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1956 - 56 Race Results


Race Name - 56
Date - 11/18/1956
Race Track - Wilson Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 60.16 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 50.597 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,585
Race Number - 56
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Chrysle 14 $950
2 6 Joe Weatherly 112 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 200 56 Ford 2 $675
3 3 Speedy Thompson 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Chrysle 184 $475
4 9 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 200 56 Ford 0 $365
5 5 Bill Amick 97 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 199 56 Ford 0 $320
6 14 Marvin Panch 98 Tom Harbison 198 56 Ford 0 $250
7 7 Billy Carden 297 Pete DePaolo 198 56 Ford 0 $200
8 2 Ralph Moody 12 Pete DePaolo 197 56 Ford 0 $150
9 12 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 194 56 Dodge 0 $100
10 15 Doug Cox 86 John Foster 194 56 Ford 0 $100
11 20 Johnny Dodson 83 Johnny Dodson 192 56 Chevrol 0 $100
12 4 Gwyn Staley 322 192 56 Ford 0 $100
13 19 Johnny Allen 64 Spook Crawford 187 56 Plymout 0 $100
14 8 Jack Smith 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 172 56 Dodge 0 $100
15 21 James Jones 19 James Jones 169 56 Ford 0 $100
16 10 Billy Myers 4 Bill Stroppe 167 56 Mercury 0 $100
17 17 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 167 56 Plymout 0 $100
18 16 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 156 56 Mercury 0 $100
19 13 Tiny Lund 16 Gus Holzmueller 101 56 Chevrol 0 $50
20 24 Emanuel Zervakis 11 Emanuel Zervakis 51 56 Chevrol 0 $50
21 18 Bill Champion 3 John Whitford 36 56 Ford 0 $25
22 11 Bunk Moore 35 Fred Frazier 36 56 Ford 0 $25
23 22 Mel Larson 49 Mel Larson 28 56 Ford 0 $25
24 23 Earl Moss 6 22 56 Mercury 0 $25