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1956 - 51 Race Results


Race Name - 51
Date - 10/7/1956
Race Track - Newport Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 65.597 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 61.475 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,335
Race Number - 51
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 14 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 200 56 Ford 51 $850
2 2 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Chrysle 149 $625
3 8 Bill Amick 97 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 199 56 Ford 0 $450
4 15 Joe Weatherly 31 John Whitford 197 56 Ford 0 $350
5 3 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 196 56 Chevrol 0 $310
6 1 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 196 56 Ford 0 $250
7 11 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 196 56 Plymout 0 $200
8 13 Billy Myers 4 Bill Stroppe 193 56 Mercury 0 $150
9 9 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 192 56 Dodge 0 $100
10 16 Tiny Lund 16 Gus Holzmueller 189 56 Chevrol 0 $100
11 21 Johnny Dodson 83 Johnny Dodson 188 56 Chevrol 0 $100
12 22 Brownie King 60 Brownie King 185 56 Chevrol 0 $100
13 10 Billy Carden 27 183 56 Mercury 0 $100
14 18 George Green 418 George Green 178 56 Chevrol 0 $100
15 7 Ralph Moody 12 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 162 56 Ford 0 $100
16 17 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 158 56 Plymout 0 $100
17 20 John Fite 111 146 55 Plymout 0 $100
18 4 Speedy Thompson 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 141 56 Chrysle 0 $100
19 12 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 141 56 Mercury 0 $50
20 5 Tim Flock 86 John Foster 118 56 Ford 0 $50
21 6 Marvin Panch 98 Tom Harbison 99 56 Ford 0 $25
22 19 Billy Rafter 41 Billy Rafter 64 56 Dodge 0 $25