1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 9 Race Results

Race Name - 9
Date - 3/25/1956
Race Track - Lakewood Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 82.154 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 70.643 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $4,760
Race Number - 9

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	23	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	100	56 Chrysle	49	$1,400
2	5	Speedy Thompson	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	100	56 Chrysle	0	$800
3	17	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	99	56 Chevrol	0	$550
4	15	Jimmy Massey	2	Hubert Westmoreland	99	56 Chevrol	0	$365
5	4	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	99	56 Dodge	0	$310
6	14	Ralph Moody	12	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	99	56 Ford	0	$250
7	3	Fonty Flock	55	Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner)	97	56 Pontiac	0	$200
8	21	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	97	56 Mercury	0	$150
9	22	Chester Barron	44	Chester Barron	96	56 Chevrol	0	$100
10	25	Ken Milligan	100	Dave Everett	92	56 Chevrol	0	$100
11	19	Charlie Mincey	8		91	55 Buick	0	$75
12	26	Dick Blackwell	271		90	56 Mercury	0	$60
13	2	Billy Carden	99	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	86	56 Ford	0	$50
14	27	Sonny Black	999	Joe Jones	79	56 Ford	0	$50
15	20	Darvin Randahl	204	Darvin Randahl	76	56 Ford	0	$50
16	9	Frank Mundy	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	72	56 Chrysle	0	$50
17	12	Junior Johnson	286	Jim Stephens	64	56 Pontiac	0	$50
18	1	Tim Flock	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	55	56 Chrysle	51	$50
19	28	Ray Baxter	63		55	56 Chrysle	0	$50
20	6	Bob Flock	9	Pete DePaolo	52	56 Ford	0	$50
21	13	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	50	56 Ford	0	$
22	11	Al Keller	64	Al Keller	48	56 Chevrol	0	$
23	7	Paul Goldsmith	3	Smokey Yunick	36	56 Chevrol	0	$
24	10	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	33	56 Mercury	0	$
25	18	Bill Widenhouse	68	Fred Sheibert	33	56 Ford	0	$
26	16	Jimmie Lewallen	285	Jim Stephens	15	56 Pontiac	0	$
27	24	Ray Thompson	390		12	56 Studeba	0	$
28	8	Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	3	56 Dodge	0	$