1956 Bay Meadows Race Course

Race 39 of 56

San Mateo
241 laps
Time of race: 3:31:00
Average speed of winner: 68.161 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: 1-240 unknown, Pagan 241

Race notes: First win for Eddie Pagan. Debut for Reggie Ausmus, Wally Gervais, Clyde Mitchell, and Frank Secrist. Finale for Erick Erickson, Carl Hammill, and Bill West. Only start for Ole Anderson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Eddie Pagan	45		'56 Ford	Eddie Pagan		81.614	241	1	1	running	1475	0
2	7	Parnelli Jones	11		'56 Ford	Miletich			241	0	0	running	1575	0
3	6	Chuck Meekins	56		'56 Chevrolet	Jim Rush			239	0	0	running	1100	0
4	17	Lloyd Dane	225		'56 Mercury				239	0	0	running	750	0
5	14	Scotty Cain	21		'56 Ford	Scotty Cain			239	0	0	running	550	0
6	2	Bill Hyde	31		'56 Dodge				237	0	0	running	450	0
7	13	Bob Ross	43		'56 Mercury				235	0	0	running	300	0
8	11	Fireball Roberts	12		'56 Ford	DePaolo			233	0	0	running	250	0
9	12	Gordon Haines	77N		'56 Dodge				232	0	0	running	200	0
10	8	Ed Negre	88N		'56 Oldsmobile				231	0	0	running	250	0
11	15	Ernie Young	41		'56 Pontiac	Palozi			228	0	0	running	200	0
12	35	Bob Keefe	14N		'56 Ford				227	0	0	piston	150	0
13	25	Carl Hammill	33		'56 Chevrolet				226	0	0	running	100	0
14	28	Jim Blomgren	188		'56 Ford				226	0	0	running	100	0
15	9	John Kieper	98N		'56 Chevrolet	Kieper			225	0	0	running	100	0
16	26	Clyde Palmer	71N		'56 Dodge				225	0	0	running	100	0
17	31	Lou Sherman	66N		'56 Mercury				224	0	0	running	100	0
18	30	Erick Erickson	25		'56 Pontiac	Erick Erickson			217	0	0	running	50	0
19	18	Clyde Mitchell	89		'56 Ford				216	0	0	running	50	0
20	20	Harold Hardesty	52N		'56 Chevrolet				216	0	0	running	50	0
21	33	Bill West	55		'54 Oldsmobile				215	0	0	running	40	0
22	24	Bill Bade	36		'55 Chevrolet				214	0	0	running	40	0
23	4	Al Pombo	2		'56 Dodge				212	0	0	spun out	40	0
24	23	Frank Secrist	68		'56 Chevrolet				207	0	0	running	40	0
25	34	Howard Phillippi	20		'56 Chevrolet				185	0	0	running	40	0
26	10	Royce Haggerty	15N		'56 Dodge				172	0	0	accident	40	0
27	22	Jim Cook	9		'56 Pontiac	Art Krebs			154	0	0	piston	40	0
28	15	Art Watts	156		'56 Mercury				139	0	0	hub	40	0
29	37	Reggie Ausmus	91		'55 Chevrolet				138	0	0	heating	40	0
30	5	Bill Moore	551		'56 Pontiac	Bill Moore			114	0	0	fan belt	40	0
31	21	Bob Havemann	47		'56 Pontiac				111	0	0	engine	40	0
32	27	Sherman Clark	34		'55 Chevrolet	Sherman Clark			102	0	0	drive shaft	40	0
33	29	Ralph Moody	1		'56 Ford	DePaolo			75	0	0	engine	40	0
34	32	Wally Gervais	75N		'56 Oldsmobile				53	0	0	engine	40	0
35	3	Buck Baker	300B		'56 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		35	0	0	engine	40	0
36	10	Herb Thomas	30		'56 Plymouth				20	0	0		90	0
37	36	Ole Anderson	83		'54 Ford				9	0	0	heating	50	0