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1956 - 15 Race Results


Race Name - 15
Date - 5/10/1956
Race Track - Greenville-Pickens Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 61.1 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 60.362 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 15
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Buck Baker 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Dodge 20 $1,100
2 5 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 199 56 Ford 1 $700
3 4 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 197 56 Ford $475
4 18 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 195 56 Chevrol $365
5 10 Joe Weatherly 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 192 56 Ford $310
6 13 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 190 56 Chevrol $250
7 1 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 190 56 Chevrol $200
8 8 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 189 56 Ford $150
9 14 Tiny Lund 37 Gus Holzmueller 183 56 Pontiac $100
10 16 Jim Paschal 49 Bob Welborn 172 56 Chevrol $100
11 15 Billy Carden 271 168 56 Mercury $75
12 19 Bobby Waddell 24 Jimmy Pardue 167 55 Chevrol $60
13 21 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 155 55 Plymout $50
14 9 Herb Thomas 901 Carl Kiekhaefer 154 56 Dodge $50
15 3 Speedy Thompson 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 125 56 Dodge $50
16 23 Brownie King 760 Brownie King 124 56 Chevrol $50
17 11 Chester Barron 44 Chester Barron 111 56 Chevrol $50
18 22 Ralph Liguori 6 Ralph Liguori 104 56 Dodge $50
19 6 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 83 56 Mercury $50
20 12 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 66 56 Dodge $50
21 7 Fred Lorenzen 150 Fred Lorenzen 66 56 Chevrol $
22 20 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 60 56 Plymout $
23 17 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 16 56 Ford $