AUTO RACING FACTS


NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS HISTORY

 



NASCAR 1956 Grand National Points Standings

  DRIVER STARTS WINS POINTS MONEY
1 Buck Baker 48 14 9,252 34,077
2 Speedy Thompson 42 8 8,788 27,169
3 Herb Thomas 48 5 8,710 19,352
4 Lee Petty 47 2 8,324 15,338
5 Jim Paschal 42 1 7,878 17,204
6 Billy Myers 42 2 6,976 15,830
7 Fireball Roberts 33 5 5,794 14,742
8 Ralph Moody 35 4 5,528 15,493
9 Tim Flock 4 1 5,062 15,769
10 Marvin Panch 20 1 4,680 11,520
11 Rex White 24 0 4,642 5,334
12 Johnny Allen 32 0 4,024 4,559
13 Paul Goldsmith 9 1 3,788 8,569
14 Gwyn Staley 22 0 3,550 5,159
15 Joe Eubanks 26 0 3,284 5,584
16 Joe Weatherly 17 0 3,084 5,251
17 Bill Amick 13 0 3,048 5,381
18 Jim Reed 11 0 2,890 5,077
19 Tiny Lund 0 0 2,754 2,811
20 Curtis Turner 13 1 2,580 14,541
21 Jack Smith 15 1 2,320 3,825
22 Billy Carden 23 0 2,108 2,175
23 Lloyd Dane 10 2 2,106 4.370
24 Frank Mundy 9 0 1,836 3,585
25 Bobby Johns 9 0 1,832 1,450
26 Blackie Pitt 27 0 1,760 1,545
27 Harold Hardesty 9 0 1,724 2,380
28 Al Watkins 14 0 1,710 1,185
29 Chuck Meekins 7 0 1,656 2,815
30 Harvey Henderson 18 0 1,634 1,310
31 Bill Champion 14 0 1,632 1,570
32 Eddie Pagan 8 1 1,598 4,095
33 Pat Kirkwood 3 0 1,540 2,025
34 Clyde Palmer 11 0 1,516 2,755
35 John Kieper 8 1 1,506 3,250
36 Johnny Dodson 11 0 1,488 1,450
37 Bill Blair 9 0 1,284 1,005
38 Junior Johnson 13 0 1,272 1,350
39 Ed Cole 12 0 1,200 950
40 Brownie King 15 0 1,140 925
41 Scotty Cain 4 0 1,124 1,235
42 Allen Adkins 6 0 1,104 1,465
43 Bobby Keck 15 0 1,076 950
44 Gordon Haines 7 0 1,066 1,500
45 Bob Keefe 7 0 1,066 1,040
46 Dick Beaty 15 0 1,036 910
47 Jim Blomgren 6 0 992 475
48 Ed Negre 5 0 952 1,255
49 Jimmy Massey 7 0 950 1,545
50 Fonty Flock 7 1 946 1,780