1956 Lee Petty NASCAR Grand National results
1956 season results | 1956 season standings
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| Race # | Track | Start | Finish | Car # | Sponsor | Engine | Owner | Crew Chief | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Money | Points |
| 1 | Hickory | 2 | 3 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 200 | 1 | 17 | running | 505 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Charlotte (.75 mi. dirt) | 3 | 3 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 134 | 0 | 0 | running | 475 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Palm Beach | 13 | 5 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 193 | 0 | 0 | running | 310 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Phoenix (dirt) | 4 | 5 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 149 | 0 | 0 | running | 415 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Daytona Beach | 18 | 12 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 0 | 0 | running | 135 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Palm Beach | 30 | 12 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 181 | 0 | 0 | running | 60 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Wilson | 11 | 13 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 95 | 0 | 0 | bearing | 50 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Lakewood | 4 | 5 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 99 | 0 | 0 | running | 310 | 0 | ||
| 10 | North Wilkesboro | 18 | 8 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 158 | 0 | 0 | running | 150 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Langhorne | 3 | 4 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 149 | 0 | 0 | running | 530 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Richmond | 4 | 7 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 193 | 0 | 0 | running | 200 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Columbia | 7 | 19 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 111 | 1 | 59 | steering | 50 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Harris (dirt) | 27 | 23 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 77 | 0 | 0 | rear end | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Greenville-Pickens | 12 | 20 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 66 | 0 | 0 | steering | 50 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Hickory | 4 | 15 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 164 | 0 | 0 | transmission | 50 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Hillsborough | 8 | 3 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 100 | 0 | 0 | running | 475 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Martinsville | 5 | 3 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 497 | 0 | 0 | running | 1025 | 0 | ||
| 19 | New Oxford | 6 | 3 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 475 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Charlotte (.75 mi. dirt) | 3 | 5 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 131 | 0 | 0 | running | 310 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Syracuse | 4 | 4 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 145 | 0 | 0 | running | 700 | 0 | ||
| 25 | LeHi | 8 | 6 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 163 | 0 | 0 | running | 600 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Charlotte (.5 mi. dirt) | 7 | 3 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 195 | 0 | 0 | running | 400 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Rochester | 4 | 21 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 25 | 0 | 0 | bearing | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Asheville-Weaverville | 11 | 1 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 200 | 1 | 1 | running | 850 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Raleigh | 1 | 36 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 82.587 | 9 | 2 | 6 | oil pressure | 50 | 0 | |
| 31 | Spartanburg | 8 | 1 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 200 | 1 | 1 | running | 850 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Chicago (.5 mi.) | 10 | 10 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 190 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Shelby | 11 | 9 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 188 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Montgomery | 5 | 5 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 195 | 0 | 0 | running | 320 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Oklahoma City | 2 | 5 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 193 | 1 | 168 | differential | 310 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Road America | 10 | 13 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 59 | 0 | 0 | running | 200 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Old Bridge | 22 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 12 | 0 | 0 | crank shaft | 25 | 0 | |||
| 40 | Norfolk | 6 | 7 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 198 | 0 | 0 | accident | 200 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Spartanburg | 4 | 14 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 97 | 0 | 0 | a-frame | 100 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Myrtle Beach (old) | 5 | 15 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 64 | 0 | 0 | axle | 100 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Darlington | 68 | 17 | 35 | '56 Ford | Fred Frazier | Petty | 340 | 0 | 0 | running | 175 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Chisholm | 2 | 12 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 188 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Charlotte (.5 mi. dirt) | 15 | 10 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 183 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Langhorne | 8 | 2 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 293 | 0 | 0 | running | 1800 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Columbia | 4 | 7 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 196 | 0 | 0 | running | 200 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Hillsborough | 12 | 12 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 68 | 0 | 0 | a-frame | 100 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Newport | 9 | 9 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 192 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||
| 52 | Charlotte (.75 mi. dirt) | 5 | 8 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 127 | 0 | 0 | running | 150 | 0 | ||
| 53 | Shelby | 11 | 21 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 108 | 0 | 0 | accident | 50 | 0 | ||
| 54 | Martinsville | 7 | 21 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 356 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Hickory | 10 | 11 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 232 | 0 | 0 | axle | 100 | 0 | ||
| 56 | Wilson | 12 | 9 | 42 | '56 Dodge | Petty | Petty | 194 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 |

