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1956 - 11 Race Results


Race Name - 11
Date - 4/22/1956
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 150 miles
Pole Speed - 104.59 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 75.928 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $5,800
Race Number - 11
 More Races from 1956
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Buck Baker 87 Carl Kiekhaefer 150 56 Chrysle 109 $1,750
2 5 Herb Thomas 92 Carl Kiekhaefer 149 56 Chrysle 0 $1,000
3 6 Tim Flock 3 Smokey Yunick 149 56 Chevrol 41 $725
4 3 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 149 56 Dodge 0 $530
5 12 Jimmy Massey 2 Hubert Westmoreland 146 56 Chevrol 0 $345
6 17 Allen Adkins 97 Tom Harbison 146 56 Ford 0 $200
7 18 Cotton Owens 86 Jim Stephens 143 56 Pontiac 0 $150
8 7 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 140 56 Mercury 0 $135
9 14 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 139 56 Mercury 0 $115
10 40 Bill Blair 5 Joe Blair 134 56 Dodge 0 $100
11 38 Al Watkins 48 Don Holcomb 129 56 Ford 0 $50
12 24 Russ Graham 3 127 55 Chrysle 0 $50
13 32 John Lindsay 78 John Lindsay 124 55 Chevrol 0 $50
14 23 Ray Chaike 16 Gus Holzmueller 124 56 Chevrol 0 $50
15 34 Walt Schubert 77 Bob Bunselmeyer 120 55 Ford 0 $50
16 29 Buzz Woodward 81 120 55 Chevrol 0 $50
17 4 Danny Letner 98 Tom Harbison 119 56 Dodge 0 $50
18 13 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 116 56 Chevrol 0 $50
19 33 Bill Parks 95 Roy Alloway 113 55 Packard 0 $50
20 25 Bud Geiselman 33 Chick Garno 112 55 Chevrol 0 $50
21 35 Harvey Eakin 47 Harvey Eakin 105 54 Nash 0 $25
22 9 Ralph Moody 12 Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo) 98 56 Ford 0 $25
23 27 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 93 55 Chevrol 0 $25
24 10 Junior Johnson 55 AL Bumgarner 83 56 Pontiac 0 $25
25 19 Rex White 10 Max Welborn 83 56 Chevrol 0 $25
26 39 Fred Lorenzen 50 Fred Lorenzen 76 56 Chevrol 0 $25
27 22 Ralph Liguori 6 Ralph Liguori 71 56 Dodge 0 $25
28 31 Benny DeRosier 23 Adelmo Tiezzi 64 54 Hudson 0 $25
29 41 Donald Thomas 51 62 56 Dodge 0 $25
30 11 Tiny Lund 37 Gus Holzmueller 60 56 Pontiac 0 $25
31 15 Fireball Roberts 22 Pete DePaolo 59 56 Ford 0 $
32 37 Bill Tanner 63 Al Liberty 48 55 Chevrol 0 $
33 30 Buzz Auckland 39 Leslie Carr 43 56 Chevrol 0 $
34 16 Jimmie Lewallen 49 Bob Welborn 40 56 Chevrol 0 $
35 26 Dick Allwine 17 Earl Wright 31 55 Chevrol 0 $
36 36 Don Carr 85 Jim Stephens 30 56 Pontiac 0 $
37 2 Speedy Thompson 0 Carl Kiekhaefer 29 56 Chrysle 0 $
38 8 Bobby Myers 15 Bill Stroppe 28 56 Mercury 0 $
39 20 Fonty Flock 34 Carl Kiekhaefer 22 56 Chrysle 0 $
40 21 Russ Truelove 26 Bob White 22 56 Mercury 0 $
41 28 Kenneth Wagner 84 Lawson Netti 16 56 Ford 0 $