1956 100 Miles at Merced Fairgrounds

Merced Fairgrounds · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Laps	Miles
Herb Thomas	1	28	17	3	200	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	300B	Herb Thomas	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	200	1	running
2	5	52	Harold Hardesty		Chevrolet	200		running
3	8	30	Jim Graham		Plymouth	200		running
4	2	225	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane (Owner)	Mercury	198		running
5	12	45	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan (Owner)	Ford	197		running
6	10	88	John Kieper	John Kieper (Owner)	Oldsmobile	194		running
7	20	56	Chuck Meekins	Jim Rush (Owner)	Chevrolet	194		running
8	7	43	Bob Ross		Mercury	190		running
9	27	25	Erick Erickson	Erick Erickson (Owner)	Buick	190		running
10	11	34	Sherman Clark	Sherman Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	185		running
11	17	188	Jim Blomgren	Lorrin Bates (Owner)	Ford	183		running
12	22	14	Bob Keefe		Ford	183		running
13	3	11	Parnelli Jones	Vel Miletich (Owner)	Ford	181		wheel
14	23	101	Lucky Long	William Long (Owner)	Chevrolet	180		accident
15	19	20	Howard Phillippi	Howard Phillippi (Owner)	Chevrolet	172		running
16	16	9	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson (Owner)	Pontiac	168		running
17	24	75	Bill Sullivan		Ford	162		running
18	25	47	Nick Lari		Ford	155		running
19	15	5	Clyde Palmer	Al Liggons (Owner)	Mercury	149		running
20	14	2	Al Pombo	Tom Roady (Owner)	Dodge	122		accident
21	21	352	Bob Francy		Chevrolet	91		shocks
22	9	77	Gordon Haines	Herb Eberhart (Owner)	Dodge	77		overheating
23	4	48	Bill Moore	Bill Moore (Owner)	Ford	66		piston
24	6	0	Dick Getty	Dick Getty (Owner)	Chevrolet	55		overheating
25	26	55	Don Hamilton		Studebaker	53		engine
26	18	12	John Lansaw	John Lansaw (Owner)	Chevrolet	19		radiator
27	13	551	Jack Richardson		Pontiac	8		piston
28	28	8	Owen Loggins		Dodge	0		rod