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1956 - 6 Race Results


Race Name - 6
Date - 2/26/1956
Race Track - Beach And Road Course
Track Length (Miles) - 4.1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 152 miles
Pole Speed - 135.747 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 2
Average Race Speed - 90.657 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $13,200
Race Number - 6
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Tim Flock 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 37 56 Chrysle 34 $4,025
2 24 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 37 56 Mercury 0 $2,375
3 22 Ralph Moody 12 Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo) 37 56 Ford 0 $1,450
4 16 Jimmie Lewallen 88 Ernest Woods 56 Oldsmob 0 $900
5 27 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 56 Chevrol 0 $700
6 40 Al Keller 64 Al Keller 56 Chevrol 0 $600
7 38 Darvin Randahl 204 Darvin Randahl 56 Ford 0 $500
8 6 Bob Korf 15 Bill Stroppe 56 Mercury 0 $400
9 10 Herb Thomas 92 Smokey Yunick 36 56 Chevrol 0 $250
10 12 Fonty Flock 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 56 Dodge 0 $200
11 25 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 56 Chevrol 0 $160
12 18 Lee Petty 42 Volusia Motors (Petty Enterprises) 56 Dodge 0 $135
13 58 Jack Radtke 342 Hanlon Motors 56 Ford 0 $110
14 49 Ray Chaike 16 Gus Holzmueller 56 Chevrol 0 $100
15 55 Gene Simpson 40 Bud Harbaugh 55 Buick 0 $100
16 60 Ken Milligan 100 Dave Everett 56 Chrysle 0 $90
17 78 Bill Blair 5 Joe Blair 56 Dodge 0 $80
18 35 Donald Thomas 91 Donald Thomas 56 Ford 0 $75
19 14 Charlie Scott 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 55 Chrysle 0 $75
20 9 Buck Baker 301 Carl Kiekhaefer 55 Chrysle 0 $75
21 66 Dave Lundman 396 56 Chevrol 0 $60
22 30 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 56 Chevrol 0 $60
23 19 Lyle Scott 63 Lyle Scott 56 Chrysle 0 $60
24 50 Mel Larson 155 Mel Larson 56 Ford 0 $60
25 76 Pat Zocano 411 56 Chevrol 0 $60
26 77 Ray Thompson 390 Johnny McCoy 56 Studeba 0 $50
27 45 Jim Cushman 10 Jim Cushman 56 Buick 0 $50
28 75 Eddie Skinner 96 Curtis Reid 55 Oldsmob 0 $50
29 74 Ken Love 640 Ken Love 56 Ford 0 $50
30 54 David Ezell 761 SG Russell 56 Chevrol 0 $50
31 73 Benny DeRosier 230 Adelmo Tiezzi 54 Hudson 0 $25
32 70 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 56 Ford 0 $25
33 8 Jim Paschal 75 Frank Hayworth 56 Mercury 3 $25
34 59 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 56 Ford 0 $25
35 41 Don Bailey 330 Don Bailey 56 Ford 0 $25
36 52 Red Farmer 0 JM Fitzgibbons 56 Chevrol 0 $25
37 61 Charles Oldham 123 Charles Oldham 56 Chevrol 0 $25
38 71 Walt Schubert 77 Bob Bunselmeyer 55 Ford 0 $25
39 68 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 55 Chevrol 0 $25
40 26 Junior Johnson 55 Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner) 56 Pontiac 0 $25
41 57 Kenneth Wagner 84 Lawson Netti 56 Ford 0 $
42 67 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 55 Plymout 0 $
43 11 Frank Mundy 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 56 Chrysle 0 $
44 37 Joe Weatherly 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 56 Ford 0 $
45 69 Bud Palmer 166 WE Campbell 55 Chevrol 0 $
46 63 Bobby Myers 1 Ansel Rakestraw 55 Chevrol 0 $
47 5 Russ Truelove 226 Bob White 56 Mercury 0 $
48 45 Bill Widenhouse 68 Fred Sheibert 56 Ford 0 $
49 62 Tommy Herzberg 108 Lem Svajian 55 Chevrol 0 $
50 56 Pete Yow 203 Strickland Motor Co (Pete Yow) 55 Buick 0 $
51 48 WH Atkinson 265 WH Atkinson 56 Ford 0 $
52 36 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 56 Ford 0 $
53 42 Gene White 8 56 Buick 0 $
54 28 Charlie Cregar 505 Charlie Cregar 56 Chevrol 0 $
55 15 Ralph Liguori 6 Ralph Liguori 56 Dodge 0 $
56 79 Dick Blackwell 271 56 Mercury 0 $
57 53 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 55 Oldsmob 0 $
58 33 Tommy Thompson 0 Fish Carburetor (Bob Fish) 55 Buick 0 $
59 32 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 56 Ford 0 $
60 4 Ed Kretz 285 Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens) 56 Pontiac 0 $
61 3 Cotton Owens 286 Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens) 56 Pontiac 0 $
62 51 Joe Eubanks 56 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 56 Ford 0 $
63 29 Danny Letner 97 Ed Hastings 56 Ford 0 $
64 43 Joy Fair 719 Russell Wainscott 56 Dodge 0 $
65 14 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 56 Chevrol 0 $
66 72 Johnny Osteen 424 54 Oldsmob 0 $
67 31 Joel Million 78 Ernest Woods 56 Oldsmob 0 $
68 7 Jack Choquette 290 Bob Osiecki 56 Dodge 0 $
69 34 Dick Linder 157 Woody Brougher 56 Ford 0 $
70 46 Jack Smith 999 Joe Jones 56 Ford 0 $
71 2 Speedy Thompson 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 56 Dodge 0 $
72 21 Marvin Panch 98 Tom Harbison 56 Dodge 0 $
73 17 Jim Wilson 576 Harvey Walters 1 56 Dodge 0 $
74 20 Buddy Krebs 321 Harvey Walters 56 Dodge 0 $
75 64 Jimmy Mairs 206 55 Buick 0 $
76 80 Emanuel Zervakis 113 Emanuel Zervakis 56 Chevrol 0 $
77 23 Al Tasnady 144 Al Tasnady 0 55 Plymout 0 $
78 39 John Hamby 211 JV Hamby 0 55 Plymout 0 $
79 47 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 0 56 Ford 0 $
80 65 Sonny Black 444 Sonny Black 0 55 Chevrol 0 $