Race: 152 Miles at Daytona Beach & Road Course
NASCAR Grand National Series: Race 6 of 56
Date: February 26, 1956
Track: Daytona Beach & Road Course
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152 Miles at Daytona Beach & Road Course Race Information
| Winner | Tim Flock | Car | No. 300A Chrysler |
| Team / Owner | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Winner Start | 1st |
| Started First | Tim Flock | Most Laps Led | Tim Flock (34) |
| Race Distance | 151.7 miles (37 laps) | Track Length | 4.1 miles |
| Track Type | Road course | Starters | 75 |
| Different Leaders | 2 | Lead-Lap Finishers | 3 |
| Points Leader After Race | Al Keller | Season Race | 6 of 56 |
152 Miles at Daytona Beach & Road Course Race Results
| Fin | Start | No. | Driver | Team / Owner | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 300A | Tim Flock | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Chrysler | 37 | 34 | running | — |
| 2 | 24 | 14W | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Mercury | 37 | 0 | running | — |
| 3 | 22 | 12 | Ralph Moody | DePaolo Engineering | Ford | 37 | 0 | running | — |
| 4 | 16 | 88 | Jimmie Lewallen | Ernest Woods (Owner) | Oldsmobile | — | 0 | running | — |
| 5 | 27 | 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | running | — |
| 6 | 40 | 64 | Al Keller | Al Keller (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | running | — |
| 7 | 38 | 204 | Darvin Randahl | Darvin Randahl (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | running | — |
| 8 | 6 | 15W | Bob Korf | Stroppe Motorsports | Mercury | — | 0 | running | — |
| 9 | 10 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Smokey Yunick Racing | Chevrolet | 36 | 0 | running | — |
| 10 | 12 | 500B | Fonty Flock | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | running | — |
| 11 | 25 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Hubert Westmoreland (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | running | — |
| 12 | 18 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | — | 0 | running | — |
| 13 | 58 | 342 | Jack Radtke | — | Ford | — | 0 | running | — |
| 14 | 49 | 16 | Ray Chaike | Gus Holzmueller (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | running | — |
| 15 | 55 | 40 | Gene Simpson | Bud Harbaugh (Owner) | Buick | — | 0 | running | — |
| 16 | 60 | 100 | Ken Milligan | Dave Everett (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | running | — |
| 17 | — | 5 | Bill Blair | Joe Blair (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | running | — |
| 18 | 35 | 91 | Donald Thomas | Donald Thomas (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | running | — |
| 19 | 14 | 300 | Charlie Scott | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Chrysler | — | 0 | running | — |
| 20 | 9 | 301 | Buck Baker | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Chrysler | — | 0 | running | — |
| 21 | 66 | 396 | Dave Lundman | — | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 22 | 30 | X | Rex White | Max Welborn (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 23 | 19 | 63 | Lyle Scott | Lyle Scott (Owner) | Chrysler | — | 0 | – | — |
| 24 | 50 | 155 | Mel Larson | Larson Racing | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 25 | — | 411 | Pat Zocano | — | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 26 | — | 390 | Ray Thompson | Johnny McCoy (Owner) | Studebaker | — | 0 | – | — |
| 27 | 45 | 10 | Jim Cushman | Jim Cushman (Owner) | Buick | — | 0 | – | — |
| 28 | 75 | 96 | Eddie Skinner | Curtis Reid (Owner) | Oldsmobile | — | 0 | – | — |
| 29 | 74 | 640 | Ken Love | Ken Love (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 30 | 54 | 761 | David Ezell | S.G. Russell (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 31 | 73 | 230 | Benny DeRosier | Adelmo Tiezzi (Owner) | Hudson | — | 0 | – | — |
| 32 | 70 | 34 | Dick Beaty | Ike Kiser (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 33 | 8 | 75 | Jim Paschal | Frank Hayworth (Owner) | Mercury | — | 3 | – | — |
| 34 | 59 | B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 35 | 41 | 330 | Don Bailey | Don Bailey (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 36 | 52 | C97 | Red Farmer | J.M. Fitzgibbons (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 37 | 61 | 123 | Charles Oldham | Charles Oldham (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 38 | 71 | 77 | Walt Schubert | Bob Bunselmeyer (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 39 | 68 | 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 40 | 26 | 55 | Junior Johnson | A.L. Bumgarner (Owner) | Pontiac | — | 0 | accident | — |
| 41 | 57 | 84 | Kenneth Wagner | — | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 42 | 67 | 264 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Owner) | Plymouth | — | 0 | – | — |
| 43 | 11 | 300B | Frank Mundy | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Chrysler | — | 0 | – | — |
| 44 | 37 | 9 | Joe Weatherly | Charlie Schwam (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 45 | 69 | 166 | Bud Palmer | W.E. Campbell (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 46 | 63 | 1 | Bobby Myers | Ansel Rakestraw (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 47 | 5 | 226 | Russ Truelove | Bob White (Owner) | Mercury | — | 0 | accident | — |
| 48 | 45 | 68 | Bill Widenhouse | Fred Sheibert (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 49 | 62 | 108 | Tommy Herbert | Lem Svajian (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 50 | 56 | 203 | Pete Yow | Pete Yow (Owner) | Buick | — | 0 | – | — |
| 51 | 48 | 265 | W.H. Atkinson | W.H. Atkinson (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 52 | 36 | 99 | Curtis Turner | Charlie Schwam (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 53 | 42 | 8 | Gene White | — | Buick | — | 0 | – | — |
| 54 | 28 | 505 | Charlie Cregar | Charlie Cregar (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 55 | 15 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | – | — |
| 56 | — | 271 | Dick Blackwell | — | Mercury | — | 0 | – | — |
| 57 | 53 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Owner) | Oldsmobile | — | 0 | – | — |
| 58 | 33 | M-1 | Tommy Thompson | Bob Fish (Owner) | Buick | — | 0 | – | — |
| 59 | 32 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | DePaolo Engineering | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 60 | 4 | 285 | Ed Kretz | Jim Stephens (Owner) | Pontiac | — | 0 | – | — |
| 61 | 3 | 286 | Cotton Owens | Jim Stephens (Owner) | Pontiac | — | 0 | – | — |
| 62 | 51 | 56 | Joe Eubanks | James Satcher (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 63 | 29 | 97 | Danny Letner | Ed Hastings (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 64 | 43 | 719 | Joy Fair | Russell Wainscott (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | – | — |
| 65 | 14 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Owner) | Chevrolet | — | 0 | – | — |
| 66 | 72 | 424 | Johnny Osteen | — | Oldsmobile | — | 0 | – | — |
| 67 | 31 | 78 | Joel Million | Ernest Woods (Owner) | Oldsmobile | — | 0 | – | — |
| 68 | 7 | 290 | Jack Choquette | Bob Osiecki (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | – | — |
| 70 | 46 | 999 | Jack Smith | Joe Jones (Owner) | Ford | — | 0 | – | — |
| 71 | 2 | 500B | Speedy Thompson | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | – | — |
| 72 | 21 | 98 | Marvin Panch | Tom Harbison (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | – | — |
| 73 | 17 | 576 | Jim Wilson | Harvey Walters (Owner) | Dodge | 1 | 0 | accident | — |
| 74 | 20 | 321 | Buddy Krebs | Harvey Walters (Owner) | Dodge | — | 0 | accident | — |
| 75 | 64 | 206 | Jimmy Mairs | — | Buick | — | 0 | accident | — |
| 76 | — | 113 | Emanuel Zervakis | Zervakis Enterprises | Chevrolet | — | 0 | accident | — |
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1956 NASCAR Grand National Series Results
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