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1956 - 47 Race Results


Race Name - 47
Date - 9/23/1956
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 300 miles
Pole Speed - 93.628 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 70.615 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $13,900
Race Number - 47
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Paul Goldsmith 3 Smokey Yunick 300 56 Chevrol 182 $4,150
2 8 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 293 56 Dodge 0 $1,800
3 10 Speedy Thompson 67 Carl Kiekhaefer 292 56 Dodge 0 $1,175
4 9 Jim Paschal 26 Bill Stroppe 292 56 Mercury 70 $950
5 11 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 290 56 Chevrol 0 $700
6 7 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 288 56 Mercury 0 $550
7 42 Bill Blair 5 Bill Blair 284 56 Mercury 0 $450
8 37 Rex White 10 Max Welborn 280 56 Chevrol 0 $400
9 19 Johnny Allen 64 Spook Crawford 274 56 Buick 0 $400
10 21 Russ Truelove 62 Bob White 268 56 Mercury 0 $250
11 25 Dick Allwine 17 Earl Wright 263 56 Chevrol 0 $200
12 23 Vince Cougineri 3 256 56 Chrysle 0 $150
13 20 Jack Tykarski 84 Lawson Netti 250 56 Ford 0 $225
14 28 Charles Blewitt 20 242 55 Plymout 0 $100
15 29 Cecil Lassiter 77 235 56 Ford 0 $100
16 13 Tiny Lund 16 Gus Holzmueller 232 56 Chevrol 0 $100
17 3 Fireball Roberts 22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 220 56 Ford 38 $125
18 35 George Cork 21 215 55 Plymout 0 $100
19 34 Danny Letner 98 Tom Harbison 209 56 Dodge 0 $100
20 31 Jack Montgangelo 53 Jack Montgangelo 206 56 Chevrol 0 $100
21 41 John Lindsay 79 John Lindsay 204 55 Chevrol 0 $75
22 32 Johnny Coy 34 197 56 Chrysle 0 $175
23 17 Bill Tanner 63 Al Liberty 182 55 Chevrol 0 $75
24 39 Harvey Eakin 47 Harvey Eakin 173 54 Nash 0 $75
25 14 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 169 56 Chevrol 1 $75
26 33 Bill Champion 31 John Whitford 145 56 Ford 0 $75
27 38 Jim Rhoades 95 143 55 Packard 0 $75
28 15 Elton Hildreth 1 Elton Hildreth 122 56 Mercury 0 $75
29 12 Bill Amick 97 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 104 56 Ford 0 $75
30 40 Peck Peckham 27 Peck Peckham 101 55 Chevrol 0 $75
31 24 Mario Rossi 2 Mario Rossi 97 55 Chrysle 0 $60
32 16 Bill Parks 38 92 56 Ford 0 $60
33 36 Gene Bergin 24 Malcolm Barlow 76 56 Dodge 0 $60
34 6 Marvin Panch 9 Tom Harbison 74 56 Ford 0 $60
35 22 Dave Terrell 69 Dave Terrell 66 56 Plymout 0 $60
36 27 Chuck Hansen 83 66 55 Oldsmob 0 $50
37 18 Frank Jamison 81 54 55 Chevrol 0 $50
38 1 Buck Baker 87 Carl Kiekhaefer 51 56 Chrysle 9 $125
39 26 Benny DeRosier 23 Adelmo Tiezzi 43 54 Hudson 0 $50
40 30 Ronnie Herra 18 34 55 Plymout 0 $50
41 43 Corey Benjamin 4 34 55 Plymout 0 $50
42 4 Ralph Moody 12 Pete DePaolo 3 56 Ford 0 $50
43 5 Harvey Henderson 66 Harvey Henderson 3 56 Ford 0 $50
44 44 Francis Dionne 11 2 56 Packard 0 $150