1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Arclite 100 Race Results

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1956 - Arclite 100 Race Results

Race Name - Arclite 100
Date - 5/5/1956
Race Track - Columbia Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 63.274 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 54.545 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 13

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Speedy Thompson	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	200	56 Dodge	80	$1,100
2	1	Buck Baker	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	198	56 Dodge	0	$700
3	12	Joe Weatherly	9	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	196	56 Ford	0	$475
4	10	Tiny Lund	37	Gus Holzmueller	192	56 Pontiac	0	$365
5	19	Bob Flock	49	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	191	56 Chevrol	0	$310
6	5	Herb Thomas	501	Carl Kiekhaefer	190	56 Dodge	0	$250
7	22	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	189	56 Ford	0	$200
8	11	Rex White	0	Max Welborn	186	56 Chevrol	0	$150
9	17	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	178	56 Plymout	0	$100
10	21	Al Watkins	47	Don Holcomb	177	56 Ford	0	$100
11	23	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	173	55 Plymout	0	$75
12	16	Charlie Jackson	34		166	55 Oldsmob	0	$60
13	13	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	166	56 Mercury	0	$50
14	25	Ed Cole	94	Clarence DeZalia	161	55 Mercury	0	$50
15	26	Tim Flock	1	Mauri Rose Engineering (Mauri Rose)	161	56 Chevrol	0	$50
16	8	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	154	56 Chevrol	0	$50
17	4	Curtis Turner	99	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	142	56 Ford	61	$50
18	20	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	120	56 Chevrol	0	$50
19	7	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	111	56 Dodge	59	$50
20	18	Fred Lorenzen	150	Fred Lorenzen	96	56 Chevrol	0	$50
21	14	Jimmie Lewallen	1	Ansel Rakestraw	71	56 Chevrol	0	$
22	6	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	47	56 Mercury	0	$
23	15	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	40	56 Chevrol	0	$
24	3	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	19	56 Ford	0	$
25	9	Junior Johnson	55	Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner)	3	56 Pontiac	0	$
26	24	Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	1	56 Dodge	0	$