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1956 - 7 Race Results


Race Name - 7
Date - 3/4/1956
Race Track - Palm Beach Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 81.081 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 3
Average Race Speed - 68.99 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $3,885
Race Number - 7
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 199 56 Mercury 59 $900
2 1 Buck Baker 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 199 56 Dodge 32 $600
3 2 Herb Thomas 92 Smokey Yunick 195 56 Chevrol 0 $425
4 11 Joe Weatherly 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 191 56 Ford 0 $335
5 27 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 191 56 Ford 0 $290
6 20 Ralph Moody 12 Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo) 191 56 Ford 0 $250
7 4 Tim Flock 501 Carl Kiekhaefer 191 56 Dodge 0 $200
8 12 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 189 56 Chevrol 0 $150
9 8 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 189 56 Chevrol 0 $100
10 29 John McVitty 27 John McVitty 187 56 Chevrol 0 $100
11 17 Mel Larson 55 Mel Larson 183 56 Ford 0 $75
12 30 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 181 56 Dodge 0 $60
13 16 Jim Wilson 576 Harvey Walters 180 56 Dodge 0 $50
14 21 Ted Cannady 32 Ted Cannady 179 55 Chevrol 0 $50
15 23 Jimmie Lewallen 88 Ernest Woods 178 56 Oldsmob 0 $50
16 15 Millard Wright 97 Millard Wright 178 54 Oldsmob 0 $50
17 10 Red Farmer 0 JM Fitzgibbons 177 56 Chevrol 0 $50
18 24 Joel Million 78 Ernest Woods 175 56 Oldsmob 0 $50
19 25 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 174 55 Chevrol 0 $50
20 9 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 168 56 Ford 0 $50
21 5 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 141 56 Chevrol 109 $
22 22 Eddie Skinner 96 Frank Dodge 83 55 Oldsmob 0 $
23 18 Jack Smith 999 Joe Jones 61 56 Ford 0 $
24 14 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 60 55 Oldsmob 0 $
25 7 Marvin Panch 98 Tom Harbison 42 56 Dodge 0 $
26 13 Johnny Patterson 33 HB Ranier 29 55 Chevrol 0 $
27 19 John Dodd Sr 72 John Dodd Sr 28 55 Ford 0 $
28 26 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 22 56 Mercury 0 $
29 28 Ralph Murray 424 2 54 Oldsmob 0 $
30 6 Al Keller 64 Al Keller 200 56 Chevrol 0 $