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 - 45 Race Results
Race Name - 45Date - 9/9/1956Race Track - Chisholm SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 64.864 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 60.893 mphLead Changes - 3Total Race Purse - $4,485Race Number - 45 | More Races from 1956 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 14 | Buck Baker | 87 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 200 | 56 Chrysle | 60 | $950 |
2 | 5 | Ralph Moody | 12 | Pete DePaolo | 200 | 56 Ford | 0 | $675 |
3 | 7 | Marvin Panch | 98 | Tom Harbison | 199 | 56 Ford | 41 | $475 |
4 | 16 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | Pete DePaolo | 195 | 56 Ford | 0 | $365 |
5 | 8 | Johnny Allen | 264 | Spook Crawford | 194 | 56 Plymout | 0 | $320 |
6 | 6 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 194 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $250 |
7 | 12 | Jim Paschal | 75 | C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) | 194 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $200 |
8 | 11 | Bill Amick | 97 | Pete DePaolo | 192 | 56 Ford | 0 | $150 |
9 | 4 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Satcher Motors (James Satcher) | 191 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
10 | 19 | Rex White | 0 | Max Welborn | 191 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
11 | 10 | Jack Smith | 91 | Ted Chester | 189 | 56 Chevrol | 49 | $100 |
12 | 2 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 188 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
13 | 9 | Bobby Johns | 7 | Shorty Johns | 186 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
14 | 15 | Freddy Fryar | 66 | 183 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 | |
15 | 17 | Billy Myers | 4 | Bill Stroppe | 182 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $100 |
16 | 20 | Al Watkins | 48 | Don Holcomb | 178 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
17 | 18 | Tiny Lund | 16 | Gus Holzmueller | 173 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
18 | 1 | Tim Flock | 86 | John Foster | 139 | 56 Ford | 50 | $100 |
19 | 3 | Speedy Thompson | 57 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 58 | 56 Chrysle | 0 | $50 |
20 | 13 | Billy Carden | 27 | 50 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $50 | |
21 | 21 | CH Dingler | 291 | CH Dingler | 17 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $ |
22 | 0 | Joe Lee Johnson | 310 | 0 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $ |