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Race #15 of 32 in the 1956 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series Season
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Race #21 of 38 in the 1956 NASCAR Short Track Division Season
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Held on July 3, 1956 at Gardena Stadium in Gardena, CA
150 L, 37.5 M, 60.3 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 23 7 Jim Reed '56 Chevrolet 150 15 running
2 19 56 Chuck Meekins Rush Chevrolet '56 Chevrolet 150 67 running
3 18 45 Eddie Pagan Oscar Maples Ford Co. '56 Ford 149 49 running
4 6 8 Parnelli Jones Oscar Maples Ford Co. '56 Ford 148 17 running
5 15 1 Clyde Palmer '56 Dodge 148 0 running
6 16 34 Sherman Clark '55 Chevrolet 146 0 running
7 13 97 Bob Stanclift DePaolo Engineering '56 Ford 145 0 running
8 12 41 Ernie Young '56 Pontiac 143 0 running
9 4 00 Dick Getty '56 Chevrolet 141 0 running
10 21 43 Bob Ross Uricks Service '56 Mercury 140 0 running
11 20 99 Len Fraker San Marino Ford '56 Ford 139 0 running
12 1 77 Arley Scranton '54 Dodge 139 2 running
13 8 188 Jim Blomgren '56 Ford 138 0 fuel
14 11 225 Lloyd Dane '55 Mercury 125 0 running
15 7 33 Carl Hammill '56 Chevrolet 98 0 accident
16 17 48 Bill Moore '56 Ford 97 0 accident
17 9 20 Howard Phillippi '55 Chevrolet 84 0 dnf
18 3 66 Don Johns '54 Mercury 56 0 engine
19 14 36 Bill Bade '55 Chevrolet 20 0 accident
20 10 26 Fred Hunt '55 Chevrolet 20 0 accident
21 22 101 Lucky Long '56 Chevrolet 20 0 accident
22 5 46 George Norton '56 Chevrolet 19 0 accident
23 2 35 Kirby Miller '56 Ford 2 0 piston
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify: Jim Cook ; Bob Tyrell; Bob Francy; John Lansaw; Jack Richardson; Erick Erickson; Nick Lari; Walt James; Don Porter; Bill Bade; Bobby Lee; Don Stanyer; Hal Prentice; Lyle Matlock; Jay Frank

Time of Race: 0h:47:26
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Bob Ross - 16.68 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
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: half laps
Average Speed: 47.435 mph
Cautions: 3 for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 4 among 5 drivers - Arley Scranton (1-2); Parnelli Jones (3-19); Eddie Pagan (20-68); Chuck Meekins (69-135); Jim Reed (136-150)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered