| 1956 Grand National Race No. 42 NASCAR Cup Series Race 42 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,485 | Race Date: | Aug 25, 1956 | Coastal Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1Hr 58Min 38Sec. | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 50.576 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 20 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Driver: | Ralph Moody R. Moody | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #22 Ford | Car No.: | #12 Ford | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | DePaolo Engineering | Team: | DePaolo Engineering | Chrysler: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 58.346 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 42 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | DePaolo Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | 75 | Jim Paschal | C U Later Alligator | Running | | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | 300 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 5 | 19 | 501 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Satcher Motors | Running | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 271 | Billy Carden | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 | |
| 8 | 18 | 264 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | 35 | Fred Frazier | Fred Frazier (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 203 | Pete Yow | Pete Yow (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | 54 | Larry Flynn | B.B. Morris (Car Owner) | Overheating |  | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 31 | Bill Champion | John Whitford (Car Owner) | | 0 | 90 | 0 | |
| 13 | 2 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing |  | 0 | 76 | 0 | |
| 14 | 15 | 14 | Joe Bill McGraw | | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | | 0 | 64 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1 | 12 | Ralph Moody | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | 94 | Ed Cole | Ed Cole (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | 28 | Jim Watkins | Oil Pump | | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 19 | 11 | 50 | Roy Bentley | Marion Cox Garage | Radiator | | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 20 | 17 | 64 | Spook Crawford | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 13 | 0 |
