1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 46 Race Results

Race Name - 46
Date - 9/12/1956
Race Track - Southern States Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 59.464 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 52.847 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,685
Race Number - 46

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	11	Ralph Moody	12	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	200	56 Ford	122	$850
2	5	Billy Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	200	56 Mercury	0	$625
3	1	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	200	56 Ford	0	$450
4	9	Marvin Panch	98	Tom Harbison	199	56 Ford	0	$350
5	7	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	196	56 Chevrol	0	$310
6	8	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	196	56 Chevrol	0	$250
7	4	Speedy Thompson	57	Carl Kiekhaefer	191	56 Dodge	0	$300
8	3	Rex White	0	Max Welborn	186	56 Chevrol	0	$150
9	14	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	184	56 Mercury	0	$100
10	15	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	183	56 Dodge	0	$100
11	16	Bunk Moore	19		179	56 Ford	0	$100
12	23	Pete Yow	203	Pete Yow	178	56 Ford	0	$100
13	21	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	173	56 Chevrol	0	$100
14	13	Bill Widenhouse	52	Bob Widenhouse	165	56 Ford	0	$100
15	24	Ed Cole	94	Ed Cole	160	55 Mercury	0	$100
16	20	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	146	56 Plymout	0	$100
17	25	Billy Rafter	41	Billy Rafter	141	56 Dodge	0	$100
18	26	Billy Carden	27		105	56 Mercury	0	$100
19	2	Fireball Roberts	22	Pete DePaolo	96	56 Ford	78	$50
20	6	Bill Champion	31	John Whitford	91	56 Ford	0	$50
21	10	Glen Wood	35	Fred Frazier	67	56 Ford	0	$50
22	22	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	58	56 Ford	0	$50
23	17	Buck Baker	87	Carl Kiekhaefer	51	56 Dodge	0	$50
24	18	Fred Harb	5	Joe Blair	31	56 Dodge	0	$50
25	12	Bill Amick	97	Pete DePaolo	23	56 Ford	0	$50
26	19	Ray Hendrick	25	Sam McCuthen	14	56 Chevrol	0	$50