| 1956 Grand National Race No. 5 NASCAR Cup Series Race 5 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $5,990 | Race Date: | Jan 22, 1956 | Arizona State Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 2Hr 19Min 44Sec. | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Lead Changes: | 3 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 64.408 MPH | 1 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 8 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Joe Weatherly J. Weatherly | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #301 Chrysler | Car No.: | #11 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | Schwam Racing | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Mercury: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 150 | Pole Speed: | 71.315 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 5 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 12 | 301 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 150 | 62 |
| 2 | 5 | 30 | Frank Mundy | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 150 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 300 | Tim Flock | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 150 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 98 | Marvin Panch | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | 10 | Scotty Cain | Scotty Cain (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 11 | Joe Weatherly | Schwam Motors | Running | | 0 | 146 | 86 |
| 8 | 9 | 5 | Clyde Palmer | Al Liggon (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running |  | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 55 | Mel Larson | Mel Larson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 11 | 24 | 56 | Chuck Meekins | Jim Rush (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 12 | 21 | 99 | Jim Blomgren | Oscar Maples (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | 2 | Allen Adkins | Gus Davis (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | 45 | Eddie Pagan | Eddie Pagan (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 135 | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | 225 | Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | 32 | Ted Cannady | Ted Cannady (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 17 | 27 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 132 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | 22 | George Seeger | George's Motors | Running | | 0 | 127 | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | 41 | Ernie Young | Walt Palozi (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 127 | 0 |
| 20 | 26 | 96 | Jack D. McCoy | Running | Nash | 0 | 125 | 0 | |
| 21 | 8 | 48 | Bill Moore | Bill Moore (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 118 | 0 |
| 22 | 29 | 91 | John Lansaw | John Lansaw (Car Owner) | Overheating |  | 0 | 114 | 0 |
| 23 | 20 | 20 | Howard Phillippi | Howard Phillippi (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| 24 | 25 | 49 | Bob Ruppert | Bob Ruppert (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 88 | 0 |
| 25 | 28 | 66 | Leroy DeShields | Leroy DeShields | Overheating |  | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| 26 | 17 | 76 | Dutch Munsinger | Dutch Munsinger (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 69 | 0 |
| 27 | 2 | 12 | Bill Stammer | Bill Stammer (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| 28 | 15 | 9 | Jim Cook | Art Krebs (Car Owner) | | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
| 29 | 19 | 11X | Jim Stapley | Jim Stapley | Accident | | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 30 | 7 | 34 | Sherman Clark | Sherman Clark (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 33 | 0 |
