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1956 - Raleigh 250 Race Results


Race Name - Raleigh 250
Date - 7/4/1956
Race Track - Raleigh Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 82.587 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 79.822 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $13,425
Race Number - 30
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 32 Fireball Roberts 22 Pete DePaolo 250 56 Ford 201 $3,000
2 2 Speedy Thompson 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 248 56 Dodge 13 $2,000
3 27 Frank Mundy 502 Carl Kiekhaefer 247 56 Dodge 13 $1,275
4 3 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 246 56 Chevrol 0 $925
5 10 Tim Flock 11 Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose) 243 56 Chevrol 0 $750
6 4 Paul Goldsmith 3 Smokey Yunick 242 56 Chevrol 0 $650
7 30 Marvin Panch 99 Tom Harbison 241 56 Ford 0 $550
8 18 Bill Walker 5 238 56 Chevrol 0 $500
9 25 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 237 56 Chevrol 0 $400
10 29 Jack Smith 91 Ted Chester 236 56 Chevrol 0 $375
11 28 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 234 56 Chrysle 23 $300
12 6 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 231 56 Mercury 0 $275
13 20 Emanuel Zervakis 113 Emanuel Zervakis 222 56 Chevrol 0 $225
14 14 Billy Carden 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 217 56 Ford 0 $225
15 13 Rat Garner 240 Rat Garner 216 56 Ford 0 $225
16 36 Ed Cole 94 Ed Cole 216 56 Mercury 0 $100
17 15 Al Watkins 48 Don Holcomb 213 56 Ford 0 $100
18 16 Bill Champion 31 John Whitford 212 56 Ford 0 $100
19 35 Bobby Keck 96 Bobby Keck 206 56 Chevrol 0 $100
20 12 Pat Kirkwood 286 Jim Stephens 203 56 Pontiac 0 $150
21 19 Arden Mounts 18 Arden Mounts 195 56 Pontiac 0 $100
22 5 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 181 56 Plymout 0 $150
23 8 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 146 56 Chevrol 0 $100
24 34 Ken Love 640 Ken Love 144 55 Ford 0 $100
25 7 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 136 56 Ford 0 $150
26 31 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 91 56 Mercury 0 $100
27 17 Ralph Liguori 88 Ernest Woods 90 56 Oldsmob 0 $150
28 9 Ralph Moody 12 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 82 56 Ford 0 $100
29 22 Johnny Dodson 131 Johnny Dodson 77 55 Chevrol 0 $100
30 21 Bob Duell 95 Julian Buesink 63 56 Ford 0 $100
31 26 Bud Geiselman 3 61 55 Chevrol 0 $
32 11 Sherman Utsman 418 47 56 Chevrol 0 $
33 33 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 45 56 Ford 0 $
34 24 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 43 56 Plymout 0 $
35 23 Pat Grogan 29 21 56 Mercury 0 $
36 1 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 9 56 Dodge 0 $50