | 15 | 9 | Jim Cook | 1956 Pontiac | 51 | 0 | wheel | ||
| 29 | 19 | 11X | Jim Stapley | 1956 Ford | 51 | 0 | accident | ||
| 30 | 7 | 34 | Sherman Clark | 1955 Chevrolet | 33 | 0 | accident | ||
| DID NOT QUALIFY | |||||||||
| 333 | Hal Prentice | Dodge | DNQ | ||||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 2h:19:44 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Joe Weatherly | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 10 carlength | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 64.408 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 8 for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 3 among 3 drivers - Bill Stammer (1-2); Joe Weatherly (3-88); Buck Baker (89-150) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered |