| 1956 Grand National Race No. 15 NASCAR Cup Series Race 15 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,285 | Race Date: | May 10, 1956 | Greenville-Pickens Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 1Hr 39Min 24Sec. | Easley, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 60.362 MPH | .500 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 23 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | greenvillepickens.com/ | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Rex White R. White | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #500 Dodge | Car No.: | #X Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 20 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 61.100 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 15 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 500B | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 20 |
| 2 | 5 | 99 | Curtis Turner | Schwam Motors | Running |  | 0 | 199 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Satcher Motors | Running | | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 4 | 18 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Running |  | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 9 | Joe Weatherly | Schwam Motors | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 7A | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | X | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 37 | Tiny Lund | Gus Holzmueller (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 49 | Jim Paschal | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 172 | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | 271 | Billy Carden | Running |  | 0 | 168 | 0 | |
| 12 | 19 | 24 | Bobby Waddell | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 167 | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | 264 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Hub |  | 0 | 155 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 901 | Herb Thomas | Mercury Outboards | | 0 | 154 | 0 | |
| 15 | 3 | 500 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Bearings | | 0 | 125 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 760 | Brownie King | Brownie King (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 124 | 0 |
| 17 | 11 | 44 | Chester Barron | Chester Barron (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 104 | 0 |
| 19 | 6 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Bearings | | 0 | 83 | 0 |
| 20 | 12 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Steering | | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| 21 | 7 | 150 | Fred Lorenzen | Fred Lorenzen (Car Owner) | | 0 | 66 | 0 | |
| 22 | 20 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | | 0 | 60 | 0 | |
| 23 | 17 | 34 | Dick Beaty | Ike Kiser (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 16 | 0 |
