1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 39 Race Results

Race Name - 39
Date - 8/19/1956
Race Track - Bay Meadows Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 241 miles
Pole Speed - 81.614 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 68.161 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $9,630
Race Number - 39

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Eddie Pagan	45	Eddie Pagan	241	56 Ford		$2,475
2	7	Parnelli Jones	11	Vel Miletich	241	56 Ford		$1,575
3	6	Chuck Meekins	56		239	56 Chevrol		$1,100
4	17	Lloyd Dane	225	Lloyd Dane	239	56 Mercury		$750
5	14	Scotty Cain	21	Scotty Cain	239	56 Ford		$550
6	2	Bill Hyde	31		237	56 Dodge		$450
7	13	Bob Ross	43	Bob Ross	235	56 Mercury		$300
8	11	Fireball Roberts	12	Pete DePaolo	233	56 Ford		$250
9	12	Gordon Haines	77	Herb Eberhart	232	56 Dodge		$200
10	8	Ed Negre	88	Ed Negre	231	56 Oldsmob		$250
11	15	Ernie Young	41	Walt Palozi	228	56 Pontiac		$200
12	35	Bob Keefe	14		227	56 Ford		$150
13	25	Carl Hammill	33		226	56 Chevrol		$100
14	28	Jim Blomgren	188	Lorrin Bates	226	56 Ford		$100
15	9	John Kieper	98	John Kieper	225	56 Chevrol		$100
16	26	Clyde Palmer	71	Herb Eberhart	225	56 Dodge		$100
17	31	Lou Sherman	66		224	56 Mercury		$100
18	30	Erick Erickson	25	Erick Erickson	217	56 Pontiac		$50
19	18	Clyde Mitchell	89		216	56 Ford		$50
20	20	Harold Hardesty	52		216	56 Chevrol		$50
21	33	Bill West	55		215	54 Oldsmob		$40
22	24	Bill Bade	36	Joe Navarro	214	55 Chevrol		$40
23	4	Al Pombo	2	Tom Roady	212	56 Dodge		$40
24	23	Frank Secrist	68	JM Wattenbarger	207	56 Chevrol		$40
25	34	Howard Phillippi	20	Howard Phillippi	185	56 Chevrol		$40
26	10	Royce Haggerty	15	Curly Weida	172	56 Dodge		$40
27	22	Jim Cook	9	Floyd Johnson	154	56 Pontiac		$40
28	15	Art Watts	156		139	56 Mercury		$40
29	37	Reggie Ausmus	91		138	55 Chevrol		$40
30	5	Bill Moore	551	Bill Moore	114	56 Pontiac		$40
31	21	Bob Havemann	47	Bob Havenmann	111	56 Pontiac		$40
32	27	Sherman Clark	34	Sherman Clark	102	55 Chevrol		$40
33	29	Ralph Moody	1	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	75	56 Ford		$40
34	32	Wally Gervais	75		53	56 Oldsmob		$40
35	3	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	35	56 Chrysle		$40
36	10	Herb Thomas	30	Jack Chatenay	20	56 Plymout		$90
37	36	Ole Anderson	83		9	54 Ford		$40