1956 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1956 - 17 Race Results

Race Name - 17
Date - 5/13/1956
Race Track - Orange Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.9 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 90 miles
Pole Speed - 89.305 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 83.72 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 17

More Races from 1956

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Buck Baker	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	100	56 Chrysle	43	$1,100
2	2	Speedy Thompson	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	100	56 Chrysle	57	$700
3	8	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	100	56 Dodge	0	$475
4	4	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	100	56 Ford	0	$365
5	9	Cotton Owens	286	Jim Stephens	99	56 Pontiac	0	$310
6	11	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	99	56 Chevrol	0	$250
7	12	Joe Weatherly	9	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	98	56 Ford	0	$200
8	10	Ralph Moody	12	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	98	56 Ford	0	$150
9	23	Jimmy Massey	49	Bob Welborn	96	56 Chevrol	0	$100
10	7	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	96	56 Mercury	0	$100
11	6	Herb Thomas	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	95	56 Chrysle	0	$75
12	5	Joe Eubanks	82	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	95	56 Ford	0	$60
13	19	Rex White	0	Max Welborn	94	56 Chevrol	0	$50
14	17	Emanuel Zervakis	113	Emanuel Zervakis	94	56 Chevrol	0	$50
15	24	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	93	56 Chevrol	0	$50
16	16	Harvey Henderson	19	Harvey Henderson	92	56 Ford	0	$50
17	25	Al Watkins	48	Don Holcomb	92	56 Ford	0	$50
18	30	Johnny Allen	264	Spook Crawford	92	55 Plymout	0	$50
19	31	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	91	55 Chevrol	0	$50
20	28	Ed Cole	94	Clarence DeZalia	90	55 Mercury	0	$50
21	15	Dick Beaty	34	Ike Kiser	81	56 Ford	0	$
22	29	Brownie King	760	Brownie King	81	56 Chevrol	0	$
23	22	Pete Yow	302	Pete Yow	80	55 Buick	0	$
24	20	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	63	56 Plymout	0	$
25	27	Charlie Jackson	34		57	54 Oldsmob	0	$
26	3	Curtis Turner	99	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	54	56 Ford	0	$
27	26	Darvin Randahl	204	Darvin Randahl	53	56 Ford	0	$
28	13	Jim Paschal	75	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	51	56 Mercury	0	$
29	18	Billy Carden	271		48	56 Mercury	0	$
30	14	Bill Blair	5	Joe Blair	43	56 Dodge	0	$
31	21	Don Carr	285	Jim Stephens	10	56 Pontiac	0	$