Race: 73 Miles at Hickory Speedway
NASCAR Grand National Series: Race 16 of 56
Date: May 12, 1956
Track: Hickory Speedway
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73 Miles at Hickory Speedway Race Information
| Winner | Speedy Thompson | Car | No. 300C Chrysler |
| Team / Owner | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Winner Start | 1st |
| Started First | Speedy Thompson | Most Laps Led | Speedy Thompson (200) |
| Race Distance | 80 miles (200 laps) | Track Length | 0.4 miles |
| Track Type | Dirt oval | Starters | 24 |
| Different Leaders | 1 | Lead-Lap Finishers | 5 |
| Points Leader After Race | Al Keller | Season Race | 16 of 56 |
73 Miles at Hickory Speedway Race Results
| Fin | Start | No. | Driver | Team / Owner | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 300C | Speedy Thompson | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Chrysler | 200 | 200 | running | — |
| 2 | 10 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Mercury | 200 | 0 | running | — |
| 3 | 13 | 500B | Buck Baker | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Dodge | 200 | 0 | running | — |
| 4 | 12 | 502 | Herb Thomas | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Dodge | 200 | 0 | running | — |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Hubert Westmoreland (Owner) | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | running | — |
| 6 | 6 | 7A | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Owner) | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | — |
| 7 | 5 | 286 | Cotton Owens | Jim Stephens (Owner) | Pontiac | 196 | 0 | running | — |
| 8 | 21 | 48 | Al Watkins | Don Holcomb (Owner) | Ford | 182 | 0 | running | — |
| 9 | 20 | 34A | Charlie Jackson | — | Oldsmobile | 180 | 0 | running | — |
| 10 | 11 | 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Owner) | Ford | 180 | 0 | running | — |
| 11 | 23 | 760 | Brownie King | Brownie King (Owner) | Chevrolet | 174 | 0 | running | — |
| 12 | 7 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | James Satcher (Owner) | Ford | 172 | 0 | axle | — |
| 13 | 19 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Owner) | Chevrolet | 171 | 0 | running | — |
| 14 | 22 | 37 | Tiny Lund | Gus Holzmueller (Owner) | Pontiac | 168 | 0 | accident | — |
| 15 | 4 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 164 | 0 | transmission | — |
| 16 | 9 | 271 | Billy Carden | — | Mercury | 154 | 0 | spindle | — |
| 17 | 18 | 1 | Jimmie Lewallen | — | Chevrolet | 102 | 0 | accident | — |
| 18 | 24 | 75 | Jim Paschal | Frank Hayworth (Owner) | Mercury | 95 | 0 | electrical | — |
| 19 | 17 | 34 | Dick Beaty | Ike Kiser (Owner) | Ford | 81 | 0 | rear end | — |
| 20 | 8 | 150 | Fred Lorenzen | Fred Lorenzen (Owner) | Chevrolet | 73 | 0 | accident | — |
| 21 | 15 | 204 | Darvin Randahl | Darvin Randahl (Owner) | Ford | 47 | 0 | bearing | — |
| 22 | 16 | B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Owner) | Ford | 24 | 0 | accident | — |
| 23 | 14 | 24 | Bobby Waddell | Jimmy Pardue (Owner) | Chevrolet | 24 | 0 | accident | — |
| 24 | 3 | 55 | Junior Johnson | A.L. Bumgarner (Owner) | Pontiac | 9 | 0 | piston | — |
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1956 NASCAR Grand National Series Results
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