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1956 - 42 Race Results


Race Name - 42
Date - 8/25/1956
Race Track - Coastal Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 58.346 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 50.576 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,485
Race Number - 42
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 200 56 Ford 1 $950
2 7 Billy Myers 4 Bill Stroppe 200 56 Mercury $675
3 10 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 199 56 Mercury $475
4 6 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 196 56 Chrysle $365
5 19 Speedy Thompson 501 Carl Kiekhaefer 196 56 Dodge $320
6 9 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 196 56 Ford $250
7 4 Billy Carden 271 191 56 Mercury $200
8 18 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 184 56 Plymout $150
9 12 Fred Frazier 35 Fred Frazier 184 56 Ford $100
10 13 Pete Yow 203 Pete Yow 182 56 Ford $100
11 16 Larry Flynn 54 BB Morris 180 55 Buick $100
12 8 Bill Champion 31 John Whitford 90 56 Ford $100
13 2 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 76 56 Chevrol $100
14 15 Joe Bill McGraw 14 66 56 Ford $100
15 5 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 64 56 Dodge $100
16 1 Ralph Moody 12 Pete DePaolo 61 56 Ford $100
17 14 Ed Cole 94 Ed Cole 60 55 Mercury $100
18 20 Jim Watkins 28 43 55 Chevrol $100
19 11 Roy Bentley 50 Marion Cox 41 56 Ford $50
20 17 Spook Crawford 64 Spook Crawford 13 55 Plymout $50