NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1956 - Raleigh 250 Race Results
Race Name - Raleigh 250Date - 7/4/1956Race Track - Raleigh SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 82.587 mphNumber of Cautions - 1Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 79.822 mphLead Changes - 6Total Race Purse - $13,425Race Number - 30 | More Races from 1956 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 32 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | Pete DePaolo | 250 | 56 Ford | 201 | $3,000 |
2 | 2 | Speedy Thompson | 500 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 248 | 56 Dodge | 13 | $2,000 |
3 | 27 | Frank Mundy | 502 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 247 | 56 Dodge | 13 | $1,275 |
4 | 3 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 246 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $925 |
5 | 10 | Tim Flock | 11 | Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose) | 243 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $750 |
6 | 4 | Paul Goldsmith | 3 | Smokey Yunick | 242 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $650 |
7 | 30 | Marvin Panch | 99 | Tom Harbison | 241 | 56 Ford | 0 | $550 |
8 | 18 | Bill Walker | 5 | 238 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $500 | |
9 | 25 | Rex White | 0 | Max Welborn | 237 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $400 |
10 | 29 | Jack Smith | 91 | Ted Chester | 236 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $375 |
11 | 28 | Buck Baker | 300 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 234 | 56 Chrysle | 23 | $300 |
12 | 6 | Jim Paschal | 75 | C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) | 231 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $275 |
13 | 20 | Emanuel Zervakis | 113 | Emanuel Zervakis | 222 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $225 |
14 | 14 | Billy Carden | 9 | Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) | 217 | 56 Ford | 0 | $225 |
15 | 13 | Rat Garner | 240 | Rat Garner | 216 | 56 Ford | 0 | $225 |
16 | 36 | Ed Cole | 94 | Ed Cole | 216 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $100 |
17 | 15 | Al Watkins | 48 | Don Holcomb | 213 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
18 | 16 | Bill Champion | 31 | John Whitford | 212 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
19 | 35 | Bobby Keck | 96 | Bobby Keck | 206 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
20 | 12 | Pat Kirkwood | 286 | Jim Stephens | 203 | 56 Pontiac | 0 | $150 |
21 | 19 | Arden Mounts | 18 | Arden Mounts | 195 | 56 Pontiac | 0 | $100 |
22 | 5 | Johnny Allen | 264 | Spook Crawford | 181 | 56 Plymout | 0 | $150 |
23 | 8 | Gwyn Staley | 2 | Hubert Westmoreland | 146 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
24 | 34 | Ken Love | 640 | Ken Love | 144 | 55 Ford | 0 | $100 |
25 | 7 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Satcher Motors (James Satcher) | 136 | 56 Ford | 0 | $150 |
26 | 31 | Billy Myers | 14 | Bill Stroppe | 91 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $100 |
27 | 17 | Ralph Liguori | 88 | Ernest Woods | 90 | 56 Oldsmob | 0 | $150 |
28 | 9 | Ralph Moody | 12 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 82 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
29 | 22 | Johnny Dodson | 131 | Johnny Dodson | 77 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
30 | 21 | Bob Duell | 95 | Julian Buesink | 63 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
31 | 26 | Bud Geiselman | 3 | 61 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $ | |
32 | 11 | Sherman Utsman | 418 | 47 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $ | |
33 | 33 | Dick Beaty | 34 | Ike Kiser | 45 | 56 Ford | 0 | $ |
34 | 24 | Blackie Pitt | 59 | Brownie Pitt | 43 | 56 Plymout | 0 | $ |
35 | 23 | Pat Grogan | 29 | 21 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $ | |
36 | 1 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 9 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $50 |