1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Buddy Shuman 250 Race Results

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1956 - Buddy Shuman 250 Race Results

Race Name - Buddy Shuman 250
Date - 11/11/1956
Race Track - Hickory Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.4 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 68.278 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 66.42 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 55

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	9	Speedy Thompson	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	250	56 Chrysle	154	$850
2	1	Ralph Earnhardt	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	250	56 Ford	15	$625
3	2	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	249	56 Chrysle	38	$450
4	12	Ralph Moody	12	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	249	55 Ford	0	$350
5	3	Doug Cox	86	John Foster	247	56 Ford	0	$310
6	8	Bill Amick	97	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	246	56 Ford	0	$250
7	11	Tiny Lund	16	Gus Holzmueller	244	56 Chevrol	0	$200
8	5	Johnny Dodson	83	Johnny Dodson	241	56 Chevrol	0	$150
9	17	Bill Champion	31	John Whitford	237	56 Ford	0	$100
10	15	Bill Blair	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	235	56 Mercury	0	$100
11	10	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	232	56 Dodge	0	$100
12	18	Pete Stewart	209	Pete Stewart	221	56 Plymout	0	$100
13	22	George Green	418	George Green	221	56 Chevrol	0	$100
14	14	Johnny Allen	64	Spook Crawford	215	56 Ford	0	$100
15	4	Junior Johnson	2	Pete DePaolo	210	56 Ford	43	$100
16	16	Brownie King	60	Brownie King	200	56 Chevrol	0	$100
17	21	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	179	56 Chevrol	0	$100
18	7	Jack Smith	500	Carl Kiekhaefer	126	56 Dodge	0	$100
19	6	Bobby Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	105	56 Mercury	0	$50
20	19	Pete Yow	203	Pete Yow	89	56 Ford	0	$50
21	20	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	63	56 Plymout	0	$
22	13	Billy Carden	297	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	9	56 Ford	0	$