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NASCAR Grand National:1956-39
Held on August 19, 1956 at Bay Meadows Speedway in San Mateo, CA
241 L, 241 M, 387.769 KM - Shortened by Wreck

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	45	Eddie Pagan	Oscar Maples Ford	'56 Ford	241		running
2	7	11	Parnelli Jones		'56 Ford	241		running
3	6	56	Chuck Meekins		'56 Chevrolet	239		running
4	17	225	Lloyd Dane		'56 Mercury	239		running
5	14	21	Scotty Cain	Torrance Motors	'56 Ford	239		running
6	2	31	Bill Hyde		'56 Dodge	237		running
7	13	43	Bob Ross		'56 Mercury	235		running
8	11	12	Fireball Roberts		'56 Ford	233		running
9	12	77N	Gordon Haines		'56 Dodge	232		running
10	8	88N	Ed Negre		'56 Oldsmobile	231		running
11	15	41	Ernie Young		'56 Pontiac	228		running
12	35	14N	Bob Keefe		'56 Ford	227		piston
13	25	33	Carl Hammill		'56 Chevrolet	226		running
14	28	188	Jim Blomgren		'56 Ford	226		running
15	9	98N	John Kieper		'56 Chevrolet	225		running
16	26	71N	Clyde Palmer		'56 Dodge	225		running
17	31	66N	Lou Sherman		'56 Mercury	224		running
18	30	25	Erick Erickson		'56 Pontiac	217		running
19	18	89	Clyde Mitchell		'56 Ford	216		running
20	20	52N	Harold Hardesty		'56 Chevrolet	216		running
21	33	55	Bill West		'54 Oldsmobile	215		running
22	24	36	Bill Bade		'55 Chevrolet	214		running
23	4	2	Al Pombo		'56 Dodge	212		spun
24	23	68	Frank Secrist		'56 Chevrolet	207		running
25	34	20	Howard Phillippi		'56 Chevrolet	185		running
26	10	15N	Royce Haggerty		'56 Dodge	172		accident
27	22	9	Jim Cook		'56 Pontiac	154		piston
28	15	156	Art Watts		'56 Mercury	139		hub
29	37	91	Reggie Ausmus		'55 Chevrolet	138		overheating
30	5	551	Bill Moore		'56 Pontiac	114		fan belt
31	21	47	Bob Havemann		'56 Pontiac	111		engine
32	27	34	Sherman Clark		'55 Chevrolet	102		driveshaft
33	29	1	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering	'56 Ford	75		engine
34	32	75N	Wally Gervais		'56 Oldsmobile	53		engine
35	3	300B	Buck Baker		'56 Chrysler	35		engine
36	10	30	Herb Thomas		'56 Plymouth	20
37	36	83	Ole Anderson		'54 Ford	9		overheating

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered