On July 8, 1956, the 32nd race of the 1956 NASCAR Grand National Series was held at the California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California. It was the first time that NASCAR's top division raced at the track, and the race was won by Lloyd Dane.
Overview The July 8 race contested at California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California was the 32nd race of the 1956 NASCAR Grand National Series. It was won by Loyd Dane. It was the first NASCAR Grand National Series race to ever be held at the track. NASCAR's top division would race there annually through its 1961 season.
The race was a combination race with the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division, so Dane was credited as the winner in both series.
Race statistics + Stats Winning driver: Lloyd Dane Winning team: Lloyd Dane Winning car make: 1956 Mercury Track description: dirt oval Laps: 100 Length: Competitors: 21 drivers Duration: 1:21:00 Avg. speed: Pole speed: Margin-of-victory: 2 car-lengths
Results Legend: Finish: Finishing place of driver Start Pos.: Starting position of driver Car #: Car number Driver: Driver's name Sponsor: Sponsor of driver Owner/Team: Owner/team for which driver drove Car make: Make of car driven Laps: Laps completed Money: Earnings for race Status: If car was running at end of race, or otherwise the reason it was out of the race
+ Summary by driver Finish StartPos. Car# Driver Sponsor Owner/ Team Carmake Laps Money Status 1 15 225 Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane '56 Mercury 100 1100 running 2 14 56 Chuck Meekins Chevrolet Jim Rush '56 Chevrolet 100 700 running 3 3 88 Johnny Kieper Johnny Kieper '56 Oldsmobile 100 475 running 4 7 77 Gordon Haines Herb Eberhart '56 Dodge 100 365 running 5 10 1 Clyde Palmer Tom Roady '56 Dodge 99 310 running 6 9 52 Harold Hardesty John Ross '56 Chevrolet 99 250 running 7 5 14 Bob Keefe Harold McClure '56 Ford 99 200 running 8 2 47 Bob Havemann Bernie Anderson Bob Havemann '56 Pontiac 99 150 running 9 8 561 Bill Moore Bill Moore '56 Pontiac 99 100 running 10 11 188 Jim Blomgren Lorrin Bates '56 Ford 98 100 running 11 6 9 Jim Cook Floyd Johnson '56 Pontiac 97 75 running 12 13 33 Carl Hammill Carl Hammill '56 Chevrolet 95 60 running 13 17 98 Chet Thomson Chet Thomson '56 Mercury 94 50 running 14 21 55 Eddie Skinner Beryl Jackson '54 Oldsmobile 92 50 running 15 18 8 Jess Nelson Wiliam Bowden '54 Dodge 88 50 running 16 19 78 Don Porter Nick Porter '55 Studebaker 88 50 running 17 12 26 Fred Hunt Fred Hunt '55 Chevrolet 79 50 transmission 18 1 45 Eddie Pagan Ford Eddie Pagan '56 Ford 31 50 overheating 19 16 34 Sherman Clark Sherman Clark '55 Chevrolet 8 50 crash 20 20 41 Ernie Young Walt Palozi '56 Pontiac 2 50 piston 21 4 30 Jim Graham Fury Racers Jack Chatenay '56 Plymouth 0 crash
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