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1956 - 38 Race Results


Race Name - 38
Date - 8/17/1956
Race Track - Old Bridge Stadium
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 72.028 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 65.17 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $4,010
Race Number - 38
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 Ralph Moody 12 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 200 56 Ford 24 $650
2 1 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 200 56 Chevrol 176 $525
3 Billy Myers 4 Bill Stroppe 199 56 Mercury 0 $400
4 Fireball Roberts 22 Pete DePaolo 199 56 Ford 0 $320
5 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 197 Mercury 0 $290
6 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 196 56 Plymout 0 $250
7 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 196 56 Chevrol 0 $200
8 Ralph Liguori 340 Ralph Liguori 193 56 Chrysle 0 $150
9 Buck Baker 31 John Whitford 190 56 Ford 0 $100
10 John Dodd Jr 73 John Dodd Sr 185 56 Chevrol 0 $100
11 Jerry Morese 192 184 56 Chevrol 0 $100
12 Bill Walker 5 180 56 Ford 0 $100
13 Peck Peckham 274 Peck Peckham 173 56 Chevrol 0 $100
14 Charles Blewitt 318 169 55 Plymout 0 $100
15 George Cork 211 168 56 Plymout 0 $100
16 Al White 3 Al White 162 55 Ford 0 $100
17 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 144 56 Chevrol 0 $100
18 John Lindsay 179 John Lindsay 90 56 Chevrol 0 $100
19 Russ Truelove 226 Bob White 90 56 Mercury 0 $50
20 Jim Rhoades 195 55 56 Packard 0 $50
21 Dan Galullo 52 34 56 Ford 0 $25
22 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 12 56 Dodge 0 $25
23 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 1 56 Ford 0 $25
24 Lou Spears 131 1 56 Ford 0 $25
25 Louis Headley 43 Louis Headley 1 56 Plymout 0 $25