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NASCAR Convertible race
Fort Wayne Speedway, Fort Wayne, IN
July 28, 1956
160 laps on 0.625 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Curtis Turner	26	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	160	650	running
2	3	Joe Weatherly	12	Pete DePaolo	1956 Ford Convertible	160	525	running
3	1	Glen Wood	22	Wood Brothers	1956 Ford Convertible	157	400	running
4	8	Jimmie Lewallen	48	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	153	320	running
5	9	Larry Odo	7A	Larry Odo	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	152	250	running
6	13	Gene Blair	186	Don Oldenberg	1956 Dodge Convertible	151	200	running
7	6	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	149	150	running
8	10	Larry Frank	76	Larry Frank	1956 Mercury Convertible	149	250	running
9	12	Art Binkley	4	Art Binkley	1956 Plymouth Convertible	149	100	running
10	14	Norman Schihl	3	Norman Schihl	1956 Ford Convertible	148	100	running
11	20	Bob Beck	14	Bob Beck	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	145	100	running
12	21	Bill Brown	54	Bill Brown	1956 Mercury Convertible	140	100	running
13	7	Mel Larson	55	Mel Larson	1956 Ford Convertible	140	100	running
14	4	Don Oldenberg	86	Don Oldenberg	1955 Buick Convertible	139	100	accident
15	11	Possum Jones	77	Lonnie Fish	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	138	100	steering
16	15	Cannonball Brown	56	Cannonball Brown	1956 Chrysler Convertible	136	100	running
17	22	Bill Poor	711	Bill Poor	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	134	100	running
18	16	Bill Cornwall	53		1955 Chevrolet Convertible	116	100	running
19	18	Dick Joslin	71	Bill Webb	1956 Dodge Convertible	96	100	wheel
20	5	Bill Lutz	2		1956 Ford Convertible	73	50	engine
21	17	Spike Sheldon	10		1955 Plymouth Convertible	45	50	tire
22	19	Allen Adkins	98	Tom Harbison	1956 Dodge Convertible	4	50	engine

Pole Speed: 27.24 seconds
1 caution