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1956 - 22 Race Results


Race Name - 22
Date - 5/30/1956
Race Track - Eureka Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 78 miles
Pole Speed - 34.07 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 38.814 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 22
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 6 Herb Thomas 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 125 56 Chrysle $1,000
2 5 Gordon Haines 77 Herb Eberhart 124 56 Dodge $700
3 16 Lloyd Dane 225 Lloyd Dane 124 56 Mercury $475
4 8 Bob Keefe 14 124 56 Ford $365
5 10 Jim Cook 9 Floyd Johnson 123 56 Pontiac $310
6 1 John Kieper 88 John Kieper 122 56 Oldsmob $250
7 7 Harold Hardesty 52 120 56 Chevrol $200
8 13 Royce Haggerty 15 Curly Weida 120 56 Dodge $150
9 4 Sam Speers 47 Walt Palozi 119 56 Pontiac $125
10 20 Art Watts 1 Tom Roady 119 55 Dodge $110
11 15 Jim Graham 30 117 56 Plymout $100
12 14 Jim Blomgren 188 Lorrin Bates 117 56 Ford $100
13 24 Bill Sullivan 75 116 54 Ford $50
14 3 Erick Erickson 25 Erick Erickson 113 54 Buick $50
15 12 Ed Negre 98 Ed Negre 111 55 Oldsmob $50
16 17 Bob Havemann 134 Bob Havenmann 106 54 Dodge $50
17 25 Jack Williams 95 94 53 Oldsmob $50
18 23 Ted Sweeney 71 62 56 Oldsmob $50
19 9 Harold Beal 50 57 56 Ford $50
20 11 Bill Hyde 66 54 56 Oldsmob $50
21 21 Don Porter 78 53 55 Studeba $
22 19 Howard Phillippi 20 Howard Phillippi 45 55 Chevrol $
23 2 Clyde Palmer 1 Tom Roady 38 56 Dodge $
24 18 Ernie Young 41 Walt Palozi 37 56 Pontiac $
25 22 Lyle Matlock 5 Al Liggons 18 55 Mercury $