| 1956 Grand National Race No. 14 NASCAR Cup Series Race 14 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,285 | Race Date: | May 6, 1956 | Concord Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 18.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 1h 37m 21s | Concord, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 Among / 2 Drivers | Average Speed: | 61.633 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 3 Laps | concordmotorsportpark.com/ | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Speedy Thompson S. Thompson | Driver: | Speedy Thompson S. Thompson | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 199 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 65.241 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 14 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 127 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 199 |
| 2 | 6 | 127 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 127 | Herb Thomas | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 127 | Tim Flock | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 6 | 29 | 37 | Tiny Lund | Gus Holzmueller (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Running | | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 8 | 25 | 127 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 49 | Jim Paschal | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 181 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | 34 | Charlie Jackson | Ike Kiser (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 11 | 28 | 127 | Pete Stewart | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 12 | 30 | 48 | Al Watkins | Don Holcomb (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 174 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 172 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | 9 | Marvin Panch | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | 127 | Cotton Owens | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| 17 | 13 | 99 | Billy Carden | DePaolo Engineering | Unknown | | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | 94 | Ed Cole | Clarence DeZalia (Car Owner) | Unknown |  | 0 | 128 | 0 |
| 19 | 10 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Unknown |  | 0 | 127 | 0 |
| 20 | 21 | 34 | Dick Beaty | Ike Kiser (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 122 | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | 127 | Brownie King | Brownie King (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 120 | 0 |
| 22 | 15 | 127 | Fred Lorenzen | Fred Lorenzen (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| 23 | 27 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Rear Gear |  | 0 | 77 | 0 |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Dink Widenhouse | Mauri Rose Engineering | Piston | | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| 25 | 17 | 20 | Bill Widenhouse | W.R. Waldron (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 26 | 16 | 127 | Ralph Liguori | Accident | | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Bill Blair | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 28 | 7 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 29 | 23 | 24 | Bobby Waddell | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 30 | 2 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Engine | | 0 | 17 | 1 |
