1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 16 Race Results

Race Name - 16
Date - 5/12/1956
Race Track - Hickory Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.4 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 80 miles
Pole Speed - 67.447 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 59.442 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 16

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Speedy Thompson	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	200	56 Chrysle	200	$1,100
2	10	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	200	56 Mercury	0	$700
3	13	Buck Baker	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	200	56 Dodge	0	$475
4	12	Herb Thomas	502	Carl Kiekhaefer	200	56 Dodge	0	$365
5	2	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	200	56 Chevrol	0	$310
6	6	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	198	56 Chevrol	0	$250
7	5	Cotton Owens	286	Jim Stephens	196	56 Pontiac	0	$200
8	21	Al Watkins	48	Don Holcomb	182	56 Ford	0	$150
9	20	Charlie Jackson	34		180	54 Oldsmob	0	$100
10	11	Harvey Henderson	19	Harvey Henderson	180	56 Ford	0	$100
11	23	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	174	56 Chevrol	0	$75
12	7	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	172	56 Ford	0	$60
13	19	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	171	55 Chevrol	0	$50
14	22	Tiny Lund	37	Gus Holzmueller	168	56 Pontiac	0	$50
15	4	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	164	56 Dodge	0	$50
16	9	Billy Carden	271		154	56 Mercury	0	$50
17	18	Jimmie Lewallen	1		102	55 Chevrol	0	$50
18	24	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	95	56 Mercury	0	$50
19	17	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	81	56 Ford	0	$50
20	8	Fred Lorenzen	150	Fred Lorenzen	73	56 Chevrol	0	$50
21	15	Darvin Randahl	204	Darvin Randahl	47	56 Ford	0	$
22	16	Dink Widenhouse	0	Dink Widenhouse	24	56 Ford	0	$
23	14	Bobby Waddell	24	Jimmy Pardue	24	55 Chevrol	0	$
24	3	Junior Johnson	55	Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner)	9	56 Pontiac	0	$