| 1956 Grand National Race No. 53 NASCAR Cup Series Race 53 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,585 | Race Date: | Oct 23, 1956 | Cleveland County Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | 20 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 1h 51m | Shelby, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 54.054 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 26 | No. of Cautions: | 2 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Doug Cox D. Cox | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Car No.: | #86 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | John Fostor Motorsports | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 58.479 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Grand National Race No. 53 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 127 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | 97 | Bill Amick | DePaolo Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 98 | Marvin Panch | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 127 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Running |  | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Satcher Motors | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | 127 | Billy Carden | DePaolo Engineering | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | 83 | Johnny Dodson | Johnny Dodson (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | 127 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | 75 | Jim Paschal | C U Later Alligator | Engine |  | 0 | 156 | 0 |
| 11 | 24 | 62 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | DePaolo Engineering | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | 16 | Tiny Lund | Gus Holzmueller (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 132 | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | 25 | Jim Donovan | Sam McCuthen (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 132 | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | 13 | Jesse James Taylor | Jesse James Taylor (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 126 | 0 |
| 16 | 25 | 127 | Pete Yow | Pete Yow (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 118 | 0 |
| 17 | 13 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Accident | | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 18 | 3 | 127 | Jack Smith | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Accident | | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 20 | 6 | 12 | Ralph Moody | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 21 | 11 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Accident | | 0 | 108 | 0 |
| 22 | 17 | 127 | George Green | George Green (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 103 | 0 |
| 23 | 19 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 60 | Brownie King | Brownie King (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 94 | 0 |
| 25 | 1 | 86 | Doug Cox | John Foster (Car Owner) | Fire | | 0 | 70 | 0 |
| 26 | 22 | 41 | Billy Rafter | Billy Rafter (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 25 | 0 |
