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NASCAR Grand National race
Columbia Speedway, Cayce, SC
May 5, 1956
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Speedy Thompson	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	200	1,100	running	80
2	1	Buck Baker	500B	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	198	700	running	0
3	12	Joe Weatherly	9	Charlie Schwam	1956 Ford	196	475	running	0
4	10	Tiny Lund	37	Gus Holzmueller	1956 Pontiac	192	365	running	0
5	19	Bob Flock	49	Mauri Rose	1956 Chevrolet	191	310	running	0
6	5	Herb Thomas	501	Carl Kiekhaefer	1956 Dodge	190	250	running	0
7	22	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	1956 Ford	189	200	running	0
8	11	Rex White	X	Max Welborn	1956 Chevrolet	186	150	running	0
9	17	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	1956 Plymouth	178	100	running	0
10	21	Al Watkins	47	Don Holcomb	1956 Ford	177	100	running	0
11	23	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	1955 Plymouth	173	75	running	0
12	16	Charlie Jackson	34A		1955 Oldsmobile	166	60	hub	0
13	13	Jim Paschal	75	Frank Hayworth	1956 Mercury	166	50	engine	0
14	25	Ed Cole	94	Clarence DeZalia	1955 Mercury	161	50	running	0
15	26	Tim Flock	1R	Mauri Rose	1956 Chevrolet	161	50	running	0
16	8	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1956 Chevrolet	154	50	A-frame	0
17	4	Curtis Turner	99	Charlie Schwam	1956 Ford	142	50	tie rod	61
18	20	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	1956 Chevrolet	120	50	manifold	0
19	7	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1956 Dodge	111	50	steering	59
20	18	Fred Lorenzen	150	Fred Lorenzen	1956 Chevrolet	96	50	running	0
21	14	Jimmie Lewallen	1		1956 Chevrolet	71		engine	0
22	6	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	1956 Mercury	47		hose	0
23	15	Bobby Johns	7A	Shorty Johns	1956 Chevrolet	40		accident	0
24	3	Joe Eubanks	82	James Satcher	1956 Ford	19		steering	0
25	9	Junior Johnson	55	A.L. Bumgarner	1956 Pontiac	3		piston	0
26	24	Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	1956 Dodge	1		steering	0

Time of race: 01:50:00
Average Speed: 54.545 MPH
2 cautions
Attendance: 5,000