1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 53 Race Results

Race Name - 53
Date - 10/23/1956
Race Track - Cleveland County Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 58.479 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 54.054 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,585
Race Number - 53

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	200	56 Chrysle	1	$850
2	7	Bill Amick	97	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	200	56 Ford		$625
3	2	Marvin Panch	98	Tom Harbison	200	56 Ford		$450
4	4	Speedy Thompson	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	197	56 Dodge		$350
5	12	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	191	56 Ford		$310
6	8	Billy Carden	297	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	191	56 Ford		$250
7	14	Johnny Dodson	83	Johnny Dodson	189	56 Chevrol		$200
8	16	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	184	56 Plymout		$150
9	26	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	175	55 Chevrol		$100
10	20	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	156	56 Mercury		$100
11	24	Jimmy Pardue	62	Jimmy Pardue	142	55 Chevrol		$100
12	9	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	142	56 Ford		$100
13	15	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	132	56 Chevrol		$100
14	18	Jim Donovan	25	Sam McCuthen	132	56 Chevrol		$100
15	23	Jesse James Taylor	13	Jesse James Taylor	126	56 Ford		$100
16	25	Pete Yow	203	Pete Yow	118	56 Ford		$100
17	13	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	109	56 Chevrol		$100
18	3	Jack Smith	296	Pete DePaolo	109	56 Ford		$100
19	10	Billy Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	109	56 Mercury		$50
20	6	Ralph Moody	12	Pete DePaolo	109	56 Ford		$50
21	11	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	108	56 Dodge		$50
22	17	George Green	418	George Green	103	56 Chevrol		$50
23	19	Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	98	56 Dodge		$50
24	21	Brownie King	60	Brownie King	94	56 Chevrol		$50
25	1	Doug Cox	86	John Foster	70	56 Ford		$50
26	22	Billy Rafter	41	Billy Rafter	25	56 Dodge		$50