NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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 - 11 Race Results
Race Name - 11Date - 4/22/1956Race Track - Langhorne SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 150 milesPole Speed - 104.59 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 75.928 mphLead Changes - 2Total Race Purse - $5,800Race Number - 11 | More Races from 1956 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Buck Baker | 87 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 150 | 56 Chrysle | 109 | $1,750 |
2 | 5 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 149 | 56 Chrysle | 0 | $1,000 |
3 | 6 | Tim Flock | 3 | Smokey Yunick | 149 | 56 Chevrol | 41 | $725 |
4 | 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 149 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $530 |
5 | 12 | Jimmy Massey | 2 | Hubert Westmoreland | 146 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $345 |
6 | 17 | Allen Adkins | 97 | Tom Harbison | 146 | 56 Ford | 0 | $200 |
7 | 18 | Cotton Owens | 86 | Jim Stephens | 143 | 56 Pontiac | 0 | $150 |
8 | 7 | Billy Myers | 14 | Bill Stroppe | 140 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $135 |
9 | 14 | Jim Paschal | 75 | C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) | 139 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $115 |
10 | 40 | Bill Blair | 5 | Joe Blair | 134 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
11 | 38 | Al Watkins | 48 | Don Holcomb | 129 | 56 Ford | 0 | $50 |
12 | 24 | Russ Graham | 3 | 127 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $50 | |
13 | 32 | John Lindsay | 78 | John Lindsay | 124 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
14 | 23 | Ray Chaike | 16 | Gus Holzmueller | 124 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
15 | 34 | Walt Schubert | 77 | Bob Bunselmeyer | 120 | 55 Ford | 0 | $50 |
16 | 29 | Buzz Woodward | 81 | 120 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 | |
17 | 4 | Danny Letner | 98 | Tom Harbison | 119 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $50 |
18 | 13 | Jim Reed | 7 | Jim Reed | 116 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
19 | 33 | Bill Parks | 95 | Roy Alloway | 113 | 55 Packard | 0 | $50 |
20 | 25 | Bud Geiselman | 33 | Chick Garno | 112 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
21 | 35 | Harvey Eakin | 47 | Harvey Eakin | 105 | 54 Nash | 0 | $25 |
22 | 9 | Ralph Moody | 12 | Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo) | 98 | 56 Ford | 0 | $25 |
23 | 27 | Harvey Henderson | 19 | Harvey Henderson | 93 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $25 |
24 | 10 | Junior Johnson | 55 | AL Bumgarner | 83 | 56 Pontiac | 0 | $25 |
25 | 19 | Rex White | 10 | Max Welborn | 83 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $25 |
26 | 39 | Fred Lorenzen | 50 | Fred Lorenzen | 76 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $25 |
27 | 22 | Ralph Liguori | 6 | Ralph Liguori | 71 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $25 |
28 | 31 | Benny DeRosier | 23 | Adelmo Tiezzi | 64 | 54 Hudson | 0 | $25 |
29 | 41 | Donald Thomas | 51 | 62 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $25 | |
30 | 11 | Tiny Lund | 37 | Gus Holzmueller | 60 | 56 Pontiac | 0 | $25 |
31 | 15 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | Pete DePaolo | 59 | 56 Ford | 0 | $ |
32 | 37 | Bill Tanner | 63 | Al Liberty | 48 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $ |
33 | 30 | Buzz Auckland | 39 | Leslie Carr | 43 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $ |
34 | 16 | Jimmie Lewallen | 49 | Bob Welborn | 40 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $ |
35 | 26 | Dick Allwine | 17 | Earl Wright | 31 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $ |
36 | 36 | Don Carr | 85 | Jim Stephens | 30 | 56 Pontiac | 0 | $ |
37 | 2 | Speedy Thompson | 0 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 29 | 56 Chrysle | 0 | $ |
38 | 8 | Bobby Myers | 15 | Bill Stroppe | 28 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $ |
39 | 20 | Fonty Flock | 34 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 22 | 56 Chrysle | 0 | $ |
40 | 21 | Russ Truelove | 26 | Bob White | 22 | 56 Mercury | 0 | $ |
41 | 28 | Kenneth Wagner | 84 | Lawson Netti | 16 | 56 Ford | 0 | $ |