1956 100 Miles at California State Fairgrounds
California State Fairgrounds · 1956 · NASCAR Cup Series
Race summary
| Winner | St | Cars | RAF | LLF | Laps | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Dane | 15 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 100 | 100 |
Finishing order
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 225 | Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane (Owner) | Mercury | 100 | 1 | running |
| 2 | 14 | 56 | Chuck Meekins | Chevrolet | 100 | running | ||
| 3 | 3 | 88 | John Kieper | John Kieper (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 100 | running | |
| 4 | 7 | 77 | Gordon Haines | Herb Eberhart (Owner) | Dodge | 100 | running | |
| 5 | 10 | 1 | Clyde Palmer | Tom Roady (Owner) | Dodge | 99 | running | |
| 6 | 9 | 52 | Harold Hardesty | Chevrolet | 99 | running | ||
| 7 | 5 | 14 | Bob Keefe | Ford | 99 | running | ||
| 8 | 2 | 27 | Bob Havemann | Bob Havenmann (Owner) | Pontiac | 99 | running | |
| 9 | 8 | 561 | Bill Moore | Bill Moore (Owner) | Pontiac | 99 | running | |
| 10 | 11 | 180 | Jim Blomgren | Lorrin Bates (Owner) | Ford | 98 | running | |
| 11 | 6 | 9 | Jim Cook | Floyd Johnson (Owner) | Pontiac | 97 | running | |
| 12 | 13 | 33 | Carl Hammill | Chevrolet | 95 | running | ||
| 13 | 17 | 98 | Chet Thomson | Mercury | 94 | running | ||
| 14 | 21 | 55 | Eddie Skinner | Oldsmobile | 92 | running | ||
| 15 | 18 | 8 | Jess Nelson | Dodge | 88 | running | ||
| 16 | 19 | 78 | Don Porter | Studebaker | 88 | running | ||
| 17 | 12 | 26 | Fred Hunt | Chevrolet | 79 | transmission | ||
| 18 | 1 | 45 | Eddie Pagan | Eddie Pagan (Owner) | Ford | 31 | overheating | |
| 19 | 16 | 34 | Sherman Clark | Sherman Clark (Owner) | Chevrolet | 8 | accident | |
| 20 | 20 | 41 | Ernie Young | Walt Palozi (Owner) | Pontiac | 2 | piston | |
| 21 | 4 | 30 | Jim Graham | Jack Chatenay (Owner) | Plymouth | 0 | accident |