1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 52 Race Results

Race Name - 52
Date - 10/17/1956
Race Track - Charlotte Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.75 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 75.041 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 72.268 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $4,485
Race Number - 52

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	133	56 Chrysle	104	$950
2	1	Ralph Moody	12	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	133	56 Ford	15	$675
3	12	Marvin Panch	98	Tom Harbison	132	56 Ford	0	$475
4	8	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	132	56 Mercury	0	$365
5	7	Bill Amick	97	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	130	56 Ford	0	$320
6	3	Speedy Thompson	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	129	56 Chrysle	14	$250
7	6	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	127	56 Chevrol	0	$200
8	5	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	127	56 Dodge	0	$150
9	26	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	126	56 Chevrol	0	$100
10	4	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	126	56 Ford	0	$100
11	13	Johnny Dodson	83	Johnny Dodson	125	56 Chevrol	0	$100
12	20	George Green	418	George Green	118	56 Chevrol	0	$100
13	17	Brownie King	60	Brownie King	118	56 Chevrol	0	$100
14	19	Jesse James Taylor	13	Jesse James Taylor	118	56 Ford	0	$100
15	18	Jim Donovan	25	Sam McCuthen	115	56 Chevrol	0	$100
16	15	Bill Champion	31	John Whitford	110	56 Ford	0	$100
17	23	Ed Cole	94	Ed Cole	110	55 Mercury	0	$100
18	22	Bobby Waddell	62		105	55 Chevrol	0	$100
19	24	Jim Mundy	209	Pete Stewart	104	56 Plymout	0	$50
20	21	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	102	55 Chevrol	0	$50
21	25	Pete Yow	203	Pete Yow	99	56 Ford	0	$
22	10	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	97	56 Plymout	0	$
23	27	John Fite	111		96	55 Plymout	0	$
24	9	Billy Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	92	56 Mercury	0	$
25	11	Billy Carden	27		44	56 Mercury	0	$
26	16	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	30	56 Ford	0	$
27	14	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	21	56 Plymout	0	$