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1956 - 27 Race Results


Race Name - 27
Date - 6/22/1956
Race Track - Monroe County Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 57.434 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 7
Average Race Speed - 57.288 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 27
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 11 Speedy Thompson 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 200 56 Chrysle 147 $850
2 1 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 199 56 Mercury 53 $625
3 8 Herb Thomas 500 Carl Kiekhaefer 199 56 Dodge 0 $450
4 6 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 197 56 Chrysle 0 $350
5 2 Bob Duell 95 Julian Buesink 192 56 Ford 0 $310
6 18 Lennie Page 83 180 55 Chevrol 0 $250
7 16 Walt Schubert 77 Bob Bunselmeyer 179 55 Ford 0 $200
8 20 Bobby Keck 4 Bobby Keck 171 56 Chevrol 0 $150
9 15 John Lindsay 179 John Lindsay 171 55 Chevrol 0 $100
10 17 Joe Bill McGraw 1 170 56 Ford 0 $100
11 14 Al White 3 Al White 168 55 Ford 0 $100
12 21 Joe Sykes 4 166 55 Chevrol 0 $100
13 10 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 151 56 Ford 0 $100
14 7 Ken Johnson 36 127 56 Ford 0 $100
15 9 Billy Rafter 41 Billy Rafter 91 56 Dodge 0 $100
16 13 Larry Marx 66 78 56 Ford 0 $100
17 7 Chuck Mahoney 40 Billy Rafter 57 56 Dodge 0 $100
18 3 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 42 56 Mercury 0 $100
19 19 Dick Denise 31 41 55 Chevrol 0 $50
20 20 Nolan Swift 10 Jim Cushman 37 56 Plymout 0 $50
21 4 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 25 56 Dodge 0 $