| 1956 Grand National Race No. 37 NASCAR Cup Series Race 37 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $13,050 | Race Date: | Aug 12, 1956 | Road America | |
| Margin of Victory: | 17.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 29Min 50Sec. | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | |
| Lead Changes: | 4 Among / 4 Drivers | Average Speed: | 73.858 MPH | 4.048 Mile 14-Turn Paved Road Course | |
| No. of Cars: | 26 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | roadamerica.com/ | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tim Flock T. Flock | Driver: | Frank Mundy F. Mundy | Mercury: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #15 Mercury | Car No.: | #14 Mercury | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Stroppe Motorsports | Team: | Stroppe Motorsports | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 17 of 63 | Pole Speed: | Pole set per NASCAR rules | |||||
| Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 37 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 6 | 15 | Tim Flock | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 63 | 17 |
| 2 | 11 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Running | | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 3 | 17 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | Paul Goldsmith | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running |  | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | 56 | Joe Eubanks | Satcher Motors | Running | | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 6 | 20 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| 7 | 24 | 75 | Jim Paschal | C U Later Alligator | Running | | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | 502 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Engine |  | 0 | 61 | 5 |
| 9 | 15 | 21 | Fred Johnson | Running | | 0 | 60 | 0 | |
| 10 | 16 | 131 | Johnny Dodson | Johnny Dodson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| 11 | 25 | X | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| 12 | 19 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Running | | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| 14 | 23 | 300 | Frank Mundy | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 36 | Jack Goodwin | Jack Goodwin (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | 12 | Ralph Moody | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 264 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Clutch |  | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | 500 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Engine | | 0 | 53 | 18 |
| 19 | 26 | 5 | Ansel Rakestraw | Running | Jaguar | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
| 20 | 23 | 9 | Joe Weatherly | Schwam Motors | Rear Gear | | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 21 | 14 | 4 | Bobby Myers | Wilson | Accident | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 22 | 2 | 98 | Marvin Panch | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 37 | 23 |
| 23 | 12 | 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed (Car Owner) | Oil Pump | | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 24 | 22 | 26 | Curtis Turner | DePaolo Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 25 | 4 | 97 | Bill Amick | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | 3 | 296 | Junior Johnson | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
