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1956 - 14 Race Results


Race Name - 14
Date - 5/6/1956
Race Track - Concord Speedway (1)
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 65.241 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 3
Average Race Speed - 61.633 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 14
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Speedy Thompson 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Chrysle 199 $1,100
2 6 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Chrysle 0 $700
3 3 Herb Thomas 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 198 56 Chrysle 0 $475
4 9 Tim Flock 285 Jim Stephens 197 56 Pontiac 0 $365
5 8 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 195 56 Chevrol 0 $310
6 29 Tiny Lund 37 Gus Holzmueller 188 56 Pontiac 0 $250
7 13 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 185 56 Chevrol 0 $200
8 25 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 182 55 Plymout 0 $150
9 5 Jim Paschal 49 Bob Welborn 181 56 Chevrol 0 $100
10 18 Charlie Jackson 34 179 55 Oldsmob 0 $100
11 28 Pete Stewart 209 Pete Stewart 179 56 Chevrol 0 $75
12 30 Al Watkins 48 Don Holcomb 174 56 Ford 0 $60
13 19 Bobby Keck 96 Bobby Keck 172 55 Chevrol 0 $50
14 20 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 158 56 Ford 0 $50
15 26 Marvin Panch 9 Tom Harbison 149 56 Ford 0 $50
16 4 Cotton Owens 286 Jim Stephens 146 55 Pontiac 0 $50
17 13 Billy Carden 99 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 137 56 Ford 0 $50
18 24 Ed Cole 94 Clarence DeZalia 128 55 Mercury 0 $50
19 10 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 127 56 Buick 0 $50
20 21 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 122 56 Ford 0 $50
21 22 Brownie King 760 Brownie King 120 56 Chevrol 0 $
22 15 Fred Lorenzen 150 Fred Lorenzen 89 56 Chevrol 0 $
23 27 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 77 56 Dodge 0 $
24 12 Dink Widenhouse 0 Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose) 64 56 Ford 0 $
25 17 Bill Widenhouse 20 WR Waldron 49 55 Buick 0 $
26 16 Ralph Liguori 271 27 56 Mercury 0 $
27 14 Bill Blair 5 Joe Blair 25 56 Dodge 0 $
28 7 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 23 56 Chevrol 0 $
29 23 Bobby Waddell 24 Jimmy Pardue 19 55 Chevrol 0 $
30 2 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 17 56 Mercury 1 $