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1956 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/3/1956
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 119.659 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 68
Average Race Speed - 95.167 mph
Lead Changes - 14
Total Race Purse - $35,365
Race Number - 44
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 11 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 364 56 Ford 225 $11,750
2 1 Speedy Thompson 57 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 362 56 Chrysle 14 $5,000
3 2 Marvin Panch 8 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 359 56 Ford 39 $3,370
4 23 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 359 56 Chevrol $1,850
5 4 Paul Goldsmith 3 Smokeys Best Damn Garage (Smokey Yunick) 358 56 Chevrol $1,300
6 17 Jim Paschal 26 Bill Stroppe 358 56 Mercury 32 $1,850
7 3 Bill Amick 97 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 357 56 Ford $1,020
8 16 Joe Weatherly 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 352 56 Ford $900
9 30 Bobby Johns 47 JM Fitzgibbons 349 56 Chevrol $700
10 20 Pat Kirkwood 93 Howard Moore 347 56 Pontiac $550
11 28 Rex White 10 Max Welborn 345 56 Chevrol $400
12 15 Tim Flock 86 John Foster Motors (John Foster) 345 56 Ford 16 $490
13 22 Roz Howard 61 Roz Howard 343 56 Chevrol $250
14 25 Johnny Patterson 38 HB Ranier 343 56 Chevrol $225
15 35 Junior Johnson 32 342 56 Chevrol $200
16 14 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 341 56 Mercury $300
17 68 Lee Petty 35 Fred Frazier 340 56 Ford $175
18 39 Harold Hardesty 80 Beryl Jackson 339 56 Oldsmob $350
19 42 Elmo Langley 81 Elmo Langley 338 56 Chevrol $140
20 46 Shorty York 43 336 56 Ford $130
21 19 Bill Champion 31 Whitford Brothers (John Whitford) 336 56 Ford $120
22 65 Possum Jones 69 Warren Lee 336 56 Chevrol $110
23 57 Emanuel Zervakis 11 Emanuel Zervakis 334 56 Chevrol $100
24 54 Tiny Lund 16 Gus Holzmueller 331 56 Chevrol $100
25 45 Johnny Allen 64 Spook Crawford 330 56 Plymout $300
26 6 Buck Baker 87 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 330 56 Chrysle $225
27 53 Jack Smith 91 Elridge Motors (Ted Chester) 329 56 Chevrol $75
28 36 Billy Carden 19 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 329 56 Ford $75
29 24 Bill Blair 75 Temple Motors (Frank Hayworth) 327 56 Mercury $125
30 33 Sherman Utsman 63 Robert McReynolds 327 56 Chevrol $75
31 64 Lou Spears 65 322 56 Plymout $150
32 50 Brownie King 60 Brownie King 320 56 Chevrol $50
33 9 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 317 56 Ford $50
34 66 Allen Adkins 48 Don Holcomb 315 56 Ford $50
35 43 Tom Lupo 89 Granger Motors 313 56 Ford $50
36 29 Gene Bergin 21 Malcolm Barlow 308 56 Dodge $250
37 31 Ralph Liguori 88 Ernest Woods 300 56 Oldsmob $150
38 7 Frank Mundy 27 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 276 56 Dodge $180
39 40 Harvey Henderson 66 Harvey Henderson 266 56 Ford $50
40 61 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 264 56 Ford $50
41 67 Judge Rider 84 Lawson Netti 258 56 Ford $50
42 52 Wade Fields 23 244 56 Ford $50
43 56 Bill Brown 54 Leland Colvin 235 55 Buick $250
44 55 Larry Flynn 73 Williamson Motors (BB Morris) 222 56 Buick $150
45 62 Johnny Dodson 83 Johnny Dodson 204 56 Chevrol $50
46 63 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 202 56 Plymout $100
47 51 Pat Grogan 6 Pat Grogan 202 56 Mercury $50
48 47 Clyde Palmer 30 Jack Chatenay 177 56 Plymout $50
49 5 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 173 56 Chevrol $50
50 18 Parnelli Jones 1 Torrance Motors (Vel Miletich) 169 56 Ford $70
51 13 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 166 56 Ford 34 $160
52 44 Ray Hendrick 44 163 56 Chevrol $50
53 10 Bill Widenhouse 52 Beatty Motors (Bob Widenhouse) 159 56 Ford $50
54 27 Dink Widenhouse 29 Dink Widenhouse 158 56 Ford $50
55 48 Roy Bentley 50 Marion Cox 146 56 Ford $50
56 58 Ken Love 24 Richard Gallup 134 56 Ford $50
57 8 Ralph Moody 12 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 119 56 Ford $70
58 12 Fonty Flock 15 Bill Stroppe 117 56 Mercury $80
59 32 Danny Letner 98 Tom Harbison 113 56 Dodge $100
60 37 Don Oldenberg 40 Don Oldenberg 100 56 Plymout $50
61 34 Bobby Myers 76 Bill Stroppe 91 56 Mercury $50
62 21 Bob Duell 95 Police Special (Julian Buesink) 90 56 Ford $50
63 60 Nace Mattingly 51 Nace Mattingly 73 56 Ford $50
64 41 Pee Wee Jones 5 60 56 Dodge $50
65 26 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 57 56 Chevrol $50
66 49 Doug Yates 25 Leland Colvin 54 56 Chevrol $50
67 70 Peck Peckham 72 Peck Peckham 27 55 Chevrol $50
68 38 Russ Graham 17 Earl Wright 26 56 Chevrol $50
69 69 Jesse James Taylor 13 Jesse James Taylor 25 56 Ford $50
70 59 Arden Mounts 18 Arden Mounts 12 56 Pontiac $50